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Video takes me to private screen
Hello, ive been dealing with this glitch all year that hasnt happened last year. When I watch a video on public safari and then it exit the video it immediately takes me to the private tab but when I go on the private tab to watch videos and exit out it takes me back to the website just like normal. Its a pretty annoying bug and I watch all my videos in the private tab because of it
Topic: Safari & Web SubTopic: General
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May ’25
Calling SFContentBlockerManager.reloadContentBlocker from related App extension intermittently fails
I have an app which has at least two extensions: A Content Blocker extension with a request handler that returns an appropriate NSExtensionItem as part of beginRequest. A different file URL is returned depending upon if the content blocking is on or off by a user setting A Safari Web Extension that includes a toolbar button and popover that enables users to enable or disable the ad blocking of the content blocker extension All three targets (App, Content Blocker appex and Web Extension appex) use an App Group default to read and set the on or off status of the content blocking. When the user changes the content blocking status, the app group default is updated and SFContentBlockerManager.reloadContentBlocker(...) is called. The Content Blocker extension reads the default and then returns the appropriate file URL. The issue is, I have noticed that whenever SFContentBlockerManager.reloadContentBlocker(...) is called from the app, Safari always applies the correct rules from the returned file URL. However sometimes when SFContentBlockerManager.reloadContentBlocker(...) is called from the Safari Web Extension using native messaging, Safari does NOT apply the correct rules from the returned file URL. Using logging I have confirmed that the Content Blocker extension always returns the appropriate file URL irrespective if called as a result of the app or the web extension. Despite this, Safari does not seem to always apply the returned file URL rules when it is called from the Safari Web Extension appex. In these cases, quitting Safari and relaunching it seems to make it apply the rules correctly (obviously this is applying it due to its launch state, not due to the Web extension appex asking it to do so at that point). All targets have access to the App Group location where the active content blocking file URL belongs and the inactive content blocking file URL is within the Safari content blocker target as a resource. I don't think this is a memory status issue as I cannot see the Content Blocker extension being killed when it returns complex rules --- the fact it always works when called via the app also seems to rule this possibility out. This brings up a number of questions: Is calling SFContentBlockerManager.reloadContentBlocker(...) from a different appex, of the same app target and app group supported? (it seems to work sometimes and did work in previous versions of the app). Is there an issue that the Content Blocker extension sometimes returns a file URL that perhaps the calling Web Extension appex may not have access to (even though Safari should via the Content Blocker extension)? Any other ideas of why this may not be working correctly? Has anyone else experienced this? It seems to happen on both iOS and macOS Safari using the same codebase.
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Jun ’25
SFSafariApplication doesn't transmit messages to docked website.
Hi! I'm working on a web extension for Safari and I need to send messages from the containing application to JavaScript. For this I use the method class func dispatchMessage( withName messageName: String, toExtensionWithIdentifier identifier: String, userInfo: [String : Any]? = nil ) async throws of the SFSafariApplication class. If the site is opened in Safari in normal mode, everything works as expected. However, if the site is "docked", the messages are not transmitted to this "Web App". Is it possible to somehow link the container application to the docked website so that messages from the application are received by this "Web App"? That you.
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May ’25
Bug {year}} in New Apple Pay SDK Third-browsers (iOS 18)
Hello! While working with the new Apple Pay SDK for iOS 18, I encountered a bug. When using the Ukrainian language, in the modal displaying the QR code, I noticed that there is a missing bracket for the year variable. This causes incorrect data to be displayed in the QR code. This seems to be a localization issue specifically with the Ukrainian language in the new SDK, as the bug does not occur with other languages like English. Has anyone else experienced this? Any advice or information on this bug would be appreciated. Thanks!
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Mar ’25
Have control over show/hide the Smart Banner
Hello, We do not have explicitly set it our website, but still Smart Banner appears since we have universal link setup. (current URL matches the universal link patterns set in your apple-app-site-associations file ). Also, I understand it appears only for users having our app installed. We do not want to show this banner in any case. is there any way to choose not to show the app banner? either setting additional meta or any other way would work. regards, Hussain
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Mar ’25
Conflicting Results Between canMakePayments and applePayCapabilities in Apple Pay JS
Hi everyone, We’ve recently run into an issue with Apple Pay on the web and would appreciate some clarification. Background: Previously, we integrated Apple Pay without using the Apple Pay JS SDK. We relied on ApplePaySession.canMakePayments() to check availability, and it worked fine. After Apple announced support for browsers beyond Safari, we switched to the Apple Pay JS SDK. According to Apple’s documentation, we should now use applePayCapabilities() for capability checks in third-party browsers. Our current behavior: We implemented applePayCapabilities(). Initially, it was returning either paymentCredentialStatusUnknown or paymentCredentialsUnavailable. Based on those values, we displayed the Apple Pay button. The problem: About a week ago, on the same device/browser, applePayCapabilities() started returning applePayUnsupported. Setup: MacBook Pro 13-inch (M1, 2020), Google Chrome Version 136.0.7103.93. The Apple documentation says: “Don’t show an Apple Pay button or offer Apple Pay” when the result is applePayUnsupported. However, at the same time, canMakePayments() is returning true. This creates a direct conflict between the two recommendations: canMakePayments() → true ⇒ show the button. applePayCapabilities() → applePayUnsupported ⇒ don’t show the button. Question: What’s the correct approach here? Should we prioritize applePayCapabilities() and hide the button, or is it acceptable to continue relying only on canMakePayments() as the source of truth for showing Apple Pay? Any insights from others who’ve run into this contradiction would be very helpful. Thanks in advance!
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Sep ’25
Why does NSURLSession with Multipath entitlement seamlessly switch to cellular when on a hardware Wi-Fi with no internet, but WKWebView does not?
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Hi all, I’m seeing a puzzling discrepancy in behavior between NSURLSession (with multipathServiceType = NSURLSessionMultipathServiceTypeInteractive) and WKWebView when the device is connected to a Wi-Fi SSID that has no internet (e.g., a hardware device’s AP). I have the Multipath entitlement properly enabled, and in this scenario: NSURLSession requests automatically fall back to cellular and succeed (no user intervention, fast switch). WKWebView loads fail or stall: the web content does not appear, and it seems like the web view is not using the cellular path even though the system network path becomes satisfied and real Internet reachability is confirmed. Environment: iOS version: (e.g., iOS 18.4) Device: (e.g., iPhone 15 Pro) Multipath entitlement: enabled in the app, using NSURLSessionMultipathServiceTypeInteractive Connected SSID: hardware device Wi-Fi with no external internet Expected fallback: automatic to cellular once the Wi-Fi has no internet, as observed with NSURLSession What I’ve done / observed: NSURLSession using Multipath works as expected:
NSURLSessionConfiguration *cfg = [NSURLSessionConfiguration defaultSessionConfiguration];
cfg.multipathServiceType = NSURLSessionMultipathServiceTypeInteractive;
NSURLSession *session = [NSURLSession sessionWithConfiguration:cfg];
NSURLRequest *req = [NSURLRequest requestWithURL:[NSURL URLWithString:@"https://www.apple.com/library/test/success.html"]];
NSURLSessionDataTask *task = [session dataTaskWithRequest:req completionHandler:^(NSData *data, NSURLResponse *resp, NSError *err) {
NSLog(@"NSURLSession result: %@, error: %@", resp, err);
}];
[task resume];
When connected to the device Wi-Fi (no external internet), the session quietly shifts to cellular and completes successfully. WKWebView fails to load under the same conditions:
[self.webView loadRequest:[NSURLRequest requestWithURL:[NSURL URLWithString:@"https://www.apple.com/library/test/success.html"]]];
The web view either shows a load failure or just hangs, even though lower-level monitoring reports that the network path is satisfied and real Internet connectivity is available. Network path monitoring logic: I use the C API nw_path_monitor to watch for nw_path_status_satisfied. Once satisfied is observed, I perform a true connectivity check using nw_connection (e.g., connecting tohttps://www.apple.com/library/test/success.html) to verify that real Internet traffic can flow over cellular. That check passes, confirming fallback to cellular, but WKWebView still does not load content. Meanwhile, NSURLSession requests in the same condition succeed immediately. Sample logging trace:
[+] nw_path_status_satisfied=1, hasWiFi=1, hasCellular=1
[+] Internet connectivity test: ready (via nw_connection)
[-] WKWebView load failed / stalled
[+] NSURLSession request completed successfully Questions: Why does NSURLSession with the multipath service type seamlessly use cellular when the Wi-Fi has no internet, but WKWebView does not exhibit the same fallback behavior? Is WKWebView not honoring the system’s multipath fallback the same way? Does it use a different networking stack or ignore the multipath entitlement in this scenario? Is there a supported way to force WKWebView to behave like NSURLSession here? For example, can I bridge content through a multipath-enabled NSURLSession and inject it into WKWebView via a custom scheme? Are there any WKWebView configuration flags, preferences, or policies that enable the same automatic interface switching? Are there known limitations or documented differences in how WKWebView handles network interface switching, path satisfaction, or multipath compared to raw NSURLSession? What I’ve ruled out / tried: Verified the Multipath entitlement is included and active. Confirmed network path is “satisfied” and that real Internet reachability succeeds before calling [webView loadRequest:]. Delayed the WKWebView load until after connectivity verification. Observed that NSURLSession requests succeed under identical connectivity conditions. Any insight into internal differences, recommended workarounds, or Apple-recommended patterns for making web content robust in a “Wi-Fi with no internet” + automatic fallback-to-cellular scenario would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!
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Aug ’25
WebView permission
Hi, I'm using a webview in Swift, where I load an html file locally. Basically I have an angular project built and loaded directly into my app bundle. The webview requires the use of the camera. I request permissions via and javascript, the pop-up appears, I accept the permissions and the app works correctly. Only that after a certain number of seconds, the permissions are requested again. It's as if the webview doesn't cache the accepted permissions. Is this normal behavior?
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May ’25
iOS 18 upgrade: website map point text now missing after
My website ccflood.us is a simple map that uses a CSV file for the data that is displayed on the map. It uses the ESRI JS API. Recently the points on the map began missing the text in the boxes only on Apple devices that have been upgraded to iOS 18. Has anyone also had this happen to their site? If you have upgraded to iOS 18, try this site on your iPhone then look at it on an Android phone or your desktop browser. You should seet the values in the boxes and a "+" at points that have no value. If you've had this happen with your site or have heard of a fix, please reply to this post.
Topic: Safari & Web SubTopic: General
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Mar ’25
On iOS 18.0, when setting a cookie with SameSite=None; Secure, the attribute does not take effect and is automatically converted to SameSite=Lax.
On iPhone 16 running iOS 18.0(Xcode 16.2), cookies configured with SameSite=None; Secure fail to apply correctly—iOS forcibly converts the attribute to SameSite=Lax. As a result, cross-site requests from H5 pages within our app cannot carry the required cookies, causing failures. Can anyone help me on this? Thanks in advance.
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May ’25
iOS Safari Web Extension MV3 - How to debug service workers?
I'm developing a web extension for Safari on iOS using MV3. The extension is working fine in Chrome, but in Safari I experience some seemingly random issues. I would like to debug it, but here is my problem. I have my iPhone connected via cable to Mac, and it works fine with XCode, so I assume this part is OK. I open Safari or Safari Tech Preview (doesn't matter) on my Mac, developers options are enabled, and in the Develop menu, under my iPhone section, there are things I can debug. There is an entry "[Ext name] - Extension Service Worker" but when I click it, it's empty. Web inspector pops up, but there are no network requests, no logs, nothing. I know the extension is working, because I can stream log to my HTTP server, but I don't see them here at all. I can use console to trigger commands like chrome.storage.local.get(null, console.log) and it shows my local store, so why I don't see any logs? Also, the background script is not visible in the Sources tab, just one weird request: navigator.serviceWorker.register('safari-web-extension://E3449EA7-EC25-4696-8E6C-[ID HERE]/background.js'); </script> Any ideas what went wrong? The entire team of 4 people has the same issue and we can't move forward because of that. Also, the Develop => Service workers or any other menu section doesn't show my service worker. Logs for websites running on my phone are visible and in general web inspector for them works fine.
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Sep ’25
App crashed when click the selected content on HTML with custom font-family
Crash Stack: thread #1, queue = 'com.apple.main-thread', stop reason = EXC_BREAKPOINT (code=1, subcode=0x19ba3bb04) frame #0: 0x000000019ba3bb04 CoreFoundation`forwarding.cold.2 + 92 frame #1: 0x000000019b8ab718 CoreFoundation`forwarding + 1288 frame #2: 0x000000019b8ab150 CoreFoundation`_CF_forwarding_prep_0 + 96 frame #3: 0x000000019df230b0 CoreText`TCFRef<CTRun*>::Retain(void const*) + 40 frame #4: 0x000000019e052050 CoreText`CreateFontWithFontURL(__CFURL const*, __CFString const*, __CFString const*) + 476 frame #5: 0x000000019e052874 CoreText`TCGFontCache::CopyFont(__CFURL const*, __CFString const*, __CFString const*) + 144 frame #6: 0x000000019df27dcc CoreText`TBaseFont::CopyNativeFont() const + 232 frame #7: 0x000000019df8ee64 CoreText`TBaseFont::GetInitializedGraphicsFont() const + 152 frame #8: 0x000000019df26d70 CoreText`TBaseFont::CopyVariationAxes() const + 296 frame #9: 0x000000019df2d148 CoreText`TDescriptor::InitBaseFont(unsigned long, double) + 768 frame #10: 0x000000019df21358 CoreText`TDescriptor::CreateMatchingDescriptor(__CFSet const*, double, unsigned long) const + 604 frame #11: 0x000000019df251f8 CoreText`CTFontCreateWithFontDescriptor + 68 frame #12: 0x00000001bff8dfb8 WebCore`WebCore::createCTFont(__CFDictionary const*, float, unsigned int, __CFString const*, __CFString const*) + 124 frame #13: 0x00000001bff8e8bc WebCore`WebCore::FontPlatformData::fromIPCData(float, WebCore::FontOrientation&&, WebCore::FontWidthVariant&&, WebCore::TextRenderingMode&&, bool, bool, std::__1::variant<WebCore::FontPlatformSerializedData, WebCore::FontPlatformSerializedCreationData>&&) + 228 frame #14: 0x00000001c128eef4 WebKit`IPC::ArgumentCoder<WebCore::Font, void>::decode(IPC::Decoder&) + 1352 frame #15: 0x00000001c1333ca4 WebKit`std::__1::optional<WTF::HashMap<WTF::String, WebCore::AttributedString::AttributeValue, WTF::DefaultHashWTF::String, WTF::HashTraitsWTF::String, WTF::HashTraitsWebCore::AttributedString::AttributeValue, WTF::HashTableTraits>> IPC::ArgumentCoder<WTF::HashMap<WTF::String, WebCore::AttributedString::AttributeValue, WTF::DefaultHashWTF::String, WTF::HashTraitsWTF::String, WTF::HashTraitsWebCore::AttributedString::AttributeValue, WTF::HashTableTraits>, void>::decodeIPC::Decoder(IPC::Decoder&) + 480 frame #16: 0x00000001c1333a5c WebKit`std::__1::optional<WTF::HashMap<WTF::String, WebCore::AttributedString::AttributeValue, WTF::DefaultHashWTF::String, WTF::HashTraitsWTF::String, WTF::HashTraitsWebCore::AttributedString::AttributeValue, WTF::HashTableTraits>> IPC::Decoder::decode<WTF::HashMap<WTF::String, WebCore::AttributedString::AttributeValue, WTF::DefaultHashWTF::String, WTF::HashTraitsWTF::String, WTF::HashTraitsWebCore::AttributedString::AttributeValue, WTF::HashTableTraits>>() + 28 frame #17: 0x00000001c1333804 WebKit`std::__1::optional<std::__1::pair<WebCore::AttributedString::Range, WTF::HashMap<WTF::String, WebCore::AttributedString::AttributeValue, WTF::DefaultHashWTF::String, WTF::HashTraitsWTF::String, WTF::HashTraitsWebCore::AttributedString::AttributeValue, WTF::HashTableTraits>>> IPC::Decoder::decode<std::__1::pair<WebCore::AttributedString::Range, WTF::HashMap<WTF::String, WebCore::AttributedString::AttributeValue, WTF::DefaultHashWTF::String, WTF::HashTraitsWTF::String, WTF::HashTraitsWebCore::AttributedString::AttributeValue, WTF::HashTableTraits>>>() + 156 frame #18: 0x00000001c121f368 WebKit`IPC::ArgumentCoder<WebCore::AttributedString, void>::decode(IPC::Decoder&) + 172 frame #19: 0x00000001c121f124 WebKit`std::__1::optionalWebCore::AttributedString IPC::Decoder::decodeWebCore::AttributedString() + 28 frame #20: 0x00000001c12594ec WebKit`IPC::ArgumentCoder<WebCore::DictionaryPopupInfo, void>::decode(IPC::Decoder&) + 76 frame #21: 0x00000001c12d0660 WebKit`std::__1::optionalWebCore::DictionaryPopupInfo IPC::Decoder::decodeWebCore::DictionaryPopupInfo() + 28 frame #22: 0x00000001c12ceef0 WebKit`IPC::ArgumentCoder<WebKit::WebHitTestResultData, void>::decode(IPC::Decoder&) + 1292 frame #23: 0x00000001c1338950 WebKit`std::__1::optionalWebKit::WebHitTestResultData IPC::Decoder::decodeWebKit::WebHitTestResultData() + 28 frame #24: 0x00000001c1ec7edc WebKit`WebKit::WebPageProxy::didReceiveMessage(IPC::Connection&, IPC::Decoder&) + 31392 frame #25: 0x00000001c1fb8f28 WebKit`IPC::MessageReceiverMap::dispatchMessage(IPC::Connection&, IPC::Decoder&) + 272 frame #26: 0x00000001c19ab2c0 WebKit`WebKit::WebProcessProxy::didReceiveMessage(IPC::Connection&, IPC::Decoder&) + 44 frame #27: 0x00000001c1fb3254 WebKit`IPC::Connection::dispatchMessage(WTF::UniqueRefIPC::Decoder) + 252 frame #28: 0x00000001c1fb3768 WebKit`IPC::Connection::dispatchIncomingMessages() + 576 frame #29: 0x00000001b9ab90c4 JavaScriptCore`WTF::RunLoop::performWork() + 204 frame #30: 0x00000001b9ab9fec JavaScriptCore`WTF::RunLoop::performWork(void*) + 36 frame #31: 0x000000019b8cc8a4 CoreFoundation`CFRUNLOOP_IS_CALLING_OUT_TO_A_SOURCE0_PERFORM_FUNCTION + 28 frame #32: 0x000000019b8cc838 CoreFoundation`__CFRunLoopDoSource0 + 176 frame #33: 0x000000019b8cc59c CoreFoundation`__CFRunLoopDoSources0 + 244 frame #34: 0x000000019b8cb138 CoreFoundation`__CFRunLoopRun + 840 frame #35: 0x000000019b8ca734 CoreFoundation`CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 588 frame #36: 0x00000001a6e39530 HIToolbox`RunCurrentEventLoopInMode + 292 frame #37: 0x00000001a6e3f348 HIToolbox`ReceiveNextEventCommon + 676 frame #38: 0x00000001a6e3f508 HIToolbox`_BlockUntilNextEventMatchingListInModeWithFilter + 76 frame #39: 0x000000019f442848 AppKit`_DPSNextEvent + 660 frame #40: 0x000000019fda8c24 AppKit`-[NSApplication(NSEventRouting) _nextEventMatchingEventMask:untilDate:inMode:dequeue:] + 688 frame #41: 0x000000019f435874 AppKit`-[NSApplication run] + 480 frame #42: 0x000000019f40c068 AppKit`NSApplicationMain + 888 frame #43: 0x00000001ca56a70c SwiftUI`merged generic specialization <SwiftUI.TestingAppDelegate> of function signature specialization <Arg[0] = Existential To Protocol Constrained Generic> of SwiftUI.runApp(__C.NSResponder & __C.NSApplicationDelegate) -> Swift.Never + 160 frame #44: 0x00000001ca9e09a0 SwiftUI`SwiftUI.runApp<τ_0_0 where τ_0_0: SwiftUI.App>(τ_0_0) -> Swift.Never + 140 frame #45: 0x00000001cad5ce68 SwiftUI`static SwiftUI.App.main() -> () + 224 frame #46: 0x0000000105943104 MyApp Dev.debug.dylib`static MyMacApp.$main() at :0 frame #47: 0x0000000105943c9c MyApp Dev.debug.dylib`main at MyMacApp.swift:24:8 frame #48: 0x000000019b464274 dyld`start + 2840
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May ’25
iOS 26 beta 4 + WKWebView + jquery cause crash
Hello. I have a project that loads a page using jquery 3.6.3 in WKWebView. When I try this on iOS developer beta 4, WKWebView malfunctions and the page does not load properly. If I remove jquery, the page loads. Even if I update jquery to the latest version, the problem remains the same. This problem did not occur until developer beta 3. The log is as follows. 0x12107c170 - [PID=994] WebProcessProxy::didClose: (web process 0 crash) 0x12107c170 - [PID=994] WebProcessProxy::processDidTerminateOrFailedToLaunch: reason=Crash Error acquiring assertion: &lt;Error Domain=RBSAssertionErrorDomain Code=2 "Specified target process 994 does not exist" UserInfo={NSLocalizedFailureReason=Specified target process 994 does not exist}&gt; 0x121138300 - ProcessAssertion::acquireSync Failed to acquire RBS assertion 'XPCConnectionTerminationWatchdog' for process with PID=994, error: (null) 0x132e00018 - [pageProxyID=9, webPageID=10, PID=994] WebPageProxy::processDidTerminate: (pid 994), reason=Crash 0x132e00018 - [pageProxyID=9, webPageID=10, PID=994] WebPageProxy::dispatchProcessDidTerminate: reason=Crash Failed to terminate process: Error Domain=com.apple.extensionKit.errorDomain Code=18 "(null)" UserInfo={NSUnderlyingError=0x13357de30 {Error Domain=RBSRequestErrorDomain Code=3 "No such process found" UserInfo={NSLocalizedFailureReason=No such process found}}} Failed to terminate process: Error Domain=com.apple.extensionKit.errorDomain Code=18 "(null)" UserInfo={NSUnderlyingError=0x13357f390 {Error Domain=RBSRequestErrorDomain Code=3 "No such process found" UserInfo={NSLocalizedFailureReason=No such process found}}} Failed to terminate process: Error Domain=com.apple.extensionKit.errorDomain Code=18 "(null)" UserInfo={NSUnderlyingError=0x13357d770 {Error Domain=RBSRequestErrorDomain Code=3 "No such process found" UserInfo={NSLocalizedFailureReason=No such process found}}}
Topic: Safari & Web SubTopic: General Tags:
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Jul ’25
macOS 15.0.1: Any supported way to auto‑enable a Safari App Extension on unmanaged Macs (no MDM)?
Hi all, Question: Can Apple confirm that, on macOS 15 without MDM/supervision, there is no supported API, entitlement, auth right, or config file that can enable a Safari App Extension without some form of user interaction? Environment • OS / Safari: macOS 15.0.1 (Sequoia), Safari 18.x • Distribution: Signed, notarized, stapled PKG installs a host app that contains a Safari App Extension • Management: No MDM allowed (and thus no supervision) • Goal: Have the extension come up enabled immediately after install, without requiring the user to click the checkbox in Safari Settings ▸ Extensions What we already know / tried Normal install flow – After PKG install, the extension shows up disabled. User must check the box to enable. SFSafariApplication.showPreferencesForExtension(...) – We can deep‑link the user to our row, but they still need to click “Enable.” Accessibility/UI scripting – We can script the click if the user grants our helper Accessibility permission. That still involves user interaction. .mobileconfig with Safari Extensions Management (AlwaysOn) – From what I can tell, this requires a supervised device enrolled in MDM. Installing that profile manually on an unsupervised Mac does not enforce the “AlwaysOn” state. Auth rights / Developer mode – Looked at auth.db rights like com.apple.Safari.allow-unsigned-app-extensions, and the Develop menu “Allow Unsigned Extensions.” Neither appears to auto‑enable a signed extension, and we don’t want to use private/unsupported APIs anyway. Thanks in advance for any clarification.
Topic: Safari & Web SubTopic: General
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Jul ’25
Unable to send a message from website to Safari web extension
I've been unable to successfully get a webpage to send a message to a Safari web extension, no matter what I try doing. I've added the following to my manifest.json file, and it's running manifest v3 { "externally_connectable": { "matches": [ "*://mywebsite.com/*", "*://localhost:3000/*" ] } } My web page executes the following code snippet. I've tried this both while running my site locally (on localhost) and pushed to production. let safariExtensionId = "co.companyname.productname.Extension (ABCD1234)" browser.runtime.sendMessage(safariExtensionId, { greeting: "hello"}, function(response) { console.log("Received response from background page"); console.log(response.farewell); } ); In the Safari web extension's background.js file, I've added the following onMessageExternal listener: browser.runtime.onMessageExternal.addListener((message, sender, sendResponse) => { console.log("Received message from the sender."); console.log(message.greeting); sendResponse({ farewell: "Goodbye!" }); }); This is directly copied from the instructions in this WWDC video: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/safariservices/messaging-between-a-webpage-and-your-safari-web-extension It's also extremely difficult to debug what's happening since the extensions service working frequently does not appear in the Web Extension Background Content menu Is there something I'm doing wrong, or a bug I'm not aware of?
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May ’25
Crash in WKScriptMessageHandler — CFRelease / CoreFoundation on iOS with WKWebView
We are building a hybrid iOS app using Angular (web) rendered inside a WKWebView, hosted by a native Swift app. Communication between the Angular UI and native Swift code is done using WKScriptMessageHandler. The app mostly works without issues, but in rare edge cases, we’re seeing crashes on the main thread, and the crash is reported in Firebase Crashlytics. The root cause appears related to CFRelease and WKScriptMessageHandler. Here’s the relevant crash stack: Crashed: com.apple.main-thread 0 CoreFoundation 0xbfac CFRelease + 44 1 CoreFoundation 0xa734 __CFURLDeallocate + 128 2 CoreFoundation 0x730c _CFRelease + 292 3 libobjc.A.dylib 0x4e28 AutoreleasePoolPage::releaseUntil(objc_object**) + 204 4 libobjc.A.dylib 0x4cbc objc_autoreleasePoolPop + 260 5 WebKit 0x99f194 WebKit::WebUserContentControllerProxy::didPostMessage(WTF::ObjectIdentifierGeneric<WebKit::WebPageProxyIdentifierType, WTF::ObjectIdentifierMainThreadAccessTraits<unsigned long long>, unsigned long long>, WebKit::FrameInfoData&&, WTF::ObjectIdentifierGeneric<WebKit::ScriptMessageHandlerIdentifierType, WTF::ObjectIdentifierMainThreadAccessTraits<unsigned long long>, unsigned long long>, std::__1::span<unsigned char const, 18446744073709551615ul>, WTF::CompletionHandler<void (std::__1::span<unsigned char const, 18446744073709551615ul>, WTF::String const&)>&&) + 680 6 WebKit 0x1b358 WebKit::WebUserContentControllerProxy::didReceiveMessage(IPC::Connection&, IPC::Decoder&) + 392 7 WebKit 0xe86b0 IPC::MessageReceiverMap::dispatchMessage(IPC::Connection&, IPC::Decoder&) + 272 8 WebKit 0x23c0c WebKit::WebProcessProxy::didReceiveMessage(IPC::Connection&, IPC::Decoder&) + 44 9 WebKit 0xe3f054 IPC::Connection::dispatchMessage(WTF::UniqueRef<IPC::Decoder>) + 252 10 WebKit 0x332d4 IPC::Connection::dispatchIncomingMessages() + 744 11 JavaScriptCore 0x58a7c WTF::RunLoop::performWork() + 204 12 JavaScriptCore 0x599a4 WTF::RunLoop::performWork(void*) + 36 13 CoreFoundation 0x56328 __CFRUNLOOP_IS_CALLING_OUT_TO_A_SOURCE0_PERFORM_FUNCTION__ + 28 14 CoreFoundation 0x562bc __CFRunLoopDoSource0 + 176 15 CoreFoundation 0x53dc0 __CFRunLoopDoSources0 + 244 16 CoreFoundation 0x52fbc __CFRunLoopRun + 840 17 CoreFoundation 0x52830 CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 588 18 GraphicsServices 0x11c4 GSEventRunModal + 164 19 UIKitCore 0x3d2eb0 -[UIApplication _run] + 816 20 UIKitCore 0x4815b4 UIApplicationMain + 340 21 APP1 0xa2f80 main + 21 (AppDelegate.swift:21) 22 ??? 0x1c234eec8 (シンボルが不足しています) Steps: WebView: WKWebView Message passing: WKScriptMessageHandler → passing data from Angular → Swift WKWebView is long-lived and reused Native is using WKUserContentController.add(_:name:) to register handlers Crashes are intermittent (hard to reproduce), but often follow: Screen sleep/wake Push notification open Angular calling native immediately after resume Questions: Has anyone seen this specific crash pattern involving CFRelease and WKScriptMessageHandler? Are there known WebKit or CoreFoundation bugs related to WKScriptMessageHandler and retained URLs or message content? Thank you for your help!
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Jul ’25
WalletPush - Issue with JWT authentication
Hello, I find it difficult to find information about this function, but Apple would allow you to download a Wallet ticket via a JWT signed token, without going through a pkpass, by calling the url https://wallet.apple.com/push/pass? Jwt= + jwt I have made several attempts with a different payload, either I am redirected to the Apple Pay presentation page, or I have a 403 error. I think I'm on my way, but I must miss a step in my signature. Could someone help me and give me the structure or how to manage the key? At the moment I use an Identifiers type PassType ID linked to a Certificate. Has anyone heard of this novelty? According to ChatGPT it should date from iOS 16-18 and potentially not be open to all devs. Thank you! Beautiful day
Topic: Safari & Web SubTopic: General Tags:
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Canvas performance slow on Safari, iPad 10 only
This is my first time to post on this forum. If there are something we didn't notice, please tell me. Thanks. Background We're using canvas to provide a web component to marketing. https://demo.mescius.jp/spreadjs/BenchmarkSample/ Problem Recently we have met an issue from customer. He is using iPad 10th to access the web component but when he tries to scroll it and it's very slow on iPad 10th. His iPad OS version is 17.7 and this issue also can be reproduced on our iPad 10th with iPad OS 18.0.1. But if we use iPad 9th with iPad OS 17.7 and 18.0.1, things are fine and there isn't any performance issue. We developer took some time investigating and found it's because of iPad 10th's safari takes longer time to paint each frame. On iPad 9th, it needs nearly 10ms to paint each frame. But on iPad 10, it needs nearly 70ms to paint each frame. Also we can provide simple code for you to check the different. We tried to simulate the repaint when user is scrolling. You can see on iPad 9th, it will be 2~3ms but on iPad 10th, it will be more than 10ms for each frame. test-ipad10.html It has been happening on iPad 10th only with iPad OS 17.6/17.7/18.0. This will be a big problem for us because it means on the iPad 10th (the latest iPad, non Pro or Air), it can't be used. Question Is there anyone knowing similar issue with this one? And do you know how to solve it on iPad 10?
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