Who can help me, I am running into a WebKit crash on ios 17 and I cannot reproduce it in the debug environment.
Crashes happen in these iOS version:17.6.1, 17.5.1, 17.7.5, 17.4, 17.7, 17.4.1, 17.7.3, 17.6
WebKit IPC::Connection::cancelReply<Messages::WebPage::PerformDragControllerAction, WebKit::WebPageProxy::performDragControllerAction(WebKit::DragControllerAction, WebCore::DragData&, std::__1::optional<WebCore::ProcessQualified<WTF::ObjectIdentifierGeneric<WebCore::FrameIdentifierType, WTF::ObjectIdentifierMainThreadAccessTraits> > > const&)::$_26>(WebKit::WebPageProxy::performDragControllerAction(WebKit::DragControllerAction, WebCore::DragData&, std::__1::optional<WebCore::ProcessQualified<WTF::ObjectIdentifierGeneric<WebCore::FrameIdentifierType, WTF::ObjectIdentifierMainThreadAccessTraits> > > const&)::$_26&&) (in WebKit)
WebKit WTF::Detail::CallableWrapper<WebKit::AuxiliaryProcessProxy::sendMessage(WTF::UniqueRef<IPC::Encoder>&&, WTF::OptionSet<IPC::SendOption>, std::__1::optional<IPC::ConnectionAsyncReplyHandler>, WebKit::AuxiliaryProcessProxy::ShouldStartProcessThrottlerActivity)::$_1, void, IPC::Decoder*>::call(IPC::Decoder*) (in WebKit)
WebKit IPC::Connection::cancelAsyncReplyHandlers() (in WebKit)
WebKit IPC::Connection::invalidate() (in WebKit)
WebKit WebKit::AuxiliaryProcessProxy::shutDownProcess() (in WebKit)
WebKit WebKit::WebProcessProxy::shutDown() (in WebKit)
WebKit WebKit::WebProcessProxy::processDidTerminateOrFailedToLaunch(WebKit::ProcessTerminationReason) (in WebKit)
WebKit WebKit::WebProcessProxy::didClose(IPC::Connection&) (in WebKit)
WebKit IPC::Connection::dispatchMessage(std::__1::unique_ptr<IPC::Decoder, std::__1::default_delete<IPC::Decoder> >) (in WebKit)
WebKit IPC::Connection::SyncMessageState::ConnectionAndIncomingMessage::dispatch() (in WebKit)
WebKit WTF::Detail::CallableWrapper<IPC::Connection::SyncMessageState::processIncomingMessage(IPC::Connection&, std::__1::unique_ptr<IPC::Decoder, std::__1::default_delete<IPC::Decoder> >&)::$_5, void, >::call() (in WebKit)
JavaScriptCore WTF::RunLoop::performWork() (in JavaScriptCore)
JavaScriptCore WTF::RunLoop::performWork(void*) (in JavaScriptCore)
CoreFoundation ___CFRUNLOOP_IS_CALLING_OUT_TO_A_SOURCE0_PERFORM_FUNCTION__ (in CoreFoundation)
CoreFoundation ___CFRunLoopDoSource0 (in CoreFoundation)
CoreFoundation ___CFRunLoopDoSources0 (in CoreFoundation)
CoreFoundation ___CFRunLoopRun (in CoreFoundation)
CoreFoundation _CFRunLoopRunSpecific (in CoreFoundation)
GraphicsServices _GSEventRunModal (in GraphicsServices)
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We are seeing network errors in Outlook mail on iOS and MacOS safari browsers.
As per current investigation, we notice these network error when the user tries to use outlook after leaving it open on Safari for a while.
Observations:
Issue present in both MacOS and iOS safari.
Issue is not present in other webkit browsers like brave and edge on iOS.
Issue is reproable on both mini and big owa on safari browser.
Issue is not related to post requests being sent in different packets on safari browser.
Requests are only blocked for outlook.office/outlook.live domains
What does not fix this issue?
Reloading the application
Clearing cookie, local storage or session storage
Unregistering service workers
Redirecting to a different page and coming back to outlook domain
Re authenticating the users
What fixes this issue?
Reconnecting to wifi or mobile network
Reconnecting vpn
Removing safari from background and reopening
Flushing the dns in setting
When a DNR rule is set for a specific URL and the request receives a server-side redirect (e.g., 302) to a different URL that does not match the urlFilter, the rule still seems to apply to the redirected request. We are using macOS 15.4 and Safari 18.4.
For example, consider two sequential calls: call1 and call2.
call1 triggers a 302 redirect to call2.
A DNR rule is created to add a "Cookie" header to call1 based on its URL.
Unexpectedly, the same cookie is also added to call2, even though call2's URL does not match the rule's urlFilter.
This results in the Set-Cookie response from call1 being ignored, and call2 receiving the manually set cookie instead—leading to incorrect behavior.
This issue doesn't occur in Chrome or Firefox, where the rule is not applied to the redirected request if the URL no longer matches.
We are looking for assistance in fixing these issues and having our Safari Extension function the same as it does in Firefox and Chrome.
Hello,
I’m working on a cross-origin WebAuthn implementation where a parent page embeds an iframe from a different origin to perform authentication. According to the WebAuthn Level 3 spec (Section 7.1.1), when crossOrigin is true, the clientDataJSON may include topOrigin—but Safari does not seem to populate this field.
Observed Behavior:
Chrome/Firefox: Include topOrigin in clientDataJSON when crossOrigin: true.
Safari (macOS/iOS): Omits topOrigin even though crossOrigin is correctly set to true.
Example clientDataJSON from Safari:
{
"type": "webauthn.get",
"challenge": "...",
"origin": "https://iframe-origin.example.com",
"crossOrigin": true
// Missing `topOrigin` (expected: parent origin)
}
Questions:
Is this an intentional omission in Safari for privacy/security reasons?
Are there specific requirements (e.g., HTTP headers, permissions policies) needed for Safari to expose topOrigin?
Is there a known workaround to reliably obtain the top-level origin in cross-origin WebAuthn flows?
System Info:
Version 18.4 (20621.1.15.11.10)
OS: Sequoia Version 18.4 (20621.1.15.11.10)
Reproduction Steps:
Parent page (https://parent.example.com) embeds an iframe (https://webauthn-rp.example.com).
The iframe calls navigator.credentials.get() with a WebAuthn challenge.
Safari returns clientDataJSON with crossOrigin: true but no topOrigin.
Code Snippet (iframe):
const credential = await navigator.credentials.get({
publicKey: {
challenge: new Uint8Array(/* ... */),
rpId: 'webauthn-rp.example.com',
allowCredentials: [],
hints: [],
userVerification: "preferred",
}
});
console.log(JSON.parse(atob(credential.response.clientDataJSON)));
Has anyone encountered this? Any insights would be greatly appreciated!
Topic:
Safari & Web
SubTopic:
General
On iOS (iPhone or iPad) the following behaviour happens:
when both an HTML video element and an HTML audio element are playing on a page,
and the video source ends,
and the video source is programmatically forced to play again
then the system will automatically pause the audio.
See following stackblitz project for a sample:
https://stackblitz.com/edit/ios-audio-paused-on-video-playing?file=README.md
Steps to reproduce
Feel free to try with both another audio and video source, here limited by the available space in Stackblitz plan.
On an iPhone/iPad device or simulator, in Safari:
browse to index.html
when on iPhone, press iPhone Load to force preloading video. Not needed on iPad
press Play to start playing both audio and video
wait until clip ends and then restarts from 0:00
Expected
Audio should keep on playing and eventually loop.
Actual
When clip restarts from 0, audio is put to pause by the system.
Further details
This does not happen e.g. on Mac Safari nor on another device/browser.
Also, some alternative scenarios:
when HTML video element has the muted attribute, the issue disappears and audio is not paused
when HTML audio element is replace with Web Audio API, the issue disappears and audio is not paused
There is no problem with the content display of each tab, but the tab bar is completely buggy.
If you open 5 or more tabs and browse tabs after the 5, the first 4 tab bars will be completely blacked out, and you don't even know how many tabs you have.
If you click on the place where the tab title probably exists, the tab is displayed as if the partial display of the tab bar has been restored.
There is no problem with content display. But because it is unclear what tab is open, the browsing experience is at its lowest.
If you switch to the tab after the 5th, the first 4 will return to the blackout state again.
Of course, it is the latest software configuration at the moment. There is no shortage of memory at 24GB.
I recently started developing a Safari extension with AppExtension, but is that due to it?
Topic:
Safari & Web
SubTopic:
General
I would like to know if there is a way to disable Smart Punctuation from the webpage rather than requiring the user to do so from the settings. Adding a "inputmode=verbatim" attribute to the input HTML tags for my webpage did that for all the web browsers I tested on Windows, Ubuntu, Android, and MacOS. I tested Chrome and Firefox on all platforms, as well as Edge on Windows and Safari on Mac and iOS. So far the only time it did not disable Smart Punctuation was on Safari on iOS, but it did on MacOS.
I'm running apache with following configuration.
/cc require TLS client certificate
/ not require TLS client certificate
Starting with ios 18.4, accessing /cc after / fails with following error:
AH02261: Re-negotiation handshake failed, referer: https://www.example.com/...
SSL Library Error: error:1417C0C7:SSL routines:tls_process_client_certificate:peer did not return a certificate -- No CAs known to server for verification?
It seems like ios 18.4 does not support TLS re-negotiation.
(It worked with ios 18.3 and before)
Is this an expected behavior or a bug?
Topic:
Safari & Web
SubTopic:
General
Hello Community,
My application was rejected by Apple App Review, citing Guideline 4.7 and "non-embedded," which I believe is incorrect. All transactions are signed and sent directly through the app with explicit user permission. Additionally, there's an issue with min apps where users can access the functionality via a browser to interact with the service. This feature has been part of my old application and hasn't changed in the new update. It’s the same functionality as used by popular wallets like
Metamask
Uniswap
Coinbase
Which also employ web3 technology.
Over the past two weeks, I've tried to communicate with Apple's support team but have been ignored or received only generic rejection emails. This has left me frustrated and concerned about the time and resources I’ve invested in developing and supporting this app.
Could you please help me find a solution? Your assistance would be greatly appreciated!
Hi,
when I display an HTML page with a on Safari iOS, I get a nice UI. Great! At the first look I see a video frame with an arrow-in-a-circle button in the middle. Very nice. I click on the arrow and I get a fullscreen view while the video begins to play. I watch the video then I pause it then I click on the top-left x button. So I go back to my html page and the video is perfectly there as it was before.
But, there is an annoying new detail. The video frame is really dark, it still presents all the controls and a "different" arrow button to play it again. In other words that nice video-frame, that nice picture, is not longer visible on the page. That nice page with nice pictures has now an almost-black rectangle. Too bad.
Sure I can click on the video (outside the controls) then the controls and the black overlaying frame disappear. I can see that nice picture again. Finally. Well, but the arrow-in-a-circle button to play the video disappeared. Now the user cannot longer understand that's a video to play. It looks just like any other pictures to admire statically.
Is any way to get the previous first look of the video? The one clear, with the current frame and the arrow-in-a-circle look?
I’m encountering an issue with CSS not displaying when using WKURLSchemeHandler to load local HTML files.
When I package the app using Xcode 15.3 or above, the CSS styles do not display on iOS 17 or higher. However, on iOS 16.7.1, the CSS displays correctly.
• If I use Xcode 15.2 to package the app, the CSS loads and displays correctly on all iOS versions.
I am using WKURLSchemeHandler to intercept and load the local HTML files. Is there any known issue or workaround for this?
You can now post this in the “Safari & Web” section of the Apple Developer forums for further assistance!
//
// CustomURLSchemeHandler.m
// HTMLTest
//
// Created by lvxue on 2024/9/23.
//
// CustomURLSchemeHandler.m
#import "CustomURLSchemeHandler.h"
@implementation CustomURLSchemeHandler
- (void)webView:(WKWebView *)webView startURLSchemeTask:(id<WKURLSchemeTask>)urlSchemeTask {
NSURL *url = urlSchemeTask.request.URL;
//NSString *filePath;
NSString *filePath = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:@"index" ofType:@"html" inDirectory:@"LoaclHtml.bundle/A4"];
if ([url.lastPathComponent hasSuffix:@".css"]) {
filePath = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:@"style" ofType:@"css" inDirectory:@"LoaclHtml.bundle/A4/css"];
} else if ([url.lastPathComponent hasSuffix:@".js"]) {
filePath = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:@"yourJSFileName" ofType:@"js" inDirectory:@"LoaclHtml.bundle/A4/js"];
}
NSData *htmlData = [NSData dataWithContentsOfFile:filePath];
NSString *mimeType = [self mimeTypeForPath:filePath];
NSURLResponse *response = [[NSURLResponse alloc] initWithURL:url
MIMEType:mimeType
expectedContentLength:htmlData.length
textEncodingName:@"utf-8"];
[urlSchemeTask didReceiveResponse:response];
[urlSchemeTask didReceiveData:htmlData];
[urlSchemeTask didFinish];
}
- (void)webView:(WKWebView *)webView stopURLSchemeTask:(id<WKURLSchemeTask>)urlSchemeTask {
}
- (NSString *)mimeTypeForPath:(NSString *)path {
NSString *fileExtension = [path pathExtension];
if ([fileExtension isEqualToString:@"html"]) {
return @"text/html";
} else if ([fileExtension isEqualToString:@"css"]) {
return @"text/css";
} else if ([fileExtension isEqualToString:@"js"]) {
return @"application/javascript";
} else if ([fileExtension isEqualToString:@"png"]) {
return @"image/png";
} else if ([fileExtension isEqualToString:@"jpg"] || [fileExtension isEqualToString:@"jpeg"]) {
return @"image/jpeg";
} else if ([fileExtension isEqualToString:@"gif"]) {
return @"image/gif";
}
return @"application/octet-stream";
}
@end
code-block
Topic:
Safari & Web
SubTopic:
General
Apple Pay fails with an "AbortError" when the dialog for the fingerprint sensor opens.
How do I find the cause of the "AbortError" which only occurs in the web integration in our production environment?
In the sandbox environment, Apple Pay works flawlessly. This concerns a web integration of Apple Pay using the Apple Pay SDK, one version before 1.2.0. The error occurs when I call the show() method on the PaymentRequest object. The Apple Pay dialog opens with the fingerprint icon, but after one second, an exclamation mark appears, and the Apple Pay dialog closes again while throwing the "AbortError".
I know that our Apple Pay integration worked for multiple customers in the production environment already. The current problem is that Apple's error message, called "AbortError," provides no indication of the cause. This could be greatly improved.
One affected customer, for example, is the one with the Merchant ID … (Is it safe to post a Merchant ID in this forum?) I can reproduce the "AbortError" issue at any time using my iPhone with iOS 16.7.8.
Hello,
I have an authentication flow where my app communicates with a backend protected by F5 client certificate validation. The client certificate is distributed via MDM and is available in the device keychain, but not accessible directly from the app.
When using ASWebAuthenticationSession (or SFSafariViewController) Safari can successfully pick up and present the certificate during authentication, so that part works fine.
However, the backend’s authenticate endpoint only supports a POST request with an Authorization header, whereas ASWebAuthenticationSession only accepts a GET URL when starting the session.
My questions are:
How is this type of flow typically implemented in iOS?
Should the backend provide a GET-based endpoint that redirects into the POST, or is there a recommended iOS pattern (e.g., an intermediate HTML page that does the POST after certificate validation)?
Are there Apple guidelines on handling certificate-based auth with ASWebAuthenticationSession when the API requires POST, especially for In-House distributed apps?
Any guidance or best practices would be very helpful.
Topic:
Safari & Web
SubTopic:
General
hi, I'm having an issue with Safari devlop menu "Web Extension Background Content" menu item being grayed out. I cant do any debugging right now and its becoming mission critical for us. Any help is appreciated.
Thank you,
Topic:
Safari & Web
SubTopic:
General
Tags:
Extensions
Web Inspector
Safari Developer Tools
Safari Extensions
Hi all,
I'm developing an application that uses WKWebView to display a web application which I augment with iOS native utilities such as Speech to Text and IAP. The application also uses Service workers, so we define AppBound Domains in the info.plist file.
Everything works for this, but when we deploy on a device the application will crash and say we need these entitlements
com.apple.developer.web-browser-engine.networking,
com.apple.developer.web-browser-engine.rendering,
com.apple.developer.web-browser-engine.webcontent,
com.apple.runningboard.assertions.webkit
From what I can see, we do need all of them. However Apple suggest submitting a request to be an Altnerative Browser (https://developer.apple.com/support/alternative-browser-engines)
This is not appropriate for the application in my view since one requirement of being an alternative browser is that you don't modify the resources on the web site - we of course do since we inject javascript in order to bridge between iOS and the contents of the webview.
How are people navigating this issue? I assumed it would be common given the use of Tauri etc. to build similar types of applications, but I don't see much about it.
Thank you!
Hi all,
Chrome has it already - animation-timeline aka scroll-animations.
I can nowhere find any informations on what's the status in Safari/Webkit.
Seems like they do not have it on the agenda at all?
Does anyone know anything - I wanted to push a feature request for that - but also seem there is no feature request list anymore for webkit.
See: https://www.w3.org/TR/scroll-animations/
Cheers and kind regards!
We are currently implementing the payment flow, and for handling payment details — including card entry and validation — we are utilizing a WKWebView. The webview securely loads the payment provider’s page, ensuring sensitive information such as card numbers are entered and validated directly within the web context.
I’d like to clarify that this change has not yet been released to Production. As part of a feature enhancement to our existing payment flow, we are transitioning to a new payment vendor, SnapPay.
While trying to load the SnapPay URL embedded within an iFrame in our iOS app, I observed the following error in the Xcode console. While this error may be generic, I wanted to highlight it:
825a18 - [pageProxyID=7, webPageID=8, PID=67346] WebPageProxy::didFailLoadForFrame: frameID=24, isMainFrame=0, domain=NSURLErrorDomain, code=-999
Upon investigating, we compared the headers from our existing payment URL and SnapPay's URL, and found that SnapPay includes the following Content-Security-Policy (CSP) header:
Content-Security-Policy: frame-ancestors ...
"Content-Security-Policy" value="default-src 'self'; script-src 'self' https://hcaptcha.com https://.hcaptcha.com https://code.jquery.com https://www.gstatic.com https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.3.1.min.js https://test.lightbox.cardx.com/v1/lightbox.min.js https://www.ssa.gov/accessibility/andi/ https://c.evidon.com 'unsafe-inline' 'unsafe-eval'; style-src 'self' https://hcaptcha.com https://.hcaptcha.com https://fonts.googleapis.com/css https://stage.snappayglobal.com/Resource/ https://www.ssa.gov/accessibility/andi/andi.css 'unsafe-inline'; img-src 'self' data: https:; font-src 'self' *.googleapis.com *.gstatic.com ; connect-src 'self' https://demo1.cditechnology.com https:; form-action https://hcaptcha.com https: 'self' *.ipg-online.com secure.bluepay.com https://test.api.lightbox.cardx.com https://3ds-acs.test.modirum.com/ https://demo1.cditechnology.com/; frame-ancestors https://snappaydirect-perf.fiserv.com 'self' file: https: http; frame-src .snappayglobal.com 'self' https://hcaptcha.com https://.hcaptcha.com https: https://www.google.com .ipg-online.com secure.bluepay.com https://.cardconnect.com https://test.api.lightbox.cardx.com/ https://test.lightbox.cardx.com https://paywithcardx.com/payment/auth.cgi securepayments.cardpointe.com *.cardpointe.com https://3ds-acs.test.modirum.com/ https://www.yokohamatire.com http://uat1-txt.ad.portal.texas.gov https://uat1-txt.ad.portal.texas.gov "
After multiple working sessions with the SnapPay team, we were able to confirm that when they disable CSP or remove the frame-ancestors directive, the iFrame loads successfully within our app. However, SnapPay cannot change on their CSP.
To enable the iFrame to load in the iOS app, we added the following line of code:
webView.configuration.preferences.setValue(true, forKey: "allowFileAccessFromFileURLs").
This resolved the issue with loading the iFrame. Note: the file being loaded is a local .html file,.
Before submitting this update to the App Store, I’d like to confirm whether this usage of allowFileAccessFromFileURLs is acceptable for App Store review.
I wanted to confirm that with this change is there a security concern for WKWebview?
<script src="https://js.braintreegateway.com/web/3.92.0/js/client.min.js"></script>
Hello there,
For a video like this <video src="blob:safari-web-extension://***" autoplay="" loop="" style="position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; object-fit: cover; z-index: -1;"></video>, no matter if its local or remote, blob or mp4 files, is constantly being reloaded (refetched? revalidated?) if the loop tag is added. I can confirm there is actual constant traffic from the server based on my server logs. I am running iOS/macOS 26.
Hello Apple Developer Team,
I would love to see iCloud Keychain Autofill and Touch ID support extended to Chromium-based browsers on macOS (such as Ecosia, Brave, or Vivaldi).
Currently, Safari allows autofill of passwords using Touch ID, but when using other browsers, I have to manually copy-paste credentials from Keychain Access, which is time-consuming.
Would it be possible for Apple to provide an API or framework that allows non-WebKit browsers to integrate iCloud Keychain autofill while keeping security intact?
This feature would make macOS more convenient for users who prefer alternative browsers while keeping security standards high.
Thanks in advance for considering this!
Best regards, Kilian