I have a visionOS app using Apple's WebView and WebPage to display web content. When viewing a live YouTube stream last night, YouTube put up the warning in the area that would have the chat window:
Oh no!
It looks like you're using an older version of your browser. Please update it to use live chat.
Anyone know if YouTube is generating this from the server based on the WebPage's user agent string, from Javascript running in the browser engine, or something else?
Anyone know if and how it is possible to resolve this?
(See right side of YouTube web page from a screen grab):
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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
0x158c2ce18 - [pageProxyID=33, webPageID=34, PID=883] WebPageProxy::didFailProvisionalLoadForFrame: frameID=4294967298, isMainFrame=1, domain=NSURLErrorDomain, code=-999, isMainFrame=1, willInternallyHandleFailure=0
Error Domain=NSURLErrorDomain Code=-999 "已取消" UserInfo={_NSURLErrorFailingURLSessionTaskErrorKey=LocalDataTask <9A09D8F8-351D-4BE3-A1F7-0E2E325DC7BA>.<4>, _NSURLErrorRelatedURLSessionTaskErrorKey=(
"LocalDataTask <9A09D8F8-351D-4BE3-A1F7-0E2E325DC7BA>.<4>"
), NSLocalizedDescription=已取消, _WKRecoveryAttempterErrorKey=<WKReloadFrameErrorRecoveryAttempter: 0x159acf6c0>, networkTaskDescription=LocalDataTask <9A09D8F8-351D-4BE3-A1F7-0E2E325DC7BA>.<4>, NSErrorFailingURLStringKey=https://oamobile.zmmc.com.cn:28385/pages/Reports/ZBReport.aspx?ShowInLegend=true&appid=69b487001fcc11bc30c7344e50768c3c&userid=9784299b-cced-4702-91b0-0476511ba8d2, NSErrorFailingURLKey=https://oamobile.zmmc.com.cn:28385/pages/Reports/ZBReport.aspx?ShowInLegend=true&appid=69b487001fcc11bc30c7344e50768c3c&userid=9784299b-cced-4702-91b0-0476511ba8d2, networkTaskMetricsPrivacyStance=Unknown}
Failed to terminate process: Error Domain=com.apple.extensionKit.errorDomain Code=18 "(null)" UserInfo={NSUnderlyingError=0x159bd1830 {Error Domain=RBSRequestErrorDomain Code=3 "No such process found" UserInfo={NSLocalizedFailureReason=No such process found}}}
After upgrade to ios 26,
if WKWebView load url which did not contain "#" will always ok.
but load url contain “#” will cancel when start load, then result in white screen
We have an app store app that hosts an internal webserver we use as a proxy and it works for a period until iOS 18.3.x decides our cert is no longer valid at which point our customer have reinstall the app. This has only become a problem on iOS18.3. We publish the self-signed with out app, and it is valid and accepted until it's not. We know the cert is valid and our implementation of the local proxy has not changed. If we install a cert on the device and trust it, then the app will start behaving normally again without reinstall. We have replicated this locally and the error we are seeing is:
Error Domain=NSURLErrorDomain Code=-1200 "An SSL error has occurred and a secure connection to the server cannot be made." UserInfo={NSLocalizedRecoverySuggestion=Would you like to connect to the server anyway?, _WKRecoveryAttempterErrorKey=<WKReloadFrameErrorRecoveryAttempter: 0x301111e40>, networkTaskDescription=LocalDataTask <541390E2-65FA-47AB-80B1-10209D6C761A>.<3>, _kCFStreamErrorDomainKey=3, NSErrorPeerCertificateChainKey=(
"<cert(0x108e3b700) s: 127.0.0.1 i: 127.0.0.1>",
"<cert(0x108e3b980) s: 127.0.0.1 i: 127.0.0.1>"
), NSErrorClientCertificateStateKey=0, NSErrorFailingURLKey=https://localhost:8082/Blablal/?device=ios&sftouch=1&pgport=8081&secure=1, NSErrorFailingURLStringKey=https://localhost:8082/blahblah/?device=ios&sftouch=1&pgport=8081&secure=1, NSUnderlyingError=0x301e1d680 {Error Domain=kCFErrorDomainCFNetwork Code=-1200 "(null)" UserInfo={_kCFStreamPropertySSLClientCertificateState=0, _kCFNetworkCFStreamSSLErrorOriginalValue=-9802, _kCFStreamErrorDomainKey=3, _kCFStreamErrorCodeKey=-9802}}, _NSURLErrorRelatedURLSessionTaskErrorKey=(
"LocalDataTask <541390E2-65FA-47AB-80B1-10209D6C761A>.<3>"
), _kCFStreamErrorCodeKey=-9802, _NSURLErrorFailingURLSessionTaskErrorKey=LocalDataTask <541390E2-65FA-47AB-80B1-10209D6C761A>.<3>, networkTaskMetricsPrivacyStance=NotEligible, NSURLErrorFailingURLPeerTrustErrorKey=<SecTrustRef: 0x302670a50>, NSLocalizedDescription=An SSL error has occurred and a secure connection to the server cannot be made.}
Hi folks!! Anyone here experienced issues with video not showing up in webview?
I have a simple index.html with a video tag but its doesn't load why?
Since the transition to iOS 18.4, we have been having an issue where when loading an m3u8 file specified in the src attribute of a video tag in WKWebView, the ts file is loaded repeatedly.
Are there any good ideas for this?
Also, if there have been any changes to the specifications of WKWebView, we would appreciate it if you could let us know.
I'm not loving the huge Favorites icons in Safari on MacOS 26, is there a way to reduce the size of them so that we can see more favorites on the list without scrolling down?
We’re currently working on an OTT-based application where we integrate Google Ad Manager to serve video ads. As part of the ad experience, users often see a “Learn More” CTA (Call to Action) on these ads.
As per our current requirement, when a user taps “Learn More” on an ad:
• The link should open in Safari (i.e., an external browser) on iOS devices
• The Safari browser should ideally open in portrait orientation, as the ad content and layout are optimised for portrait mode
However, based on our understanding and technical constraints on iOS, it appears that:
• Orientation control is restricted to the app’s own context.
• Once Safari is launched via UIApplication.shared.open, we no longer have control over how it behaves in terms of orientation.
• iOS system behaviour determines Safari’s orientation based on the device’s physical orientation and Safari’s own internal configuration.
Could you please confirm if there’s any supported way (via SDK, deep link config, or otherwise) to enforce portrait orientation in Safari when opening such external URLs from within an iOS app?
If this is not technically feasible, we would appreciate any best practices or alternatives you can suggest for ensuring a consistent user experience.
Topic:
Safari & Web
SubTopic:
General
I'm facing an unexpected cancel event, when i get a merchantSession from my sever, and call completeMerchantValidation, then applepay client give a oncancel event, with error: unknown info:{}
the session is :
{
"epochTimestamp": 1762116084960,
"expiresAt": 1762119684960,
"merchantSessionIdentifier": "SSH60E2321574454A9FB4015EFF24C8769E_CCE257A9D27B42513B2C3CA67DB49F602F3450D996C0811ED462EDCA0D7477FD",
"nonce": "43fb3a9a",
"merchantIdentifier": "ABD51C33E9F2E612C0D594921DEC478118D23C77525223127FC716DA8589FDDC",
"domainName": "checkout.peppr.com",
"displayName": "Heji Guilin Rice Noodle",
"signature": "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",
"operationalAnalyticsIdentifier": "Heji Guilin Rice Noodle:ABD51C33E9F2E612C0D594921DEC478118D23C77525223127FC716DA8589FDDC",
"retries": 0,
"pspId": "6C8FB940FD816AC15282D94009E72179FC9E5FFBC5712B366EB4364CAFB25153"
}
Hi Team,
I'm using the simple mailto functionality in the demo page and when I tested the same via Safari mailto functionality is not working.
However, the same feature is working as expected via Chrome.
Demo: https://jsfiddle.net/xut0ed4y/
Kindly help.me to resolve this issue.
I want to write an app, that lets users restore all oben windows and tabs from any given point in a TimeMachine backup. The store location seems to have changed. In earlier versions it was possible to restore the open windows and tabs by retrieving
/Users/[UserName]/Library/Containers/com.apple.Safari/Data/Library/Safari/SafariTabs.db
…/SafariTabs.db-shm
…/SafariTabs.db-wal
As of 18.3 this doesn’t work any more, even though these files get updated with the use of Safari
What else would I need to retrieve from a back up disk?
Thank you very much for any hints!
Hello all,
I'm trying to retrieve geolocation data on the web, but I'm having trouble with the altitude value, which seems to differ from what I get on Android.
When using navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition in Safari, is the altitude value based on mean sea level, or is it ellipsoidal altitude based on the WGS84 ellipsoid?
altitude (WebKit JS): https://developer.apple.com/documentation/webkitjs/coordinates/1631861-altitude
altitude (Core Location): https://developer.apple.com/documentation/corelocation/cllocation/altitude
ellipsoidalAltitude (Core Location): https://developer.apple.com/documentation/corelocation/cllocation/ellipsoidalaltitude
If anyone has any insight into this topic I would greatly appreciate it!
Hello everyone,
We've had our app rejected twice under Guideline 3.2.2 regarding charitable donations, and we're seeking clarification on the correct implementation. We've read the guidelines but want to confirm the technical approach with the community's experience.
The Rejection Reason:
Apple states: "We still noticed that your app includes the ability to collect charitable donations within the app..." They specify that since we are not an approved nonprofit, we must use one of the alternatives, primarily: "provide a link to your website that launches the default browser or SFSafariViewController for users to make a donation."
Our Current (Rejected) Implementation:
User taps a "Help" button in our native app.
A native modal appears inside our app where the user enters their donation amount and email address for the receipt.
The user clicks "Donate," which then opens an SFSafariViewController to our website's payment page (e.g., Stripe, PayPal). The amount and email are passed as URL parameters to pre-fill the form.
Our Questions for the Community:
Is the issue solely the fact that we have a native modal for data entry? We understand we cannot process the payment in-app, but we thought collecting the intent (amount, email) was acceptable before handing off to Safari.
What is the definitive, compliant flow?
Option A: Should the "Help" button do nothing more than open an SFSafariViewController to a generic donations landing page on our website (https://ourwebsite.com/donate), with no data pre-filled? The user must then navigate and enter all information on the website itself.
Option C: The rejection also mentions SMS. Has anyone had success implementing a "Text-to-Donate" link instead of a web flow?
Wording: The button in our app currently says "Donate". Should this be changed to a more passive call to action like "Visit Website to Donate" to make it absolutely clear the transaction is external?
We want to ensure our next submission is successful. Any insight, especially from developers who have successfully navigated this exact rejection, would be immensely helpful.
Thank you.
Area: WebKit (Safari)
Description:
I am reporting an issue where our application's core functionality is being broken by Safari's Intelligent Tracking Prevention (ITP).
ITP's "Link Tracking Protection" feature automatically strips specific query parameters from URLs. We understand this is an intentional privacy feature. However, our application requires these query parameters to carry essential, non-tracking data, such as authentication tokens or specific app-state information to function correctly.
When a user navigates to our site, Safari strips these parameters, this means our client-side application never receives the necessary data, which breaks core features and leads to a failed user experience. This is a significant issue for our application as it prevents users from accessing their content.
We are seeking guidance on how to resolve this.
Questions for Apple:
Is there a recommended way to identify and flag essential, non-tracking query parameters so that Safari's ITP does not strip them?
Our parameters are critical for app functionality, not for third-party tracking. What is the recommended best practice for building web applications that rely on URL parameters while adhering to ITP's privacy-first model?
We want to ensure our application is compatible with modern browser privacy features without compromising functionality.
Could you provide a detailed explanation of what criteria ITP uses to decide which parameters to strip? Understanding the underlying logic would help us restructure our URLs to avoid this issue.
Device Information:
Operating System: iOS and macOS
Safari Version: Latest stable versions on both platforms
Device Models: All relevant models and device types
Topic:
Safari & Web
SubTopic:
General
Hello,
We are setting up Apple Sign In in one of our non production websites but we keep getting a "oauth code says expired or revoked" error. We have created a brand new service ID and key for this but are still getting this error.
Topic:
Safari & Web
SubTopic:
General
In my application, I use HTML pages to display the interface. Since it’s a cross-platform app, the pages and interactions work properly on other platforms. However, in WebKit, because HTTPS protocol is used, JS requests from the page cannot use the ws protocol but must use the wss protocol under HTTPS. Is there any way to allow a webpage under HTTPS to use ws requests normally? Google Chrome can do this.
Topic:
Safari & Web
SubTopic:
General
Hello all,
I'm building a web application in ASP.NET MVC (.NET Framework 4.7.2), from this web app I need to send push notifications to users. For the ones who are logged in with windows/android, everything works as expected, but I can't manage to get it work on the apple side.
If I use the same methods to subscribe to push notifications, it shows me the popup that asks the user to enable push notifications, and then I get an endpoint like this:
https://web.push.apple.com/QKC1Muic0H7...
It doesn't work using this (taking the part after https://web.push.apple.com/), I keep getting "Bad device token" (trying to send the notification via APNS).
Then I found out that there is another method to register the device from the frontend, and this one should give me the real device token:
window.safari.pushNotification.requestPermission
But this one doesn't show me the popup, it gives me "denied" without a reason.
I'm trying to a test application which is here https://pwa.vctplanner.it, the web push id is web.it.vctplanner, I created a push package downloadable from POST https://pwa.vctplanner.it/api/v2/PushPackages/web.it.vctplanner, and the code from the frontend is this:
function registerSafariPush() {
// Controlla se Safari Push Notifications è disponibile
if (!('safari' in window) || !('pushNotification' in window.safari)) {
console.log("Safari Push Notifications non supportate su questo browser.");
return;
}
// Il tuo Website Push ID registrato su Apple Developer
var websitePushId = "web.it.vctplanner";
// Controlla lo stato della permission
var permissionData = window.safari.pushNotification.permission(websitePushId);
switch (permissionData.permission) {
case 'default': // L'utente non ha ancora deciso
window.safari.pushNotification.requestPermission(
'https://pwa.vctplanner.it', // URL del server che serve il Push Package
websitePushId,
{}, // dati opzionali da inviare al server
function (permission) {
if (permission.permission === 'granted') {
console.log("Notifiche push abilitate!");
sendSubscriptionToServer({ endpoint: permission.deviceToken });
} else {
console.log("Notifiche push non abilitate dall'utente.");
}
}
);
break;
case 'denied': // L'utente ha negato
console.log("Notifiche push negate.");
break;
case 'granted': // L'utente ha già autorizzato
console.log("Notifiche push già autorizzate.");
sendSubscriptionToServer({ endpoint: permissionData.deviceToken });
break;
}
}
Any suggestions of what I'm missing? Is there a complete guide to how generate the push package?
Thank you
I am calling fetch with a POST on page1 in Safari. No special cache parameters on the fetch call.
The response from the server is a 303 redirect to page2
The second page -- page2 -- is in my browser's cache with cache-control "public, max-age=31536000, immutable".
For some reason, the page2 redirect is causing a server hit to re-GET the second page every time instead of pulling from cache.
If I instead directly get the second page by doing a fetch on page2, there is no server hit.
If I do this on Chrome or Firefox, it behaves as I would expect, pulling page2 from the cache with no server hit.
In case it matters, the fetch is coming from within an iFrame. Also, if I change the original POST to a GET, the problem still happens.
I am using a pretty old version of Safari on my Mac, so I could chalk it up to that, but I am getting the same behavior with Safari on my iPhone with iOS 18.3.2
Any ideas?
Thanks.
If we use webView.loadFileURL(indexURL, allowingReadAccessTo: readAccessURL) on an iPad it loads the data and navigation works.
But if we place two hands on top of the screen and move a bit, all click events are not working anymore.
It works again if we call loadFileURL again.
We filled a bug report:
FB19812304
If "Not Secure Connection Warnings" is enabled in the Settings > App > Safari, are no HTTP connections allowed? Setting NSAppTransportSecurity does not seem to apply either.
Topic:
Safari & Web
SubTopic:
General