I have a custom VPN app that uses NETunnelProviderManager to install a VPN Profile if one is not already installed. On previous iOS versions this would open the VPN Settings and ask for either the PIN, FaceID or TouchID and install the profile. With iOS 26 beta5 it opens the VPN Settings and stops.
Is this a bug in iOS 26? Have there been changes to NETunnelProviderManager for iOS 26 that I'm not aware of?
FYI we do the samething on macOS 26 beta5 and that works as expected.
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On iOS 26 beta 5, it is impossible to add a VPN configuration when a passcode is set on the device. Every time, all it does is redirect to the Settings app with no prompt for passcode.
The only way around this is to disable passcode on the device so adding a VPN configuration doesn’t have to open the Settings app.
This issue happened intermittently in the past with previous iOS 26 betas and even on iOS 18, but the problem has worsened on iOS 26 beta 5 to the point where you have to turn off passcode to add a VPN.
Feedback ID: FB17974765
If I compile a compute kernel with a call to texture.read(), it fails with the following error: "Error Domain=AGXMetalG13X Code=3 "Encountered unlowered function call to air.get_read_sampler" UserInfo={NSLocalizedDescription=Encountered unlowered function call to air.get_read_sampler}."
This error occurs on both macOS and iOS 26 Beta 5, but not when running on a simulator or in a playground. It does not occur on a macOS Sequoia VM. It occurs whether I use the old metal 3 or new metal 4 compilation method.
A workaround would be to use a sampler, but according to the feature tables, all platforms support reading from textures of all formats.
Below is a minimal example which produces the error:
let device = MTLCreateSystemDefaultDevice()!
let library = device.makeDefaultLibrary()!
let computeFunction = library.makeFunction(name: "compute_test")!
do {
let pipeline = try device.makeComputePipelineState(function: computeFunction)
debugPrint(pipeline)
} catch {
debugPrint("Metal 3 failed with error:\n\(error)")
}
#import <metal_stdlib>
using namespace metal;
kernel void compute_test(uint2 gid [[thread_position_in_grid]],
texture2d<float, access::read> in [[texture(0)]],
texture2d<float, access::write> out [[texture(1)]]) {
out.write(in.read(gid), gid);
}
I filed feedback FB19530049.
A few minutes back I filed a feedback assistant issue for this (FB18173706), but I am not sure I filed it in the correct category and I can't find a way to edit it either. So posting this message here just to have to assigned in the right category if appropriate. The issue is as follows.
On macOS 26 Tahoe Beta, "man sw_vers" has this among other details:
Previous versions of sw_vers respected the SYSTEM_VERSION_COMPAT environment variable to provide compatibility fallback versions for scripts which did not support the macOS 11.0+ version transition. This is no longer supported, versions returned by sw_vers will always reflect the real system version.
It says that SYSTEM_VERSION_COMPAT is no longer supported. That doesn't look right, because running sw_vers as follows on macOS 26 Beta results in:
SYSTEM_VERSION_COMPAT=1 sw_vers
ProductName: macOS
ProductVersion: 16.0
BuildVersion: 25A5279m
i.e. setting the environment variable SYSTEM_VERSION_COMPAT=1 results in sw_vers reporting the version as 16.0. Now try with SYSTEM_VERSION_COMPAT=0, and the result is:
SYSTEM_VERSION_COMPAT=0 sw_vers
ProductName: macOS
ProductVersion: 26.0
BuildVersion: 25A5279m
notice the output says 26.0. So it appears that SYSTEM_VERSION_COMPAT is supported even on macOS 26. I think the man page requires an update to match this behaviour.
I was testing audio playback from YouTube in Safari, and the sound was clipping heavily. At first, I thought it might be due to the poor quality of my small sound system. However, when I took a screenshot and the screenshot sound effect itself produced a loud clipping noise, it became clear that this is not a mechanical problem with my speakers, nor an issue specific to YouTube or Safari. This appears to be a system-wide audio issue in macOS Tahoe 26 - Beta 5.
I'm trying to download mods for Stardew Valley, before the beta it worked but now it doesn't. Is there anyone who can help to fix this? Used Firefox and Safari as well as Safari on my ipad.
Using the official SwiftTranscriptionSampleApp from WWDC 2025, speech transcription takes 14+ seconds from audio input to first result, making it unusable for real-time applications.
Environment
iOS: 26.0 Beta
Xcode: Beta 5
Device: iPhone 16 pro
Sample App: Official Apple SwiftTranscriptionSampleApp from WWDC 2025
Configuration Tested
Locale: en-US (properly allocated with AssetInventory.allocate(locale:)) and es-ES
Setup: All optimizations applied (preheating, high priority, model retention)
I started testing in my own app to replace SFSpeech API and include speech detection but after long fights with documentation (this part is quite terrible TBH) I tested the example (https://developer.apple.com/documentation/speech/bringing-advanced-speech-to-text-capabilities-to-your-app) and saw same results.
I added some logs to check the specific time:
🎙️ [20:30:41.532] ✅ Analyzer started successfully - ready to receive audio!
🎙️ [20:30:41.532] Listening for transcription results...
🎙️ [20:30:56.342] 🚀 FIRST TRANSCRIPTION RESULT after 14.810s: 'Hello' (isFinal: false)
Questions
Is this expected performance for iOS 26 Beta, because old SFSpeech is far faster?
Are there additional optimization steps for SpeechTranscriber?
Should we expect significant performance improvements in later betas?
Hi team,
With regards to Call (Live) Translations on VOIP:
Is it possible to invoke live translations within the app? (without going into the Call System UI)
Is it possible to navigate users from app to Call System UI via an API? (and also invoking the new live translations directly)
Will Apple support more languages apart from the current ones? (Currently I see 4 supported languages)
Hello everyone,
I'm encountering a MultipeerConnectivity connection issue while developing a visionOS app and would like to ask if other developers have experienced similar problems.
Problem Description
In visionOS 26.0 Beta 3 and Beta 4, when a visionOS device attempts to connect to an iPad via MultipeerConnectivity, the iPad side completely fails to receive connection requests, resulting in connection establishment failure.
Specific Symptoms
After executing serviceBrowser?.invitePeer(peerID, to: mcSession, withContext: nil, timeout: 10.0) on the visionOS side
The iPad side shows no response and receives no connection invitation
Connection request times out after 10 seconds and is automatically rejected
No error logs or exception information are generated
Environment Information
visionOS version: 26.0 Beta 3 and Beta 4
Development environment: macOS Tahoe 26.0 Beta (25A5306g)
Target device: iPad (iOS 17.x)
Network environment: Same WiFi network
Comparative Test Results
visionOS 2.6 (22O785): Functionality completely normal
visionOS 26.0 Beta 1/2: Functionality normal
visionOS 26.0 Beta 3/4: Exhibits the above problems
Attempted Solutions
Checked network configuration and firewall settings
Adjusted MultipeerConnectivity parameters
Reinitialized MCSession and MCNearbyServiceBrowser
Cleared app cache and reinstalled
Reset network settings
Temporary Workaround
Currently, the only solution is to downgrade the visionOS device to version 2.6.
Impact of the Problem
This issue severely affects the development of cross-device collaboration features in visionOS apps, particularly scenarios requiring peer-to-peer communication with iOS/iPadOS devices.
Questions for Help
Have other developers encountered similar issues?
Are there any known solutions or workarounds?
Is this a known issue with visionOS 26.0 Beta?
Are there other known issues related to MultipeerConnectivity?
Relevant Code Snippet
// Connection invitation code
private var serviceBrowser: MCNearbyServiceBrowser?
let mcSession: MCSession
// Execute connection invitation
serviceBrowser?.invitePeer(peerID, to: mcSession, withContext: nil, timeout: 10.0)
Thank you for your help and suggestions!
Development Environment: Xcode 15.x
Target Platform: visionOS
Topic:
App & System Services
SubTopic:
Networking
Tags:
Beta
Multipeer Connectivity
Debugging
visionOS
I'm trying to work with the beta version of the Declared Age Range framework based on an article's tutorial but am getting the following error:
[C:1-3] Error received: Invalidated by remote connection.
and AgeRangeService.Error.notAvailable is being thrown on the call to requestAgeRange. I'm using Xcode 26 beta 5 and my simulator is running the 26.0 beta. The iCloud account that I have signed into the simulator has a DOB set as well.
This is my full ContentView where I'm trying to accomplish this.
struct ContentView: View {
@Environment(\.requestAgeRange) var requestAgeRange
@State var advancedFeaturesEnabled = false
var body: some View {
VStack {
Button("Advanced Features") {}
.disabled(!advancedFeaturesEnabled)
}
.task {
await requestAgeRangeHelper()
}
}
func requestAgeRangeHelper() async {
do {
let ageRangeResponse = try await requestAgeRange(ageGates: 16)
switch ageRangeResponse {
case let .sharing(range):
if let lowerBound = range.lowerBound, lowerBound >= 16 {
advancedFeaturesEnabled = true
}
case .declinedSharing:
break
// Handle declined sharing
default:
break
}
} catch AgeRangeService.Error.invalidRequest {
print("Invalid request")
// Handle invalid request (e.g., age range < 2 years)
} catch AgeRangeService.Error.notAvailable {
print("Not available")
// Handle device configuration issues
} catch {
print("Other")
}
}
}
NSToolbar items don’t react to Dark Mode changes in apps compiled with macOS 15 SDK:
My app was installed as a notarized app on a Tahoe VM with the same build as distributed in the App Store, based on macOS 15 SDK. When toggling Dark Mode, toolbar items are not updated, but only after opening a new window / tab or e.g. customizing the toolbar.
The app is using default methods for the toolbar, defined in its corresponding XIB file, and working in previous macOS versions. This issue could be confirmed with various apps built with an SDK prior to macOS 26 "Tahoe", e.g. Apple's Clipboard Viewer.
Reported via Feedback Assistent (FB19107572).
Hi,
In Xcode 16.4, the atomic_flag() method can be used, but in Xcode 26.0, it is not available. An error message saying Cannot find 'atomic_flag' in scope is displayed. This can be reproduced simply by trying to use atomic_flag() in a newly created empty project.
Thank you.
Xcode: Version 26.0 beta 4 (17A5285i), macOS: 15.5(24F74)
import SwiftUI
struct ContentView: View {
var body: some View {
VStack {
Image(systemName: "globe")
.imageScale(.large)
.foregroundStyle(.tint)
Text("Hello, world!")
}
.padding()
.task {
_ = atomic_flag()
}
}
}
WiFi networks using Captive login fail to present login screen. Network connects but no internet access. I have to use my iPhone running iOS 18 as hotspot to use Captive network.
I successfully installed macOS Tahoe 26 in June on a separate external partition. Now I want to update to beta 5, but when the Mac restarts to install the update, it shows the progress indicator for a minute or two, then boots again into the main partition which has macOS 15.6. Am I required to install it from scratch?
Something has changed in iOS 26 and now if custom scheme is used and web page contains scripts WebKit is terminated.
0x1130bc170 - [PID=47858] WebProcessProxy::didClose: (web process 0 crash)
0x1130bc170 - [PID=47858] WebProcessProxy::processDidTerminateOrFailedToLaunch: reason=Crash
final class CustomSchemeViewController: UIViewController {
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
let sampleConfiguration = WKWebViewConfiguration()
sampleConfiguration.setURLSchemeHandler(
SampleURLSchemeHandler(),
forURLScheme: "sample"
)
let webView = WKWebView(frame: view.bounds, configuration: sampleConfiguration)
webView.autoresizingMask = [.flexibleWidth, .flexibleHeight]
view.addSubview(webView)
webView.navigationDelegate = self
webView.load(URLRequest(url: URL(string: "sample://pages/sample.html")!))
}
}
extension CustomSchemeViewController: WKNavigationDelegate {
func webViewWebContentProcessDidTerminate(_ webView: WKWebView) {
print("webViewWebContentProcessDidTerminate")
}
}
final class SampleURLSchemeHandler: NSObject, WKURLSchemeHandler {
private func post(_ body: String, mimeType: String, urlSchemeTask: WKURLSchemeTask) {
let body = Data(body.utf8)
let response = URLResponse(
url: urlSchemeTask.request.url!,
mimeType: mimeType,
expectedContentLength: body.count,
textEncodingName: nil
)
urlSchemeTask.didReceive(response)
urlSchemeTask.didReceive(body)
urlSchemeTask.didFinish()
}
func webView(_ webView: WKWebView, start urlSchemeTask: WKURLSchemeTask) {
switch urlSchemeTask.request.url?.lastPathComponent {
case "sample.html":
post("""
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<script src="/scripts/sample.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<p>Sample</p>
</body>
</html>
""",
mimeType: "application/xhtml+xml",
urlSchemeTask: urlSchemeTask
)
case "sample.js":
post("console.log('Hello from JS File')",
mimeType: "text/javascript",
urlSchemeTask: urlSchemeTask
)
default:
assertionFailure()
}
}
func webView(_ webView: WKWebView, stop urlSchemeTask: WKURLSchemeTask) {
print("webView(_ webView: WKWebView, stop urlSchemeTask: WKURLSchemeTask)")
}
}
It works fine with css file inside, without script tag or with async attribute
Code of sample project https://github.com/Igor-Palaguta/iOS26URLSchemeTermination
When I build my app for iPad OS, either 26, or 18.5, as well as iOS on 16.5 from Xcode 26 with UIDesignRequiresCompatibility enabled my app is crashing as it loads the main UIViewController, a subclassed UITabBarController which is being loaded programatically from a Storyboard from another SplashScreen ViewController.
On i(Pad)OS 18.5 I get this error:
Thread 1: "Could not instantiate class named _TtGC5UIKit17UICoreHostingViewVCS_21ToolbarVisualProvider8RootView_ because no class named _TtGC5UIKit17UICoreHostingViewVCS_21ToolbarVisualProvider8RootView_ was found; the class needs to be defined in source code or linked in from a library (ensure the class is part of the correct target)"
On iPadOS 26 I get this error:
UIKitCore/UICoreHostingView.swift:54: Fatal error: init(coder:) has not been implemented
There is no issue building from Xcode 16.4, regardless of targeted i(Pad)OS.
I have a standard list view controller that has a UISearchController set up in the list's navigationItem. When built on Xcode 26 beta 4 the search bar does not appear. It's not present in the view hierarchy. On previous versions it appears, especially on Xcode 16.4.
Is this a known issue? Haven't managed to find it anywhere. Also what could be the potential workaround?
Hello,
I recently got the IOS 26 beta update and since then(about a week back) I haven’t been able to make di calls to anyone it keeps sayin “call failed” whenever I try to make a call…can this be solved🙏🏼
Thank you for the help.
Prior to iOS 26, we could set the color of iOS's back button (at left of nav bar) using the line:
navigationController?.navigationBar.tintColor = UIColor.red
This is not working for me in iOS 26. Anyone get this to work?
We can change the tintColor of individual toolbar items that we add, but the back button is system generated.
In this WWDC talk about liquid glass https://developer.apple.com/videos/play/wwdc2025/219/ they mention that there are two variants of liquid glass, regular and clear.
I don't see any way to try the clear variant using the .glassEffect() APIs, they only expose regular, is there some other way to try the clear variant?