Regression: remote automation is unavailable since iOS 14

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Created Aug ’20

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Since iOS 14 the toggle to enable remote automation is missing from, Settings -> Safari -> Advanced -> Remote Automation (see steps here).

This results in the following error when trying to start a session

Code Block SessionNotCreatedError: Could not create a session: Could not find any session hosts that match the requested capabilities.

Please note that I have ran safaridriver --enable, and I am able to start a session on desktop Safari 14 running on Big Sur.

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Apple Designer OP

Apple

Sep ’20

Hello,

Starting in iOS 14, the Remote Automation toggle has been removed from the settings menu for Simulators only. Instead, remote automation is always allowed for Simulator targets.

You shouldn't have to do anything special to use simulators with the iOS 14.0 runtime, so please file a bug if you cannot connect to said simulators.

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