I have a Safari extension which allows the user to load their own homepage upon opening a new tab. The extension works by retrieving the homepage URL from UserDefaults and then redirecting to it using window.location.replace. In iOS 18, if the homepage is unable to be loaded due to, for example the user having no internet connection, Safari will go into an rapid loading loop, which eventually stops after a while. This is unlike iOS 17, where trying to reproduce the same scenario will end up with a Safari error page, which should be the expected behaviour.
In short, instead of Safari going into an infinite loading loop, it should display a Safari error page like iOS 17 does.
As this issue is only happening on iOS 18, I am almost certain it's an iOS bug and would appreciate if this can be fixed as soon as possible.
I have created a Feedback Assistant report with ID FB15853821, which contains a sysdiagnose file from my iPhone 16 Pro, as well as two videos, one from my iPhone 16 Pro with iOS 18.2 beta 3 and the other video showing a comparison between iOS 18 and 17. Both videos first show the extension functioning correctly with an active internet connection, but when I disable my internet, the iOS 18 Safari goes into an infinite loop.
Here are the steps to reproduce the issue:
Download the Homepage for Safari app from the App Store: https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/homepage-for-safari/id6481118559
Enter any valid homepage URL, such as https://apple.com and tap Save
Go to Settings -> Apps -> Safari -> Extensions -> Homepage and enable the extension
Make sure Open New Tabs is set to “Homepage”
Turn off both WiFi and cellular data and attempt to open a new tab in Safari
Please note that this also happens with iOS 18.2 beta 4.
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Hello everyone,
I'm working on an app that uses WKWebView.
My app uses a custom menu and we disable the default menu by overriding with:
WKWebAction.canPerformAction()
However, with the new iOS 18.2 release, I am no longer able to override the "Copy Link with Highlight" option that pops up when highlighting a selection as can be seen from the screenshot:
Has anyone found a work around/bypass for this?
Environment
iOS Version: iOS 18.2
Device: iPhone 13 Pro
App platform: iOS
Xcode version: 16.1
MacOS: 14.5
Hello,
I'm using Safari 18.2 on Sonoma 14.6.1.
I was using the Developer Tools to do a Local Request Override in the Source tab for a CSS file that had a changing query string. I thought I had a good regular expression to catch all variants, but apparently it was too generic and possibly wrong, and made both Source and Network tabs no longer work in my Safari.
The regular expression I entered for the Local Request Override was: //build/style.css(?.*)?$
Now my dev tools is broken to the extent that the Source and Network tabs no longer work. The slide-out panel on Source that shows Breakpoints, LocalOverrides, etc no longer shows. The toggle for it does, but does nothing now. UI in general looks a little wack on both tabs.
So, since I can't turn off the Local Request Override, I've been trying to locate where Safari may have stored it to manually delete it. Not having a lot of luck on that front.
It seems to me that Safari was unable to escape my regular expression correctly and it then causes additional issue. Just a guess though.
Any advice or help in getting Safari Source & Network working again / manual removal of the LocalOverride would be greatly appreciated. I'm fluent in OSX and Linux, but grep was not much help surfacing anything that worked.
Thanks in Advance, possibly a Safari bug as well.
Is ServiceWorker supported on WKWebView? As per Mozilla Developer Network(MDN Web) docs[1] its not supported, but our research shows that ServiceWorker becomes available for a domain in WKWebView 1) if the domain is allowlisted in app-bound domains[2] or 2) if app is registered as default browser(this can not be considered for our app as its not a browser).
How to enable ServiceWorker on WKWebView? Is adding domain as app-bound domain the right/only way to enable ServiceWorker on WKWebView? We didn't find any official documentation about this.
Can WebView get ServiceWorker support by default without enabling app bound domains since that is not an option for our app? Our app needs to support more than 10 domains. Powerful APIs such as JavaScript injection, cookie manipulation, event handlers are by default available to all domains/WebView instances even if App doesn't enable app-bound domains. Is it possible to do same for ServiceWorker?
If ServiceWorker can not be supported by default then can Apple provide a feature by which ServiceWorker will be enabled in App for all the domains?
Apple enforces maximum of 10 app-bound domains. Is it possible to remove this limit and provide a way to dynamically add to this list at the time of a request?
[1] https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/ServiceWorker#browser_compatibility
[2] https://webkit.org/blog/10882/app-bound-domains/
Hi, I'm here to Report a Problem with the IOS 18.3 UPDATE.
So, when i Download a file, any file. The Download Progress has no problems, but when the download complete, Nothing happens it just keeps the blue line of the download, and then I can’t open that file…this only happened to me when i downloaded the IOS 18.3… hope it'll be fixed ASAP.
Bye!
Hello, following problems described here:
https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/765272
Last version of Safari apparently corrected previous bugs, however we encountered another problem. Right now Safari uses autocomplete feature of some kind (Siri suggested websites/Top hit) which triggers blocking while writing the name of the website. Probably somehow loads website in the background. Problem is, that this behavior is impossible to debug, because this autocomplete doesn't work, while the browser console is open. We are using content script for blocking.
Please advise.
Thanks very much
Topic:
Safari & Web
SubTopic:
General
Test Scenario:
Initial Setup:
Register a passkey on Chrome (MacBook) with cross-platform option
The passkey syncs to iPhone via iCloud
Both devices share same iCloud account
Authentication Tests:
Chrome on MacBook:
Using hybrid transport (QR code with iPhone) → PRF output A
Using platform authenticator → PRF output B (different)
Safari on MacBook:
Only uses platform authenticator → PRF output B
Expected Behavior:
When using same credential ID and salt, PRF output should be consistent across browsers/devices
Safari 18.0.1 on macOS 15.01 doesn't support the Passkey PRF extension during cross-device WebAuthn authentication when using QR code scanning, while it works correctly with iCloud passkeys.
Steps to Reproduce:
Clone and setup:
git clone https://github.com/quocle108/passkey-prf-test
yarn
yarn start
Test iCloud Passkey Flow:
Open http://localhost:3000 in Safari
Open DevTools (Cmd+Option+I)
Click "Register"
Choose "Passkey on iCloud"
Expected console output: PRF supported: true
Test Cross-Device Flow:
Click "Register"
Choose "Phone/Tablet"
Scan QR with mobile device
Expected: PRF supported: true
PRF extension should be supported in cross-device flow, matching iCloud passkey behavior.
Actual: PRF supported: false
Cross-device flow returns empty extension results.
Verify in Chrome
Repeat steps 2-3 in Chrome
Both flows return proper PRF extension results: PRF supported: true
Test Environment:
Browser: Safari 18.1.1 , Chrome 131.0.6778.70
OS: macOS 15.01
Mobile: iOS 18.x / Galaxy Note9 Android 10
Test repo: https://github.com/quocle108/passkey-prf-test
There does not appear to be any way to use or create iCloud passkeys with a Safari Web Extension, either using the navigator.credentials API in an extension origin webpage such as the popover, or using the AuthenticationServices framework in the SafariWebExtensionHandler.
I've setup an associated domain for my plugin, and I know it works for the host application. But I get errors trying to do so in the web extension target.
createCredentialRegistrationRequests results in the following error:
Domain=com.apple.AuthenticationServices.AuthorizationError Code=1004 "Application with identifier <ID> is not associated with domain <RPID>
The other problem, assuming the entitlement works correctly for the web extension, is that there is no NSWindow to use as the presentation target from the SafariWebExtensionHandler.
Trying to use the navigator.credentials.create JS API (which is the preferred method, frankly, in a web extension) results in the following error:
NotAllowedError: The request is not allowed by the user agent or the platform in the current context, possibly because the user denied permission.
Chrome has a great solution for this that I believe should be adopted by Safari. If an extension has host permissions for a relying party it wants to claim, or if it has an associated domain entitlement for it, webauthn operations should be allowed.
I can open an app (e.g. tiktok) from a website of mine by using the deeplink “tiktok://open”, if the app is installed on my iphone. What's the deeplink to launch TestFlight? Thanks in advance
Topic:
Safari & Web
SubTopic:
General
TLDR: I’m searching for a possibility to allow the usage of passkeys and hardware keys for any website in a wkwebview
INFO: The browser is macOS ONLY
Hi, I couldn’t really find documentation or forums posts on how to implement Webauthn for signin or hardware security keys for a second factor. Or rather where those events are triggered to be handled. In Safari you have that popover, that lets you either authenticate through Passwords or with a security key.
When I visit webauthn.io for testing and click either register or authenticate I get
Told not to present authorization sheet: Error Domain=com.apple.AuthenticationServicesCore.AuthorizationError Code=1 "(null)"
ASAuthorizationController credential request failed with error: Error Domain=com.apple.AuthenticationServices.AuthorizationError Code=1004 "(null)"
If I add
func webView(_ webView: WKWebView, didReceive challenge: URLAuthenticationChallenge, completionHandler: @escaping @MainActor (URLSession.AuthChallengeDisposition, URLCredential?) -> Void)
and
func webView(_ webView: WKWebView, authenticationChallenge challenge: URLAuthenticationChallenge, shouldAllowDeprecatedTLS decisionHandler: @escaping @MainActor (Bool) -> Void)
it doesn’t seem to change anything.
I found something about the ASWebAuthenticationSessionWebBrowserSupported entitlement, but by my understanding this is used so a browser can get opened upon some other app calling a ASWebAuthenticationSession.
Has anyone some guidance for me? I feel like webauthn and yubikey support are important security measures for our users.
https://codeberg.org/miakoring/Amethyst/src/branch/main/Amethyst/Shared/ViewComponents/WebKit/WebViewModel.swift
is the code for my webviewmodel.
Delegates are in the Delecate folder https://codeberg.org/miakoring/Amethyst/src/branch/main/Amethyst/Shared/ViewComponents/WebKit
A DNR rule with lower priority is being applied before a DNR rule of higher priority on Safari. Specifically, a low-priority DNR block rule that matches a request is being applied before a high-priority DNR redirect rule that matches the same request, preventing the redirect from occurring. The only way to get the high-priority redirect rule to occur is to remove the DNR block rule. This does not occur on other browsers.
I have already submitted a Feedback Assistant report about this bug: FB16535579
How to reproduce:
Create/install a web extension on Safari with the declarativeNetRequest and declarativeNetRequestWithHostAccess permissions
Open the Web Extension Background Content console and add a redirect rule with a high priority number. For example:
await chrome.declarativeNetRequest.updateDynamicRules({addRules: [
{id: 5000, condition: {urlFilter: "||www.google-analytics.com*/ga.js", resourceTypes: ["script"], domainType: "thirdParty"}, priority: 80, action: {type: "redirect", redirect: {url: “http://www.apple.com/”}}}
]})
Add a block rule of lower priority for the same urlFilter:
await chrome.declarativeNetRequest.updateDynamicRules({addRules: [
{id: 5001, condition: {urlFilter: "||www.google-analytics.com^", domainType: "thirdParty"}, priority: 1, action: {type: "block"}}
]})
Visit https://efforg.github.io/privacybadger-test-fixtures/html/ga_surrogate.html
Check the network tab and see that neither a request to Google Analytics nor apple.com appear. This means that the request to Google Analytics was blocked instead of being / before being redirected
Remove the block rule:
await chrome.declarativeNetRequest.updateDynamicRules({removeRuleIds: [5001]})
Reload https://efforg.github.io/privacybadger-test-fixtures/html/ga_surrogate.html.
Check the network tab and confirm that there is a request to apple.com, showing that the redirect rule is only applied if the lower-priority block rule is removed. The priority of the DNR rules should handle this without having to remove a DNR rule.
I have confirmed that the incorrect application of DNR rule priority happens on other top level domains, with other urlFilters, and with other redirect URLs. I confirmed that this is happening while I’ve granted my extension permissions on all websites.
Hi Team,
We are trying to upload a file or an image using the component WKWebView. How we can do it? Should we need to use another approach? Do you have any suggestion or any demo project? Thanks in advance!
Hi all,
With version 18.4 beta, I have a problem with the display of webviews in the app. In particular, the app of my bank has webviews inside it, and as they are not loading, I am unable to access it. Can you help me? Thank you.
Within installed PWAs, the navigator.language / navigator.languages property return a value, that is not according to the Safari settings and defers from the navigator.language / navigator.languages in the browser itself.
Example: Safari settings set to "German", returns "de-DE" in browser mode, but within the installed webApp it returns "en-GB".
I thought this might be due to the overall phone language settings, but this is not the case. Even is the phone is completely set to German, the navigator returns "en-GB" within an installed PWA.
My phone is also not English/British, there is no reason why "en-GB" should show up.
Topic:
Safari & Web
SubTopic:
General
Hi. I'm a developer of Tab Finder (https://apps.apple.com/us/app/tab-finder/id6741719894)
My problem is that every time i switch from my first window to a second window, the tabs in the validateToolbarItem() are INcorrect on a first call, but when I switch back from the second window to my main window, the tabs are CORRECT even on a first call.
To demonstrate it, i recorded a video: https://youtu.be/RwskzrSJ8u0
To run the same sample extension from the video, you can get the code from this GitHub repo: https://github.com/kopyl/test-tabs-change
Its only purpose is to log URLs of an active page of all tabs.
The SafariExtensionHandler's code of the sample app is very simple:
import SafariServices
func printOpenTabsHost(in window: SFSafariWindow) async {
let tabs = await window.allTabs()
log("Logging tabs for a new window: \(window.hashValue)")
for tab in tabs {
let page = await tab.activePage()
let properties = await page?.properties()
let url = properties?.url
log(url?.absoluteString ?? "No URL")
}
}
class SafariExtensionViewController: SFSafariExtensionViewController {
static let shared = SafariExtensionViewController()
}
class SafariExtensionHandler: SFSafariExtensionHandler {
override func validateToolbarItem(in window: SFSafariWindow, validationHandler: @escaping ((Bool, String) -> Void)) {
Task {
await printOpenTabsHost(in: window)
}
validationHandler(true, "")
}
override func popoverViewController() -> SFSafariExtensionViewController {
return SafariExtensionViewController.shared
}
}
Could you please tell if i'm missing something and how to see the actual tabs inside the overridden validateToolbarItem call of the SafariExtensionHandler (or in any other way, I'm okay with any implementation as long as it works).
Topic:
Safari & Web
SubTopic:
General
Tags:
Extensions
Safari Services
Safari and Web
Safari Extensions
Hi all!
I have been working on a web speech recognition service using the Web Speech API. This service is intended to work on smartphones, primarily Chrome on Android and Safari (or WebKit WebView) on iOS.
In my specific use case, I need to set the properties continuous = true and interimResults = true. However, I have noticed that interimResults = true does not always work as expected in WebKit.
I understand that this setting should provide fast, native, on-device speech recognition with isFinal = false. However, at times, the recognition becomes throttled and slow, yielding isFinal = true and switching to cloud-based recognition.
To confirm whether the recognition is cloud-based, I tested it by disabling the internet connection before starting speech recognition. In some cases, recognition fails entirely, which suggests that requiresOnDeviceRecognition = false is being applied. (Reference: SFSpeechRecognitionRequest.requiresOnDeviceRecognition)
I believe this is not the expected behavior when setting interimResults = true. I have researched the native services used by the Web Speech API on iOS devices, and the following links seem relevant:
• SFSpeechRecognizer
• SFSpeechRecognitionRequest.shouldReportPartialResults
• SFSpeechRecognizer.supportsOnDeviceRecognition
• Recognizing speech in live audio
• Apple Developer Forums Discussion
I found that setRequiresOnDeviceRecognition and setShouldReportPartialResults appear to be set correctly, but apparently, they do not work as expected:
WebKit Source Code
I’m encountering an issue with a Safari extension bundled with our main application (F-Secure). The extension is not appearing consistently in Safari settings on a customer’s iPad running iOS 18.3. Below are the details of the issue:
Issue Description
The Safari extension is bundled with the main app (F-Secure).
After installing the app, the extension should automatically appear in Settings > Safari > Extensions, where the user can enable it.
On the customer’s iPad, the extension is missing from the Safari settings. It briefly appeared once but then disappeared again.
Hello, my application experiences crashes related to JavaScriptCore in iOS 17 and 18. I would like to consult about potential causes, to determine whether it is a bug in JavaScriptCore or an issue with my code implementation.
First, the crash stack always includes the call to
JSC::MarkedBlock::aboutToMarkSlow(unsigned int).
In the iOS 17 version, the crash occurs on this line, typically
JSC::MarkedBlock::aboutToMarkSlow(unsigned int) + 88.
In iOS 18 and later, the stack crashes atJSC::MarkedBlock::dumpInfoAndCrashForInvalidHandle(WTF::AbstractLocker&, JSC::HeapCell*).
I checked the source code of JavaScriptCore for both iOS 17.6 and iOS 18.2 and observed modifications in the implementation of aboutToMarkSlow.
My question is under what circumstances could this crash occur?
crash.log
I have attached a crash log encountered in iOS 18, hoping you can provide more effective information for problem diagnosis, especially since there are specific details worth noting near the crash registers.
INVALID HANDLE: MarkedBlock = 0x141158000; heapCell = 0x14115bfa0; type = 0
INVALID HANDLE: found 24 0s at beginning of block
INVALID HANDLE: block in another VM: 1, block in another VM: 1; other VM is 0x1324b6000
Moreover, in iOS 18.4, due to the implementation of dumpInfoAndCrashForInvalidHandleV2, the message has changed to:
INVALID HANDLE 587: markedBlock=0x303518000; heapCell=0x303518fe0; cellFirst8Bytes=0; subspaceHash=0; contiguousZeros=0; totalzeros=0; blockVM=0x0; actualVM=0x0;
isBlockVMValid=0; isBlockInSet=0; isBlockInDir=0; foundInBlockVM=0;
INVALID HANDLE 606: markedBlock=0x303518000; heapCell=0x303518fe0; cellFirst8Bytes=0; subspaceHash=0; contiguousZeros=16384; totalZeros=16384; blockVM=0x0; actualVM=0x0;
isBlockVMValid=0; isBlockInSet=0; isBlockInDir=0; foundInBlockVM=0;
INVALID HANDLE 615: markedBlock=0x303518000; heapCell=0x303518fe0; cellFirst8Bytes=0; subspaceHash=0; contiguousZeros=16384; totalZeros=16384; blockVM=0x0; actualVM=0x0;
isBlockVMValid=0; isBlockInSet=1; isBlockInDir=1; foundInBlockVM=0;
(Further INVALID HANDLE messages follow the same format)
I hope this provides you with more information.
When i use adjust redirect:
https://app.adjust.com/xxxxxx?label=xxxxxx&redirect=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.testingmcafeesites.com%2Ftestcat_bu.html
It open 2 links:
https://Fwww.testingmcafeesites.com
then http://www.testingmcafeesites.com/testcat_bu.html
And in my app use redirect link for open a web page. But content in domain url like https://www.testingmcafeesites.com/ not be set. So it talke long time often 1 minute for finish request in first link.
It hapen only in ios 18 i tested in ios 17 and ios 16 it open one link only.