Hi all,
I'm currently working with WKWebView and implementing the WKNavigationDelegate protocol. In particular, I'm trying to inspect the sourceFrame of a WKNavigationAction to make navigation policy decisions based on the frame's URL path.
Here's the relevant Swift code inside decidePolicyFor:
public func webView(_ webView: WKWebView, decidePolicyFor navigationAction: WKNavigationAction, preferences: WKWebpagePreferences, decisionHandler: @escaping (WKNavigationActionPolicy, WKWebpagePreferences) -> Void) {
// ...
let sourceFrame: WKFrameInfo = navigationAction.sourceFrame
let request: URLRequest = sourceFrame.request // <- SIGABRT occurs here
// ...
}
The issue is that the app crashes with a SIGABRT at runtime when attempting to access sourceFrame.request. According to Swift's type system, neither sourceFrame nor its request property are optional, so at first glance this seems safe. However, the crash report suggests otherwise.
From the crash log, it appears that the issue arises during the bridging from Objective-C to Swift:
Thread 1 Queue : com.apple.main-thread (serial)
#0 0x00000001a127a030 in static Foundation.URLRequest._unconditionallyBridgeFromObjectiveC(Swift.Optional<__C.NSURLRequest>) -> Foundation.URLRequest ()
#1 0x00000001056c48b0 in CustomWebViewController.webView(_:decidePolicyFor:preferences:decisionHandler:)
#2 0x00000001056c4c78 in @objc CustomWebViewController.webView(_:decidePolicyFor:preferences:decisionHandler:) ()
#3 0x00000001b8c66e0c in WebKit::NavigationState::NavigationClient::decidePolicyForNavigationAction ()
#4 0x00000001b8fd14dc in WebKit::WebPageProxy::decidePolicyForNavigationAction ()
#5 0x00000001b8fcfc7c in WebKit::WebPageProxy::decidePolicyForNavigationActionAsyncShared ()
#6 0x00000001b8fcfb18 in WebKit::WebPageProxy::decidePolicyForNavigationActionAsync ()
#7 0x00000001b87ddaa0 in WebKit::WebPageProxy::didReceiveMessage ()
#8 0x00000001b869f474 in IPC::MessageReceiverMap::dispatchMessage ()
#9 0x00000001b878dda4 in WebKit::WebProcessProxy::dispatchMessage ()
#10 0x00000001b878d614 in WebKit::WebProcessProxy::didReceiveMessage ()
#11 0x00000001b869e7e4 in IPC::Connection::dispatchMessage ()
#12 0x00000001b869e358 in IPC::Connection::dispatchIncomingMessages ()
#13 0x00000001b9a96a44 in WTF::RunLoop::performWork ()
#14 0x00000001b9a96688 in WTF::RunLoop::performWork ()
#15 0x00000001a2428b9c in __CFRUNLOOP_IS_CALLING_OUT_TO_A_SOURCE0_PERFORM_FUNCTION__ ()
#16 0x00000001a24289b4 in __CFRunLoopDoSource0 ()
#17 0x00000001a2428810 in __CFRunLoopDoSources0 ()
#18 0x00000001a2429190 in __CFRunLoopRun ()
#19 0x00000001a242ad4c in CFRunLoopRunSpecific ()
#20 0x00000001ef705454 in GSEventRunModal ()
#21 0x00000001a4e45890 in -[UIApplication _run] ()
#22 0x00000001a4e10cec in UIApplicationMain ()
#23 0x00000001a4ef261c in ___lldb_unnamed_symbol275689 ()
#24 0x00000001059a5104 in static UIApplicationDelegate.main() ()
#25 0x00000001059a5074 in static AppDelegate.$main() ()
#26 0x00000001059a82ec in main ()
#27 0x00000001c940af0c in start ()
This implies that while Swift treats sourceFrame.request as non-optional, the underlying Objective-C implementation may actually return nil—leading to a crash when the non-optional Swift type attempts to force unwrap it.
My question:
Is there a way to safely access navigationAction.sourceFrame.request —- or determine if it’s nil—before Swift attempts the implicit bridging from Objective-C? Or is there an established workaround for safely inspecting this property?
Any guidance or best practices for avoiding this crash would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks in advance.
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Starting in iOS 26 (tested on 26.1), when I use any of the “policy” methods of WKNavigationDelegate to return an action policy of cancel I get a trace like this printed to console:
1 0x18de71bbc WebKit::WebFramePolicyListenerProxy::ignore(WebKit::WasNavigationIntercepted)
2 0x18db3dd50 WebKit::NavigationState::NavigationClient::decidePolicyForNavigationAction(WebKit::WebPageProxy&, WTF::Ref<API::NavigationAction, WTF::RawPtrTraits<API::NavigationAction>, WTF::DefaultRefDerefTraits<API::NavigationAction>>&&, WTF::Ref<WebKit::WebFramePolicyListenerProxy, WTF::RawPtrTraits<WebKit::WebFramePolicyListenerProxy>, WTF::DefaultRefDerefTraits<WebKit::WebFramePolicyListenerProxy>>&&)::$_0::operator()(WKNavigationActionPolicy, WKWebpagePreferences*)
3 0x100189e5c $sSo24WKNavigationActionPolicyVIeyBhy_ABIeghy_TR
4 0x100189d38 $s16WebkitPolicyTrap14ViewControllerC03webD0_06decideB3For15decisionHandlerySo05WKWebD0C_So18WKNavigationActionCySo0lmB0VctF
5 0x100189df4 $s16WebkitPolicyTrap14ViewControllerC03webD0_06decideB3For15decisionHandlerySo05WKWebD0C_So18WKNavigationActionCySo0lmB0VctFTo
6 0x18db255c0 WebKit::NavigationState::NavigationClient::decidePolicyForNavigationAction(WebKit::WebPageProxy&, WTF::Ref<API::NavigationAction, WTF::RawPtrTraits<API::NavigationAction>, WTF::DefaultRefDerefTraits<API::NavigationAction>>&&, WTF::Ref<WebKit::WebFramePolicyListenerProxy, WTF::RawPtrTraits<WebKit::WebFramePolicyListenerProxy>, WTF::DefaultRefDerefTraits<WebKit::WebFramePolicyListenerProxy>>&&)
7 0x18dea9848 WebKit::WebPageProxy::decidePolicyForNavigationAction(WTF::Ref<WebKit::WebProcessProxy, WTF::RawPtrTraits<WebKit::WebProcessProxy>, WTF::DefaultRefDerefTraits<WebKit::WebProcessProxy>>&&, WebKit::WebFrameProxy&, WebKit::NavigationActionData&&, WTF::CompletionHandler<void (WebKit::PolicyDecision&&)>&&)
8 0x18dea7a34 WebKit::WebPageProxy::decidePolicyForNavigationActionAsync(IPC::Connection&, WebKit::NavigationActionData&&, WTF::CompletionHandler<void (WebKit::PolicyDecision&&)>&&)
9 0x18d9cbbf4 void IPC::handleMessageAsync<Messages::WebPageProxy::DecidePolicyForNavigationActionAsync, IPC::Connection, WebKit::WebPageProxy, WebKit::WebPageProxy, void (IPC::Connection&, WebKit::NavigationActionData&&, WTF::CompletionHandler<void (WebKit::PolicyDecision&&)>&&)>(IPC::Connection&, IPC::Decoder&, WebKit::WebPageProxy*, void (WebKit::WebPageProxy::*)(IPC::Connection&, WebKit::NavigationActionData&&, WTF::CompletionHandler<void (WebKit::PolicyDecision&&)>&&))
10 0x18d9c7728 WebKit::WebPageProxy::didReceiveMessage(IPC::Connection&, IPC::Decoder&)
11 0x18e49a0d8 IPC::MessageReceiverMap::dispatchMessage(IPC::Connection&, IPC::Decoder&)
12 0x18df1908c WebKit::WebProcessProxy::dispatchMessage(IPC::Connection&, IPC::Decoder&)
13 0x18d9dfc28 WebKit::WebProcessProxy::didReceiveMessage(IPC::Connection&, IPC::Decoder&)
14 0x18e47f72c IPC::Connection::dispatchMessage(WTF::UniqueRef<IPC::Decoder>)
15 0x18e47fac4 IPC::Connection::dispatchIncomingMessages()
16 0x199ad3758 WTF::RunLoop::performWork()
17 0x199ad4eb0 WTF::RunLoop::performWork(void*)
18 0x1804563a4 __CFRUNLOOP_IS_CALLING_OUT_TO_A_SOURCE0_PERFORM_FUNCTION__
19 0x1804562ec __CFRunLoopDoSource0
20 0x180455a78 __CFRunLoopDoSources0
21 0x180454c4c __CFRunLoopRun
22 0x18044fcec _CFRunLoopRunSpecificWithOptions
23 0x1926be9bc GSEventRunModal
24 0x18630f0d8 -[UIApplication _run]
25 0x186313300 UIApplicationMain
26 0x18554ac38 block_destroy_helper.15
27 0x10018a70c $sSo21UIApplicationDelegateP5UIKitE4mainyyFZ
28 0x10018a67c $s16WebkitPolicyTrap11AppDelegateC5$mainyyFZ
29 0x10018a818 __debug_main_executable_dylib_entry_point
30 0x1000cd3d0 29 dyld 0x00000001000cd3d0 start_sim + 20
31 0x1002bab98 30 ??? 0x00000001002bab98 0x0 + 4297829272
This doesn’t happen in 18.6. Also, it doesn’t seem to have any negative consequences other than the console spam? But then, the navigation is being cancelled anyway, so maybe it’s trapping and just happens to have the effect of not loading the request?
Anyway, I guess I can’t upload zips. But it’s pretty easy to reproduce. Just assign a WKWebView a navigationDelegate with an implementation like:
func webView(_ webView: WKWebView, decidePolicyFor navigationAction: WKNavigationAction, decisionHandler: @escaping @MainActor (WKNavigationActionPolicy) -> Void) {
decisionHandler(.cancel)
}
and then have it .load() anything. Have I been doing this wrong and 26 exposes it? Or is this a bug in 26? If the latter, any downstream consequences I should be looking out for?
macOS 15.7.1 (24G231)
Xcode 26.1.1 (17B100)
iOS 26.1 (23B86)
I have a Safari Web Extension that successfully receives a message from a webpage and returns a response.
I now want to add a user interface to the Safari Web Extension. How do I do this?
I have modified the default template code as follow to add an NSAlert for testing. The modal runs, but no alert ever appears, and the code remains stuck at runModal.
What is the correct way to add a UI to a webextension?
- (void)beginRequestWithExtensionContext:(NSExtensionContext *)context {
id message = [context.inputItems.firstObject userInfo][SFExtensionMessageKey];
NSLog(@"Received message from browser.runtime.sendNativeMessage: %@", message);
NSAlert* alert = [[NSAlert alloc]init];
[alert setMessageText:message[@"request"]];
[alert setInformativeText:@"Hello"];
[alert runModal];
NSExtensionItem *response = [[NSExtensionItem alloc] init];
response.userInfo = @{ SFExtensionMessageKey: @{ @"id": message[@"id"], @"uuid": message[@"uuid"], @"contentType": message[@"contentType"], @"response": message[@"request"] } };
[context completeRequestReturningItems:@[ response ] completionHandler:nil];
}
@end
On iOS 26 Beta, WKWebView consistently crashes when interacting with pages that use -webkit-user-select: none.
This issue does not reproduce in Safari, but only when the same content is loaded inside a WKWebView.
Steps to Reproduce:
Install iOS 26 Beta.
Open a WKWebView that loads a webpage with the following style applied globally:
-webkit-user-select: none;
Perform the following gesture sequence inside the WKWebView:
Double tap anywhere in the web content.
On the second tap, keep your finger pressed (do not lift).
While still holding the second tap, drag your finger across the screen (pan).
This sequence reliably produces the crash.
Expected Result:
No crash. The gesture should either be ignored or handled gracefully.
Actual Result:
The app crashes 100% of the time with the following exception:
#0 0x000000013f1a0874 in __pthread_kill ()
#1 0x00000001357522ec in pthread_kill ()
#2 0x00000001801ad950 in abort ()
#3 0x00000001802fa26c in __abort_message ()
#4 0x00000001802ea1a4 in demangling_terminate_handler ()
#5 0x0000000180077218 in _objc_terminate ()
#6 0x00000001802f9758 in std::__terminate ()
#7 0x00000001802fc7c0 in __cxxabiv1::failed_throw ()
#8 0x00000001802fc7a0 in __cxa_throw ()
#9 0x000000018009c1bc in objc_exception_throw ()
#10 0x00000001804f38f8 in +[NSException raise:format:] ()
#11 0x000000018c5fb570 in -[CALayer setPosition:] ()
#12 0x0000000185d02414 in -[UIView _backing_setPosition:] ()
#13 0x00000001867ec978 in -[UIView setCenter:] ()
#14 0x0000000186666468 in -[_UIEditMenuContentPresentation _displayPreparedMenu:titleView:reason:didDismissMenu:configuration:] ()
#15 0x0000000186666088 in __54-[_UIEditMenuContentPresentation _displayMenu:reason:]_block_invoke ()
#16 0x00000001867b3ed4 in -[UIEditMenuInteraction _editMenuPresentation:preparedMenuForDisplay:completion:] ()
#17 0x0000000186665fb0 in -[_UIEditMenuContentPresentation _displayMenu:reason:] ()
#18 0x0000000186665de4 in -[_UIEditMenuContentPresentation displayMenu:configuration:] ()
#19 0x00000001867b3260 in __58-[UIEditMenuInteraction presentEditMenuWithConfiguration:]_block_invoke ()
#20 0x00000001867b4c98 in __80-[UIEditMenuInteraction _prepareMenuAtLocation:configuration:completionHandler:]_block_invoke ()
#21 0x000000018653ff80 in __109-[UITextContextMenuInteraction _editMenuInteraction:menuForConfiguration:suggestedActions:completionHandler:]_block_invoke ()
#22 0x0000000186540448 in __107-[UITextContextMenuInteraction _querySelectionCommandsForConfiguration:suggestedActions:completionHandler:]_block_invoke ()
#23 0x000000018dba84f8 in WTF::Detail::CallableWrapper<WTF::CompletionHandler<void (IPC::Connection*, IPC::Decoder*)> IPC::Connection::makeAsyncReplyCompletionHandler<Messages::WebPage::RequestDocumentEditingContext, WTF::CompletionHandler<void (WebKit::DocumentEditingContext&&)>>(WTF::CompletionHandler<void (WebKit::DocumentEditingContext&&)>&&, WTF::ThreadLikeAssertion)::'lambda'(IPC::Connection*, IPC::Decoder*), void, IPC::Connection*, IPC::Decoder*>::call ()
#24 0x000000018dca14cc in 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::Connection*, IPC::Decoder*>::call ()
#25 0x000000018e2d5c54 in IPC::Connection::dispatchMessage ()
#26 0x000000018e2d6118 in IPC::Connection::dispatchIncomingMessages ()
#27 0x00000001997f9c58 in WTF::RunLoop::performWork ()
#28 0x00000001997fa930 in WTF::RunLoop::performWork ()
#29 0x000000018044d4dc in __CFRUNLOOP_IS_CALLING_OUT_TO_A_SOURCE0_PERFORM_FUNCTION__ ()
#30 0x000000018044d424 in __CFRunLoopDoSource0 ()
#31 0x000000018044cc0c in __CFRunLoopDoSources0 ()
#32 0x000000018044bd84 in __CFRunLoopRun ()
#33 0x0000000180446e24 in _CFRunLoopRunSpecificWithOptions ()
#34 0x00000001924c19bc in GSEventRunModal ()
#35 0x00000001862217a8 in -[UIApplication _run] ()
#36 0x00000001862259d0 in UIApplicationMain ()
Same issues below.
https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/796799
https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/796501
https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/796874
https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/796686
Hello,
According to the documentation:
If you provide your extension in macOS and don’t want to use the Mac App Store for distribution, you can sign and notarize your extension’s app with a Developer ID to distribute it outside the Mac App Store.
However, I found this to be untrue in practice. Even after signing and notarising the Safari extension correctly, it is not possible to enable it in Safari without turning on "allow unsigned extension".
This makes it impossible to distribute your Developer ID–signed and notarized extension outside the Mac App Store.
I would like to distribute my web extension directly to employees in my organization using MDM without having each user manually enable "allow unsigned extension" for it to work. Any way to make it work?
The documentation is quite confusing in this aspect, it says "Safari only supports signed extensions" but my extension is rejected even if notarised and signed.
I'm building a macOS extension that needs to track multi-step navigation chains (A → B → C) to adjust behavior based on where users came from.
Current approach: Using webNavigation.onBeforeNavigate to detect intermediate steps, but experiencing issues in Safari that don't occur on Chrome/Firefox/Edge.
Questions:
Is webNavigation the right API for tracking redirect chains in Safari?
Does ITP/Private Browsing affect event delivery?
Any alternative approaches recommended?
(Safari version 26.0.1)
Any guidance appreciated!
The application I'm currently working on uses WebKit. Based on the crash analytics, we have noticed that some of our users are experiencing an unusual behavior in the app's WebKit view with macOS 15.3.2. These errors are reported for this version of the OS. The error in the crash log is a SIGABRT error, but there is no relevant information available to address it. In some crash logs, we found this error: "NSInternalInconsistencyException: Returned WKWebView was not created with the given configuration" but there is not any particular way to address it. Is there a way to identify the cause of this error? Alternatively, has anyone encountered this issue and found a solution?
OS Version: macOS 15.3.2 (24D81)
Report Version: 104
Exception Type: EXC_CRASH (SIGABRT)
Crashed Thread: 0
Application Specific Information:
Returned WKWebView was not created with the given configuration.
Thread 0 Crashed:
0 CoreFoundation 0x303111e74 __exceptionPreprocess
1 libobjc.A.dylib 0x3027b6cd4 objc_exception_throw
2 CoreFoundation 0x303111d6c +[NSException raise:format:]
3 WebKit 0x34e85cb20 WebKit::UIDelegate::UIClient::createNewPage
4 WebKit 0x34e8a4a80 WebKit::SOAuthorizationCoordinator::tryAuthorize
5 WebKit 0x34e9f04f8 WebKit::WebPageProxy::createNewPage
6 WebKit 0x34ef994c8 WebKit::WebPageProxy::didReceiveSyncMessage
7 WebKit 0x34f0830cc IPC::MessageReceiverMap::dispatchSyncMessage
8 WebKit 0x34ea753b0 WebKit::WebProcessProxy::didReceiveSyncMessage
9 WebKit 0x34f07cfb4 IPC::Connection::dispatchSyncMessage
10 WebKit 0x34f07d3b0 IPC::Connection::dispatchMessage
11 WebKit 0x34f078c50 IPC::Connection::SyncMessageState::ConnectionAndIncomingMessage::dispatch
12 WebKit 0x34f07f4f4 ***::Detail::CallableWrapper<T>::call
13 JavaScriptCore 0x33f3520c0 ***::RunLoop::performWork
14 JavaScriptCore 0x33f352fe8 ***::RunLoop::performWork
15 CoreFoundation 0x30309f8a0 __CFRUNLOOP_IS_CALLING_OUT_TO_A_SOURCE0_PERFORM_FUNCTION__
16 CoreFoundation 0x30309f834 __CFRunLoopDoSource0
17 CoreFoundation 0x30309f598 __CFRunLoopDoSources0
18 CoreFoundation 0x30309e134 __CFRunLoopRun
19 CoreFoundation 0x30309d730 CFRunLoopRunSpecific
20 HIToolbox 0x319aeb52c RunCurrentEventLoopInMode
21 HIToolbox 0x319af1344 ReceiveNextEventCommon
22 HIToolbox 0x319af1504 _BlockUntilNextEventMatchingListInModeWithFilter
23 AppKit 0x30a7cd844 _DPSNextEvent
24 AppKit 0x30b133c20 -[NSApplication(NSEventRouting) _nextEventMatchingEventMask:untilDate:inMode:dequeue:]
25 AppKit 0x30a7c0870 -[NSApplication run]
26 AppKit 0x30a797064 NSApplicationMain
27 <unknown> 0x182780274 <redacted>
Thread 0 name: t-main-ui Crashed:
0 CoreFoundation 0x303111e74 __exceptionPreprocess
1 libobjc.A.dylib 0x3027b6cd4 objc_exception_throw
2 CoreFoundation 0x303111d6c +[NSException raise:format:]
3 WebKit 0x34e85cb20 WebKit::UIDelegate::UIClient::createNewPage
4 WebKit 0x34e8a4a80 WebKit::SOAuthorizationCoordinator::tryAuthorize
5 WebKit 0x34e9f04f8 WebKit::WebPageProxy::createNewPage
6 WebKit 0x34ef994c8 WebKit::WebPageProxy::didReceiveSyncMessage
7 WebKit 0x34f0830cc IPC::MessageReceiverMap::dispatchSyncMessage
8 WebKit 0x34ea753b0 WebKit::WebProcessProxy::didReceiveSyncMessage
9 WebKit 0x34f07cfb4 IPC::Connection::dispatchSyncMessage
10 WebKit 0x34f07d3b0 IPC::Connection::dispatchMessage
11 WebKit 0x34f078c50 IPC::Connection::SyncMessageState::ConnectionAndIncomingMessage::dispatch
12 WebKit 0x34f07f4f4 ***::Detail::CallableWrapper<T>::call
On my native app, will open a wkWebview to display some content. And it will crash on iOS26:
*** Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'CALayerInvalidGeometry', reason: 'CALayer position contains NaN: [nan 103.667]. Layer: <CALayer:0x14c2457d0; position = CGPoint (0 0); bounds = CGRect (0 0; 0 48); delegate = <_UIEditMenuListView: 0x14c273980; frame = (nan 0; 0 48); anchorPoint = (inf, 0); alpha = 0; layer = <CALayer: 0x14c2457d0>>; sublayers = (<CALayer: 0x1306320a0>, <CALayer: 0x14c245a70>); opaque = YES; allowsGroupOpacity = YES; anchorPoint = CGPoint (inf 0); opacity = 0>'
Sometimes Safari is rendering the icon for an active extension in its original provided colored representation, other times Safari is applying an overlay color in line with the system's highlight color.
This difference can even be seen seen on the Safari Extensions Developer home page: https://developer.apple.com/safari/extensions/images/extensions-hero-large_2x.png
You will notice that Grammarly's icon is shown in it's original color format, while the others aren't.
Example of extensions where the icon is shown in color:
Bitwarden
Grammarly
1Password
Consent-O-Matic
I've compared the source code of Bitwarden and Consent-o-Matic with my own extension and cannot find any differences in the settings or image properties (resolution, DPI, file type, color profile). If I take the exact PNG source files from said open source extensions and replace them in my own source code, these icons show up in full color.
Does this perhaps mean there is a bug in Safari's processing of the icons where it fails to overlay the icon with the highlight color in some cases?
I and I assume many developers with me would like to understand what determines this difference. Ideally, there is a consistent UX where the end user has the choice between icons in color or highlight color overlay.
Our app, VitalSource Bookshelf, is an EPUB reader that uses a WKWebView to display book content.
The EPUB content format is XHTML and uses namespaces (for the epub:type declaration).
On beta 4, the webkit process repeatedly crashes when loading our content. The crash appears to be in the XML parser. Here's what's at the top of the stack trace:
0 WebCore 0x19166a878 WebCore::XMLDocumentParser::startElementNs(unsigned char const*, unsigned char const*, unsigned char const*, int, unsigned char const**, int, int, unsigned char const**) + 4968
1 libxml2.2.dylib 0x19c5a2bd0 xmlParseStartTag2 + 3940
2 libxml2.2.dylib 0x19c59e730 xmlParseTryOrFinish + 2984
3 libxml2.2.dylib 0x19c59d8e4 xmlParseChunk + 708
4 WebCore 0x191668ec8 WebCore::XMLDocumentParser::doWrite(WTF::String const&) + 636
5 WebCore 0x191665b78 WebCore::XMLDocumentParser::append(WTF::RefPtr<WTF::StringImpl, WTF::RawPtrTraits<WTF::StringImpl>, WTF::DefaultRefDerefTraits<WTF::StringImpl>>&&) + 304
6 WebCore 0x190105db0 WebCore::DecodedDataDocumentParser::appendBytes(WebCore::DocumentWriter&, std::__1::span<unsigned char const, 18446744073709551615ul>) + 268
7 WebCore 0x190861c3c WebCore::DocumentLoader::commitData(WebCore::SharedBuffer const&) + 1488
8 WebKit 0x18e07ca3c WebKit::WebLocalFrameLoaderClient::committedLoad(WebCore::DocumentLoader*, WebCore::SharedBuffer const&) + 52
9 WebCore 0x190869db4 WebCore::DocumentLoader::commitLoad(WebCore::SharedBuffer const&) + 228
10 WebCore 0x1909521e4 WebCore::CachedRawResource::notifyClientsDataWasReceived(WebCore::SharedBuffer const&) + 268
I was able to reproduce this in Safari on beta 4 just by opening the following trivial xhtml file from the file system - it does the same thing it does in our app, which is reloads and crashes several times, followed by the "A problem repeatedly occurred with..." error message.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xmlns:epub="http://www.idpf.org/2007/ops" epub:prefix="vst: http://vitalsource.com/"><head></head><body class="dash" epub:type="chapter" data-begin-o="0" data-begin-o2="0" data-begin-o3="0" data-o="0" id="eid1844" data-end-o="14703" data-end-o2="14703" data-end-o3="14703"><h2 class="title" data-o="0" id="eid1845" data-out="33"><span class="label" data-o="0" id="eid1846"><span class="label-inner"><b data-o="0" id="eid1847">CHAPTER X</b> </span></span>THE SUBMARINE COAL-MINES</h2></body></html>
I've also filed a feedback. But posting here just to raise the visibility - this is critical for us. I think it was introduced in beta 4; that's at least when we first noticed it. It was working in the earlier betas, I just don't remember if I tried beta 3 or not.
It happens on iOS, macOS, and iPadOS.
This has never been a problem in any earlier release of macOS / iOS.
Topic:
Safari & Web
SubTopic:
General
Hey Guys
My PWA video playback and even youtube videos stopped working after updating iOS to 26.0.1.
The video thumnails appear fine and if i try to play the video, it remains stuck.
If i restart the phone, the video plays for a second in the PWA and then stops again and entire app gets stuck.
Request apple team to fix this issue at the earliest. This is hampering all my iOS users who install the PWA on their device homescreen and use it as app.
FYI strangely EVERYTHING WORKS FINE ON iOS SAFARI browser including videos playback If i open it as a web app.
so this seems like a specific PWA issue on latest ios 26.0.1
Topic:
Safari & Web
SubTopic:
General
I'm building a share extension for my app when I noticed something weird.
When I open a mobile URL (URLs with "m." like m.randomsite.org) on iOS using a browser (I'm using Safari & Chrome) and then try to share it, what will be share is the URL without the "m." (i.e. randomsite.org)
This messes up with my app since I'm not getting the real URL that I'm viewing using the browser.
I don't think it has something to do with my app since even selecting "Copy" when sharing will result in the altered URL too.
So far this is happening on both iOS 17 and 18. Does someone know whether this is a bug from iOS or not? I don't think this is a Safari bug since I noticed the same thing on Chrome as well
Hello,
I'm not able to get the webauthn attestation statement using the option (attestation.direct) on Safari. The answer I get is a fmt of none and a aaguid of zeros.
The same code works on Chrome and I was able to get a none zero aaguid and a packed fmt attestation.
Can you explain why this does not work on Safari ?
Thank you.
I am working in React Native and trying to use Deeplink. When app is installed code is working fine but when app is not installed not redirecting to App Store in Safari instead of that in Chrome that is working fine
in safari when i click i got this error message
"safari cannot open the page because the address is invalid"
this is my apple-app-site-association file code
{
"applinks": {
"apps": [],
"details": [
{
"appID": "CS666P223.com.seecard",
"paths": [
"",
"/recover/",
"/settings/*"
]
}
]
} ,
"webcredentials": {
"apps": [ "CS666P223.com.seecard" ]
}
}
and this is my code in next
"use client"
export default function Home() {
// Helper function for device detection
// const isiOS = () => /iPhone|iPad|iPod/i.test(navigator.userAgent);
const isAndroid = () => /Android/i.test(navigator.userAgent);
const isiOS = () => {
const userAgent = navigator.userAgent || navigator.vendor;
return (
/iPhone|iPad|iPod/.test(userAgent) ||
(navigator.platform === "MacIntel" && navigator.maxTouchPoints > 1)
);
};
const openAndSaveCard = () => {
try {
// let fallbackLink = '';
if (isiOS() || isAndroid()) {
const card_id = "3434bee9675ee44b3dc65";
const card_owner_id = "34349675ee44b3dc43";
const card_for_saved = {
"cardId": card_id,
"ownerId": card_owner_id
};
console.log("=-=-card_for_saved",card_for_saved)
const encodedData = encodeURIComponent(JSON.stringify(card_for_saved));
window.location.href = `saveseecard://open?id=${encodedData}`;
const androidAppStoreLink = 'https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.seecard';
const iosAppStoreLink = 'https://apps.apple.com/np/app/seecard/id6502513661';
fallbackLink = isAndroid() ? androidAppStoreLink : iosAppStoreLink;
const timeout = setTimeout(function () {
if (document.hasFocus()) {
window.location.href = fallbackLink;
}
}, 2000);
window.addEventListener('blur', () => {
clearTimeout(timeout);;
});
} else {
alert("Your device doesn't support deep linking for this app.");
}
} catch (e) {
console.log("Error:", e);
}
};
return (
<div className="cIcon ml-10 purpleBg"
// onClick={() => { openAndSaveCard() }}
onClick={openAndSaveCard}
>
<p className="container-text">Save Card</p>
</div>
</main>
</div>
);
}
Topic:
Safari & Web
SubTopic:
General
Reproducibility
100% on iOS 15.4 and iOS 16.6
Zero crash on iOS 18.6
Xcode
26.1
Steps to Reproduce
Xcode 26.1 → New iOS App
Replace ViewController.swift with the 20-line code below
Run on real device
• iPhone XR iOS 15.4
• iPhone 13 iOS 16.6
Tap the link → breakpoint in decidePolicyFor
lldb → po navigationAction.sourceFrame
Actual Result
(lldb) po navigationAction.sourceFrame
nil
Swift declaration lies:
public var sourceFrame: WKFrameInfo { get } // non-optional
→ Instant EXC_BREAKPOINT
libswiftFoundation.dylib`URLRequest._unconditionallyBridgeFromObjectiveC
Objective-C tells the truth:
po [(WKNavigationAction *)navigationAction fixedSourceFrame]
nil
iOS 18.6 → same code prints a valid WKFrameInfo, no crash.
Expected
sourceFrame must be declared WKFrameInfo? in Swift
or at least documented “can be nil on iOS 15–16”.
Impact
Every WKWebView app that touches sourceFrame on iOS 15.4 & 16.6 ships with a latent crash.
Production Workaround
@implementation WKNavigationAction (Safe)
(WKFrameInfo *)fixedSourceFrame {
return self.sourceFrame ? self.sourceFrame : nil;
}
@end
Minimal Test (copy-paste)
import UIKit
import WebKit
class ViewController: UIViewController, WKNavigationDelegate {
lazy var web = WKWebView(frame: view.bounds)
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
web.navigationDelegate = self
view.addSubview(web)
web.load(URLRequest(url: URL(string: "https://www.apple.com")!))
}
func webView(_ webView: WKWebView,
decidePolicyFor navigationAction: WKNavigationAction,
preferences: WKWebpagePreferences,
decisionHandler: @escaping (WKNavigationActionPolicy, WKWebpagePreferences)->Void) {
print(navigationAction.sourceFrame) // ← crashes on 15.4 & 16.6
decisionHandler(.allow, preferences)
}
}
I'm working on a regular website, in which I'm trying to debug using the (MacOS) Safari Development tools. Since updating my Simulator to iOS 16.4, console.log is no longer displayed in the Console. Even when executing it directly in the console (console.log('test');), it's not printed.
Now, I've read that this is a feature for debugging in-app browser content (https://webkit.org/blog/13936/enabling-the-inspection-of-web-content-in-apps/) but can't find the regular web workaround here.
TL;DR: No longer see console.log in iOS 16.4 Safari when debugging from my Mac.
Thanks in advance for your suggestions!
Subject: Apple Pay JS - "Payment Was Cancelled by the User" Issue (Braintree + Server-Side Validation)
Issue
I am implementing Apple Pay using Braintree with server-side validation. However, when initiating the payment process, I receive the following error:
[Log] Payment was cancelled by the user: (apple-pay-test-ucxp.onrender.com, line 286)
Additionally, the console logs an ApplePayCancelEvent with:
sessionError: {code: "unknown", info: {}}
Despite successfully fetching merchant session validation data from the backend and completing merchant validation, the payment process does not proceed.
Setup Details
Payment Processor: Braintree (Apple Pay integration)
Backend API: Fetching merchant session validation via createPaymentSessionGet
Payment Processing: Using Braintree nonce tokenization
Client-Side Code (Key Sections)
session.onvalidatemerchant = async (event) => {
try {
const merchantSession = await fetch(
"https://api.paybito.com:9443/ApplePay/api/apple-pay/createPaymentSessionGet",
{
method: "GET",
headers: { "Content-Type": "application/json" },
}
).then((res) => res.json());
session.completeMerchantValidation(merchantSession);
} catch (err) {
console.error("Merchant validation failed:", err);
session.abort();
}
};
session.onpaymentauthorized = async (event) => {
try {
const payload = await applePayInstance.tokenize({
token: event.payment.token,
});
const response = await fetch(
"https://api.paybito.com:9443/ApplePay/api/braintree/process-payment",
{
method: "POST",
headers: { "Content-Type": "application/json" },
body: JSON.stringify({ nonce: payload.nonce }),
}
).then((res) => res.json());
if (response.success) {
session.completePayment(ApplePaySession.STATUS_SUCCESS);
} else {
session.completePayment(ApplePaySession.STATUS_FAILURE);
}
} catch (err) {
console.error("Payment authorization failed:", err);
session.completePayment(ApplePaySession.STATUS_FAILURE);
}
};
Observations
Merchant validation completes successfully.
The error occurs before onpaymentauthorized executes.
Session error code is unknown, making debugging difficult.
Questions
Has anyone encountered this issue before?
Could this be related to how the validation session is fetched from the backend?
Is there a way to obtain more meaningful debug information from Apple Pay?
Any insights would be greatly appreciated!
On iOS 18, when setting the src attribute of an tag to a custom scheme (e.g., myapp://image.png) or an HTTP URL (http://example.com/image.png), if crossorigin="anonymous" is applied, the image fails to load. Additionally, images affected by this issue cannot be drawn to a , as the browser treats them as tainted and blocks access to their pixel data.
This issue did not occur in previous iOS versions and seems to be a regression in iOS 18.
Steps to Reproduce:
Open an HTTPS-hosted H5 page in Safari on iOS 18.
Add an tag with crossorigin="anonymous" and set src to either:
A custom scheme:
<img src="myapp://image.png" crossorigin="anonymous">
An HTTP URL (even from the same origin):
<img src="http://example.com/image.png" crossorigin="anonymous">
Observe that the image does not load.
Attempt to draw the image onto a and retrieve its data:
const canvas = document.createElement("canvas");
const ctx = canvas.getContext("2d");
const img = new Image();
img.crossOrigin = "anonymous";
img.src = "http://example.com/image.png"; // or "myapp://image.png"
img.onload = () => {
ctx.drawImage(img, 0, 0);
try {
console.log(canvas.toDataURL()); // Expect base64 image data
} catch (error) {
console.error("Canvas is tainted:", error);
}
};
Notice that the image is blocked, and any attempt to access pixel data results in a CORS error.
Expected Behavior:
* The image should be displayed if it is accessible under normal CORS rules.
* The API should allow access to the image data unless explicitly blocked by the server’s CORS policy.
Actual Behavior:
The image fails to load when crossorigin="anonymous" is applied.
The API does not allow access to the image data, treating it as tainted.
Removing crossorigin="anonymous" allows the image to display in some cases, but this is not a viable workaround when CORS enforcement is required.
Regression:
Works correctly on: iOS 17 and earlier
Broken on: iOS 18
Environment:
Device: iPhone/iPad
iOS Version: 18.0+
Browser: Safari
Suggested Fix:
Apple should investigate this regression and allow custom schemes and HTTP images to be correctly handled under CORS policies when crossorigin="anonymous" is set. If the source allows cross-origin requests, Safari should not block the image or its use in .
Hello All,
On our iOS app, we plan to show tutorial (WKWebview) only in case user has safari extension disabled.
How can iOS app know about status of Safari extension.
Thanks,
Anup
I'd like to know the install state of my iOS safari extension in the associated swift app. Is there any way to get this? As we have seen it is available for macOS here, is there anyway to know iOS Safari extension is enabled or not?
Thanks