We are testing our safari web extension (https://apps.apple.com/us/app/whatfix-for-jnj-centris/id6723895659) on an iPad 7th Gen (iPadOS v - 17.4.1)
I am sharing a video link where you can see the widget (named Self Help) appears on the application. However after a couple of refreshes, it vanishes. This widget is powered by the extension.
We tried connecting the iPad to Mac and opened the webinspector. The extension content script sends a message to the service worker and it is expected to send back a response which it is not doing
We believe it is related to an issue that has been highlighted multiple times in the developer forum -
https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/758346
We have tried using several workaorunds as suggested by peer developers in the thread but we are unable to revive the service worker once it is killed.
We would like to understand from you, how to recover from this issue. Is there any workaround that we can apply to make sure that extension works fine?
It would be immensely helpful if we can get on a call to explain the issue further
Video Link: https://www.icloud.com/iclouddrive/0a7NR7BzDQHHU8zCHERuySBMw#RPReplay%5FFinal1740034010
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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.
I am using GTM in my project, and the OneTrust cookie consent script is loading in GTM. After ruling out iOS 18.3.1, I am unable to click on the OneTrust preference center since the GTM script is not loading.
This issue i faced for safari browser
Topic:
Safari & Web
SubTopic:
General
In a project to create a web extension for Safari, using scripting.registerContentScript() API to inject a bunch of scripts into web pages, I needed to manage a dynamic whitelist (i.e., web pages where the scripts should not be injected).
Fortunately, scripting.registerContentScripts() gives you the option of defining a list of web pages to be considered as a whitelist, using the excludeMatches parameter in the directive, to represent an array of pages where the script should not be injected.
Here just a sample of what I mean:
const matches = ['*://*/*'];
const excludeMatches = ['*://*.example.com/*'];
const directive = {
id: 'injected-jstest',
js: ['injectedscript.js'],
matches: matches,
excludeMatches: excludeMatches,
persistAcrossSessions: false,
runAt: 'document_start'
};
await browser.scripting.registerContentScripts([directive])
.catch(reason => { console.log("[SW] >>> inject script error:",reason); });
Of course, the whitelist (the excludeMatches array) is not static, but varies over time according to the needs of the moment.
Everything works perfectly in Chromium browsers (Chrome, Edge, ...) and Firefox, but fails miserably in Safari. In fact, Safari seems to completely ignore the excludeMatches parameter and injects the script even where it should not.
Has anyone had the same problem and solved it somehow?
NOTE : To test the correctness and capabilities of the API in each browser, I created a simple repository on Github with the extension code for Chromium, Firefox and Safari (XCode project).
I have a Safari App Extension which allows users to switch between last open tabs with a shortcut option+tab in the same way it's possible to switch between last open apps with command+tab.
Here is how i do it:
I inject a content script on all websites which has the only thing – key listener for option+tab presses.
When a user presses option+tab, that keyboard listener detects it and sends a message to the Safari Handler.
Then Safari Handler sends a message to the containing app and it shows a panel with last open tabs.
This approach has a problem: it shows a message to a user in settings: "Can read sensitive info from web pages, including passwords..."
Which is bad, because in reality i don't read passwords.
If i remove SFSafariContentScript key in the Safari App Extension target's Info.plist, then this message about reading sensitive data disappears, but then i loose the ability to open the tabs panel.
How can I open my app window with a shortcut without frightening a user?
It's possible to listen to global key presses, but that would require a user to grant the app permissions of Accessibility (Privacy & Security) in macOS system settings, which also sounds shady.
I know an app which does not require an Accessibility permission: https://apps.apple.com/ua/app/tabback-lite/id6469582909 and at the same time it does not tell a user about reading sensitive data in the extension settings.
Here is my app: https://apps.apple.com/ua/app/tab-finder/id6741719894 It's open-source: https://github.com/kopyl/safari-tab-switcher
Hi,
I'm developing an extension and I need to debug console logs that are logged in the Service Worker. The worker is configured in the manifest and is generally working as expected:
However, when I open the browser, go to any site, and open Develop -> Service Workers or Develop -> Web Extension Background Content it is not visible there, so I can't really access the logs:
But then I noticed that if I go out of focus from the browser for some time (and probably let the SW die), it becomes visible and I can open it without an issue:
So, a couple of questions:
Why isn't it instantly accessible? The extension Service Worker dev tools should be accessible regardless of what is happening to the tab or the browser, even if the SW terminates.
Why does it eventually appear under Web Extension Background Content instead of the Service Workers when it is in fact an SW?
Recently we started noticing in Safari v18.2 browser an unexpected useragent set for https://www.espn.com pages like -
"Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_7) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/110.0.0.0 Safari/537.36" (recognized as Chrome by most UA detection logic) and breaks our video playback in some scenarios.
When digging into this we came across site specific quirks and the "Disable site-specific hacks" setting which fixed the playback functionality and set a more expected UA - "Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_7) AppleWebKit/605.1.15 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/18.2 Safari/605.1.15".
Is the unexpected UA being set somewhere in Safari/Webkit? Can this be removed so site functionality works without needing to find the "Disable site-specific hacks" setting?
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<script src="https://js.braintreegateway.com/web/3.92.0/js/client.min.js"></script>
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!
Animated AVIFs don't work properly on Safari, with inconsistent behavior across iPhone models.
On iPhone 14 Pro (A16, iOS 18.3.1), playback works fine, but on iPhone 15 (A16, iOS 18.3.1), it shows as a still image.
iPhone 16 Pro (A18, iOS 18.4 beta) plays correctly, and M1 Pro MacBook handles it well too.
Oddly, Xcode simulator (M1 Pro) only plays a specific file on iPhone 14 Pro. Is this tied to AV1 decoding differences (hardware vs. software) or a WebKit rendering issue? Any insights or documentation would help!
Note: The tested images are commercial files, so I can’t attach them here, but I’m happy to share those upon request.
Topic:
Safari & Web
SubTopic:
General
DNR rules redirecting to an extension path lead to an error page: “Safari can’t open the page. The error is: “The operation couldn’t be completed. (NSURLErrorDomain error -1008.)” (NSURLErrorDomain:-1,008).”
Here is a demo extension that replicates the bug: https://github.com/lenacohen/Safari-Test-Extensions/tree/main/dnr-extension-path-redirect
This is an example of a redirect rule that leads to an error page instead of the extension path page:
chrome.declarativeNetRequest.updateDynamicRules({addRules: [
{
id: 2,
priority: 1,
action: {
type: "redirect",
redirect: {
extensionPath: "/web_accessible_resources/test_redirect.html"
}
},
condition: {
urlFilter: "||washingtonpost.com^",
resourceTypes: [
"main_frame"
]
}
}
]});
The extension path is included in web_accessible_resources in the extension manifest:
"web_accessible_resources": [{
"resources": [
"web_accessible_resources/test_redirect.html"
],
I also submitted a bug report on Apple's Feedback Assistant: FB16607632
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 .
When the iCloud Passwords Chrome extension is on, there is a 400-500ms lag between clicking on a non-password field and the UI reflecting any changes made by a .on("focus") jQuery listener.
When the extension is disabled, there is no lag.
See below the performance profiles for the same 4 click events.
Extension ON:
Extension OFF:
Hi all,
I need to detect if my web application (pure HTML / Javascript) is opened from:
Safari from a Mac
Safari from an iPad but by asking for the desktop version
I tried to check for many properties (including the navigator.useragent) but no difference were visible. Anyone could help me?
Thank you
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.
My app sends users notifications of important messages in the app. How can I make sure the user receives them?
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