We’re seeing an issue in our Safari Web Extension where not all cookies from the Set-Cookie response header are accessible. We are using macOS 15.4 and Safari 18.4.
In the webRequest.onHeadersReceived callback, the Set-Cookie header returned by Safari only includes some of the cookies set by the server. If multiple Set-Cookie headers are present, we seem to receive only a partial list, some cookies are missing entirely.
In Chrome and Firefox, the same callback provides all cookies set by the server without issue.
We are looking for assistance in fixing these issues and having our Safari Extension function the same as it does in Firefox and Chrome.
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Hi there
I've been having trouble finding any details around how safari is supposed to behave when a FairPlay license expires. My assumption was that the video segments would stop getting decrypted and playback would stop, however I just see that the playback continues like nothing has happened.
I've setup the "fps_safari_has_key_renewal.html" sample code from the Fairplay SDK and got encrypted playback working. The renewal method also appears to work. However, if I don't issue a renew call, or if I wait several minutes after the renew has succeeded the video never stops (my license is set with a 1 minute expiry so I can test this quickly).
I've also observed that the MediaKeySession expiration property is always set to NaN even though my license has an expiry. I've tried with both Lease and Rental expiries set in the license (separately AND at the same time in separate tests). I'm using EZDRM as my drm provider.
Just looking for some feedback on if this is supposed to work this way in safari or if license expiry isn't supported in safari.
Thanks!
I have a very specific issue that happens only on iOS Simulator version 18.4.
It does NOT happen when I run my app on a real iOS 18.4 device through Testflight.
My app displays a WebView (courtesy of Capacitor, url scheme capacitor://).
Inside that Webview I'm using Firebase JS API (11.2.0) and calling signInWithEmailAndPassword, which works well in all other contexts, i.e. browser, Android webview, iOS webview in all other Simulator versions, and on real devices.
Only when running in Simulator 18.4, I get a failed network request:
cannot parse response
Fetch API cannot load https://identitytoolkit.googleapis.com/v1/accounts:signInWithPassword?... due to access control checks.
Failed to load resource: cannot parse reponse
error: FirebaseError: (auth/network-request-failed)
Everything is working correctly for both:
Capacitor app webview installed on a real 18.4 device with Testflight
Safari (non-webview) in the 18.4 Simulator
The issue is severe for us, because we are unable to develop our app and test it in the simulator on 18.4 Simulator before pushing it through Testflight internal release.
Request headers on the failed request (no response status or headers available).
Request
Accept: /
Content-Type: application/json
Origin: capacitor://localhost
Sec-Fetch-Dest: empty
Sec-Fetch-Mode: cors
Sec-Fetch-Site: cross-site
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; CPU iPhone OS 18_4 like Mac OS X) - AppleWebKit/605.1.15 (KHTML, like Gecko) Mobile/15E148
X-Client-Version: Mobile/JsCore/11.2.0/FirebaseCore-web
X-Firebase-Client: (...)
Hi, I would like to share a finding and ask for a solution, if possible. This may be a potential bug with PointerMoveEvent on Safari on an iPad with Pencil Pro.
I tested onPointerMove and onTouchMove in a <canvas> element in a React web app for freehand drawing using
Mouse on a PC.
Finger touch on iPad
Apple pencil pro on iPad
Finger touch on iPhone
I was able to draw smooth curves in all cases except when using onPointerMove with Apple pencil pro on iPad. The curve drawn in this case looked like it was created using several straight-line segments.
It seems like the sampling rate for PointerMoveEvent is lower than that of TouchMoveEvent on Safari
I am not sure how to solve this problem or if it is an issue with Safari's interpretation of PointerEvents. Any input is greatly appreciated.
Edit: It seems like https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/689375
is related.
How did you test apple-app-site-association in non-production environments that are usually not public?
Topic:
Safari & Web
SubTopic:
General
I have a website I’m working on that uses WordPress and element mentor pro. Basically everything is custom HTML in individual containers and custom CSS for each page.
The problem that I’m running into is there needs to be a pop-up and the easiest way to do that is just use the element or proper pop-ups however, the overlay is not extending into the safe areas on the bottom or top notch. I’ve been trying to figure out a way to fix this, and I cannot get it to work. I’ve tried having CSS in every imaginable way to get it to extend the overlay..
The other issue is for this website there is no header. It’s just a container that’s the hero content and for some reason that also will not extend into the top-notch safe area. It extends to the bottom notch just fine but not the top notch and there’s just a white bar there where I prefer it be the background gradient that I have set up for the hero however, nothing I do will get it to push into that top notch safe area either.
Hoping someone else had this issue and can help me out
Topic:
Safari & Web
SubTopic:
General
It seems fetch() does not include credentials (cookie) even when credentials: include is used and Safari extension has host_permissions for that domain when using from a non-default Safari profile.
It includes credentials (cookie) when using from the default profile (which has the default name Personal).
Is there anyone who has this problem?
I try to request in popup.js like this:
const response = await fetch(
url,
{
method: 'GET',
mode: 'cors',
credentials: 'include',
referrerPolicy: 'no-referrer',
}
);
and it does not include the credentials (cookie) from host_permissions.
I already posted https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/764279, and opened feedback assistant (FB15307169).
But it is still not fixed yet. (macOS 15.4 beta 3)
I hope this is fixed soon.
Hello,
I am developing a website which starts a web worker using the js code:
const zarrWorker = new Worker('./zarr_file.js', { type: 'module' });.
The script 'zarr_file.js' is served from the same origin with Cross-Origin-Embedder-Policy: require-corp and Cross-Origin-Opener-Policy: same-origin and it is importing external modules through the import statement (e.g. import * as zarr from "https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/zarrita/+esm";).
All the external modules are blocked by Safari with the error Worker load was blocked by Cross-Origin-Embedder-Policy, although I can see (by running curl on them) that they correctly set cross-origin-resource-policy: cross-origin`.
The same website works fine in Chrome and Firefox.
Is it a bug or is Safari implementing stricter policies? In the latter case what would be the solution?
After the first installation (out of AppStore) of the extension in the browser, the content script is correctly inserted into the page (twice for some reason) and a message is sent from the root of the content script to the background script, which responds correctly.
However, if an event handler is registered within the content script, within which the message is also sent to the background script, it will never reach the background script.
window.addEventListener("message", function (event) {
// We only accept messages from ourselves
if (event.source !== window) {
return;
}
if (event.data.source && event.data.source === appIdentification) {
browser.runtime.sendMessage(event.data);
}
}, false);
It does not matter with what delay the event handler is called (i.e. the background script is not asleep). If I refresh the page or close and reopen the browser and reload the page, everything works correctly and the message sent from the event handler is already delivered to the background script.
The event handler is used so that the extension code is uniform for all browsers (Chrome, Safari, Edge, Opera, Firefox), i.e. it is not intended to use externally_connectable for sending messages from the webpage directly to the background script, which Safari should support. The expected behavior is that the extension will work even after the first installation, as is the case with other browsers.
Procedure:
Enter the test website: https://www.mssf.cz/testapp/check_client.aspx
Do the initial installation of the extension (could be downloaded from here: https://1drv.ms/f/c/76f4c93826df41a0/Ej5MQX9ctyhHv_P9_t_6uAwB05ET-nzXuMhPeu56nOgkWg?e=cudqRJ)
Set a breakpoint in the event handler for "message" within the content script, open the background script and set a breakpoint in the event handler for onMessage
Click on the "Validate certificate" button on the page loaded in point 1
Step through the content script to the point where the message is sent to the background script, the breakpoint within the background script is never hit, which is an error, the message should come to the background script
Hi Apple Team,
We’ve noticed a couple of issues with launching default App Clip in safari and would appreciate your guidance.
App Clip Popup Timing:
When launching the App Clip using default URL, we sometimes see the small App Clip popup appear before the App Clip banner is displayed. Ideally, the banner should appear first.
Cached URL Handling:
In certain cases, the App Clip appears to be using a cached URL instead of the most recent one. For example, when we invoke two different App Clip URLs with unique parameters, the App Clip sometimes launches using the previous URL’s data instead of the new one.
This behavior is inconsistent and makes it difficult to ensure users are directed to the correct experience each time. Could you please help us understand whether this is expected behavior or if there are any known issues or recommended solutions?
Thank you for your time and support.
Example
Hello from Leipzig, Germany!
I noticed that when vertically scrolling in Safari 26 on my Mac, the content of the website I am currently working on is visible in the tab and URL bar with a liquid glass effect. I then looked at various other websites. Some websites have an opaque top bar. Some websites have a transparent top bar where content is visible when scrolling. On the Apple website, the top bar is opaque in light mode but transparent in dark mode. Unfortunately, I can't find a way to control this behavior. Has anyone found out more about this?
I am using a custom PAC file in network settings and till now with Sonoma & Sequoia OS, it was working perfectly fine and I was able to redirect traffic to my proxy server.
After upgrading to MacOS Tahoe, this stopped working completely. What is happening now is no url is opening on my machine with Chrome & Firefox browser, but somehoe Safari is working. After checking, I found that my deployed network extension is intercepting traffic and allowing it to pass. But still, the pac file is not working.
Are there any changes done in MacOS Tahoe regarding this PAC file? How can I resolve this issue?
please network best link wifi perfile very issue in wifi
Topic:
Safari & Web
SubTopic:
General
Hello all,
I'm building a web application in ASP.NET MVC (.NET Framework 4.7.2), from this web app I need to send push notifications to users. For the ones who are logged in with windows/android, everything works as expected, but I can't manage to get it work on the apple side.
If I use the same methods to subscribe to push notifications, it shows me the popup that asks the user to enable push notifications, and then I get an endpoint like this:
https://web.push.apple.com/QKC1Muic0H7...
It doesn't work using this (taking the part after https://web.push.apple.com/), I keep getting "Bad device token" (trying to send the notification via APNS).
Then I found out that there is another method to register the device from the frontend, and this one should give me the real device token:
window.safari.pushNotification.requestPermission
But this one doesn't show me the popup, it gives me "denied" without a reason.
I'm trying to a test application which is here https://pwa.vctplanner.it, the web push id is web.it.vctplanner, I created a push package downloadable from POST https://pwa.vctplanner.it/api/v2/PushPackages/web.it.vctplanner, and the code from the frontend is this:
function registerSafariPush() {
// Controlla se Safari Push Notifications è disponibile
if (!('safari' in window) || !('pushNotification' in window.safari)) {
console.log("Safari Push Notifications non supportate su questo browser.");
return;
}
// Il tuo Website Push ID registrato su Apple Developer
var websitePushId = "web.it.vctplanner";
// Controlla lo stato della permission
var permissionData = window.safari.pushNotification.permission(websitePushId);
switch (permissionData.permission) {
case 'default': // L'utente non ha ancora deciso
window.safari.pushNotification.requestPermission(
'https://pwa.vctplanner.it', // URL del server che serve il Push Package
websitePushId,
{}, // dati opzionali da inviare al server
function (permission) {
if (permission.permission === 'granted') {
console.log("Notifiche push abilitate!");
sendSubscriptionToServer({ endpoint: permission.deviceToken });
} else {
console.log("Notifiche push non abilitate dall'utente.");
}
}
);
break;
case 'denied': // L'utente ha negato
console.log("Notifiche push negate.");
break;
case 'granted': // L'utente ha già autorizzato
console.log("Notifiche push già autorizzate.");
sendSubscriptionToServer({ endpoint: permissionData.deviceToken });
break;
}
}
Any suggestions of what I'm missing? Is there a complete guide to how generate the push package?
Thank you
Chrome's Incognito mode can not open app from universal link on iOS. It's opened a web page instead of launching the app even the app already installed on the iOS device.
Topic:
Safari & Web
SubTopic:
General
window.location.href = 'tel:0216700310'; I ran the code in an IOS environment. The number was displayed when the call button on the device appeared. However, other IOS devices besides some devices came out as a number starting with +82, and I received feedback that the call was not connected properly. I wonder what could be caused by only some devices. And I would also like to ask what can be done to allow the numbers on the code to be displayed and called as they are.
Topic:
Safari & Web
SubTopic:
General
iOS18的app中加载了自己开发的H5页面,H5页面有个input输入框,每次输入框聚焦的时候,都会弹出键盘滑行键入的提示:“滑动手指将字母拼成词以快速键入”,应该怎么修改,达到不每次都弹出这个提示呢
Hi Apple Devs & WebKit Team,
We operate https://outdoorgala.com — a verified, HTTPS-secure Canadian ecommerce site focused on elite outdoor safety gear. We're Indigenous-owned, based in Alberta, and take customer trust and compliance seriously.
However, Safari (iOS + macOS) is falsely flagging our site as “deceptive,” preventing customers from accessing us — even though:
We use GoDaddy Website Builder with no redirections or malware
All product links are clean, HTTPS-secure, and tracked ethically
We recently implemented a fully compliant cookie banner (Accept/Decline logic)
A public security.txt and OpenPGP key has been published: https://outdoorgala.com/security
No phishing, malware, or cloaking behavior exists on the site
We’ve already submitted a review via:
➡️ https://websitereview.apple.com
And filed a bug report via Feedback Assistant (FB17608544)
What else can be done to speed up review or get flagged domains unblocked in Safari? This is hurting our business and blocking consumer access — despite following all Apple guidelines.
Would appreciate any insights or escalation tips.
Thank you!
– Derek Eiteneier
Founder, Outdoor Gala
Hi! My team and I are developing an education platform. One of our features is a auto-play flashcard feature where users can listen to their flashcards hands free.
We are having an issue where the autoplay wont work for users with iPhone's. I think the rule is that user's are supposed to give consent to the auto-play. We do make the user hit play before it starts so that should be the "constent" but it's still not working. Anyone have ideas?
Topic:
Safari & Web
SubTopic:
General
We have a Safari extension that's been up on the App Store for about 18 months with no apparent issues. This week, however, while working on an update, we uninstalled the production version on our test machines and installed a developer version. When we had some issues, we tried to go back to the production version downloaded from the App Store, but we get an pop saying "Unable to download App." In the log, the most obviously relevant error is 'Operation not permitted'.
This occurs on several machines and different logins on those machines in both norma and safe modes. However, on another machine that never had one installed, we could still install the app from the app store, so I suspect there is something left behind that needs to be removed, but I don't know what.
FWIW, I see the download directory getting created under /Applications, but it is promptly removed when the failure popup appears.
Any suggestions?