I'm trying to download mods for Stardew Valley, before the beta it worked but now it doesn't. Is there anyone who can help to fix this? Used Firefox and Safari as well as Safari on my ipad.
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We use a direct link mechanism in our app that attempts to open the app if it's already installed; otherwise, it redirects the user to the App Store.
However, when the app is not installed, Safari displays an alert saying:
"Safari cannot open the page because the address is invalid."
This popup appears to be caused by attempting to open a custom URL scheme that doesn't resolve.
what is the recommendation from apple to have a smooth transition to our mobile App
Here’s a sample link we’re using:
https://new.oneclear.com/Asset/fe5f7fb6-205a-40f8-9efe-71678361aa2c?t=NTA0NQ==
We have written a PAC script that blocklists certain domains and whitelists others. We went to Settings > Network > Wi-Fi (the network we are using), then clicked on Details, and under Proxies, we added the PAC file URL in the Automatic Proxy Configuration section.
We tried hosting the PAC file both on localhost and on a separate HTTP server.
After saving the settings, we tested several URLs. The blocking and allowing behavior works correctly in all browsers except Safari.
Below is the PAC script we are using for your reference.
The script works as expected in browsers other than Safari.
This is how the PAC script URL looks:
http://localhost:31290/proxy.pac
function FindProxyForURL(url, host) {
var blacklist = new Set(["facebook.com", "deepseek.com"]);
var b_list = [...blacklist];
for (let i = 0; i < b_list.length; i++) {
let ele = b_list[i] + "*";
if (shExpMatch(host, ele) || shExpMatch(url, ele)) {
return "PROXY localhost:8086";
}
}
if (isIPBlocked(whitelist_subnet, hostIP)) {
return "PROXY localhost:8087";
}
if (isIPBlocked(blacklist_subnet, hostIP)) {
return "PROXY localhost:8086";
}
return "PROXY localhost:8080";
}
Summary:
Content scripts injected via manifest continue to receive and respond to chrome.tabs.sendMessage() calls even after the user has navigated away from the original page, causing messages intended for the current tab to be handled by zombie contexts from previous pages.
Environment:
Safari/iOS Version: 18.5
Extension Manifest: Version 3
Expected Behavior:
When a user navigates from Page A to Page B:
Page A's content script context should be destroyed.
chrome.tabs.sendMessage(currentTabId, message) should only reach Page B's content script
Only Page B should be able to respond to action button clicks (or other background to content messages).
Actual Behavior:
When navigating from Page A to Page B:
Page A's content script context persists as a "zombie".
chrome.tabs.sendMessage(currentTabId, message) reaches zombie context instead of the Page B's one. Hence, it looks like the extension is broken because the content script does not respond to the background messages.
Details:
Tab ids are properly recognized by both background and content script
The problem does not always occur; it occurs on random occasions. It's quite easy to have it reproduced.
It can be reproduced easier if user clicks ext icon during site loading (before it fully loaded), triggering ActionClick (ext icon click) event and then sending a msg upon it to the content script
Regardless of whether the content script is injected into the tab using manifest.json, registerContentScripts, or executeScript, the problem is still there
Once the problem occurs, e.g. user is on macys.com but zombie injected content script believes it's google.com (a previous page), even refreshing the tab doesnt change anything - zombie context is still there (thinking it's still google.com) . Changing a domain to something completely different one could help though. Then going back to macys.com could still lead to the described issue.
A zombie content script does not have access to the page's console function and others.
Example communication
Sending following message from the background to the content script using chrome.tabs.sendMessage()
{
"tab": {
"id": 155,
"active": true,
"url": "https://www.macys.com/",
"title": "Macys.com"
}
}
Results in the content-script zombie context response (the url is taken from the window.location.href)
"message": {
"type": "ActionClicked",
"data": {}
},
"response": {
"data": {
"windowUrl": "https://www.google.com/",
"contentReached": true,
"timestamp": "1,753,138,945,272",
}
}
}
Topic:
Safari & Web
SubTopic:
General
Tags:
Safari Developer Tools
Safari
Safari and Web
Safari Extensions
Hi all ,
I have 2 questions regaridng App Clips.
1 - can we directly invoke App Clips from a HTML Appclip experience url ?
We want to directly take users to the App Clips flow without showing App Clips cards or banner.
2 - Does Apple have a plan to support other modern mobile browsers such as Chrome , Edge and Firefox ?
I have a website that has been built in Wordpress and hosted on wordpress engine. In testing now and on the i phone with safari browser it keeps crashing after short time 2/3 minutes, content does not display properly pages go blank etc. Has anyone experienced this /have a solution? Thanks
We're having trouble connecting to local area network websockets in Safari in the latest iOS26 Beta 3 (iPhone 14), both secure and unsecure. Code works < iOS26 & macOS, etc.
--
Unsecure behaviour: need to call connectWebSocket() twice, establishes connection reliably. Calling connectWebSocket() once, will sometimes work, sometimes not.
--
Secure behaviour: Error in debug console, even though the certificate has been accepted and the page is loaded as https. Error:
WebSocket connection to 'wss://192.168.1.81/api/webSocket' failed: The certificate for this server is invalid. You might be connecting to a server that is pretending to be “192.168.1.81”, which could put your confidential information at risk.
--
let apiEndpoint = window.location.hostname;
if (apiEndpoint == null || apiEndpoint == '') {
apiEndpoint = "192.168.1.81";
}
function connectWebSocket() {
if (webSocket && webSocket.readyState == 1) {
return;
}
if (webSocket) {
webSocket.close();
}
webSocket = new WebSocket(
(window.location.protocol === 'https:' ? "wss://" : "ws://") + apiEndpoint + "/api/webSocket",
);
webSocket.onerror = (error) => {
console.log("WebSocket error", error);
};
webSocket.onopen = () => {
console.log("WebSocket connected");
webSocket.send("volume");
webSocket.send("isPlaying");
};
webSocket.onmessage = (event) => {
const msg = event.data;
if (!msg) return;
if (msg.startsWith("volume")) {
const volume = parseInt(msg.replace('volume:',''));
const slider = document.getElementById("volumeSlider");
slider.value = volume;
slider.style.background = `linear-gradient(to right, #007bff ${volume}%, white ${volume}%)`;
} else if (msg.startsWith("isPlaying")) {
const url = msg.replace('isPlaying:', '');
let matchedEntry = null;
let coverToSelect = null;
categories.forEach((category, catIdx) => {
category.entries.forEach((entry, entryIdx) => {
if (entry.url === url) {
matchedEntry = entry;
coverToSelect = document.querySelector(`.cover[category-idx="${catIdx}"][entry-idx="${entryIdx}"]`);
}
});
});
if (matchedEntry && coverToSelect) {
selectCover(coverToSelect, true);
showNowPlayingBar(matchedEntry);
const top = coverToSelect.getBoundingClientRect().top + window.scrollY - 150;
window.scrollTo({ top, behavior: 'smooth' });
}
}
};
webSocket.onclose = () => {
console.log("WebSocket closed, retrying...");
setTimeout(connectWebSocket, 1000);
};
}
document.addEventListener("visibilitychange", () => {
if (document.visibilityState === "visible") {
connectWebSocket();
}
});
connectWebSocket();
WebAuthn Level 3 § 5.1.3 Step 22 Item 4 states the steps a user agent MUST follow when "conditional" mediation is used in conjunction with required user verification:
Let userVerification be the effective user verification requirement for credential creation, a Boolean value, as follows. If pkOptions.authenticatorSelection.userVerification
is set to required
If options.mediation is set to conditional and user verification cannot be collected during the ceremony, throw a ConstraintError DOMException.
Let userVerification be true.
On my iPhone 15 Pro Max running iOS 18.5, Safari + Passwords does not exhibit this behavior; instead an error is not reported and user verification is not performed (i.e., the UV bit is 0). Per the spec this results in a registration ceremony failure on the server which is made all the more "annoying" since the credential was created in Passwords forcing a user to then delete the credential. :
If the Relying Party requires user verification for this registration, verify that the UV bit of the flags in authData is set.
In contrast when I use Google Password Manager + Chrome on a Samsung Galaxy S24 running Android 15, user verification is enforced and the UV bit is 1.
Either the UV bit should be 1 after enforcing user verification or an error should be thrown since user verification cannot be performed.
WebAuthn Level 3 § 6.3.2 Step 2 states the authenticator must :
Check if at least one of the specified combinations of PublicKeyCredentialType and cryptographic parameters in credTypesAndPubKeyAlgs is supported. If not, return an error code equivalent to "NotSupportedError" and terminate the operation.
On my iPhone 15 Pro Max running iOS 18.5, Safari + Passwords does not exhibit this behavior; instead an error is not reported and an ES256 credential is created when an RP passes a non-empty sequence that does not contain {"type":"public-key","alg":-7} (e.g., [{"type":"public-key","alg":-8}]).
When I use Chromium 138.0.7204.92 on my laptop running Arch Linux in conjunction with the Passwords app (connected via the "hybrid" protocol), a credential is not created and instead an error is reported per the spec.
Hi,
I’m trying to detect whether my Safari Web Extension is running in Safari or Safari Technology Preview. Is there a reliable way to do that?
I can get the executable path of the parent process using proc_pidpath(). However, unlike Chrome or Firefox, Safari extensions run under /sbin/launchd as the parent process, not the responsible process (browser’s binary). In this scenario, I need the executable path of the actual browser process, but I haven’t found a way to get it.
Also, Safari doesn’t implement the Web Extension API’s browser.runtime.getBrowserInfo(), unlike Firefox.
I haven’t tested it yet, but I’m considering checking the user agent string, though I’m not sure how reliable that would be.
Use Case
Some users use my Safari extension as a web development tool and want to enable some features exclusively in Safari Technology Preview, while using other features only in standard Safari. If I could detect which browser is in use, I could provide the appropriate functionality for them.
Hi Apple Devs & WebKit Team,
We operate https://excnum.com — a personal website currently under reconstruction. It's HTTPS-secure, hosted on a clean VPS, and now features a simple placeholder page with no active forms, scripts, or external redirects.
However, Safari on both iOS and macOS is flagging it as a “deceptive website”, blocking all access. This warning appears even though:
The site uses a valid SSL certificate via Cloudflare
There are no redirects, tracking scripts, or dynamic code
We serve a static landing page (“under maintenance”) with zero interaction
No malware, phishing, or obfuscation exists — verified with multiple tools
A review request has already been submitted at: https://websitereview.apple.com
We believe the site may have been blacklisted previously under past ownership or prior configurations. It has since been completely restructured and cleared, but the Safari warning persists.
This false flag is harming visibility and trust for an otherwise neutral website.
Any advice on how to expedite re-evaluation or request a manual delisting from the deceptive site list would be much appreciated.
Thank you!
— Alex
Admin, EXCNUM.COM
I am testing stuff on a website, and it worked well on any mobile browser till iOS18.
Now that I am testing iOS26, even with the latest BETA (3)
everything works smoothly on any other mobile browser but Safari.
Previously I had the bug, which now has been patched, for status-bar, which was flickering too, but popover and page issue seems still there.
I have persistent popover and ajax navigation, and both are rendering with bugs and fouc while view/page changes.
Example: If I have an element which must stay on its place and its width is 100vw: while page changes it blinks, shrinks, flicker and jumps on rendering, while it simply must stay as is..
Animations and page transitions work smoothly on Chrome mobile (latest iOS 26 beta 3) , while breaking on Safari.
I did open a feedback FB18328720, but seems no one caring.
Any idea guys?
** Video of the bug (which is huge!) : **
https://youtube.com/shorts/rY3oxUwDd7w?feature=share
Cheers
Hello there,
For a video like this <video src="blob:safari-web-extension://***" autoplay="" loop="" style="position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; object-fit: cover; z-index: -1;"></video>, no matter if its local or remote, blob or mp4 files, is constantly being reloaded (refetched? revalidated?) if the loop tag is added. I can confirm there is actual constant traffic from the server based on my server logs. I am running iOS/macOS 26.
iOS 26 (from beta 1 to beta 2)
We have a VPN app that installs a per-app VPN profile with SafariDomains to filter Safari network traffic. This setup works as expected on iOS versions lower than 26.0.
See here more details on SafariDomains: https://developer.apple.com/business/documentation/Configuration-Profile-Reference.pdf
On iOS 26, all SafariDomains configured to go through the per-app VPN result in the following error: "Safari can’t open the page. The error was: Unknown Error"
Additional Details: Only SafariDomains encounter this error. Other managed apps traffic through the per-app VPN works correctly.
Steps to Reproduce:
Install the VPN app with a per-app VPN profile.
Configure SafariDomains with any URL (e.g., example.com).
Open Safari and navigate to the configured URL.
Example Configuration:
We tested with a simple example by adding only one URL to SafariDomains (example.com). Logs from the console were captured at the moment Safari opened and encountered the error.
safari_google2.txt
Has anyone else encountered this issue on iOS 26? Any insights or solutions would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you!
We are developing an app that uses Authentication Services to authenticate users. According to the documentation, this framework will open the default web browser if it supports auth session handling, and Safari otherwise. This is not entirely true, and users will be frustrated!
macOS version: Sequoia 15.5; Safari version: 18.5.
When:
The default browser is not Safari, and supports auth session handling (Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge as examples); and -
The Safari app is already running;
The auth flow will:
Present the confirmation dialog box with the default browser icon. Good!
Open a Safari window, instead of the default browser's one. Bad!
Respond with "User Cancelled" error to the app, after making the end user believe the auth was good. Very Bad!!
If the app retries the auth session, the default browser window will open as expected, and it will work as expected.
However, requiring users to authenticate twice is a very bad users experience...
This issue does not reproduce, when either:
Safari is not running at the moment of auth session start;
The default browser does not support auth session handling; or -
Safari is the default browser.
Fellow developers, be warned!
Apple engineers, feedback #18426939 is waiting for you.
Cheers!
I'm not loving the huge Favorites icons in Safari on MacOS 26, is there a way to reduce the size of them so that we can see more favorites on the list without scrolling down?
I’m a developer working on a Safari Web Extension that’s distributed via the App Store and also tested locally through Xcode. I’m running into an issue that’s affecting my ability to debug errors reported to my Sentry error logging instance from production.
The Problem
When an error is thrown in one of my extension scripts (e.g., background.js, popup.js, or content.js), the error is sent to Sentry but the captured JavaScript error stack trace replaces the file paths with the webkit-masked-url://hidden placeholder like this:
ReferenceError: Cannot access uninitialized variable.
at ? (webkit-masked-url://hidden/:14677:28)
at ? (webkit-masked-url://hidden/:16307:3)
This happens consistently across both App Store builds and local Xcode runs. It prevents me from seeing which script the error came from or resolving the actual source code lines using uploaded source maps in Sentry.
My Setup
Safari Version: 18.5 (Stable on macOS)
Distribution: App Store and local Xcode development
Extension Type: Safari Web Extension
Error Reporting: Sentry (@sentry/browser SDK)
Bundler: Webpack with inline-source-map
What I’ve Confirmed
I can see the actual source files in Safari’s Web Inspector under the Sources tab when the extension is running.
My source maps are uploaded to Sentry correctly and are associated with the matching release.
Errors from Safari are being captured by Sentry, but the file URLs are masked, so stack traces cannot be resolved against my original source.
My Question
Is this behavior (masking file URLs in stack traces with webkit-masked-url://hidden/) intentional for Safari Web Extensions?
If so, is there any supported method or workaround to allow exception stack traces to reveal the original script path (e.g., popup.js, background.js) so tools like Sentry or even console logs can point to real locations? I fully understand the privacy/security rationale behind the masking, but as the extension developer, this is making it extremely difficult to debug runtime issues in production.
I’d really appreciate any insight into:
Whether this masking is expected and permanent behavior
If there are any entitlements, debug settings, or Info.plist keys that can alter this behavior for development or for trusted/own extensions
If Apple recommends a different way to log extension errors that includes script name or source references
Thanks in advance for your help! I’m happy to share more technical details or try out suggestions.
Based on the "Build immersive web experiences with WebXR"-Video for visionOS there is no way to disable the consent prompts for entering an immersive experience or consent hand-tracking. For the microphone it's possible to "greenlight" specific websites for mic input, which works great.
I'd welcome it, if it were possible to add specific websites in the settings, in which those consent dialogs aren't shown each time.
In my opinion, the user interaction through a button that launches the experience would be sufficient to not disorient.
We are seeing logs were on iOS devices we see some keyframes request.
but on safari browser don’t see any request like this. could you please explain what is it.
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Hey everyone,
After installing iOS 26 beta, I started noticing unexpected behavior in our input event handlers.
Specifically, when users type into an field, event.target.value is always an empty string — but only when the JS file is loaded from a specific domain (e.g., t1.daumcdn.net). The exact same code works perfectly when hosted on other domains like t2.daumcdn.net or search1.daumcdn.net.
👉 I created a demo here:
🔗 https://codepen.io/bzasklcu-the-sans/pen/rNXogxL
The scripts loaded from each domain are 100% identical (apart from the top-level selector). Before iOS 26 beta, this worked fine.
I suspect this is related to ITP or some new cross-origin behavior in Safari, but I’d love to know if anyone else is running into this — or if someone knows a workaround.
Thanks!