Summary
The Apple Developer Forums profile lets me enable push notification preferences, but Safari is never asked for permission. The profile still says that this browser has not opted in to receive pushes, so I cannot receive forum push notifications in Safari.
Environment
- macOS 26.7 and Safari 26.6.2 on a Mac mini.
- Signed in to Apple Developer Forums at
https://developer.apple.com/forums/profile/preferences. - In Safari → Settings → Websites → Notifications, Allow websites to ask for permission to send notifications is enabled.
developer.apple.comdoes not appear in the site list. - Content blockers are disabled for
developer.apple.com.
Steps to reproduce
- Open the Apple Developer Forums profile preferences in Safari while signed in.
- Under Receive push notifications when, enable There's a response to my post or reply.
- Click Save Profile.
- Return to the profile preferences and check the browser opt-in status.
I also turned this preference off and on again. Neither that action nor saving the profile displayed a Safari permission prompt.
Expected result
The forum offers a way to request Safari's notification permission and subscribe this browser to push notifications. Once permission is granted, the profile should show that this browser is opted in.
Actual result
- No Safari notification permission prompt appears.
- The push preference remains checked after saving, but the profile says: “You haven’t opted in to receive pushes from Apple Developer Forums on this browser.”
developer.apple.comremains absent from Safari's Notifications website list.- In Safari Web Inspector on the forum profile page,
Notification.permissionreturns"default", and(await navigator.serviceWorker.ready).pushManager.getSubscription()returnsnull. A service worker registration is present for the forums.
This indicates that the browser has neither made a permission decision nor acquired a push subscription. I have not identified why the forum's opt-in flow does not reach the browser permission request.