The latest version of macOS 15 is unable to retrieve the SSID. We need to consult with Apple regarding this issue: Question: Is there a way for macOS to silently retrieve the SSID and BSSID? If special permissions are required, can company devices with MDM/ABM installed retrieve them silently?

Hello, We have filtering logic that is being loaded into PacketTunnelProvider network extension for processing web traffic. The issue we are facing is the 50MB cap is being hit after browsing a few websites and the OS terminates the PacketTunnelProvider. What would be the best way to tackle this problem? A few ideas come to mind and would appreciate any support on them: using IPC (Inter Process Communication) to move the filtering logic back to the main app (if this is possible) we could move the filtering in Filter Control Provider however the limitation on there is that we cannot perform HTTP response modification which is imperative for the workings of the filtering. We have same solution working fine on Android and app is using about 270MB in worst case (however in Android there is no limit to network extension as the VPN provider runs inside the app) The project target market is in excess of 50,000 devices We would appreciate any support on the matter.

Hi,team: I am testing a product and found that my 12.6.0 and 14.5.0 computers will cause other app processes to exit when starting my network filter, but 10, 11, 13, and 14.6.1 will not. I can see the exit log of the app from launchd.log. Why is this? The log is as follows: 2024-09-12 19:34:36.783374 (gui/501/app_bundleid [546]) : exited due to SIGPIPE | sent by App[546] 2024-09-12 19:34:36.783383 (gui/501/app_bundleid [546]) : service state: exited 2024-09-12 19:34:36.783386 (gui/501/app_bundleid [546]) : internal event: EXITED, code = 0 2024-09-12 19:34:36.783389 (gui/501/app_bundleid [546]) : job state = exited 2024-09-12 19:34:36.783411 (gui/501 [100005]) : service inactive: app_bundleid 2024-09-12 19:34:36.783414 (gui/501/app_bundleid [546]) : service state: not running 2024-09-12 19:34:36.783582 (pid/546 [App]) : shutting down

I have created a NEPacketTunnelProvider which seems to work currently in testing. However I have noticed that the DNS do not go through the TUN interface, even setting a bogus DNS server in NEPacketTunnelNetworkSettings still has no effect and I'm able to browse just fine. I also know that there is the DNS Proxy Provider, can it be used in conjuction with Packet Tunnel Provider? Though from what I have read this is not available for the general public and can only be used on supervised / managed devices? Are there any supported methods of running a local DNS server, say on 127.0.0.1 and redirect all DNS queries to this server?

BEHAVIOR App runs great on first install. If I close the app and reopen, many times the network requests fail, most likely due to too many open files. If I restart the app 4 times, everything seems to load fine (until next time). A fresh install works as well. APP Flutter app. Utilizes flutter map package, which displays map tile layers. Otherwise, pulls JSON/API data every so often. Heavy/frequent pulling of tile images (typically ~1000 during a single pan). PROBLEM DEVICES: Issues ONLY happens on physical iPhones (tested on 11 and 15). iOS simulators work fine. Androids work fine On the Androids or simulator, I can pan the map and pull 3000+ tile images, and overlay data, with no issues. TESTING I have inspected disposal methods, closing network clients, even tried "exit(0)" in various places. Have tried app lifecycle widgets on paused, detached, resumed. Nothing changes the behavior. At one point, I thought I had the issue fixed when I changed my DNS from 1.1.1.1 to automatic, since all the working devices seemed to have router-defined DNS and my test device had manual IP. But then the problem came back again. COMMON ERRORS (upon restart) SocketException: Connection failed (OS Error: Too many open files, errno = 24) SocketException: Failed host lookup: 'site.com' (OS Error: nodename nor servname provided, or not known, errno = 8) Sometimes failed to load assets as well (icons, etc). QUESTIONS What is being "fixed" by reopening the app 4 times in a row on the iOS side? Is there anything I can do in the native code, so that the app always restarts fresh, and doesn't "hang on" to anything that may be causing the OS Errors? Could it be an IPv4 / IPv6 issue? REFERENCES I did recently find this dart thread as well, not sure if it is fully the same issue: https://github.com/dart-lang/http/issues/197 Flutter Map Repo for Tile Layers: https://github.com/fleaflet/flutter_map/tree/7632ccc6d95cf4b0d02760f6d259495e7a1d09d0/lib/src/layer/tile_layer DIO Package: https://pub.dev/packages/dio

Hello; we observe slow behavior on some macOS systems which were upgraded from macOS Ventura to macOS Sonoma. , when they are connected to the company networks. Investigation learns that the getaddrinfo call querying ipv6 is taking 5 seconds before returning. Querying information for ipv4 (ai_famlly AF_UNSPEC) returns in few mSec correct. For ipv6, I tried struct addrinfo ai_family AF_INET6 and ai_flags AI_DEFAULT , as well as AI_ALL but no help. Querying for ipv6 lasts 5 seconds. Is there a fix or workaround for this? When switching off Wi-Fi , the getaddrinfo returns in few mSec ( similar to the ipv4 check ). The version is macOS Sonoma 14.6.1 , but also observed on other Sonoma 14.x versions and other sites/companies worldwide.

The app needs to maintain internet communication under the following conditions: Both Wi-Fi and cellular networks are active. The Wi-Fi network has no internet connection. The cellular network has an active internet connection.

as part of the iOS 17 apple added Network details capability to the shortcut app is there any update about the ability of getting the Network details such as RSSI , PHY in iOS 18?

Hi Team, OS is prompting for local network permission for our application which runs as root level daemon. As per the our analysis, it looks like it is prompting from our own library which is trying to get network info ' using /usr/sbin/system_profiler with "-xml -detailLevel basic SPNetworkDataType" and then trying to iterate to find DNS.ServerAddresses for each item. Then using [NSHost hostWithAddress:IPAddress];(When this library is not linked to the app then there is no prompt, so most likely this is the code that is resulting in the prompt). Is this expected ? . Is there any other way that we can get DNS host name without being prompted for local network permission on mac OS 15

We’ve noticed that in iOS 18, the "Deactivate Configuration" button within the Per-App VPN settings immediately disables the VPN for selected apps without any confirmation prompt. This can be problematic for users, as there is no warning or verification before the action is taken, which may lead to unintended disruptions in VPN connectivity. We haven’t found any relevant documentation on Apple’s developer website addressing this behavior. Any insights or suggestions would be greatly appreciated and if we can have documentation to disable this button using MDM profile it will be great

Hi all, I'm developing an TCP socket SDK in C. The SDK is using Apple Network Framework and encountered some wired bad access issue occasionally on function nw_connection_send. Looking into the trace stack, it was bad access issue in nw_write_request_create, when it is trying to release a reference. However, I could not found more doc/source code details about nw_write_request_create. // on socket destroy, we will release the related nw_connection. increase_ref_count(socket) nw_connection_t nw_connection = socket->nw_connection; dispatch_data_t data = dispatch_data_create(message_ptr->ptr, message_ptr->len, dispath_event_loop, DISPATCH_DATA_DESTRUCTOR_FREE); // > Bad Access here < // While I check `nw_connection` and `data`, both seems available while the function get called. I tried to call dispatch_retain on `data`, but it was not helpful. nw_connection_send( nw_connection, data, NW_CONNECTION_DEFAULT_MESSAGE_CONTEXT, false, ^(nw_error_t error) { // process the message, we will release message_buf in this function. completed_fn(message_buf); reduce_ref_count(socket) } While I check nw_connection and data, both seems available while the function get called. I tried to call dispatch_retain on data, but it was not helpful. Is there any way to narrow down which object is releasing? As the issue happened occasionally (9 failure out of 10 attempts when I run multiple unit tests at the same time, and I rarely see it when I ran a single unit test). I would assume it was actually a race condition here. Is there a way to track down which object is released? I do understand it would be hard to track without knowing more design details of my SDK, but any related suggestions or ideas would be appreciated. Thanks in advance. More related source code: struct nw_socket{ nw_connection_t nw_connection; nw_parameters_t socket_options_to_params; dispatch_queue_t event_loop; // ... bunch of other parameters... struct ref_count ref_count; } static int s_socket_connect_fn( const struct socket_endpoint *remote_endpoint, struct dispatch_queue_t event_loop) { nw_socket = /*new socket memory allocation, increasing ref count*/ nw_endpoint_t endpoint = nw_endpoint_create_address(/* process remote_endpoint */); nw_socket->nw_connection = nw_connection_create(endpoint, nw_socket >socket_options_to_params); nw_release(endpoint); nw_socket->nw_connection->set_queue(nw_socket->nw_connection, event_loop); nw_socket->event_loop = event_loop; nw_connection_set_state_changed_handler(nw_socket->nw_connection, ^(nw_connection_state_t state, nw_error_t error) { // setup connection handler } nw_connection_start(nw_socket->nw_connection); nw_retain(nw_socket->nw_connection); } // nw_socket is ref counted, call the destroy function on ref_count reduced to 0 static void s_socket_impl_destroy(void *sock_ptr) { struct nw_socket *nw_socket = sock_ptr; /* Network Framework cleanup */ if (nw_socket->socket_options_to_params) { nw_release(nw_socket->socket_options_to_params); nw_socket->socket_options_to_params = NULL; } if (nw_socket->nw_connection) { nw_release(nw_socket->nw_connection); // Print here, to make sure the nw_connection was not released before nw_connection_send call. nw_socket->nw_connection = NULL; } // releasing memory and other parameters } static int s_socket_write_fn( struct nw_socket *socket, const struct bytePtr* message_ptr, // message_ptr is a pointer to allocated message_buf socket_on_write_completed_fn *completed_fn, void *message_buf) { // Ideally nw_connection would not be released, as socket ref_count is retained here. increase_ref_count(socket->ref_count); nw_connection_t nw_connection = socket->nw_connection; struct dispatch_queue_t dispatch_event_loop = socket->event_loop; dispatch_data_t data = dispatch_data_create(message_ptr->ptr, message_ptr->len, dispath_event_loop, DISPATCH_DATA_DESTRUCTOR_FREE); // > Bad Access here < // While I check `nw_connection` and `data`, both seems available while the function get called. I tried to call dispatch_retain on `data`, but it is not helpful. nw_connection_send( nw_connection, data, NW_CONNECTION_DEFAULT_MESSAGE_CONTEXT, false, ^(nw_error_t error) { // process the message, we will release message_buf in this function. completed_fn(message_buf); reduce_ref_count(socket) } }

Hello, I recently upgraded my iPhone 13 to iOS 18.0, and I've encountered an issue with VPN applications. After downloading and installing the required certificate for the VPN, I noticed that it does not appear in the "Certificate Trust Settings." Because of this, I am unable to mark the certificate as "trusted," which results in the VPN application's features not functioning properly. This issue is critical for my VPN usage, and it was not present in previous iOS versions. Could you please provide guidance or suggest a solution to this problem? Thank you for your assistance!

ISSUE Upgrading a macOS Ventura host to Sequoia results in the attached three issues visible in either of the two screen shot: Whether or not "Block all incoming connections" is enabled, a small subset of connections are hard-wired to "Allow incoming connections"; It is not possible to remove the hard-wired "Allow incoming connections" (e.g., selecting the row, the "-" button at bottom left is not available"; and After the upgrade to Sequoia, SidecarRelay was set to "Block incoming connections". QUESTIONs a) What terminal level commands should be used to remove the hard-wired "Allow incoming connections"? b) What other integrity checks should I run on the firewall configuration to see if other aspects of its operations are now botched? FB15074003 tracks the issues noted above.

Hello, I'm trying to implement a PIN request feature for a Sony TV in my iOS app. The goal is to keep the PIN entry window open on the TV until the user enters the PIN. However, I'm encountering an issue where the connection is closed immediately when using Swift's URLSession, while the same request works as expected in Postman. Here's my Swift code: let parameters = """ { "method": "actRegister", "params": [ { "clientid": "MyDevice:1", "nickname": "My Device", "level": "private" }, [ { "value": "yes", "function": "WOL" } ] ], "id": 1, "version": "1.0" } """ guard let postData = parameters.data(using: .utf8) else { completion(.failure(NSError(domain: "Invalid data", code: 0, userInfo: nil))) return } var request = URLRequest(url: URL(string: "http://\(ipAddress)/sony/accessControl")!,timeoutInterval: 30) request.addValue("application/json", forHTTPHeaderField: "Content-Type") request.httpMethod = "POST" request.httpBody = postData let task = URLSession.shared.dataTask(with: request) { data, response, error in if let error = error { completion(.failure(error)) return } guard let data = data else { completion(.failure(NSError(domain: "No data received", code: 0, userInfo: nil))) return } if let responseString = String(data: data, encoding: .utf8) { print("Response: \(responseString)") } } task.resume() When I send this request using Postman, the PIN window on the TV stays open as expected. I receive a 401 response, which is normal for this type of request. In Postman, I can simulate the unwanted behavior by sending the request twice in quick succession, which closes the PIN window. However, when I run this code in the iPhone Simulator, the PIN window on the TV closes immediately after appearing. What I've tried: Increasing the timeoutInterval Using URLSession.shared.dataTask and URLSession(configuration:delegate:delegateQueue:) Implementing URLSessionDataDelegate methods Expected behavior: The PIN window should stay open on the TV until the user enters the PIN or a timeout occurs. Actual behavior: The PIN window appears briefly on the TV and then closes immediately. Questions: Why does the behavior differ between Postman and my Swift code? How can I modify my Swift code to keep the connection open and the PIN window displayed on the TV? Is there a way to prevent URLSession from automatically closing the connection after receiving the 401 response? Any insights or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thank you! Environment: iOS 15+ Swift 5 Xcode 13+

Users are reporting that 3rd-party software that leverages Apple's Network Extensions (such as LuLu and Windows Defender) are causing networking issues after upgrading to macOS 15. However as such products were working seamlessly on macOS 14.* and nothing in the code of these products changed between then and now, this would point to bug in macOS. Users have mentioned the following work arounds: Disabling the internal (macOS) firewall Upgrading to macOS 15.1 beta More info about the issues and these "workarounds" here and here.. Looking for any guidance / insight / technical details from Apple, as users are (understandably) blaming these tools and their developers 😭 Of course if there are updated APIs or some other changes in macOS 15 that developers should consider / conform to, to ensure compatibility that'd be great to know too!

After update to IOS18, my app crashed. following is the exception got from xcode: Trapped uncaught exception 'NSInvalidArgumentException', reason: '*** -[NSFileManager createDirectoryAtURL:withIntermediateDirectories:attributes:error:]: URL is nil' ( 0 CoreFoundation 0x0000000194a79098 47427277-EE15-3C17-AD68-6886B0380B5E + 540824 1 libobjc.A.dylib 0x0000000191d7b2e4 objc_exception_throw + 88 2 Foundation 0x0000000193741f48 12E17A7A-B65F-35EE-82D7-CBC31004E223 + 1154888 3 CFNetwork 0x0000000195eeb2bc FA95B718-E8EB-34BD-90FA-8FB1AFE016D6 + 164540 4 CFNetwork 0x0000000195eeac7c FA95B718-E8EB-34BD-90FA-8FB1AFE016D6 + 162940 5 libdispatch.dylib 0x000000010342a71c _dispatch_client_callout + 20 6 libdispatch.dylib 0x000000010343bf04 _dispatch_lane_barrier_sync_invoke_and_complete + 176 7 CFNetwork 0x0000000195eeaa88 FA95B718-E8EB-34BD-90FA-8FB1AFE016D6 + 162440 8 CFNetwork 0x0000000195ee9b20 FA95B718-E8EB-34BD-90FA-8FB1AFE016D6 + 158496 9 CFNetwork 0x0000000195ee95f4 FA95B718-E8EB-34BD-90FA-8FB1AFE016D6 + 157172 10 CFNetwork 0x0000000195ee907c FA95B718-E8EB-34BD-90FA-8FB1AFE016D6 + 155772 11 CFNetwork 0x0000000195ee34b0 FA95B718-E8EB-34BD-90FA-8FB1AFE016D6 + 132272 12 CFNetwork 0x0000000195f942c4 FA95B718-E8EB-34BD-90FA-8FB1AFE016D6 + 856772 13 CFNetwork 0x0000000195f94214 FA95B718-E8EB-34BD-90FA-8FB1AFE016D6 + 856596 14 CFNetwork 0x0000000195f9330c FA95B718-E8EB-34BD-90FA-8FB1AFE016D6 + 852748 15 libdispatch.dylib 0x0000000103428a30 _dispatch_call_block_and_release + 32 16 libdispatch.dylib 0x000000010342a71c _dispatch_client_callout + 20 17 libdispatch.dylib 0x00000001034325e8 _dispatch_lane_serial_drain + 828 18 libdispatch.dylib 0x0000000103433394 _dispatch_lane_invoke + 460 19 libdispatch.dylib 0x0000000103434b20 _dispatch_workloop_invoke + 2264 20 libdispatch.dylib 0x00000001034405f0 _dispatch_root_queue_drain_deferred_wlh + 328 21 libdispatch.dylib 0x000000010343fc00 _dispatch_workloop_worker_thread + 580 22 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x000000021bddfc7c _pthread_wqthread + 288 23 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x000000021bddc488 start_wqthread + 8 ) This app works fine until ios 18 appear. Could you help me? thanks

Hello, I make a matter device with extended color light functions. I add the mode select cluster in device to set work mode of device. I can not find the work mode in Apple Home application, only the light related functions show in UI. I tested my device with chip-tool, and read out the mode from device. B.R. Ray

Hello, I'm developing a transparent proxy which only intercepts traffic coming from certain apps. I'm having a problem when there are other transparent proxies active where the flow.metaData.sourceApplicationSigningIdentifier property is whichever provider intercepted the traffic before my provider did. To verify this, I have implemented a small application that installs two transparent proxy profiles which handle the flows only coming from Safari. Here's the is the bit of the code where the provider determines that: open override func handleNewFlow(_ flow: NEAppProxyFlow) -> Bool { guard let flow = flow as? NEAppProxyTCPFlow else { return false } let sourceApp = flow.metaData.sourceAppSigningIdentifier NSLog("[TransparentProxyProvider] Received flow from: \(sourceApp)") guard sourceApp == "com.apple.Safari" else { return false } // Create NWConnection and handle flow copying as needed return true } As you can see from the following screenshots, when both profiles are active are the same time, the logs show that the second profile sees that the source application is the first profile: From what I understand, that happens because the Transparent Proxy Provider creates a TCP connection and therefore, from the Operating System's perspective, is initiating a new separate flow which is what is then intercepted by the second provider. My questions are: Is this expected behavior? Is there a way to find what the actual source application was? How does the Operating System determine which profile receives the traffic first?

My app often fails to access the network (other apps on the device can access the network normally), and restarting the app is also ineffective. I need to open and close the flight mode to restore the app's network I used to suspect the background refresh was the cause, but removing the background refresh still occasionally causes this problem.

Hi, just got upgraded this morning and now I can't use my local Tomcat install as server for my apps. I can access it in safari using localhost, but not using my computers IP. I start it from terminal. I looked everywhere in settings, and searched online of course, but have been unable to find an answer. Anyone knows how I can fit it? Input appreciated.