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TN3151 Choosing the right networking API
Networking Overview document — Despite the fact that this is in the archive, this is still really useful.
TLS for App Developers forums post
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WWDC 2019 Session 712 Advances in Networking, Part 1 — This explains the concept of constrained networking, which is Apple’s preferred solution to questions like How do I check whether I’m on Wi-Fi?
TN3135 Low-level networking on watchOS
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Understanding Also-Ran Connections forums post
Extra-ordinary Networking forums post
Foundation networking:
Forums tags: Foundation, CFNetwork
URL Loading System documentation — NSURLSession, or URLSession in Swift, is the recommended API for HTTP[S] on Apple platforms.
Moving to Fewer, Larger Transfers forums post
Testing Background Session Code forums post
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Building a custom peer-to-peer protocol sample code (aka TicTacToe)
Implementing netcat with Network Framework sample code (aka nwcat)
Configuring a Wi-Fi accessory to join a network sample code
Moving from Multipeer Connectivity to Network Framework forums post
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Apple Platform Security support document
Preventing Insecure Network Connections documentation — This is all about App Transport Security (ATS).
WWDC 2017 Session 701 Your Apps and Evolving Network Security Standards [1] — This is generally interesting, but the section starting at 17:40 is, AFAIK, the best information from Apple about how certificate revocation works on modern systems.
Available trusted root certificates for Apple operating systems support article
Requirements for trusted certificates in iOS 13 and macOS 10.15 support article
About upcoming limits on trusted certificates support article
Apple’s Certificate Transparency policy support article
What’s new for enterprise in iOS 18 support article — This discusses new key usage requirements.
Technote 2232 HTTPS Server Trust Evaluation
Technote 2326 Creating Certificates for TLS Testing
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I'm seeing fully reproducible issues with URLSession on iOS 18.4 RC Simulator running from Xcode 16.3 RC. URLSession seems to get into a broken state after a second app run. The following sample succeeds in fetching the JSON on first app run but when the app is closed and ran again it fails with one of these errors:
Error: Error Domain=NSURLErrorDomain Code=-1005 "The network connection was lost."
Error: Error Domain=NSURLErrorDomain Code=-1001 "The request timed out."
I'm wondering if this something related to my OS setup or is this due to internal URLSession changes in iOS 18.4. Already submitted as FB17006003.
Sample code attached below:
import SwiftUI
@main
struct NetworkIssue18_4App: App {
var body: some Scene {
WindowGroup {
ContentView()
}
}
}
struct ContentView: View {
@State private var message: String = ""
var body: some View {
VStack {
Text(message)
Button("Try Again") {
Task {
await fetch()
}
}
}
.task {
await fetch()
}
}
private func fetch() async {
message = "Loading..."
let url = URL(string: "https://poetrydb.org/title/Ozymandias/lines.json")!
let session = URLSession.shared
do {
let response = try await session.data(from: url)
print("Response: \(response)")
message = "Success, data length: \(response.0.count)"
} catch {
print("Error: \(error)")
message = "Error: \(error.localizedDescription)"
}
}
}
It's not yet fully clear why and when does this crash occur, but I'm creating this post so there's a centralized thread for this.
Some hints collected so far:
The crash is occurring for existing Xcode projects opened with new Xcode 26.0 beta (17A5241e); no one's been able to reproduce on a project created in Xcode 26. I even tried creating a project with Xcode 16.2 and open it in Xcode 26, but it's all working fine there (don't have older Xcode at the moment, to try with many versions)
It crashes right at the line of code that initializes URLSessionConfiguration. If you call URLSession() without parameters (which is deprecated as of iOS 13), the session initializes without the crash.
It's NOT occurring only for libraries installed through package manages. In a project where it crashes, one should be able to reproduce by adding URLSessionConfiguration.default as the first line in didFinishLaunchingWithOptions
It crashes when running an app on an iOS 26 simulator. (I don't have a device running beta iOS 26 to test on it!) It's working fine when running the app on a simulator or a device running iOS 18 or older.
Related issue on Firebase GitHub repo: https://github.com/firebase/firebase-ios-sdk/issues/14948
Sorry to not be able to provide more info at the moment. I wanted to report this so in case someone from Apple knows about it, we could at least get some feedback or workarounds, until fix is released -- and, to prevent us all from duplicating this report in repositories of each library, as this isn't related to libraries.
Aloha. Opening and closing VPN tunnels results in as many utun interfaces as the amount of times the tunnel has been opened. These interfaces stay present and seem to be removed only upon system reboot.
We are using the NetworkExtension as a SystemExtension on macOS to create the virtual interfaces.
Is this the normal behaviour. Has anybody else experienced this?
utun0: flags=8051<UP,POINTOPOINT,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1380
inet6 fe80::8038:c353:17cd:c422%utun0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0xf
nd6 options=201<PERFORMNUD,DAD>
utun1: flags=8051<UP,POINTOPOINT,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 2000
inet6 fe80::cfb6:1324:d7e9:5d5%utun1 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x10
nd6 options=201<PERFORMNUD,DAD>
utun2: flags=8051<UP,POINTOPOINT,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1300
options=6463<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,TSO4,TSO6,CHANNEL_IO,PARTIAL_CSUM,ZEROINVERT_CSUM>
utun3: flags=8051<UP,POINTOPOINT,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1300
options=6463<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,TSO4,TSO6,CHANNEL_IO,PARTIAL_CSUM,ZEROINVERT_CSUM>
utun4: flags=8051<UP,POINTOPOINT,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1300
options=6463<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,TSO4,TSO6,CHANNEL_IO,PARTIAL_CSUM,ZEROINVERT_CSUM>
utun5: flags=8051<UP,POINTOPOINT,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1300
options=6463<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,TSO4,TSO6,CHANNEL_IO,PARTIAL_CSUM,ZEROINVERT_CSUM>
utun6: flags=8051<UP,POINTOPOINT,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1300
options=6463<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,TSO4,TSO6,CHANNEL_IO,PARTIAL_CSUM,ZEROINVERT_CSUM>
utun7: flags=8051<UP,POINTOPOINT,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1300
options=6463<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,TSO4,TSO6,CHANNEL_IO,PARTIAL_CSUM,ZEROINVERT_CSUM>
utun8: flags=8051<UP,POINTOPOINT,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1300
options=6463<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,TSO4,TSO6,CHANNEL_IO,PARTIAL_CSUM,ZEROINVERT_CSUM>
There is a problem with the Apple local network setting api, iOS18 system, you turn off the local network permissions of the APP, uninstall the APP, and then re-install, the local network permissions even if opened, there is no effect, only restart the phone is useful
Hi,
Having an issue on one mac using Xcode 16.3 and simulator 18.4. macSO 15.4
We are checking for bonjour:
authorizationBrowser = NWBrowser(for: .bonjour(type: "_bonjour._tcp", domain: nil), using: parameters)
authorizationBrowser?.stateUpdateHandler = { [weak self] newState in
switch newState {
...
}
}
However at the command line we get the error:
nw_browser_fail_on_dns_error_locked [B1] nw_browser_dns_service_browse_callback failed: PolicyDenied(-65570)
Any idea why this is happening? or what this error means?
Thanks Antz
Hi folks,
I would like to ask for clarification regarding Local Network Policy. I found 2 cases where I think the behaviour differs from the documentation.
1. Use case
In a CI environment, we have multiple services (LaunchAgents) which require Local Network Access. We are fine by manually approving the Local Network Permission once (per service), but we also require these services to be able to self-update. Self update results in downloading the a binary with an (obviously) different UUID, which seems to result in re-triggering the Local Network Consent prompt. Strange thing: If I don't click either buttons (Allow of Reject), just restart macOS, it will result in an enabled entry in Privacy & Security > Local Network.
I read a reply somewhere on this forum by an Apple engineer that the approval process is a mix of Bundle ID + UUID + other components, so I would expect a new binary with the same properties (but different UUID) to be already whitelisted.
Is this behaviour intended?
2. Use Case
Given the first issue, I decided to do this in the "right way".
I was happy to read this sentence in the documentation:
If you ship a launchd agent that’s not installed using SMAppService, make macOS aware of the responsible code by setting the AssociatedBundleIdentifiers property in your launchd property list.
I have a properly setup (and code signed) Application, for which I have enabled Local Network permission in Privacy & Security.
I have a standalone LaunchAgent, which runs a long running binary from a user directory. The agent is managed with launchd, and in this sense it is "independent" from the main Application Bundle. I have setup AssociatedBundleIdentifiers in the Agent plist, to associate it with the Application. The TeamIdentifier of the 2 binaries are the same. Based on the documentation, this should be enough for my agent to signal macOS that the responsible code is the Application Bundle (which is already enabled from Local Network POV).
Instead, once the LaunchAgent starts, the Local Network Consent popup appears for the binary. I would expect the Application to be the responsible code, thus no more Consent popup.
Is this behaviour intended?
I need this service to run as user, so I cannot just circumvent the Consent popup by running as a Daemon or Root. Nor I would like to manage the Agent with ServiceManagement. What do you guys think, have I misunderstood the documentation?
Hi, I'm new to swift programming and right now writing an app for esp8266-controlled lamp device. My lamp is broadcasting it's own IP through bonjour. So all I want is to discover any lamps in my network (http.tcp) and to read name and value. Is there any example of such implementation? All I found so far is old or a lit bit complicated for such simple question. Thanks in advance!
On iOS 26 beta 5, it is impossible to add a VPN configuration when a passcode is set on the device. Every time, all it does is redirect to the Settings app with no prompt for passcode.
The only way around this is to disable passcode on the device so adding a VPN configuration doesn’t have to open the Settings app.
This issue happened intermittently in the past with previous iOS 26 betas and even on iOS 18, but the problem has worsened on iOS 26 beta 5 to the point where you have to turn off passcode to add a VPN.
Feedback ID: FB17974765
After pairing and having subscribed to a service, and even after having exchanged messages, the service fails after a period of time and both devices need to pair again.
Topic:
App & System Services
SubTopic:
Networking
We have an application which is written in Swift, which activates network extension (Transparent Proxy). We want to use MDM deployment for this network system extension.
Our Transparent Proxy module is a system extension, which is exposing an app proxy provider interface (We are using NETransparentProxyProvider class and in extension’s Info.plist we use com.apple.networkextension.app-proxy key.) We don’t have any remote server setup to forward the traffic, instead we open a connection with a certain localhost:port to redirect the traffic which is received in our transparent proxy. We have another module that listens to the particular localhost:port to process the traffic further.
As per https://developer.apple.com/documentation/devicemanagement/vpn/transparentproxy documentation, we noticed that we can use the VPN payload with app-proxy as Provider Type for Transparent Proxy.
We were able to install the profile created via Jamf Pro and also while in stalling our product the Transparent Proxy gets mapped with the one which is installed via profile. However after that the network is broken and hence unable to browse anything. We are suspecting the remote server filed is causing this.
So we tried creating the custom profile without remote server address for VPN payload, but we are unable to install the profile. It throws below error:
2025-02-11 16:43:55.193348+0530 0x2f880 Error 0x0 6815 0 mdmclient: (NetworkExtension) [com.apple.networkextension:] Failed to save configuration DGWebProxy because it is invalid: Error Domain=NEConfigurationErrorDomain Code=2 "configuration is invalid: Missing server address" UserInfo={NSLocalizedDescription=configuration is invalid: Missing server address}
2025-02-11 16:43:55.193376+0530 0x2f880 Error 0x0 6815 0 mdmclient: (NetworkExtension) [com.apple.networkextension:] NEProfileIngestion Error occurred when saving configuration 'DGWebProxy': configuration is invalid: configuration is invalid: Missing server address
2025-02-11 16:43:55.196159+0530 0x2f880 Error 0x0 6815 7 mdmclient: [com.apple.ManagedClient:CPDomainPlugIn] [ERROR] [0:MDMDaemon:CPDomainPlugIn:<0x2f880>] <<<<< PlugIn: InstallPayload [NEProfileIngestionPlugin] Error: Error Domain=ConfigProfilePluginDomain Code=-319 "The ‘VPN Service’ payload could not be installed. The VPN service could not be created." UserInfo={NSLocalizedDescription=The ‘VPN Service’ payload could not be installed. The VPN service could not be created.} <<<<<
2025-02-11 16:43:55.196826+0530 0x2f880 Error 0x0 6815 7 mdmclient: [com.apple.ManagedClient:MDMDaemon] [ERROR] [0:MDMDaemon:<0x2f880>] [CE] PlugIn_InstallPayload ==> Error Domain=ConfigProfilePluginDomain Code=-319 "The ‘VPN Service’ payload could not be installed. The VPN service could not be created." UserInfo={NSLocalizedDescription=The ‘VPN Service’ payload could not be installed. The VPN service could not be created.}
Can we create MDM profile for Transparent Proxy without remote server address?
There is no available API that allows you to connect to Android. The current APIs that are provided are not compatible outside of the Apple Ecosystem. For example, Android requires you to set a service name and a password where iOS sets a service and a PIN authentication strategy in a specific format that’s not compatible. It looks like the implementation is not following the Wifi Aware Specifications.
To enable cross platform interoperability while providing security, could you adopt the same strategy as with Bluetooth and enable iOS users to enable the sharing and subscription of services with Everyone.
Topic:
App & System Services
SubTopic:
Networking
Hi! I've noticed that the IP_RECVIF socket option, i.e.:
int y = 1;
setsockopt(fd, IPPROTO_IP, IP_RECVIF, &y, sizeof(y));
does not seem to work if the socket is proxied by a NETransparentProxyProvider type network extension: there's no ancillary data in messages received with recvmsg. As soon as I disable the network extension, recvmsg starts returning ancillary data containing the interface name.
This seems to break some applications which rely on IP_RECVIF in the presence of a transparent proxy, making it, in fact, not transparent. One such example is Apple's own libresolv, which relies on IP_RECVIF and breaks if there's no ancillary data in the recvmsg result.
I don't think that this is the intended behaviour, since IPV6_PKTINFO seems to work fine. I've filed a bug report (FB17586550) about this, however, I would greatly appreciate if someone could point me in the direction of a workaround.
I couldn't find any mention in the Wi-Fi Aware documentation https://developer.apple.com/documentation/WiFiAware about the possibilities of the Wi-Fi Aware connection during the app working in the background execution mode (background state).
Does the framework keep the connection alive when the app goes to the background state?
Is there anything similar concept to CoreBluetooth state restoration available in the case of the Wi-Fi Aware framework?
Topic:
App & System Services
SubTopic:
Networking
When a VPN is active, RCS messaging does not work on iOS 18.
I work on an iOS VPN app, and we were very appreciative of the excludeCellularServices network flag that was released during the iOS 16 cycle. It's a great solution to ensure the VPN doesn't interfere with cellular network features from the cellular provider.
Separately - As a user, I'm excited that iOS 18 includes RCS messaging.
Unfortunately, RCS messaging is not working when our VPN is active (when checking on the iOS 18 release candidate). My guess is that RCS is not excluded from the VPN tunnel, even when excludeCellularServices is true. It seems like RCS should be added in this situation, as it is a cell provider service.
Can RCS be added as a service that is excluded from the VPN tunnel when excludeCellularServices is true? (I've also sent this via feedback assistant, as 15094270.)
When installing a new version the app while a tunnel is connected, seemingly the old packet tunnel process gets stopped but the new one does not come back up. Reportedly, a path monitor is reporting that the device has no connectivity. Is this the expected behavior?
When installing an update from TestFlight or the App store, the packet tunnel instance from the old tunnel is stopped, but, due to the profile being on-demand and incldueAllNetworks, the path monitoring believes the device has no connectivity - so the new app is never downloaded. Is this the expected behavior?
During development, the old packet tunnel gets stopped, the new app is installed, but the new packet tunnel is never started. To start it, the user has to toggle the VPN twice from the Settings app. The tunnel could be started from the VPN app too, if we chose to not take the path monitor into account, but then the user still needs to attempt to start the tunnel twice - it only works on the second try. As far as we can tell, the first time around, the packet tunnel never gets started, the app receives an update about NEVPNStatus being set to disconnecting yet NEVPNConnection does not throw.
The behavior I was naively expecting was that the packet tunnel process would be stopped only when the new app is fully downloaded and when the update is installed, Are we doing something horribly wrong here?
I was excited to find out about Wi-Fi Aware in i[Pad]OS 26 and was eager to experiment with it. But after wiping and updating two devices (an iPhone 11 Pro and a 2018 11" iPad Pro) to Beta 1 I found out that neither of them support Wi-Fi Aware 🙁.
What current and past iPhone and iPad models support Wi-Fi Aware?
And is there a new UIRequiredDeviceCapabilities key for it, to indicate that an app requires a Wi-Fi Aware capable device?
We are developing an iOS application that is interacting with HTTP APIs that requires us to put a unique UUID (a nonce) as an header on every request (obviously there's more than that, but that's irrilevant to the question here).
If the same nonce is sent on two subsequent requests the server returns a 412 error. We should avoid generating this kind of errors as, if repeated, they may be flagged as a malicious activity by the HTTP APIs.
We are using URLSession.shared.dataTaskPublisher(for: request) to call the HTTP APIs with request being generated with the unique nonce as an header.
On our field tests we are seeing a few cases of the same HTTP request (same nonce) being repeated a few seconds on after the other.
Our code has some retry logic only on 401 errors, but that involves a token refresh, and this is not what we are seeing from logs.
We were able to replicate this behaviour on our own device using Network Link Conditioner with very bad performance, with XCode's Network inspector attached we can be certain that two HTTP requests with identical headers are actually made automatically, the first request has an "End Reason" of "Retry", the second is "Success" with Status 412.
Our questions are:
can we disable this behaviour?
can we provide a new request for the retry (so that we can update headers)?
Thanks,
Francesco
Hi there,
We’re developing a companion app for a smart home product that communicates over the user’s local network.
To provision the device, it initially creates its own Wi-Fi network. The user joins this temporary network and enters their home Wi-Fi credentials via our app. The app then sends those credentials directly to the device, which stores them and connects to the local network for normal operation.
We’re using AccessorySetupKit to discover nearby devices (via SSID prefix) and NEHotspotManager to join the accessory’s Wi-Fi network once the user selects it. This workflow works well in general.
However, we’ve encountered a problem: if the user factory-resets the accessory, or needs to restart setup (for example, after entering the wrong Wi-Fi password), the device no longer appears in the accessory picker.
In iOS 18, we were able to work around this by calling removeAccessory() after the device is selected. This forces the picker to always display the accessory again. But in iOS 26, a new confirmation dialog now appears when calling removeAccessory(), which confuses users during setup.
We’re looking for a cleaner way to handle this scenario — ideally a way to make the accessory rediscoverable without prompting the user to confirm removal.
Thanks for your time and guidance.
I'm working on a Network Extension using NEDNSProxyProvider to inspect DNS traffic. However, I've run into a couple of issues:
DNS Proxy is not capturing traffic when a public DNS (like 8.8.8.8 or 1.1.1.1) is manually configured in the WiFi settings. It seems like the system bypasses the proxy in this case. Is this expected behavior? Is there a way to force DNS traffic through the proxy even if a public DNS is set?
Using DNS Proxy and DNS Settings simultaneously doesn't work. Is there a known limitation or a correct way to combine these?
How to set DNS or DNSSettings using DNSProxy?
import NetworkExtension
import SystemExtensions
import SwiftUI
protocol DNSProxyManagerDelegate {
func managerStateDidChange(_ manager: DNSProxyManager)
}
class DNSProxyManager: NSObject {
private let manager = NEDNSProxyManager.shared()
var delegate: DNSProxyManagerDelegate?
private(set) var isEnabled: Bool = false {
didSet {
delegate?.managerStateDidChange(self)
}
}
var completion: (() -> Void)?
override init() {
super.init()
self.load()
}
func toggle() {
isEnabled ? disable() : start()
}
private func start() {
let request = OSSystemExtensionRequest
.activationRequest(forExtensionWithIdentifier: Constants.extensionBundleID,
queue: DispatchQueue.main)
request.delegate = self
OSSystemExtensionManager.shared.submitRequest(request)
log.info("Submitted extension activation request")
}
private func enable() {
update {
self.manager.localizedDescription = "DNS Proxy"
let proto = NEDNSProxyProviderProtocol()
proto.providerBundleIdentifier = Constants.extensionBundleID
self.manager.providerProtocol = proto
self.manager.isEnabled = true
}
}
private func disable() {
update {
self.manager.isEnabled = false
}
}
private func remove() {
update {
self.manager.removeFromPreferences { _ in
self.isEnabled = self.manager.isEnabled
}
}
}
private func update(_ body: @escaping () -> Void) {
self.manager.loadFromPreferences { (error) in
if let error = error {
log.error("Failed to load DNS manager: \(error)")
return
}
self.manager.saveToPreferences { (error) in
if let error = error {
return
}
log.info("Saved DNS manager")
self.isEnabled = self.manager.isEnabled
}
}
}
private func load() {
manager.loadFromPreferences { error in
guard error == nil else { return }
self.isEnabled = self.manager.isEnabled
}
}
}
extension DNSProxyManager: OSSystemExtensionRequestDelegate {
func requestNeedsUserApproval(_ request: OSSystemExtensionRequest) {
log.info("Extension activation request needs user approval")
}
func request(_ request: OSSystemExtensionRequest, didFailWithError error: Error) {
log.error("Extension activation request failed: \(error)")
}
func request(_ request: OSSystemExtensionRequest, foundProperties properties: [OSSystemExtensionProperties]) {
log.info("Extension activation request found properties: \(properties)")
}
func request(_ request: OSSystemExtensionRequest, didFinishWithResult result: OSSystemExtensionRequest.Result) {
guard result == .completed else {
log.error("Unexpected result \(result.description) for system extension request")
return
}
log.info("Extension activation request did finish with result: \(result.description)")
enable()
}
func request(_ request: OSSystemExtensionRequest, actionForReplacingExtension existing: OSSystemExtensionProperties, withExtension ext: OSSystemExtensionProperties) -> OSSystemExtensionRequest.ReplacementAction {
log.info("Existing extension willt be replaced: \(existing.bundleIdentifier) -> \(ext.bundleIdentifier)")
return .replace
}
}
import NetworkExtension
class DNSProxyProvider: NEDNSProxyProvider {
var handlers: [String: FlowHandler] = [:]
var isReady = false
let queue = DispatchQueue(label: "DNSProxyProvider")
override func startProxy(options:[String: Any]? = nil, completionHandler: @escaping (Error?) -> Void) {
completionHandler(nil)
}
override func stopProxy(with reason: NEProviderStopReason, completionHandler: @escaping () -> Void) {
completionHandler()
}
override func handleNewUDPFlow(_ flow: NEAppProxyUDPFlow, initialRemoteEndpoint remoteEndpoint: NWEndpoint) -> Bool {
let id = shortUUID()
handlers[id] = FlowHandler(flow: flow, remoteEndpoint: remoteEndpoint, id: id, delegate: self)
return true
}
override func handleNewFlow(_ flow: NEAppProxyFlow) -> Bool {
return false
}
}
class FlowHandler {
let id: String
let flow: NEAppProxyUDPFlow
let remoteEndpoint: NWHostEndpoint
let delegate: FlowHandlerDelegate
private var connections: [String: RemoteConnection] = [:]
private var pendingPacketsByDomain: [String: [(packet: Data, endpoint: NWEndpoint, uniqueID: String, timestamp: Date)]] = [:]
private let packetQueue = DispatchQueue(label: "com.flowhandler.packetQueue")
init(flow: NEAppProxyUDPFlow, remoteEndpoint: NWEndpoint, id: String, delegate: FlowHandlerDelegate) {
log.info("Flow received for \(id) flow: \(String(describing: flow))")
self.flow = flow
self.remoteEndpoint = remoteEndpoint as! NWHostEndpoint
self.id = id
self.delegate = delegate
defer { start() }
}
deinit {
closeAll(nil)
}
func start() {
flow.open(withLocalEndpoint: flow.localEndpoint as? NWHostEndpoint) { error in
if let error = error {
self.delegate.flowClosed(self)
return
}
self.readFromFlow()
}
}
func readFromFlow() {
self.flow.readDatagrams { packets, endpoint, error in
if let error = error {
self.closeAll(error)
return
}
guard let packets = packets, let endpoints = endpoint, !packets.isEmpty, !endpoints.isEmpty else {
self.closeAll(nil)
return
}
self.processFlowPackets(packets, endpoints)
self.readFromFlow()
}
}
}
Any insights or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
I have been battling this intermittent error for some time. It is generally random and has been difficult to reproduce until yesterday when I stumbled across a way to reproduce it each time. I can cause the code to throw this error:
Task <70E3909F-8C30-4F34-A8B0-4AF3B41DD81B>.<1> finished with error [-1001] Error Domain=NSURLErrorDomain Code=-1001 "The request timed out." UserInfo={_kCFStreamErrorCodeKey=-2103, _NSURLErrorFailingURLSessionTaskErrorKey=BackgroundDownloadTask <70E3909F-8C30-4F34-A8B0-4AF3B41DD81B>.<1>, _NSURLErrorRelatedURLSessionTaskErrorKey=(
"BackgroundDownloadTask <70E3909F-8C30-4F34-A8B0-4AF3B41DD81B>.<1>",
"LocalDownloadTask <70E3909F-8C30-4F34-A8B0-4AF3B41DD81B>.<1>"
), NSLocalizedDescription=The request timed out., _kCFStreamErrorDomainKey=4, NSErrorFailingURLStringKey=https://redacted*, NSErrorFailingURLKey=https://redacted*}
*"redacted" is the backend URL, and it is the correct and same path for each
immediately after restarting an actual device. I have been over the following threads with no results:
What is kCFStreamErrorCodeKey=-4 (kCFStreamErrorDomainKey=4)
Request timed out with _kCFStreamErrorCodeKey=60
How to better diagnose -1001 "The request timed out." URLSession errors
Random timed out error on app start
Because I was able to reproduce it, I have been able to get the following logs:
Console Logs.txt
Last bit of information is that I had Network Instruments running, and when this error occurred, I found that the Connection ID was "No Connection" and it appears the request was never actually sent, though it waited the full time out for a backend response.
Any help would be appreciated. This data request is being used after sending a certain APNs to update necessary data in the background, and has been the source of many user complaints.