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?
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I am following up on Thread (https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/733233). Currently, SFSafariExtensionManager.getStateOfSafariExtension only returns if an extension is enabled, but not if "Allow in Private Browsing" is toggled on.
Is there an API in macOS 26 and Safari 19 that allows a native Safari App Extension to detect this specific permission?
Safari Extension Error: “Non-persistent background content cannot listen to webRequest events.” after macOS 15.4 / Safari 18.4 Update
We’re seeing the following error in the Safari Extensions tab after updating to macOS 15.4 and Safari 18.4:
“Non-persistent background content cannot listen to webRequest events.”
This error did not appear prior to the update, and we haven’t found any official documentation stating that webRequest API is no longer supported in Safari.
In our extension (Manifest V3), we are using the webRequest.onHeadersReceived callback to intercept response headers and read updated cookies.
While the functionality itself still works as expected. we’re able to access the response headers and this error is now shown in the Extension settings page.
We are not seeing this issue in other browsers (Chrome, Firefox) using the same Manifest V3 setup.
Is there any plan to deprecate webRequest support in Manifest V3 for Safari?
We’d appreciate any clarification or guidance on how to handle this going forward.
I'm running apache with following configuration.
/cc require TLS client certificate
/ not require TLS client certificate
Starting with ios 18.4, accessing /cc after / fails with following error:
AH02261: Re-negotiation handshake failed, referer: https://www.example.com/...
SSL Library Error: error:1417C0C7:SSL routines:tls_process_client_certificate:peer did not return a certificate -- No CAs known to server for verification?
It seems like ios 18.4 does not support TLS re-negotiation.
(It worked with ios 18.3 and before)
Is this an expected behavior or a bug?
Topic:
Safari & Web
SubTopic:
General
We would appreciate it if you could provide the detailed flow of recurring payments and the unsubscribe process using the Apple Pay JS API, specifically in cases where the PSP decrypts the Apple Pay token before sending it to the payment gateway.
Thank you very much for your kind assistance.
I'm facing an unexpected cancel event, when i get a merchantSession from my sever, and call completeMerchantValidation, then applepay client give a oncancel event, with error: unknown info:{}
the session is :
{
"epochTimestamp": 1762116084960,
"expiresAt": 1762119684960,
"merchantSessionIdentifier": "SSH60E2321574454A9FB4015EFF24C8769E_CCE257A9D27B42513B2C3CA67DB49F602F3450D996C0811ED462EDCA0D7477FD",
"nonce": "43fb3a9a",
"merchantIdentifier": "ABD51C33E9F2E612C0D594921DEC478118D23C77525223127FC716DA8589FDDC",
"domainName": "checkout.peppr.com",
"displayName": "Heji Guilin Rice Noodle",
"signature": "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",
"operationalAnalyticsIdentifier": "Heji Guilin Rice Noodle:ABD51C33E9F2E612C0D594921DEC478118D23C77525223127FC716DA8589FDDC",
"retries": 0,
"pspId": "6C8FB940FD816AC15282D94009E72179FC9E5FFBC5712B366EB4364CAFB25153"
}
There is no problem with the content display of each tab, but the tab bar is completely buggy.
If you open 5 or more tabs and browse tabs after the 5, the first 4 tab bars will be completely blacked out, and you don't even know how many tabs you have.
If you click on the place where the tab title probably exists, the tab is displayed as if the partial display of the tab bar has been restored.
There is no problem with content display. But because it is unclear what tab is open, the browsing experience is at its lowest.
If you switch to the tab after the 5th, the first 4 will return to the blackout state again.
Of course, it is the latest software configuration at the moment. There is no shortage of memory at 24GB.
I recently started developing a Safari extension with AppExtension, but is that due to it?
Topic:
Safari & Web
SubTopic:
General
Could somebody provide hello world example of Safari Extension which is able to call on-device Foundation Model (Apple Intelligence)?
I cannot find any examples yet
Issue Description
I'm developing a hybrid iOS app and encountering WebView bridge communication issues after updating to Xcode 16 with iOS 18 SDK.
App Architecture
AViewController: Initial view controller displayed at app launch
Handles WebView setup and web-to-native bridge communication
Pushes BViewController when receiving "B" bridge message from web
BViewController: View controller stacked on top of AViewController
Managed by navigation controller
AViewController's WebView continues bridge communication even when BViewController is active
Problem Behavior
Xcode 15 (iOS 18): WebView bridge communication in AViewController works normally while BViewController is active
Xcode 16 (iOS 18 SDK): Server communication breaks or hangs without response while BViewController is active
Communication resumes only after popping back to AViewController from BViewController
Questions
Is the current architecture (configuring WebView in AViewController and maintaining bridge communication through AViewController's WebView while BViewController is presented) not a recommended pattern?
Is Xcode 16's iOS 18 SDK the cause of this issue? If so, could you help me understand which specific changes are affecting this behavior?
This is urgent as we need to deploy soon. I would greatly appreciate a prompt response.
Hello
We've encountered an issue with WKWebView in the latest iOS 26 beta. When loading a PDF URL, the background of the PDF viewer now displays as a dark gray instead of the expected white.
Device: iOS 26 Simulator/Device
Component: WKWebView
Issue: The background color of the loaded PDF is gray.
Expected Behavior: The background should be white, as it has been in all previous iOS versions.
Link for Testing: https://help.apple.com/pdf/security/en_US/apple-platform-security-guide.pdf
We confirmed that the same PDF and code render with a white background on iOS 26 and earlier.
Questions:
Is this an intentional change in iOS 26's WKWebView?
If so, is there a new property or configuration setting available to control the background color of the PDF viewer within WKWebView? We would like to have the ability to set it back to white.
Any insights, workarounds, or information on this matter would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you.
please network best link wifi perfile very issue in wifi
Topic:
Safari & Web
SubTopic:
General
We're embedding the Power BI reports into our portal by using JS library. While testing them, we found that mobile layout of the reports don't work as we expect on iOS devices (tested in Chrome and Safari). There are two principals issues: 1) the site is automatically refreshed when the users filter the data (we reduced them to lower expression) and 2) the site also crashes after a while using the dashboard by applying different filters.
"We have a multi-tenant EdTech platform serving over 1500 clients, each with a unique domain (e.g., client1.eduapp.com). We use WKWebView in a native shell. Due to WKAppBoundDomains restriction, we can't dynamically list all domains. How can we support dynamic tenants while maintaining cookie persistence"
"Can Apple suggest a best practice or alternative approach for apps using WebView/PWA shell architecture across multiple client domains?"
Problem:
We cannot predefine all 1500 domains in WKAppBoundDomains due to limitations.
As a result:
Service workers fail to register, breaking PWA functionality Ex: Offline.
Topic:
Safari & Web
SubTopic:
General
Enabling Private Relay seems to block XHR in Safari from reaching a local HTTPS server hosted by an iOS app, though it works in other browsers.
Before (working):
JS → https://local.example.com → 127.0.0.1 → OK
After (blocked / no DNS reply probably):
JS → https://local.example.com → ERR
Is there any way to restore local domain access or mitigate this issue?
I would like to know if there is a way to disable Smart Punctuation from the webpage rather than requiring the user to do so from the settings. Adding a "inputmode=verbatim" attribute to the input HTML tags for my webpage did that for all the web browsers I tested on Windows, Ubuntu, Android, and MacOS. I tested Chrome and Firefox on all platforms, as well as Edge on Windows and Safari on Mac and iOS. So far the only time it did not disable Smart Punctuation was on Safari on iOS, but it did on MacOS.
This is a really strange issue on iOS Safari. Under certain conditions a basic input element will not be focusable or show the on screen keyboard. I can reproduce the issue with a very simple HTML file by dynamically adding an anchor element with an href during a touch event. If you add a different element or an anchor without an href, there is no issue. Similarly, if you apply the same listener to a click event there is no issue.
Reproducible in iOS Simulator 17.2 and 18.1
This HTML/JS showcases the problem:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8" />
<title>InputIssue</title>
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" />
</head>
<body>
<div id="parent">
<input type="text" name="test" />
<div id="child"></div>
</div>
<script>
document.addEventListener("touchstart", () => {
const child = document.getElementById("child");
if (!child) return;
while (child.firstChild) {
child.removeChild(child.firstChild);
}
const link = document.createElement("a");
link.href = "https://test.com";
link.textContent = "test";
child.appendChild(link);
});
</script>
</body>
</html>
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?
Hello,
As previous reports have already shown, there seems to be a few issues on the latest version of Safari, mainly around:
Modals taking up the full viewport
Elements positioned at the bottom of the screen
This also seems to affect the modals on apple.com/iphone.
I've recently done an analysis of what can and can't be done in code to work with the new liquid glass UI and thought I'd share my findings here.
The full write up, along with screenshots and the demos I used are available in this repository:
https://github.com/stevenocchipinti/liquid-glass-spike
A brief summary of the findings:
The conditions for a fullscreen modal overlay element to cover the entire screen with a position: fixed; seems to be:
The background must be semi-transparent
Solid colours, linear-gradients, etc. don't work
The container must be empty
This also means the standard and ::backdrop don't seem to work.
The conditions for a bottom sheet to cover the entire screen, including the area around the Safari toolbar seems to be:
The element must be positioned within 3px from the bottom of the viewport
The height must be within a certain threshold
If I've missed anything, please let me know.
It would be really nice to have some official documentation on these issues to explain to developers how to do this properly.
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
I have multiple web views of the same domain that share the same local storage, as expected.
One of them though, is loading a .webarchive file.
The web archive is of the same domain, and is loaded using the same base URL.
For some reason, in most cases, the local storage is not shared with this web view when loading the web archive, although if I make that same web view load the actual live web page it does share local storage.
I say in most cases, because for some users it works as expected, but for a significant portion of users it isn't sharing local storage.
I think that the main difference between working and not is iOS version. iOS 17 seems to be able to share the local storage but iOS 18 does not. I can't find anything related in the release notes of iOS 18 versions.
There is nothing in the documentation for load(_:mimeType:characterEncodingName:baseURL:), or the header file, that explains anything specific about local storage and webarchive loading.
Does anyone know for sure how local storage is handled when a webarchive is loaded into a web view, and did something change with iOS 18 in regards to this?