Hi, I'm using a webview in Swift, where I load an html file locally. Basically I have an angular project built and loaded directly into my app bundle. The webview requires the use of the camera. I request permissions via and javascript, the pop-up appears, I accept the permissions and the app works correctly. Only that after a certain number of seconds, the permissions are requested again. It's as if the webview doesn't cache the accepted permissions.
Is this normal behavior?
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On iPhone 16 running iOS 18.0(Xcode 16.2), cookies configured with SameSite=None; Secure fail to apply correctly—iOS forcibly converts the attribute to SameSite=Lax. As a result, cross-site requests from H5 pages within our app cannot carry the required cookies, causing failures.
Can anyone help me on this?
Thanks in advance.
Crash Stack:
thread #1, queue = 'com.apple.main-thread', stop reason = EXC_BREAKPOINT (code=1, subcode=0x19ba3bb04)
frame #0: 0x000000019ba3bb04 CoreFoundation`forwarding.cold.2 + 92
frame #1: 0x000000019b8ab718 CoreFoundation`forwarding + 1288
frame #2: 0x000000019b8ab150 CoreFoundation`_CF_forwarding_prep_0 + 96
frame #3: 0x000000019df230b0 CoreText`TCFRef<CTRun*>::Retain(void const*) + 40
frame #4: 0x000000019e052050 CoreText`CreateFontWithFontURL(__CFURL const*, __CFString const*, __CFString const*) + 476
frame #5: 0x000000019e052874 CoreText`TCGFontCache::CopyFont(__CFURL const*, __CFString const*, __CFString const*) + 144
frame #6: 0x000000019df27dcc CoreText`TBaseFont::CopyNativeFont() const + 232
frame #7: 0x000000019df8ee64 CoreText`TBaseFont::GetInitializedGraphicsFont() const + 152
frame #8: 0x000000019df26d70 CoreText`TBaseFont::CopyVariationAxes() const + 296
frame #9: 0x000000019df2d148 CoreText`TDescriptor::InitBaseFont(unsigned long, double) + 768
frame #10: 0x000000019df21358 CoreText`TDescriptor::CreateMatchingDescriptor(__CFSet const*, double, unsigned long) const + 604
frame #11: 0x000000019df251f8 CoreText`CTFontCreateWithFontDescriptor + 68
frame #12: 0x00000001bff8dfb8 WebCore`WebCore::createCTFont(__CFDictionary const*, float, unsigned int, __CFString const*, __CFString const*) + 124
frame #13: 0x00000001bff8e8bc WebCore`WebCore::FontPlatformData::fromIPCData(float, WebCore::FontOrientation&&, WebCore::FontWidthVariant&&, WebCore::TextRenderingMode&&, bool, bool, std::__1::variant<WebCore::FontPlatformSerializedData, WebCore::FontPlatformSerializedCreationData>&&) + 228
frame #14: 0x00000001c128eef4 WebKit`IPC::ArgumentCoder<WebCore::Font, void>::decode(IPC::Decoder&) + 1352
frame #15: 0x00000001c1333ca4 WebKit`std::__1::optional<WTF::HashMap<WTF::String, WebCore::AttributedString::AttributeValue, WTF::DefaultHashWTF::String, WTF::HashTraitsWTF::String, WTF::HashTraitsWebCore::AttributedString::AttributeValue, WTF::HashTableTraits>> IPC::ArgumentCoder<WTF::HashMap<WTF::String, WebCore::AttributedString::AttributeValue, WTF::DefaultHashWTF::String, WTF::HashTraitsWTF::String, WTF::HashTraitsWebCore::AttributedString::AttributeValue, WTF::HashTableTraits>, void>::decodeIPC::Decoder(IPC::Decoder&) + 480
frame #16: 0x00000001c1333a5c WebKit`std::__1::optional<WTF::HashMap<WTF::String, WebCore::AttributedString::AttributeValue, WTF::DefaultHashWTF::String, WTF::HashTraitsWTF::String, WTF::HashTraitsWebCore::AttributedString::AttributeValue, WTF::HashTableTraits>> IPC::Decoder::decode<WTF::HashMap<WTF::String, WebCore::AttributedString::AttributeValue, WTF::DefaultHashWTF::String, WTF::HashTraitsWTF::String, WTF::HashTraitsWebCore::AttributedString::AttributeValue, WTF::HashTableTraits>>() + 28
frame #17: 0x00000001c1333804 WebKit`std::__1::optional<std::__1::pair<WebCore::AttributedString::Range, WTF::HashMap<WTF::String, WebCore::AttributedString::AttributeValue, WTF::DefaultHashWTF::String, WTF::HashTraitsWTF::String, WTF::HashTraitsWebCore::AttributedString::AttributeValue, WTF::HashTableTraits>>> IPC::Decoder::decode<std::__1::pair<WebCore::AttributedString::Range, WTF::HashMap<WTF::String, WebCore::AttributedString::AttributeValue, WTF::DefaultHashWTF::String, WTF::HashTraitsWTF::String, WTF::HashTraitsWebCore::AttributedString::AttributeValue, WTF::HashTableTraits>>>() + 156
frame #18: 0x00000001c121f368 WebKit`IPC::ArgumentCoder<WebCore::AttributedString, void>::decode(IPC::Decoder&) + 172
frame #19: 0x00000001c121f124 WebKit`std::__1::optionalWebCore::AttributedString IPC::Decoder::decodeWebCore::AttributedString() + 28
frame #20: 0x00000001c12594ec WebKit`IPC::ArgumentCoder<WebCore::DictionaryPopupInfo, void>::decode(IPC::Decoder&) + 76
frame #21: 0x00000001c12d0660 WebKit`std::__1::optionalWebCore::DictionaryPopupInfo IPC::Decoder::decodeWebCore::DictionaryPopupInfo() + 28
frame #22: 0x00000001c12ceef0 WebKit`IPC::ArgumentCoder<WebKit::WebHitTestResultData, void>::decode(IPC::Decoder&) + 1292
frame #23: 0x00000001c1338950 WebKit`std::__1::optionalWebKit::WebHitTestResultData IPC::Decoder::decodeWebKit::WebHitTestResultData() + 28
frame #24: 0x00000001c1ec7edc WebKit`WebKit::WebPageProxy::didReceiveMessage(IPC::Connection&, IPC::Decoder&) + 31392
frame #25: 0x00000001c1fb8f28 WebKit`IPC::MessageReceiverMap::dispatchMessage(IPC::Connection&, IPC::Decoder&) + 272
frame #26: 0x00000001c19ab2c0 WebKit`WebKit::WebProcessProxy::didReceiveMessage(IPC::Connection&, IPC::Decoder&) + 44
frame #27: 0x00000001c1fb3254 WebKit`IPC::Connection::dispatchMessage(WTF::UniqueRefIPC::Decoder) + 252
frame #28: 0x00000001c1fb3768 WebKit`IPC::Connection::dispatchIncomingMessages() + 576
frame #29: 0x00000001b9ab90c4 JavaScriptCore`WTF::RunLoop::performWork() + 204
frame #30: 0x00000001b9ab9fec JavaScriptCore`WTF::RunLoop::performWork(void*) + 36
frame #31: 0x000000019b8cc8a4 CoreFoundation`CFRUNLOOP_IS_CALLING_OUT_TO_A_SOURCE0_PERFORM_FUNCTION + 28
frame #32: 0x000000019b8cc838 CoreFoundation`__CFRunLoopDoSource0 + 176
frame #33: 0x000000019b8cc59c CoreFoundation`__CFRunLoopDoSources0 + 244
frame #34: 0x000000019b8cb138 CoreFoundation`__CFRunLoopRun + 840
frame #35: 0x000000019b8ca734 CoreFoundation`CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 588
frame #36: 0x00000001a6e39530 HIToolbox`RunCurrentEventLoopInMode + 292
frame #37: 0x00000001a6e3f348 HIToolbox`ReceiveNextEventCommon + 676
frame #38: 0x00000001a6e3f508 HIToolbox`_BlockUntilNextEventMatchingListInModeWithFilter + 76
frame #39: 0x000000019f442848 AppKit`_DPSNextEvent + 660
frame #40: 0x000000019fda8c24 AppKit`-[NSApplication(NSEventRouting) _nextEventMatchingEventMask:untilDate:inMode:dequeue:] + 688
frame #41: 0x000000019f435874 AppKit`-[NSApplication run] + 480
frame #42: 0x000000019f40c068 AppKit`NSApplicationMain + 888
frame #43: 0x00000001ca56a70c SwiftUI`merged generic specialization <SwiftUI.TestingAppDelegate> of function signature specialization <Arg[0] = Existential To Protocol Constrained Generic> of SwiftUI.runApp(__C.NSResponder & __C.NSApplicationDelegate) -> Swift.Never + 160
frame #44: 0x00000001ca9e09a0 SwiftUI`SwiftUI.runApp<τ_0_0 where τ_0_0: SwiftUI.App>(τ_0_0) -> Swift.Never + 140
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Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'CALayerInvalidGeometry', reason: 'CALayer position contains NaN: [nan 103.667]. Layer: <CALayer:0x15793f720; position = CGPoint (0 0); bounds = CGRect (0 0; 0 48); delegate = <_UIEditMenuListView: 0x10f962f80; frame = (nan 0; 0 48); anchorPoint = (inf, 0); alpha = 0; layer = <CALayer: 0x15793f720>>; sublayers = (<CALayer: 0x155964e70>, <CALayer: 0x15793eaf0>); opaque = YES; allowsGroupOpacity = YES; anchorPoint = CGPoint (inf 0); opacity = 0>'
Topic:
Safari & Web
SubTopic:
General
After upgrading to Xcode 15.2 or above(Till Xcode 16.2), users are unable to open Site B (HTTP URL) from Site A (HTTP URL) within our Browser app when loaded in WKWebView. Clicking the link to Site B results in a spinning wheel, but the site does not load. This issue is not present when the app is built with Xcode 15.0.1.
Additionally:
Users are connected to a VPN, which is required to access the sites.
Site A and Site B are on different domains (cross-domain request).
Expected Behavior:
Clicking the link to Site B should successfully load the site with user information passed from Site A.
Current Behavior:
Clicking the link results in a spinning wheel, but Site B does not load inside WKWebView.
Technical Details:
Both Site A and Site B use HTTP (not HTTPS).
Site A and Site B have different domains (cross-domain request).
Do not use location.href for transitions. Instead, we temporarily set about:blank in an iframe and then submit data via a form to the target system’s URL within the iframe.
This approach worked in Xcode 15.0.1 but fails in Xcode 15.2 or above.
Users are connected to a VPN, which is required to access the sites.
WKWebview is not receiving navigation delegate callback for Site B
Steps to Reproduce:
Ensure the device is connected to a VPN.
Open the app (using WKWebView) built with Xcode 15.2 or above.
Load Site A (HTTP) within the app in WKWebView.
Click the link to Site B (HTTP), which should open in an iframe.
Observe that a spinning wheel appears, but Site B does not load.
Environment:
Xcode Versions Affected: 15.2 or above (issue present), 15.0.1 (no issue)
iOS Version: All iOS versions
Devices: iPad
Questions:
Has there been any change in WKWebView’s handling of HTTP URLs or VPN-related network traffic in Xcode 15.2?
Are there any new security policies, iframe restrictions, or VPN-related changes in this version that might be affecting this behavior?
Request for Assistance:
Can you confirm if this is a known issue or an intended change?
Are there any workarounds available?
I have a Net8 Maui WebView app and whenever I use magnifier, it crashes.
The magnifier works on iOS18 and lower but crashes on iOS26+
Exception
**Type:** CALayerInvalidGeometry
**Value:** CALayer position contains NaN: [nan 65]. Layer: <CALayer:0x123e88e40; position = CGPoint (0 0); bounds = CGRect (0 0; 0 48); delegate = <_UIEditMenuListView: 0x116f2f200; frame = (nan 0; 0 48); anchorPoint = (inf, 0); alpha = 0; layer = <CALayer: 0x123e88e40>>; sublayers = (<CALayer: 0x125232df0>, <CALayer: 0x123e88e70>); opaque = YES; allowsGroupOpacity = YES; anchorPoint = CGPoint (inf 0); opacity = 0>
Stacktrace
__exceptionPreprocess in unknown file [Line null, column null] (Not in app)
objc_exception_throw in unknown file [Line null, column null] (Not in app)
+[NSException raise:format:] in unknown file [Line null, column null] (Not in app)
CA::Layer::set_position in unknown file [Line null, column null] (Not in app)
-[CALayer setPosition:] in unknown file [Line null, column null] (Not in app)
-[UIView _backing_setPosition:] in unknown file [Line null, column null] (Not in app)
-[UIView setCenter:] in unknown file [Line null, column null] (Not in app)
-[_UIEditMenuContentPresentation _displayPreparedMenu:titleView:reason:didDismissMenu:configuration:] in unknown file [Line null, column null] (Not in app)
__54-[_UIEditMenuContentPresentation _displayMenu:reason:]_block_invoke in unknown file [Line null, column null] (Not in app)
-[UIEditMenuInteraction _editMenuPresentation:preparedMenuForDisplay:completion:] in unknown file [Line null, column null] (Not in app)
-[_UIEditMenuContentPresentation _displayMenu:reason:] in unknown file [Line null, column null] (Not in app)
-[_UIEditMenuContentPresentation displayMenu:configuration:] in unknown file [Line null, column null] (Not in app)
__58-[UIEditMenuInteraction presentEditMenuWithConfiguration:]_block_invoke in unknown file [Line null, column null] (Not in app)
__80-[UIEditMenuInteraction _prepareMenuAtLocation:configuration:completionHandler:]_block_invoke in unknown file [Line null, column null] (Not in app)
__109-[UITextContextMenuInteraction _editMenuInteraction:menuForConfiguration:suggestedActions:completionHandler:]_block_invoke in unknown file [Line null, column null] (Not in app)
__107-[UITextContextMenuInteraction _querySelectionCommandsForConfiguration:suggestedActions:completionHandler:]_block_invoke in unknown file [Line null, column null] (Not in app)
Topic:
Safari & Web
SubTopic:
General
I'm trying to use ES6 module imports in a Safari Web Extension, but despite enabling "type": "module" in the manifest, imports are not functioning as expected.
Specifically when working with a project structure that includes multiple directories.
A root directory containing the manifest.json and main entry point scripts
A scripts/ folder housing core functionality modules
A common/ directory for shared utilities, constants, and helper functions
A background.js file in the root that attempts to import from these various directories
When trying to import modules from the scripts/ and common/ directories into my background.js, I'm encountering complete import failures.
How can I correctly implement cross-directory module imports in Safari Web Extensions?
It‘s called Track Configuration API found in the iOS 26.0 Public Beta 5. No explanation anywhere on the web Or release notes, it’s not mentioned anywhere. I‘m very interested in new tracking innovations.
And another small thing I‘ve never found out, what is „fingerprint related quirk“ is that an insider joke Or something? I don‘t know it‘s actions.
Thank you for answering
When practicing a post request today I forgot to use the setvalue method. Why is this method important and needed for a post request? Don't we just encode the data to JSON and put that as the httpbody and make the request
I've been unable to successfully get a webpage to send a message to a Safari web extension, no matter what I try doing.
I've added the following to my manifest.json file, and it's running manifest v3
{
"externally_connectable": {
"matches": [ "*://mywebsite.com/*", "*://localhost:3000/*" ]
}
}
My web page executes the following code snippet. I've tried this both while running my site locally (on localhost) and pushed to production.
let safariExtensionId = "co.companyname.productname.Extension (ABCD1234)"
browser.runtime.sendMessage(safariExtensionId, { greeting: "hello"},
function(response) {
console.log("Received response from background page");
console.log(response.farewell);
}
);
In the Safari web extension's background.js file, I've added the following onMessageExternal listener:
browser.runtime.onMessageExternal.addListener((message, sender, sendResponse) => {
console.log("Received message from the sender.");
console.log(message.greeting);
sendResponse({ farewell: "Goodbye!" });
});
This is directly copied from the instructions in this WWDC video:
https://developer.apple.com/documentation/safariservices/messaging-between-a-webpage-and-your-safari-web-extension
It's also extremely difficult to debug what's happening since the extensions service working frequently does not appear in the Web Extension Background Content menu
Is there something I'm doing wrong, or a bug I'm not aware of?
What happens if Safari is uninstalled or disabled on iOS?
Will SFafariviewcontroller still work?
Kind regards
Hi Apple Developer Community and Support,
We are implementing Apple Pay on the Web and are encountering a persistent issue with merchant validation when the ApplePaySession is initiated from a JavaScript application running within a cross-origin iframe.
Our Setup:
Top-Level Domain: https://application.my.com/ (where the Apple Pay button is displayed, and the iframe is embedded)
iFrame Content Origin: https://cashier.my.com/ (Our custom JavaScript application that handles the Apple Pay integration and directly calls our Payment Service Provider's (PSP) API for merchant validation).
iFrame allow attribute: The iframe correctly includes allow="payment *".
The Problem:
When a user clicks the Apple Pay button, the ApplePaySession is successfully created and the Apple Pay sheet opens in Safari iOS. This suggests the browser recognizes the allow="payment *" attribute and allows the API calls.
However, during the session.onvalidatemerchant callback, our JavaScript code makes a direct API call to our PSP (Nuvei)'s endpoint.
This call consistently fails with an "Invalid domain name!" error, and the Apple Pay sheet then shows "Payment Not Completed."
PSP's Diagnosis:
Our PSP (Nuvei) has investigated and stated that for this specific endpoint (getAppleValidationApiFlow.do), "there is no explicit way to pass domain to the endpoint and domain for which session is issued is based on 'Referer' header."
Our Question for Apple:
Given that Safari 17+ now supports allow="payment" for cross-origin iframes to enable Apple Pay APIs, we have the following questions:
What is Apple's official guidance or expectation regarding the Referer header for ApplePaySession.onvalidatemerchant calls when the ApplePaySession is instantiated from a cross-origin iframe?
Is it expected that the Referer header for calls originating from the iFrame will always be the iFrame's origin?
Does Apple's merchant validation process (when the PSP calls apple-pay-gateway.apple.com/paymentservices/startSession) itself rely on or interpret the Referer from the initial client-to-PSP call?
Are there recommended best practices or standard approaches for PSP integrations in this cross-origin iFrame scenario to ensure the Referer validation (or equivalent domain validation) is correctly satisfied?
We're trying to understand if our PSP's specific reliance on the Referer for this validation is a standard requirement implicitly set by Apple for this flow, or if there are other architectural approaches that should allow this scenario to work seamlessly.
Thank you for any insights or guidance you can provide.
Hi everyone,
My web application has two services: myapp.com and account.myapp.com.
The first manages all app content, while the latter handles the authentication, with Sign In with Apple included.
The tech stack is mainly composed of React, JS, and Express.
We'd like to allow users to authenticate inside a dialog on some pages of myapp.com.
To avoid replicating stuff from one service to another, we put an iframe inside the dialog to show the authentication standard page from account.myapp.com.
Email and Facebook processes work fine, but we have the following issues with Sign in with Apple:
On desktop, not Safari, a pop-up window opens when you click on the Apple button, and it works as expected.
On desktop Safari, the pop-up window is blocked. We want the native Apple pop-up to show instead of a generic browser new window.
On mobile, nothing happens on click
Obviously, outside the iframe, everything works as expected.
I can't seem to find anything related to an iframe constraint in the Sign in with Apple docs. Is this feasible?
Topic:
Safari & Web
SubTopic:
General
Tags:
Sign in with Apple REST API
Sign in with Apple
Sign in with Apple JS
This post is an effort to draw attention to a regression in Tahoe that has a large impact on our app. This bug was filed during seed 3 but remains open:
FB18869578: Regression: WebView fails to render fonts registered with CTFontManagerRegisterFontURLs or ATSApplicationFontsPath
The gist of it is that WKWebView fails to render text that is styled with a “font-family” that references a font that has been loaded into the app using either the ATSApplicationFontsPath Info.plist key or loaded dynamically with CTFontManagerRegisterFontURLs. The area where the text should be is just blank.
There is more detail and a reproducer in the bug referenced above. We really hope this bug can get fixed before GA.
If anyone else would like to try and reproduce it, you can download a test case from here: https://e3supportuploads.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com/8739959ce24de40fa462798a532aaa99fbfc9affba4f2a3e71d397f9e30d2604
Topic:
Safari & Web
SubTopic:
General
WKWebview of iOS 18 includes Safari browser. When playing videos, some videos show "NotSupportedError: The operation is not supported.", but it is normal on iOS15 devices. The video link is as follows. Even if it is downloaded and referenced locally in HTML, it cannot be played, so it is ruled out that it is a network problem.
https://ydtj-adas.oss-cn-shanghai.aliyuncs.com/e6yun.com/exam/exam/a35447b496b94e5e9a6aab27d62c867e.mp4 cannot be played
https://ydtj-adas.oss-cn-shanghai.aliyuncs.com/e6yun.com/exam/exam/82d970957a7d4e8d88c13cd101143005.mp4 can be played
I'm developing a cross-platform application using Tauri, which uses WebView technology as the GUI renderer. On macOS, it should be using WKWebView. Based on my tests, all applications developed with Tauri can only run at 60fps on macOS and cannot take advantage of ProMotion displays to achieve a 120fps refresh rate, whereas the same application can run at 120fps on other platforms. I have submitted this issue to Tauri on GitHub, and it appears that this cannot be resolved through external settings, but only by modifying the WKWebView code to support higher frame rates. Is there any possible solution to this?
Merhaba ben Müslüm
İkuz blog sayfam için Safari tarayıcıdan siteye çok fazla istek geliyor. Sayaçlara girdiğimde uygulama safari olarak gözüküyor ve binlerce sayfa isteği gelmiş. Bu bir siber saldırı mı ?
site adress https://ikuz.com.tr/
Topic:
Safari & Web
SubTopic:
General
Hi, I'm here to Report a Problem with the IOS 18.3 UPDATE.
So, when i Download a file, any file. The Download Progress has no problems, but when the download complete, Nothing happens it just keeps the blue line of the download, and then I can’t open that file…this only happened to me when i downloaded the IOS 18.3… hope it'll be fixed ASAP.
Bye!
I have "http://localhost:8080" showing the index page I've created but php is not handled though an extension is running.
Haven't even tried mySQL yet but since there is no reference to it in https.conf the same problem will exist. Homebrew extension running also.
https.conf:
#PHP was deprecated in macOS 11 and removed from macOS 12
#LoadModule php7_module libexec/apache2/libphp7.so
There are no php.so files on my machine and again no mention of mysql
What should I enter in http.conf to activate these functionalities?
Thanks.
PS could you reference a tutorial on using Safari and Web inspector
Body:
Hi all,
I’m seeing a puzzling discrepancy in behavior between NSURLSession (with multipathServiceType = NSURLSessionMultipathServiceTypeInteractive) and WKWebView when the device is connected to a Wi-Fi SSID that has no internet (e.g., a hardware device’s AP). I have the Multipath entitlement properly enabled, and in this scenario:
NSURLSession requests automatically fall back to cellular and succeed (no user intervention, fast switch).
WKWebView loads fail or stall: the web content does not appear, and it seems like the web view is not using the cellular path even though the system network path becomes satisfied and real Internet reachability is confirmed.
Environment:
iOS version: (e.g., iOS 18.4)
Device: (e.g., iPhone 15 Pro)
Multipath entitlement: enabled in the app, using NSURLSessionMultipathServiceTypeInteractive
Connected SSID: hardware device Wi-Fi with no external internet
Expected fallback: automatic to cellular once the Wi-Fi has no internet, as observed with NSURLSession
What I’ve done / observed:
NSURLSession using Multipath works as expected:
NSURLSessionConfiguration *cfg = [NSURLSessionConfiguration defaultSessionConfiguration];
cfg.multipathServiceType = NSURLSessionMultipathServiceTypeInteractive;
NSURLSession *session = [NSURLSession sessionWithConfiguration:cfg];
NSURLRequest *req = [NSURLRequest requestWithURL:[NSURL URLWithString:@"https://www.apple.com/library/test/success.html"]];
NSURLSessionDataTask *task = [session dataTaskWithRequest:req completionHandler:^(NSData *data, NSURLResponse *resp, NSError *err) {
NSLog(@"NSURLSession result: %@, error: %@", resp, err);
}];
[task resume];
When connected to the device Wi-Fi (no external internet), the session quietly shifts to cellular and completes successfully.
WKWebView fails to load under the same conditions:
[self.webView loadRequest:[NSURLRequest requestWithURL:[NSURL URLWithString:@"https://www.apple.com/library/test/success.html"]]];
The web view either shows a load failure or just hangs, even though lower-level monitoring reports that the network path is satisfied and real Internet connectivity is available.
Network path monitoring logic:
I use the C API nw_path_monitor to watch for nw_path_status_satisfied.
Once satisfied is observed, I perform a true connectivity check using nw_connection (e.g., connecting tohttps://www.apple.com/library/test/success.html) to verify that real Internet traffic can flow over cellular.
That check passes, confirming fallback to cellular, but WKWebView still does not load content. Meanwhile, NSURLSession requests in the same condition succeed immediately.
Sample logging trace:
[+] nw_path_status_satisfied=1, hasWiFi=1, hasCellular=1
[+] Internet connectivity test: ready (via nw_connection)
[-] WKWebView load failed / stalled
[+] NSURLSession request completed successfully
Questions:
Why does NSURLSession with the multipath service type seamlessly use cellular when the Wi-Fi has no internet, but WKWebView does not exhibit the same fallback behavior? Is WKWebView not honoring the system’s multipath fallback the same way? Does it use a different networking stack or ignore the multipath entitlement in this scenario?
Is there a supported way to force WKWebView to behave like NSURLSession here?
For example, can I bridge content through a multipath-enabled NSURLSession and inject it into WKWebView via a custom scheme?
Are there any WKWebView configuration flags, preferences, or policies that enable the same automatic interface switching?
Are there known limitations or documented differences in how WKWebView handles network interface switching, path satisfaction, or multipath compared to raw NSURLSession?
What I’ve ruled out / tried:
Verified the Multipath entitlement is included and active.
Confirmed network path is “satisfied” and that real Internet reachability succeeds before calling [webView loadRequest:].
Delayed the WKWebView load until after connectivity verification.
Observed that NSURLSession requests succeed under identical connectivity conditions.
Any insight into internal differences, recommended workarounds, or Apple-recommended patterns for making web content robust in a “Wi-Fi with no internet” + automatic fallback-to-cellular scenario would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you!