Hello,
I am using the prf extension for passkeys that is available since ios 18 and macos15.
I am using a fixed, hardcoded prf input when creating or geting the credentials.
After creating a passkey, i try to get the credentials and retrieve the prf output, which works great, but i am getting different prf outputs for the same credential and same prf input used in the following scenarios:
Logging in directly (platform authenticator) on my macbook/iphone/ipad i get "prf output X" consistently for the 3 devices
When i use my iphone/ipad to scan the qr code on my macbook (cross-platform authenticator) i get "prf output Y" consistently with both my ipad and iphone.
Is this intended? Is there a way to get deterministic prf output for both platform and cross-platform auth attachements while using the same credential and prf input?
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I've made a simple command line app that requires Screen recording permission.
When I ran it from Xcode, it prompts for a permission and once I allowed it from the settings, it runs well.
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <CoreGraphics/CGDisplayStream.h>
int main() {
printf("# Start #\n");
if (CGPreflightScreenCaptureAccess()) {
printf("# Permitted.\n");
} else {
printf("# Not permitted.\n");
if (CGRequestScreenCaptureAccess() == false) {
printf("# CGRequestScreenCaptureAccess() returning false\n");
}
}
size_t output_width = 1280;
size_t output_height = 720;
dispatch_queue_t dq = dispatch_queue_create("com.domain.screengrabber", DISPATCH_QUEUE_SERIAL);
CGError err;
CGDisplayStreamRef sref = CGDisplayStreamCreateWithDispatchQueue(
1,
output_width,
output_height,
'BGRA',
NULL,
dq,
^(
CGDisplayStreamFrameStatus status,
uint64_t time,
IOSurfaceRef frame,
CGDisplayStreamUpdateRef ref
) {
printf("Got frame: %llu, FrameStatus:%d \n", time, status);
}
);
err = CGDisplayStreamStart(sref);
if (kCGErrorSuccess != err) {
printf("Error: failed to start streaming the display. %d\n", err);
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
while (true) {
usleep(1e5);
}
CGDisplayStreamStop(sref);
printf("\n\n");
return 0;
}
Now I want to execute this from terminal, so I went to the build folder and
typed the app name.
cd /Users/klee/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/ScreenStreamTest-ezddqbkzhndhakadslymnvpowtig/Build/Products/Debug
./ScreenStreamTest
But I am getting following output without any prompt for permission.
# Start #
# Not permitted.
# CGRequestScreenCaptureAccess() returning false
Error: failed to start streaming the display. 1001
Is there a something I need to consider for this type of command line app?
I'm seeing some odd behavior which may be a bug. I've broken it down to a least common denominator to reproduce it. But maybe I'm doing something wrong.
I am opening a file read-write. I'm then mapping the file read-only and private:
void* pointer = mmap(NULL, 17, PROT_READ, MAP_FILE | MAP_PRIVATE, fd, 0);
I then unmap the memory and close the file. After the close, eslogger shows me this:
{"close":{"modified":false,[...],"was_mapped_writable":false}}
Which makes sense.
I then change the mmap statement to:
void* pointer = mmap(NULL, 17, PROT_READ, MAP_FILE | MAP_SHARED, fd, 0);
I run the new code and and the close looks like:
{"close":{"modified":false, [....], "was_mapped_writable":true}}
Which also makes sense.
I then run the original again (ie, with MAP_PRIVATE vs. MAP_SHARED) and the close looks like:
{"close":{"modified":false,"was_mapped_writable":true,[...]}
Which doesn't appear to be correct.
Now if I just open and close the file (again, read-write) and don't mmap anything the close still shows:
{"close":{ [...], "was_mapped_writable":true,"modified":false}}
And the same is true if I open the file read-only.
It will remain that way until I delete the file. If I recreate the file and try again, everything is good until I map it MAP_SHARED.
I tried this with macOS 13.6.7 and macOS 15.0.1.
Is there any particular reason why ASWebAuthenticationSession doesn't have support for async/await? (example below)
do {
let callbackURL = try await webAuthSession.start()
} catch {
// handle error
}
I'm curious if this style of integration doesn't exist for architectural reasons? Or is the legacy completion handler style preserved in order to prevent existing integrations from breaking?
Our desktop app for macos will be released in 2 channels
appstore
dmg package on our official website for users to download and install
Now when we debug with passkey, we find that the package name of the appstore can normally arouse passkey, but the package name of the non-App Store can not arouse the passkey interface
I need your help. Thank you
Topic:
Privacy & Security
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General
Tags:
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Passkeys in iCloud Keychain
Authentication Services
Hello,
I have an application which uses a helper[1] to download[2] files. When files download is a DMG and user mounts the image to run the application from this DMG it doesn't pass Gatekeeper. It presents the "Application XYZ.app can't be opened.".
Same file downloaded via Safari shows a different dialog, the "XYZ.app is an app downloaded from the internet. Are you sure you want to open it?"
In the system log I see this line:
exec of /Volumes/SampleApp/SampleApp.app/Contents/MacOS/SampleApp denied since it was quarantined by Download\x20Helper and created without user consent, qtn-flags was 0x00000187
The application is running sandboxed and hardened, the main application has com.apple.security.files.downloads.read-write entitlement. Everything is signed by DeveloperID and passes all checks[3].
I tried to check the responsible process[4] of the helper. Then trivial stuff like download folder access in System Settings/Privacy & Security/Files & Folders. Everything seems to be fine.
For what it worths the value of quarantine attribute is following:
com.apple.quarantine: 0087;6723b80e;My App;
The Safari downloaded one posses:
com.apple.quarantine: 0083;6723b9fa;Safari;02162070-2561-42BE-B30B-19A0E94FE7CA
Also tried a few more ways and got to 0081 with Edge and 0082 with a sample app with similar setup. Not sure if that has any meaning.
What could I be doing wrong that Gatekeeper right away refuses to run the application from DMG instead of showing the dialog like in other cases?
[1] The executable is in application bundle located in Contents/Helpers/DownloadHelper.app in the main application bundle.
[2] Nothing fancy, curl + regular POSIX file operations
[3] codesign, syspolicy_check, spctl
[4] launchctl procinfo pid
Hi,
I have a certificate, how can I display the certificate content in my Mac app just like Keychain Access app does. Can I popup the certificate content dialog just like Keychain Access app?
Hi,
ASCredentialProvider had been almost identically implemented on both iOS and macOS so far, but the ProvidesTextToInsert feature was only added to iOS. It would have been a crucial point to make Credential Providers available in all textfields, without users having to rely on developers correctly setting roles for their Text Fields.
It's right now impossible to paste credentials into Notes, or some other non-password text box both in web and desktop apps for example, in a seamless, OS-supported way without abusing Accessibility APIs which are understandably disallowed in Mac App Store apps. Or just pasting an SSH key, or anything. On macOS this has so many possibilities. It could even have a terminal command.
It's even more interesting that "Passwords..." is an option in macOS's AutoFill context menu, just like on iOS, however Credential Providers did not gain this feature on macOS, only on iOS.
Is this an upcoming feature, or should we find alternatives? Or should I file a feature request? If it's already in the works, it's pointless to file it.
Hello, I am currently implementing a biometric authentication registration flow using WebAuthn. I am using ASAuthorizationPlatformPublicKeyCredentialRegistrationRequest, and I would like to know if there is a way to hide the "Save to another device" option that appears during the registration process.
Specifically, I want to guide users to save the passkey only locally on their device, without prompting them to save it to iCloud Keychain or another device.
If there is a way to hide this option or if there is a recommended approach to achieve this, I would greatly appreciate your guidance.
Also, if this is not possible due to iOS version or API limitations, I would be grateful if you could share any best practices for limiting user options in this scenario.
If anyone has experienced a similar issue, your advice would be very helpful. Thank you in advance.
Hi everyone,
I'm looking for a way to configure Passkey on iOS so that authentication is only possible using FaceID or TouchID. Specifically, I want to disable the use of passcodes and QR codes for authentication. Additionally, is there a method to detect if the authentication was done using a passcode or QR code?
Thanks for your help!
Wondering if others have encountered this issue with PSSO 2.0.
We are observing that if, after registration, a user changes their IDP password, they may be prompted for their previous password in order to unlock the Keychain. We are trying to determine if this is expected behavior or if there is a way to avoid it.
To reproduce this, the flow would be as follows:
user registers with PSSO
user logs out and logs back in with their IDP password
user is authenticated (and not prompted for previous password)
user logs out
user changes their IDP password on another machine
user logs in and is prompted to use their previous password to unlock the Keychain.
Failure to provide the previous password nukes the Keychain, which is not an outcome we want.
Any insight anyone has on this issue would be most welcome.
Thanks
iOS18.1.1 macOS15.1.1 xcode16.1 Error Domain=com.apple.AuthenticationServices.AuthorizationError Code=1004 "Unable to verify webcredentials association of ********** with domain ******************. Please try again in a few seconds."
Our domain must query with VPN, so I set webcredentials:qa.ejeokvv.com?mode=developer
following:
"If you use a private web server, which is unreachable from the public internet, while developing your app, enable the alternate mode feature to bypass the CDN and connect directly to your server. To do this, add a query string to your associated domains entitlement, as shown in the following example:
:?mode=
"
but it still not working, even after I set mode=developer.
Please help!!!!
Topic:
Privacy & Security
SubTopic:
General
Tags:
Passkeys in iCloud Keychain
Authentication Services
Hi everyone,
I am trying to use ASWebAuthenticationSession to authorize user using OAuth2.
Service Webcredentials is set.
/.well-known/apple-app-site-association file is set.
When using API for iOS > 17.4 using new init with callback: .https(...) everything works as expected, however i cannot make .init(url: ,callbackURLScheme: ....) to work.
How can i intercept callback using iOS <17.4?
Do I really need to use universal links?
callbackURL = https://mydomain.com/auth/callback
Hello,
These questions are in regard to transferring Sign in With Apple users as part of an app transfer to another developer team. We’ve already read and absorbed the following documents from Apple, but we still have questions that aren’t covered in these documents, due to the unique nature of our use case.
Transferring Your Apps and Users to Another Team
Bringing New Apps and Users Into Your Team
Resolving Sign in with Apple Response Errors
Background:
We have a suite of three apps that we are tranferring to another developer team.
Each app supports Sign In With Apple.
Our accounts/users are shared among all three apps.
We have all three apps currently grouped together for SIWA. We’re aware that we will need to un-group them before doing the SIWA user transfer.
Questions:
The API for generating and exchanging transferIDs for users (endpoint /auth/usermigrationinfo) requires a parameter client_id which is described in the docs as "The identifier (App ID or Services ID) for the transferring app."
Since we are transferring a set of three apps which share users, we aren’t sure which AppID to use, or whether it matters? We’re assuming we only need to transfer the users once in total (not once-per-app), is this correct?
Does it matter which of the three apps’ AppID we use for this?
To give more specific context to this question, here’s a more detailed example:
For simplicity’s sake, let’s say we have 10 user accounts total, and any of them could sign into any of our three apps.
Users 1-7 have signed into all three apps previously
User8 has only signed into AppA
User9 has only signed into AppB
User10 has only signed into AppC
Ideally we want to transfer all 10 users all at once. Does it matter which AppID we use for client_id? For example, if we use AppA as the client_id, will we still be able to transfer all 10 users (including User9 and User10)?
We’ve tested this on the sender team side, and we’re able to successfully create transferIDs for all 10 users using AppA as client_id. But we’re not sure if this will still work on the recipient side, that we’ll be able to exchange the transferID for all 10 users.
.
To add another wrinkle, there is a possibility that we won’t be able to transfer one of our three apps (due to one of Apple’s limitations for app transfer). In that case we’ll have to create a new app on the recipient team and shut down the old one on the sender team. But the other two apps in the suite would still be transferred normally. We’d still want all 10 users to be transferred, as the intention is still that all our users can sign into any of their existing accounts in any of the three apps.
Would this scenario change the answer to question 1? For example, say we aren’t able to transfer AppC over to the new development team, but instead had to create a new app, AppCNew on the new development team. But we still are able to transfer AppA and AppB. Would we still be able to transfer all 10 users using AppA as the client_id? Including User10 who only ever signed in to AppC (which isn’t being transferred)?
We'd really appreciate any answers or guidance that anyone can provide.
Thank you,
Adam
When we enable 3rd party authentication plugin using SFAuthorization window, and during unlock the screen, we have observed the widgets are not showing the content.
Attaching the screenshot for reference.
We are noticing this behavior from macOS 14.7.1 and macOS 15
I am developing a authorization plugin for mac. i am using SFAuthorizationPluginView as i need a webView(WKWebKit) which will perform webAuthn. But the webview is not rendering the requested webpage( i have stable internet connectio). Is it an expected behaviour for a webview in an authorization plugin?
I have had a password autofill app extension in production for years.
It still works fine.
Except when the user taps a username or password textfield and selects "AutoFill" from the context menu.
They are shown a modal error dialog, stating:
"AutoFill Unavailable - The developer needs to update it to work with this feature."
I cannot find any help on this issue.
The AutoFill extension works fine when tapping the "Passwords" bar above the iOS keyboard.
Any pointers would be appreciated.
I’ve come to discover over the course of three weeks of trying to gain access to my original iTunes account that because of the old security protocols I cannot get access to my music. Apple has said there is no way to access that data without being able to send a reset to the old deleted email attached to that data. That said Cox deleted all of my emails when they migrated over to yahoo so I cannot send an email to reset password to gain access and Apple does not have a protocol in place even though it’s very clear. The current account is linked to the old account. Any of your developers out there have an idea on how I can get past this because the birthdate and the username are not matching up to what they should be. Appreciate your brain muscle guys. It’s a lifetime of music.
Topic:
Privacy & Security
SubTopic:
General
Hi All,
I have a finder sync extension that passes data back to my main app. It currently writes to a plist file in my group container folder. Since updating to macOS 15, I have been getting this pop-up every time I trigger this writing to the plist after the finder sync extension loads.
This is how I write to the plist from my finder sync extension:
let appGroupDefaults = UserDefaults(suiteName: "group.team_id.Finder-Sync-Extension-Test-Project")
let items = FIFinderSyncController.default().selectedItemURLs()
DispatchQueue.main.async {
let url = items?.first?.absoluteString
var file = items?.first?.lastPathComponent
if let defaults = appGroupDefaults{
defaults.set(url, forKey: "targetURL")
defaults.synchronize()
}
self.showWindow(with: NSExtensionContext())
}
This is how I read the plist from my main app:
if let defaults = UserDefaults(suiteName: "group.team_id.Finder-Sync-Extension-Test-Project") {
defaults.synchronize()
if let clickedUrl = defaults.string(forKey: "targetURL") {
window = NSWindow(contentRect: NSScreen.main?.frame ?? .zero,
styleMask: [.miniaturizable, .closable, .resizable, .titled],
backing: .buffered,
defer: false)
window?.title = "My App"
window?.makeKeyAndOrderFront(nil)
textField.stringValue = clickedUrl
window?.contentView?.addSubview(textField)
}
}
It is fine if this popup happens once and the user's choice gets remembered. I just don't want it to happen every time.
Any help on if this is the correct way to pass data between the finder sync extension and the main app or on how to get macOS to remember the choice of the user would be great.
Thanks,
James
Hi,
I've recently tested my custom AuthorizationPlugin on macOS 15 (Sequoia) and I'm seeing a significant change in rendering (or precisely not rendering) the control returned by my SFAuthorizationPluginView's subclass' viewForType method comparing to macOS 14. (I developed and tested my solution on macOS 14 earlier this year).
I use SFAuthorizationPluginView to present a NSView (Custom view) which contains a NSSecureTextField and a NSImageView. I show my custom plugin after the user successfully entered username and password (or only the password if the List of Users is configured in System Settings) into the builtin fields provided by loginwindow:login, so injecting my plugin:mechanism pair into the system.login.console after loginwindow:success. (I need to run my mechanism after builtin:authenticate,privileged since my plugin relies on the authentication result coming from my custom PAM module).
This setup now however doesn't seem to be working: after entering the (username and) password, the circular spinner appears and my NSView never gets rendered. I've found a workaround to place my plugin:mechanism pair after loginwindow:done, so in the end of the whole authorization chain.
I tried to run the good old NameAndPassword bundle, injecting it into the place of the loginwindow:login. Controls are being rendered correctly, but if I place it even right after loginwindow:login it doesn't get rendered as my custom plugin.
Is anybody aware if there's anything has intentionally been changed in macOS 15? Or may it be a bug? I guess the original intention of the SFAuthorizationPluginView class was to overwrite/redefine the UI instead of the builtin username + password field, so if I look at it that way it's expected that the view it contains only gets rendered if we use it instead of loginwindow:login. On the other hand this hasn't been the case until now.
Thanks for any help!