295518 2025-07-07 08:00:55 -0700 REGRESSION (iOS 26): Audio Element Fails to Play on Reopen in PWA (Add to Home Screen) 2025-12-26 11:17:45 -0800 1 1 1 Unclassified WebKit Media Safari 26 iPhone / iPad iOS 26 NEW https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=291892 https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=300990 InRadar P2 Critical --- 1 marianog webkit-unassigned alex ap cmorison jb.thery jer.noble mattwindwer webkit-bug-importer oldest_to_newest 2128145 0 marianog 2025-07-07 08:00:55 -0700 Issue: On iOS 26, when using a PWA added to the home screen: Open the PWA. Play an audio file using an <audio> element. Close the app (swipe away or press Home). Reopen the PWA and attempt to play the audio again. Result: The audio does not play. No error is thrown, audio.play() resolves, but no sound is produced. The <audio> element appears stuck or unreleased by the system. Expected Behavior: Audio should play normally each time the app is opened. Additional Info: Works correctly in Safari (not in standalone mode). Issue is consistent across audio sources. Reproducible on iOS 26 only after "Add to Home Screen". Test Case: Try with a known source like soundcloud.com Steps to Reproduce the Audio Bug on iOS 26 PWA: Open Safari on iOS 26. Navigate to: https://soundcloud.com Tap the Share icon and choose “Add to Home Screen.” Open the newly added PWA from the home screen. Tap any playable song — (✅ working). Close the app (swipe it away or press the Home button). Reopen the app from the home screen. Tap the play song button again. Observed Result: Nothing happens. The button disables, the status changes, but no audio is played. The audio.play() call resolves silently, with no errors, and no sound. Expected Result: The song should play again on each launch. 2128296 1 ap 2025-07-07 15:45:09 -0700 Thank you for the report! Could you please clarify whether this issue is new in iOS 26, or also affects iOS 18.x, or if that's not known? 2128416 2 marianog 2025-07-08 04:32:38 -0700 This bug only affects iOS 26 (beta 1 and 2) . Since official release will be in September, we rush to have a solution for this. 2128432 3 alex 2025-07-08 06:09:48 -0700 For the linked Web Audio bug (https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=291892) I created a PWA to reproduce: https://suzukieng.github.io/wa-pwa/ The button 'HTML5 Fallback Beep' plays a beep sound via an <audio> element, see source link: https://github.com/suzukieng/wa-pwa/blob/554d924a6c64aeb4f6e22ff44c7b9ab066bc21cf/src/main.ts#L114 I can not reproduce the behavior you mention? 2128460 4 ap 2025-07-08 09:20:03 -0700 I cannot test this right now, as adding to home screen is broken in Seed 3. Let's treat this as a regression for soundcloud.com until proven otherwise, even though this appears similar to preexisting issue in bug 291892. 2128461 5 webkit-bug-importer 2025-07-08 09:20:18 -0700 <rdar://problem/155336513> 2128495 6 marianog 2025-07-08 11:17:49 -0700 You don't need complicated webkit audio code to test this. Even with two demo mp3 fails. When you can add to home screen in iOS 26 : 00z.es/gen/playt.html let me know if you can reproduce the issue. 2128626 7 alex 2025-07-08 23:44:17 -0700 @Mariano: I can confirm that I can reproduce the issue with 00z.es/gen/playt.html. Yes the issue I reported was for WebAudio, but it's probably related, and my reproducer has a <audio> element option for comparison. I'm currently using an <audio> element as fallback for the WebAudio issue in PWAs on iOS because. I sincerely hope that <audio> stays operational on PWA... One difference I can see is that in my (still working) reproducer, I set the .src on the audio element immediately before requesting playback (and also set it again when attempting to play again). 2128699 8 marianog 2025-07-09 08:25:11 -0700 You could have warned us that installing iOS 26 Beta 3 makes the add to home screen not working at all. Now I erased some app to reinstall it, and I can't reinstall at all. The presentation of the new app I have to do is ruined by Apple. I hope assistants believe me. This situation only keeps getting worse. 2151772 9 marianog 2025-10-16 12:48:39 -0700 Bug continues in production release iOS 26 and in iOS 26.1 beta 2 2151806 10 ap 2025-10-16 14:01:51 -0700 Thank you for the update! We'll take another look. 2168268 11 ap 2025-12-26 11:13:27 -0800 *** Bug 300990 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***