300115 2025-10-03 09:59:40 -0700 iOS/iPadOS 26 Home-Screen web app: <video> won’t play after relaunch 2025-10-27 08:58:39 -0700 1 1 1 Unclassified WebKit Media Safari 26 iPhone / iPad iOS 26 RESOLVED DUPLICATE 300990 https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=300990 InRadar P2 Critical --- 1 igor.alemasow webkit-unassigned jb.thery jer.noble luming_yin marcosc nbarkov.biz webkit-bug-importer ziyak97 oldest_to_newest 2148201 0 igor.alemasow 2025-10-03 09:59:40 -0700 From a PWA launched via Add to Home Screen, video plays on first launch but fails after a cold relaunch. Tapping Play flips to Pause, yet playback doesn’t start. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Open a page with an HTML5 <video> (e.g., https://www.w3schools.com/html/html5_video.asp) in Safari. 2. Add to Home Screen and launch. 3. Tap Play → video plays. 4. Force-quit the app. 5. Reopen from Home Screen. 6. Tap Play. Expected: Video starts playing. Actual: Controls show Pause, but the video is stuck (time doesn’t advance; no audio). Environment: - iOS 26/26.0.1; iPadOS 26 - Multiple devices (issue not device-specific) - Launch mode: Home Screen (standalone/PWA) ps. Very occasionally it does play, but it’s sporadic. 2149679 1 nbarkov.biz 2025-10-09 02:06:25 -0700 I’ve run into the same issue. As I can see on the Apple forum, other people are also reporting this problem: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/256152107 The only temporary workaround at the moment is replacing videos with GIFs. However, iOS optimization reduces the FPS of these GIFs, which significantly worsens the overall user experience. That’s why this issue is quite serious, and no viable alternatives are currently visible. 2150000 2 webkit-bug-importer 2025-10-10 10:00:13 -0700 <rdar://problem/162376566> 2152084 3 jb.thery 2025-10-17 09:05:34 -0700 I have the same issue since update my iphone to ios26 : <video ref={videoRef} key={video} className="h-screen w-screen sm:w-full bg-black object-cover" style={{ backgroundColor: "#000000" }} src={video} poster={image} preload="metadata" crossOrigin="anonymous" muted loop playsInline autoPlay disablePictureInPicture disableRemotePlayback tabIndex={-1} draggable={false} aria-label={`Video for ${name} exercise`} "x-webkit-airplay": "deny", "webkit-playsinline": "true", /> Before this code works but now, my app not work anymore on ios safari pwa added to home screen ;( 2152089 4 jb.thery 2025-10-17 09:23:52 -0700 I've tested with TikTok pwa and we can see the issue too. 1 Add web TikTok app to home screen 2 open first time , videos work 3 close and re open video not work (blocked videos) 2154332 5 ziyak97 2025-10-26 07:54:05 -0700 same issue. i created a ticket but looks like this one already exists. Ref to dup - https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=301485 2154455 6 gsnedders 2025-10-27 08:58:39 -0700 *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 300990 ***