Blob url downloads fail when triggered from a webextension tab. The tab is created with `chrome.tabs.create({ url: /wordlist.html })`. wordlist.html embeds a script with the following code to trigger downloads when clicking on a button: ``` let saveBlob = new Blob(['content'], { "type": "text/plain" }); let a = document.getElementById('savelink'); // tab html contains "<a id="savelink" download="download.txt"></a>" const blobLink = URL.createObjectURL(saveBlob); a.href = blobLink; a.click(); ``` This opens in the existing tab (replacing its content) and fails with the following safari error: ``` Safari can’t open the page “blob:safari-web-extension://20101d16-cc55-4a3f-a307-a03b6e2df273/07f5a98e-8fbd-409e-9113-58afe3c748c8”. The error is: “The operation couldn’t be completed. (WebKitBlobResource error 1.)” (WebKitBlobResource:1) ``` I found some related bugs on non-extension pages, e.g https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=190351 (usage of target="_blank"), https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=211234 (bugs with immediately revoked object urls) , The presence of the `target` attribute doesn't seem to matter, and it seems like whatever was fixed in the latter bug doesn't apply to this extension tab case.
<rdar://problem/78929424>