PairDrop on Firefox for iOS hangs on Loading [Bug]

[manek43509]

Describe the bug
When I try to use Pairdrop on the Firefox browser on my iPhone, the 'You are known as' field hangs on 'Loading' and never assigns a handle. The iPhone therefore doesn't show up on any other connected devices.

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Go to pairdrop.net using Firefox on an iPhone.

Screenshots

Smartphone (please complete the following information):

• Device: iPhone7
• OS: iOS15.7
• Browser: Firefox for iOS
• Version: latest

Bug occurs on official PairDrop instance https://pairdrop.net/
Yes
Version: v1.10.5

Bug occurs on self-hosted PairDrop instance
No

[manek43509]

Yes, that seems to work (although I haven’t tried sending anything to another device, as I’m out right now and I only have my phone on me).

[gessha]

I had the same problem on iPad Pro (3rd generation) on iPadOS 16.2 It got fixed when I updated to 17.2

[schlagmichdoch]

Thanks @manek43509 and @gessha for testing! That supports the thesis that it’s related to a not supported feature in older iOS / MacOS Safari versions. I’ll merge this later and release a new version.

[schlagmichdoch]

The following comments were deleted by GitHub (via hubot) as part of mistakenly marking this account as spam on 17th February 2024. The correct thread order and the creation date is unclear. I decided to manually restore them anyway in order to complete the information this issue holds even though the restored information might be outdated:

Comment by @schlagmichdoch:

This might be related to #243 .
Please verify that the issue is not present on this instance:
https://pairdrop-dev.onrender.com/