Bug 246621

Summary:	chrome.tabs.create in existing window behaves incorrectly
Product:	WebKit	Reporter:	Carlos J. <carlosj-webkit-bugzilla>
Component:	WebKit Extensions	Assignee:	Nobody <webkit-unassigned>
Status:	NEW ---
Severity:	Normal	CC:	timothy, webkit-bug-importer
Priority:	P2	Keywords:	InRadar
Version:	WebKit Nightly Build
Hardware:	Unspecified
OS:	Unspecified

Description Carlos J. 2022-10-17 05:02:33 PDT

When using chrome.windows.getAll to get a list of all windows. On iOS, you get two windows, 1 normal and 1 private. Say the current tab is a non private window. And you then try to open a window in private in the extension. It opens kinda a ghost private window which hosts inside the non-private window. Correct behaviour is that it simply opens that tab in the only private window possible. See attachments for a sample extension and reproduction video.

Sample extension and reproduction video:
https://github.com/carlosjeurissen/webext-tech-demo-extensions/tree/main/issues/safari-9653213-ios-open-in-existing-window

Comment 1 Carlos J. 2022-10-17 05:02:54 PDT

See also:
https://feedbackassistant.apple.com/feedback/9653213
https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/690774

Comment 2 Alexey Proskuryakov 2022-10-17 10:23:42 PDT

Thank you for the report! This is most likely a Safari issue, but I'll let Tim close the report as appropriate.

rdar://83529900

Comment 3 Timothy Hatcher 2022-10-24 13:26:06 PDT

We are tracking bugs in Bugzilla for Web Extensions now as we move extensions support from Safari to WebKit.