PWA IOS Notification "Notification Permission Denied"

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Greetings! I’m working on PWA notifications, and while they work fine on PC (Chrome) and Android, they aren’t working on iPhones. I’m using iOS 17.6.1 and consistently getting the error: ‘Notification Permission Denied.’ I’ve tried this on at least three different devices with the same result. No permission prompt appeared, except on one iPhone, where I enabled notifications, but it only received one push before failing again with the same error.

I also tried enabling notifications in Safari’s advanced settings, clearing browser cache and data, but no luck.

Has anyone else experienced this or know what I might be missing?

Thanks in advance!

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I suggest you to read this → https://www.tigren.com/blog/progressive-web-app-limitations/

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Thanks for the link. I was somewhat aware of the limitations, but even with the PWA open, it still failed during testing. After reading through Apple development forums and Reddit channels, it seems Apple has nerfed PWA on their platform. I’ve decided to move away from using a PWA and will instead fork a lite native app

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Just putting it out there, I rely on PWA notifications for a chat area in our app and they work perfectly on iOS and Android!

I’m not sure what’s happening on your end, but it’s definitely fixable.