Bug 263245

Summary:

Query Parameters are not pass to the client on the target page when clicking an google advertisement in private browsing

Product:

WebKit

Reporter:

duc-thanh.vu

Component:

New Bugs

Assignee:

Nobody <webkit-unassigned>

Status:

NEW

Severity:

Normal

CC:

ap, charliew, webkit-bug-importer, wenson_hsieh

Priority:

Keywords:

InRadar

Version:

Safari 17

Hardware:

iPhone / iPad

OS:

iOS 17

Attachments:

Description	Flags
location.search (queryparamaters) is empty	none

duc-thanh.vu

Reported 2023-10-17 04:17:44 PDT

Created attachment 468244 [details] location.search (queryparamaters) is empty How to reproduce: 1. Open a inkognito tab 2. Open Google Search 3. Search for any search term which shows the "Sponsored" lane in google 4. F.e. nike air force 1 in locales: DE or IE 5. Click on any product advertisement within the sponsored lane 6. Observe that the query parameter is shown within the URL 7. Observe that the query parameter is cannot be read by the client Expected: - the query parameters are pass to the client

Attachments
location.search (queryparamaters) is empty (882.32 KB, image/png) 2023-10-17 04:17 PDT, duc-thanh.vu	no flags	Details
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Alexey Proskuryakov

Comment 1 2023-10-17 09:08:15 PDT

I think that this is by design, private browsing needs to prevent tracking. CC'ing Wenson who would know for certain.

Radar WebKit Bug Importer

Comment 2 2023-10-24 04:18:15 PDT

<rdar://problem/117404717>

Wenson Hsieh

Comment 3 2023-12-08 11:41:30 PST

This is indeed by design. Note that these query parameters are only hidden from JavaScript access (they're still sent to the server).

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