bug: WebSocket asking to reconnect with credentials in loop on iPhone browsers

[crivchri]

Describe the bug
With mobile browsers (Safari, Chrome, Edge), with credentials defined, the WebSocket asks to reconnect with the credentials in loop. The page shows WebSocket connecting again and again. Entering the credentials or cancelling the prompt does not change anything.

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Open a mobile browser
2. Navigate to the web UI
3. Authenticate with the credentials
4. See WebSocket reconnecting in loop, credentials asked again in loop

Expected behavior
The credentials should be asked once and kept for the session, the WebSocket connection should be kept alive.

Screenshots

Smartphone:

• Device: iPhone 15
• OS: iOS 26.4
• Browser: Safari, Chrome, Edge
• Version: latest

Additional context
On desktop browser, the issue is not present.

[JosephKav]

That's odd. I couldn't replicate this on my phone (Android), but did run into it on an iPhone. Will need to look into it more to figure out what's going on
Thanks for reporting

[JosephKav]

Looking into this a bit, I think it may be caused by the Connection:close header. I'll test out removing this

[crivchri]

Hi @JosephKav,

Do need any additional information to help with resolving this issue?

Kind regards

[JosephKav]

Tried that out and it didn't seem to fix this. Will need to look into other things that could be causing this for iOS