Files access bug in iOS

I’m boycotting the feedback-hostile Apple Feedback Assistant, so this blog post is my bug report. The bug was brought to my attention by a reader of my blog, who said that it was introduced in iOS 26 and continues in iOS 27. I’ll illustrate the bug with screenshots. First, you need to save a pdf file to the Files app. I recently filed a WebKit bug report (the WebKit Bugzilla is less hostile than Feedback Assistant) with a sample downloadable pdf, so I used that to test. (Don’t worry, the reported crash was triggered by option-click on macOS.) With the pdf displayed in Safari, open the share sheet and select Save to Files. Save the pdf in the Downloads folder. I start the test with no apps having Files & Folders access in Privacy & Security Settings. In the Files app, I tap the downloaded pdf to open it. The pdf opens in Preview app. Unlike on macOS, there’s no main menu bar with the app name, but the app switcher confirms that the pdf is open in Preview app. Looking at Privacy &…

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