Browser PDF viewer not working in Safari

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Environment*

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Operating System: macOS Sonoma 14.2.1

Visual Studio Code Version: 1.91.1 (Universal)

LaTeX Workshop Version: 10.1.0 (Broken since version 9.21.0)

TeX Distribution Version: TeX Live 2023

Safari Version: 17.2.1

Google Chrome Version: 126.0.6478.127

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The Issue*

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Since version 9.21.0, the browser PDF viewer no longer displays the PDF when opened in Safari. When opened in Google Chrome, it works correctly.

Reproduction Steps

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Enable the setting
"latex-workshop.view.pdf.viewer": "browser"
Open and compile a .tex file

Click the "View LaTeX PDF file" button in the toolbar at the top of the file

Expected Behavior

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This is what the preview looks like in Google Chrome (which is what I expect):

This is what the preview looks like in Safari:

Logs

LaTeX Workshop Output*

Please paste the whole log messages below, not parts of ones. The log should start with New log placeholder %WS1% registered.

[10:09:52.397][Logger] New log placeholder %WS1% registered for /Users/mdimeglio/TestProject .
[10:09:52.397][Extension] Initializing LaTeX Workshop.
[10:09:52.471][Build][Recipe] Set $LATEXWORKSHOP_DOCKER_LATEX: ""
[10:09:52.472][Build][Recipe] Set $LATEXWORKSHOP_DOCKER_PATH: "docker"
[10:09:52.500][Server] Creating LaTeX Workshop http and websocket server.
[10:09:52.539][Format][Bib] Bibtex format config: {"tab":"  ","case":"lowercase","left":"{","right":"}","trailingComma":false,"sort":["title"],"alignOnEqual":true,"sortFields":true,"fieldsOrder":[],"firstEntries":["string","xdata"]}
[10:09:52.564][Server] Server successfully started: {"address":"127.0.0.1","family":"IPv4","port":63255} .
[10:09:52.571][Extension] Extension root: /Users/mdimeglio/.vscode/extensions/james-yu.latex-workshop-10.1.0
[10:09:52.571][Extension] $PATH: /Users/mdimeglio/.ghcup/bin:/usr/local/bin:/System/Cryptexes/App/usr/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/var/run/com.apple.security.cryptexd/codex.system/bootstrap/usr/local/bin:/var/run/com.apple.security.cryptexd/codex.system/bootstrap/usr/bin:/var/run/com.apple.security.cryptexd/codex.system/bootstrap/usr/appleinternal/bin:/opt/X11/bin:/Library/TeX/texbin
[10:09:52.571][Extension] $SHELL: /bin/zsh
[10:09:52.571][Extension] $LANG: undefined
[10:09:52.571][Extension] $LC_ALL: undefined
[10:09:52.571][Extension] process.platform: darwin
[10:09:52.571][Extension] process.arch: arm64
[10:09:52.571][Extension] vscode.env.appName: Visual Studio Code
[10:09:52.571][Extension] vscode.env.remoteName: undefined
[10:09:52.571][Extension] vscode.env.uiKind: 1
[10:09:52.572][Config] latex-workshop.latex.recipes: [{"name":"latexmk 🔃","tools":["latexmk"]},{"name":"latexmk (latexmkrc)","tools":["latexmk_rconly"]},{"name":"latexmk (lualatex)","tools":["lualatexmk"]},{"name":"latexmk (xelatex)","tools":["xelatexmk"]},{"name":"pdflatex ➞ biber ➞ pdflatex × 2","tools":["pdflatex","biber","pdflatex","pdflatex"]},{"name":"pdflatex ➞ bibtex ➞ pdflatex × 2","tools":["pdflatex","bibtex","pdflatex","pdflatex"]},{"name":"Compile Rnw files","tools":["rnw2tex","latexmk"]},{"name":"Compile Jnw files","tools":["jnw2tex","latexmk"]},{"name":"tectonic","tools":["tectonic"]}] .
[10:09:52.573][Config] latex-workshop.latex.tools: [{"name":"latexmk","command":"latexmk","args":["-synctex=1","-interaction=nonstopmode","-file-line-error","-pdf","-outdir=%OUTDIR%","%DOC%"],"env":{}},{"name":"lualatexmk","command":"latexmk","args":["-synctex=1","-interaction=nonstopmode","-file-line-error","-lualatex","-outdir=%OUTDIR%","%DOC%"],"env":{}},{"name":"xelatexmk","command":"latexmk","args":["-synctex=1","-interaction=nonstopmode","-file-line-error","-xelatex","-outdir=%OUTDIR%","%DOC%"],"env":{}},{"name":"latexmk_rconly","command":"latexmk","args":["%DOC%"],"env":{}},{"name":"pdflatex","command":"pdflatex","args":["-synctex=1","-interaction=nonstopmode","-file-line-error","-output-directory=%OUTDIR%","%DOC%"],"env":{}},{"name":"bibtex","command":"bibtex","args":["%DOCFILE%"],"env":{}},{"name":"rnw2tex","command":"Rscript","args":["-e","knitr::opts_knit$set(concordance = TRUE); knitr::knit('%DOCFILE_EXT%')"],"env":{}},{"name":"jnw2tex","command":"julia","args":["-e","using Weave; weave(\"%DOC_EXT%\", doctype=\"tex\")"],"env":{}},{"name":"jnw2texmintex","command":"julia","args":["-e","using Weave; weave(\"%DOC_EXT%\", doctype=\"texminted\")"],"env":{}},{"name":"tectonic","command":"tectonic","args":["--synctex","--keep-logs","%DOC%.tex"],"env":{}},{"name":"biber","command":"biber","args":["--output-directory=%OUTDIR%","%DOCFILE%"]}] .
[10:09:52.574][Config] latex-workshop.latex.outDir: "%WORKSPACE_FOLDER%/build/%RELATIVE_DIR%" .
[10:09:52.575][Config] latex-workshop.latex.rootFile.useSubFile: false .
[10:09:52.576][Config] latex-workshop.latex.autoBuild.run: "onSave" .
[10:09:52.578][Config] latex-workshop.view.outline.sync.viewer: true .
[10:09:52.579][Config] latex-workshop.view.pdf.viewer: "browser" .
[10:09:52.579][Config] latex-workshop.view.pdf.internal.synctex.keybinding: "double-click" .
[10:09:52.602][Config] latex-workshop.bibtex-format.sortby: ["title"] .
[10:09:52.602][Config] latex-workshop.bibtex-format.sort.enabled: true .
[10:09:52.602][Config] latex-workshop.bibtex-fields.sort.enabled: true .
[10:09:52.603][Config] editor.acceptSuggestionOnEnter: "off" .
[10:09:52.607][Extension] Trigger characters for intellisense of LaTeX documents: ["\\",",","{","}"]
[10:09:52.608][Root] Current workspace folders: ["file://%WS1%"]
[10:09:52.608][Extension] LaTeX Workshop initialized.
[10:09:52.608][Root] Found root file from active editor: %WS1%/main.tex
[10:09:52.609][Root] Root file changed: from %WS1%/main.tex to %WS1%/main.tex, langID latex . Refresh dependencies
[10:09:52.609][Event] ROOT_FILE_CHANGED: "%WS1%/main.tex"
[10:09:52.609][Cacher][Watcher] Reset.
[10:09:52.609][Cacher][Watcher] Reset.
[10:09:52.610][Cacher] Adding %WS1%/main.tex .
[10:09:52.611][Cacher][Watcher] Watched %WS1%/main.tex with a new .* watcher on %WS1% .
[10:09:52.611][Event] FILE_WATCHED: "%WS1%/main.tex"
[10:09:52.611][Cacher] Caching %WS1%/main.tex .
[10:09:52.612][Event] ROOT_FILE_SEARCHED
[10:09:52.613][Server] valdOrigin is http://127.0.0.1:63255
[10:09:52.621][Cacher] Updated inputs of %WS1%/main.tex .
[10:09:52.621][Cacher] Parse LaTeX AST: %WS1%/main.tex .
[10:09:52.653][Cacher] Parsed LaTeX AST in 32.34 ms: %WS1%/main.tex .
[10:09:52.653][File] Calling kpsewhich to resolve article.cls .
[10:09:52.771][File] kpsewhich returned with '/usr/local/texlive/2023/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/article.cls'.
[10:09:52.772][Cacher] Updated elements in 118.75 ms: %WS1%/main.tex .
[10:09:52.772][Event] FILE_PARSED: "%WS1%/main.tex"
[10:09:52.773][Structure] Structure force updated with 0 root sections for %WS1%/main.tex .
[10:09:52.773][Event] STRUCTURE_UPDATED
[10:09:55.009][Commander] BUILD command invoked.
[10:09:55.010][Build] The document of the active editor: file://%WS1%/main.tex
[10:09:55.010][Build] The languageId of the document: latex
[10:09:55.010][Root] Current workspace folders: ["file://%WS1%"]
[10:09:55.011][Root] Found root file from active editor: %WS1%/main.tex
[10:09:55.011][Root] Keep using the same root file: %WS1%/main.tex
[10:09:55.011][Event] ROOT_FILE_SEARCHED
[10:09:55.012][Event] STRUCTURE_UPDATED
[10:09:55.012][Build] Building root file: %WS1%/main.tex
[10:09:55.012][Build][Recipe] Build root file %WS1%/main.tex
[10:09:55.014][Build][Recipe] Preparing to run recipe: latexmk 🔃.
[10:09:55.014][Build][Recipe] Prepared 1 tools.
[10:09:55.029][Build][Recipe] outDir: %WS1%/build .
[10:09:55.030][Build] Recipe step 1 The command is latexmk:["-synctex=1","-interaction=nonstopmode","-file-line-error","-pdf","-outdir=%WS1%/build/","%WS1%/main"].
[10:09:55.030][Build] env: {}
[10:09:55.030][Build] root: %WS1%/main.tex
[10:09:55.030][Build] cwd: %WS1%
[10:09:55.033][Build] LaTeX build process spawned with PID 7269.
[10:09:56.019][Parser][TexLog] Logged 0 messages.
[10:09:56.020][Build] Finished a step in recipe with PID 7269.
[10:09:56.020][Build] Successfully built %WS1%/main.tex .
[10:09:56.020][Event] BUILD_DONE
[10:09:56.020][Viewer] Call refreshExistingViewer: "%WS1%/build/main.pdf" .
[10:09:56.020][Viewer] Not found PDF viewers to refresh: %WS1%/build/main.pdf
[10:09:56.021][Cacher] Parsing .fls %WS1%/build/main.fls .
[10:09:56.024][Cacher] Found .aux %WS1%/build/main.aux from .fls %WS1%/build/main.fls , parsing.
[10:09:56.024][Cacher] Parsed .aux %WS1%/build/main.aux .
[10:09:56.024][Cacher] Parsed .fls %WS1%/build/main.fls .
[10:10:02.764][Commander] VIEW command invoked with mode: file://%WS1%/main.tex.
[10:10:02.764][Root] Current workspace folders: ["file://%WS1%"]
[10:10:02.764][Root] Found root file from active editor: %WS1%/main.tex
[10:10:02.764][Root] Keep using the same root file: %WS1%/main.tex
[10:10:02.765][Event] ROOT_FILE_SEARCHED
[10:10:02.765][Event] STRUCTURE_UPDATED
[10:10:02.766][Cacher][Watcher] Watched %WS1%/build/main.pdf with a new .pdf watcher on %WS1%/build .
[10:10:02.767][Event] FILE_WATCHED: "%WS1%/build/main.pdf"
[10:10:02.767][Viewer] Serving PDF file at http://127.0.0.1:63255/viewer.html?file=pdf..ZmlsZSUzQSUyRiUyRiUyRlVzZXJzJTJGbWRpbWVnbGlvJTJGVGVzdFByb2plY3QlMkZidWlsZCUyRm1haW4ucGRm
[10:10:02.768][Viewer] Open PDF viewer for file://%WS1%/build/main.pdf
[10:10:02.974][Viewer] Handle data type: open
[10:10:10.181][Event] STRUCTURE_UPDATED

Developer Tools Console

Please paste the whole log messages below, not parts of ones. This console logs can sometimes be very important in many cases. To access the log, click Help -> Toggle Developer Tools -> Console.

INFO Started local extension host with pid 7229.
workspace.contribution.ts:330 AI generated workspace trust dialog contents not available.
(anonymous) @ workspace.contribution.ts:330
log.ts:419  INFO [perf] Render performance baseline is 19ms
TMScopeRegistry.ts:46 Overwriting grammar scope name to file mapping for scope text.tex.
Old grammar file: file:///Applications/Visual%20Studio%20Code.app/Contents/Resources/app/extensions/latex/syntaxes/TeX.tmLanguage.json.
New grammar file: file:///Users/mdimeglio/.vscode/extensions/james-yu.latex-workshop-10.1.0/syntax/TeX.tmLanguage.json
register @ TMScopeRegistry.ts:46
TMScopeRegistry.ts:46 Overwriting grammar scope name to file mapping for scope text.tex.latex.
Old grammar file: file:///Applications/Visual%20Studio%20Code.app/Contents/Resources/app/extensions/latex/syntaxes/LaTeX.tmLanguage.json.
New grammar file: file:///Users/mdimeglio/.vscode/extensions/james-yu.latex-workshop-10.1.0/syntax/LaTeX.tmLanguage.json
register @ TMScopeRegistry.ts:46
TMScopeRegistry.ts:46 Overwriting grammar scope name to file mapping for scope text.bibtex.
Old grammar file: file:///Applications/Visual%20Studio%20Code.app/Contents/Resources/app/extensions/latex/syntaxes/Bibtex.tmLanguage.json.
New grammar file: file:///Users/mdimeglio/.vscode/extensions/james-yu.latex-workshop-10.1.0/syntax/Bibtex.tmLanguage.json
register @ TMScopeRegistry.ts:46
TMScopeRegistry.ts:46 Overwriting grammar scope name to file mapping for scope text.tex.markdown_latex_combined.
Old grammar file: file:///Applications/Visual%20Studio%20Code.app/Contents/Resources/app/extensions/latex/syntaxes/markdown-latex-combined.tmLanguage.json.
New grammar file: file:///Users/mdimeglio/.vscode/extensions/james-yu.latex-workshop-10.1.0/syntax/markdown-latex-combined.tmLanguage.json
register @ TMScopeRegistry.ts:46
TMScopeRegistry.ts:46 Overwriting grammar scope name to file mapping for scope source.cpp.embedded.latex.
Old grammar file: file:///Applications/Visual%20Studio%20Code.app/Contents/Resources/app/extensions/latex/syntaxes/cpp-grammar-bailout.tmLanguage.json.
New grammar file: file:///Users/mdimeglio/.vscode/extensions/james-yu.latex-workshop-10.1.0/syntax/cpp-grammar-bailout.tmLanguage.json

Safari console

[Error] ReferenceError: Can't find variable: PDFViewerApplication
    (anonymous function) (gui.js:200)
[Error] Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 404 (Not Found) (refresh.js.map, line 0)
[Error] Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 404 (Not Found) (connection.js.map, line 0)
[Error] Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 404 (Not Found) (utils.js.map, line 0)
[Error] Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 404 (Not Found) (trimming.js.map, line 0)
[Error] Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 404 (Not Found) (gui.js.map, line 0)
[Error] Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 404 (Not Found) (state.js.map, line 0)
[Error] Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 404 (Not Found) (synctex.js.map, line 0)
[Error] Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 404 (Not Found) (pdf.mjs.map, line 0)
[Error] Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 404 (Not Found) (latexworkshop.js.map, line 0)
[Error] Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 404 (Not Found) (viewerhistory.js.map, line 0)
[Error] Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 404 (Not Found) (l10n.js.map, line 0)
> Selected Element
[Error] Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 404 (Not Found) (pdf.worker.mjs.map, line 0)
< <div id="viewerContainer" tabindex="0">…</div>
[Error] ReferenceError: Can't find variable: PDFViewerApplication
    (anonymous function) (gui.js:200)

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Browser PDF viewer not working in Safari #4316