IOS doesn't receive Dynamic Links on first install (No pre-install link matched for this device)

[scotch-formitable]

Description

Referencing an old issue that was closed by the bot: #7406

#7406

We are seeing an issue where the deferred dynamic link is not picked up when using the Skip app preview for ios. In the console is: (No pre-install link matched for this device)

Can we reopen this old issue or look into this properly as its affecting us and undocumented.

Reproducing the issue

Steps to reproduce:

1. App not installed previously
2. Tap Dynamic Link
3. Device show App Store page for app
4. From Xcode build and run app
5. Wait for console error "No pre-install link matched for this device"

Firebase SDK Version

firebase_dynamic_links: ^5.0.15, firebase_core: ^2.5.0

Xcode Version

14.2.0

Installation Method

CocoaPods

Firebase Product(s)

DynamicLinks

Targeted Platforms

iOS

Relevant Log Output

No response

If using Swift Package Manager, the project's Package.resolved

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If using CocoaPods, the project's Podfile.lock

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[google-oss-bot]

I couldn't figure out how to label this issue, so I've labeled it for a human to triage. Hang tight.

[ruairioliverwv]

I'm stuck on this as well. I'm using a custom domain. If I use the firebase default domain it works fine.

There are a few issues related to this and they keep getting closed. It's a valid issue.

[scotch-formitable]

This also happens if we suppress the allow paste pop up that is new to IOS by using the Flag in the Plist. Very annoying.

[ruairioliverwv]

Looks like this issue has been around since 2018. Any chance of it being looked at?

https://github.com/firebase/firebase-ios-sdk/issues/1244

Tagging @morganchen12 as involved in the original issue.

Easy enough to recreate, dynamic link with a custom domain and skip app preview page enabled. Not received after install

"No pre-install link matched for this device"

Thanks

[rizafran]

Sorry for the trouble. I've raised this issue to the FDL team, and I'll let you know once I got an update.

[ruairioliverwv]

Thanks @rizafran, much appreciated!

[thomast74]

We have the same issue. Would love this issue to resolved for custom domains, with *.page.link domains it is working perfectly fine. If I use a Dynamic Link with efr=1 (no preview page) I see the following request failing:

https:///_/DurableDeepLinkUi/data/batchexecute?rpcids=C2fiEc&source-path=%2F&f.sid=-4510021496100025375&bl=boq_durabledeeplinkserver_20230410.08_p0&hl=en-US&_reqid=55435&rt=c

It fails with a 405 error: The server cannot process the request because it is malformed. It should not be retried.

The same request for a page.link domain does return a 200 without error. I'm not sure if that maybe makes a difference but feels like something is not right there.

[paulb777]

The Firebase Dynamic Links service will be shutdown on August 25, 2025. In the meantime, only critical or security issues will be fixed in the SDK.

More at https://firebase.google.com/support/dynamic-links-faq