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RFC 8252, "OAuth 2.0 for Native Apps", October 2017

Source of RFC: oauth (sec)

Errata ID: 5848
Status: Rejected
Type: Technical
Publication Format(s) : TEXT

Reported By: Bayard Bell
Date Reported: 2019-08-26
Rejected by: Benjamin Kaduk
Date Rejected: 2019-08-30

Section Appendix B.1 says:

Apps can initiate an authorization request in the browser, without
the user leaving the app, through the "SFSafariViewController" class
or its successor "SFAuthenticationSession", which implement the in-
app browser tab pattern.  Safari can be used to handle requests on
old versions of iOS without in-app browser tab functionality.

It should say:

Apps can initiate an authorization request in the browser, without
the user leaving the app, through the "ASWebAuthenticationSession"
class or its successors "SFAuthenticationSession" and
"SFSafariViewController", which implement the in-app browser tab
pattern.  The first of these allows calls to a handler registered
for the AS URL, consistent with Section 7.2. The latter two classes,
now deprecated, can use Safari to handle requests on old versions of
iOS without in-app browser tab functionality.

Notes:

SFAuthenticationSession documentation reflects deprecated status:

https://developer.apple.com/documentation/safariservices/sfauthenticationsession

Here's the documentation for ASWebAuthenticationSession:

https://developer.apple.com/documentation/authenticationservices/aswebauthenticationsession
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