I am trying to embed a domain restricted view and/or base onto a website. I've used a Google Site and Notion now and tried it with a view and a base. Chrome consistently works just as intended but Safari does not. In both cases, the embedded view/base loads a little cartoon plant and says I need to sign in. This is important because the cartoon plant is unique to embedding. That means that the embedded view/base recognizes that it's embedded in both Safari and Chrome. I then click sign-in, it opens a new tab, I sign in, and then it says I can close the tab and go back to the embedded view/base. I do that and nothing has changed for Safari or Chrome. The difference is I simply have to refresh Chrome and then it recognizes that it's authenticated, no problems. In Safari, I refresh and it looks exactly the same, still asking me to sign in as if I'm not already signed in. I'm pretty sure that this is a bug in Airtable that needs to be addressed and not something particular to my setup. I've tried clearing caches, turning extensions off, using private browsing mode. Nothing I do can get an embedded Airtable to recognize that I'm signed in on Safari.
An old question, but I stumbled on here trying to figure out a similar issue with embedded forms, which were requiring sign-in (showing the same plant icon), but then not registering that I actually had signed in.
For me, this issue was actually appearing in Chrome. It turns out the issue had to do with 3rd party cookies. In Chrome, you can go to chrome://settings/cookies and enable them for all sites, or add specific sites. In Safari, it looks like there is no equivalent setting - 3rd party cookies are just blocked, so embeds that require sign in will not work. Annoying, but looks like it’s on Apple’s end, not Airtable’s.
Hmm this is interesting
FYI first response will probably be AI generated, but if you answer back and ask for a human answer they will get back to you with an actual human answer :D
Hope this kind of helps? I’ll keep an eye open for this one.
Mike, Consultant @ Automatic Nation
Apple‘a Safari web browser absolutely allows 3rd-party cookies. It wouldn’t be a functional web browser if it didn’t.
Do an Internet search for “how to allow 3rd party cookies Safari”, and you will see which preferences you need to adjust.
Hope this helps!
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