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Known Limitations

Platform constraints that affect automation behavior.

iOS: "Allow Paste" dialog suppressed under XCUITest

iOS 16+ shows an "Allow Paste" system prompt when an app reads UIPasteboard.general in the foreground. When an app is launched or activated through the XCUITest runner (which agent-device uses for iOS), the iOS runtime detects the testing context and silently grants pasteboard access — the prompt never appears.

This is an Apple platform constraint that affects all XCUITest-based automation tools.

Workarounds:

  • Pre-fill the pasteboard via simctl — set clipboard content without triggering the dialog: 
    echo "some text" | xcrun simctl pbcopy booted
  • Test the dialog manually — the "Allow Paste" UX cannot be exercised through XCUITest-based automation.