Configure ephemeral URLSession for iOS 18.4 simulator to avoid network failures.

Author: tusharkhandelwal8

FirebaseRemoteConfig/Sources/RCNConfigFetch.m

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #import "FirebaseRemoteConfig/Sources/RCNConfigConstants.h"
 #import "FirebaseRemoteConfig/Sources/RCNConfigContent.h"
 #import "FirebaseRemoteConfig/Sources/RCNConfigExperiment.h"
+#import "FirebaseRemoteConfig/Sources/RCNConfigURLSession.h"
 #import "FirebaseRemoteConfig/Sources/RCNDevice.h"
 @import FirebaseRemoteConfigInterop;
 
@@ -640,8 +641,7 @@ - (NSString *)constructServerURL {
 }
 
 - (NSURLSession *)newFetchSession {
-  NSURLSessionConfiguration *config =
-      [[NSURLSessionConfiguration defaultSessionConfiguration] copy];
+  NSURLSessionConfiguration *config = [RCNConfigURLSession RemoteConfigURLSession];
   config.timeoutIntervalForRequest = _settings.fetchTimeout;
   config.timeoutIntervalForResource = _settings.fetchTimeout;
   NSURLSession *session = [NSURLSession sessionWithConfiguration:config];

FirebaseRemoteConfig/Sources/RCNConfigURLSession.h

@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2025 Google LLC
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>
+
+@interface RCNConfigURLSession : NSObject
+
+/// Returns an `NSURLSessionConfiguration` instance suitable for Remote Config requests.
+///
+/// On iOS 18.4+ and visionOS 2.4+ simulators, this method returns an ephemeral session
+/// configuration as a workaround for a network request failure bug. See
+/// https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/777999 for details. For all other environments, the
+/// default session configuration is returned.
++ (NSURLSessionConfiguration *)RemoteConfigURLSession;
+
+@end

FirebaseRemoteConfig/Sources/RCNConfigURLSession.m

@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2025 Google LLC
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+#import "RCNConfigURLSession.h"
+
+@implementation RCNConfigURLSession
+
++ (NSURLSessionConfiguration *)RemoteConfigURLSession {
+  // Check if the current operating system version meets the criteria of the affected simulators.
+  if (@available(iOS 18.4, tvOS 100.0, watchOS 100.0, visionOS 2.4, *)) {
+    // If the app is running on one of the affected simulator versions (or later for iOS and
+    // visionOS), use an ephemeral session configuration. Ephemeral sessions do not persist caches,
+    // cookies, or credential data to disk, which circumvents the known bug.
+    return [[NSURLSessionConfiguration ephemeralSessionConfiguration] copy];
+  }
+  return [[NSURLSessionConfiguration defaultSessionConfiguration] copy];
+}
+
+@end