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Cortex XDR Agent iOS App
Product
Cortex XDR Agent
Cortex XDR
Version
8.8
Creation date
2025-04-17
Last date published
2025-08-11
Category
Administrator Guide

Cortex XDR agent App for iOS Version 8.8.3

This release includes the following addressed issue:

  • Critical bug fix in agent registration.

Cortex XDR agent App for iOS Version 8.8.2

This release includes the following addressed issue:

  • Critical bug fix in agent registration.

Cortex XDR agent App for iOS Version 8.8.1

This release includes the following addressed issue:

  • A mobile agent that has been inactive for an extended period will now automatically register itself on reconnection.

Cortex XDR agent App for iOS Version 8.8

The following table describes the new features and enhancements in this release of the Cortex XDR agent iOS app.

Feature

Description

URL validation

The Cortex XDR app now lets you test any URL, using the new Share option. You can safely select the link and share it by selecting the option Validate URL with Cortex XDR. The link will be diagnosed with the Palo Alto Advanced URL Filtering engine, and you will receive an informative summary page about the result of the test. This summary will include information such as whether the link is malicious or not, and the associated site categories and risk level.

To enable this feature, ensure that the URL filtering module is enabled.

Safari Safeguard enhancements

  • Improved security event synchronization.

  • The Safari Safeguard module now also handles heartbeat synchronization with the Cortex XDR or Cortex XSIAM tenant.

User interface and experience

This release contains minor user interface and experience enhancements and bug fixes.

Minor fixes and enhancements

This release contains minor enhancements and bug fixes.

Known Issues

The following table describes known issues in the Cortex XDR agent iOS app.

Feature

Description

N/A

The Cortex XDR agent app for iOS is not available when the Apple App Store is accessed from the People's Republic of China.

Network Shield module

Automatic registration, facilitated by providing the distributionID in the payload configuration profile for network filtering, is only supported in iOS version 17 or higher.

Safari Safeguard module

For Cortex XDR apps earlier than version 8.5.0, an issue in iOS versions 17.4 and higher causes the Cortex XDR agent's Safari Safeguard module, and anything based on Safari Web Extensions, to stop working after a short period of time. Apple has confirmed the issue, but a complete fix resolving the issue has not been released yet.

Cortex XDR 8.5.0 includes a fix with a workaround for the issue that Apple introduced in iOS 17.4. With this fix, Safari Safeguard is now expected to work on all supported iOS versions.