iOS 14- auto-refresh on webpage containing Unity3d instance

Good evening,

I have a webpage that includes a unity3d instance. Until the latest ios 14 update, it used to work fine both on my ipad 7 10.2’ and my ipad pro 2015 12.9’.

Now, after the update to ios 14, the ipad pro continues to work as intended, while on the ipad 7 (both on safari and, less often, on chrome) a page refresh is triggered at random.

i have read the release notes for the ios 14 upgrade, and it doesn’t mention memory management changes. everything about this problem points to a memory issue though.

unfortunately I am not familiar with the apple ecosystem, though I am currently trying to look into logs and inspectors that can help locate the cause of the refresh.

my question is: given that the web page in question can’t be optimized further, what can I do on my devices (between settings, options, debugging,etc etc) to tackle this problem?

I would stress that the issue is almost certainly caused by the update. Every ipad that hasn’t it installed still works without the refresh happening.

We’re noticing the same random page refreshes in Safari on iPhone with web applications with embedded webGL canvas. I can confirm that this issue has been introduced with iOS 14.
iOS 14- auto-refresh on webpage containing Unity3d instance
 
 
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