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🐛 Bug Report: TechDocs ReportIssue is not working in Safari browser #28049

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@mrackoa

Description

📜 Description

Unfortunately we cannot use ReportIssue addon from @backstage/plugin-techdocs-module-addons-contrib for the docs in Safari. Simply it is not working. Open new Github issue doesn't popup on highlighted text in Safari.

👍 Expected behavior

Open new Github issue popup appears when text in tech docs is highlighted in Safari. (screenshot taken from Chrome)
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👎 Actual Behavior with Screenshots

Open new Github issue popup doesn't appear when text in tech docs is highlighted in Safari. Works in FireFox and Chrome. (screenshot taken from Safair)
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👟 Reproduction steps

  1. Use Safari: Version 18.1.1
  2. Have GitHub repository with Issues enabled and tech docs.
  3. Register such an entity in Backstage with techdocs annotation.
  4. Go the page of docs in Backstage
  5. Highlight any text
  6. Open new Github issue popup doesn't appear

📃 Provide the context for the Bug.

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🖥️ Your Environment

OS: Darwin 24.1.0 - darwin/arm64
node: v18.20.3
yarn: 4.4.1
cli: 0.28.2 (installed)
backstage: 1.32.5

Dependencies:
@backstage/app-defaults 1.5.12
@backstage/backend-app-api 1.0.1
@backstage/backend-common 0.23.3, 0.24.1, 0.25.0
@backstage/backend-defaults 0.5.2
@backstage/backend-dev-utils 0.1.5
@backstage/backend-openapi-utils 0.2.0
@backstage/backend-plugin-api 0.7.0, 0.8.1, 1.0.1
@backstage/backend-tasks 0.5.27, 0.6.1
@backstage/backend-test-utils 1.0.2
@backstage/catalog-client 1.7.1
@backstage/catalog-model 1.7.0
@backstage/cli-common 0.1.14
@backstage/cli-node 0.2.9
@backstage/cli 0.28.2
@backstage/config-loader 1.9.1
@backstage/config 1.2.0
@backstage/core-app-api 1.15.1
@backstage/core-compat-api 0.2.8, 0.3.1
@backstage/core-components 0.14.10, 0.15.1
@backstage/core-plugin-api 1.10.0
@backstage/e2e-test-utils 0.1.1
@backstage/errors 1.2.4
@backstage/eslint-plugin 0.1.10
@backstage/frontend-app-api 0.10.0
@backstage/frontend-defaults 0.1.1
@backstage/frontend-plugin-api 0.7.0, 0.9.0
@backstage/frontend-test-utils 0.2.1
@backstage/integration-aws-node 0.1.12
@backstage/integration-react 1.2.0
@backstage/integration 1.15.1
@backstage/plugin-api-docs 0.11.11
@backstage/plugin-app-backend 0.3.76
@backstage/plugin-app-node 0.1.26
@backstage/plugin-app 0.1.1
@backstage/plugin-auth-backend-module-atlassian-provider 0.3.1
@backstage/plugin-auth-backend-module-auth0-provider 0.1.1
@backstage/plugin-auth-backend-module-aws-alb-provider 0.2.1
@backstage/plugin-auth-backend-module-azure-easyauth-provider 0.2.1
@backstage/plugin-auth-backend-module-bitbucket-provider 0.2.1
@backstage/plugin-auth-backend-module-bitbucket-server-provider 0.1.1
@backstage/plugin-auth-backend-module-cloudflare-access-provider 0.3.1
@backstage/plugin-auth-backend-module-gcp-iap-provider 0.3.1
@backstage/plugin-auth-backend-module-github-provider 0.2.1
@backstage/plugin-auth-backend-module-gitlab-provider 0.2.1
@backstage/plugin-auth-backend-module-google-provider 0.2.1
@backstage/plugin-auth-backend-module-microsoft-provider 0.2.1
@backstage/plugin-auth-backend-module-oauth2-provider 0.3.1
@backstage/plugin-auth-backend-module-oauth2-proxy-provider 0.2.1
@backstage/plugin-auth-backend-module-oidc-provider 0.3.1
@backstage/plugin-auth-backend-module-okta-provider 0.1.1
@backstage/plugin-auth-backend-module-onelogin-provider 0.2.1
@backstage/plugin-auth-backend 0.23.1
@backstage/plugin-auth-node 0.5.3
@backstage/plugin-auth-react 0.1.7
@backstage/plugin-bitbucket-cloud-common 0.2.24
@backstage/plugin-catalog-backend-module-bitbucket-server 0.2.3
@backstage/plugin-catalog-backend-module-github-org 0.3.3
@backstage/plugin-catalog-backend-module-github 0.7.6
@backstage/plugin-catalog-backend-module-scaffolder-entity-model 0.2.1
@backstage/plugin-catalog-backend-module-unprocessed 0.5.1
@backstage/plugin-catalog-backend 1.27.1
@backstage/plugin-catalog-common 1.1.0
@backstage/plugin-catalog-graph 0.4.11
@backstage/plugin-catalog-import 0.12.5
@backstage/plugin-catalog-node 1.13.1
@backstage/plugin-catalog-react 1.14.0
@backstage/plugin-catalog-unprocessed-entities-common 0.0.4
@backstage/plugin-catalog-unprocessed-entities 0.2.9
@backstage/plugin-catalog 1.24.0
@backstage/plugin-devtools-backend 0.4.1
@backstage/plugin-devtools-common 0.1.12
@backstage/plugin-devtools 0.1.19
@backstage/plugin-events-backend-module-github 0.2.13
@backstage/plugin-events-backend 0.3.15
@backstage/plugin-events-node 0.4.4
@backstage/plugin-home-react 0.1.18
@backstage/plugin-home 0.8.0
@backstage/plugin-kubernetes-backend 0.18.7
@backstage/plugin-kubernetes-cluster 0.0.17
@backstage/plugin-kubernetes-common 0.8.3
@backstage/plugin-kubernetes-node 0.1.20
@backstage/plugin-kubernetes-react 0.4.4
@backstage/plugin-kubernetes 0.11.16
@backstage/plugin-notifications-backend 0.4.2
@backstage/plugin-notifications-common 0.0.5
@backstage/plugin-notifications-node 0.2.8
@backstage/plugin-notifications 0.3.2
@backstage/plugin-org 0.6.31
@backstage/plugin-permission-backend 0.5.50
@backstage/plugin-permission-common 0.8.1
@backstage/plugin-permission-node 0.8.4
@backstage/plugin-permission-react 0.4.27
@backstage/plugin-proxy-backend 0.5.7
@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-backend-module-azure 0.2.1
@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-backend-module-bitbucket-cloud 0.2.1
@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-backend-module-bitbucket-server 0.2.1
@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-backend-module-bitbucket 0.3.1
@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-backend-module-confluence-to-markdown 0.3.1
@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-backend-module-gerrit 0.2.1
@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-backend-module-gitea 0.2.1
@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-backend-module-github 0.5.1
@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-backend-module-gitlab 0.6.0
@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-backend 1.26.2
@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-common 1.5.6
@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-node 0.4.11, 0.5.0
@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-react 1.13.2
@backstage/plugin-scaffolder 1.26.2
@backstage/plugin-search-backend-module-catalog 0.2.4
@backstage/plugin-search-backend-module-pg 0.5.37
@backstage/plugin-search-backend-module-techdocs 0.3.1
@backstage/plugin-search-backend-node 1.3.4
@backstage/plugin-search-backend 1.6.1
@backstage/plugin-search-common 1.2.14
@backstage/plugin-search-react 1.8.1
@backstage/plugin-search 1.4.18
@backstage/plugin-signals-backend 0.2.2
@backstage/plugin-signals-node 0.1.13
@backstage/plugin-signals-react 0.0.6
@backstage/plugin-signals 0.0.11
@backstage/plugin-techdocs-backend 1.11.1
@backstage/plugin-techdocs-common 0.1.0
@backstage/plugin-techdocs-module-addons-contrib 1.1.16
@backstage/plugin-techdocs-node 1.12.12
@backstage/plugin-techdocs-react 1.2.9
@backstage/plugin-techdocs 1.11.0
@backstage/plugin-user-settings-backend 0.2.26
@backstage/plugin-user-settings-common 0.0.1
@backstage/plugin-user-settings 0.8.14
@backstage/release-manifests 0.0.11
@backstage/test-utils 1.7.0
@backstage/theme 0.5.7, 0.6.0
@backstage/types 1.1.1
@backstage/version-bridge 1.0.10

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