From b8ddf8783ad1d2dd30e5fd9d522e7ac4d9e2cc56 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michal Smaga <msmaga@duckduckgo.com>
Date: Wed, 6 Nov 2024 13:25:19 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Use WebKit delegate flow for handling opening a new tab from
 _blank links

---
 DuckDuckGo/TabViewController.swift | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/DuckDuckGo/TabViewController.swift b/DuckDuckGo/TabViewController.swift
index 94a89dec38..033233bb8b 100644
--- a/DuckDuckGo/TabViewController.swift
+++ b/DuckDuckGo/TabViewController.swift
@@ -1974,8 +1974,8 @@ extension TabViewController: WKNavigationDelegate {
         }
 
         if isNewTargetBlankRequest(navigationAction: navigationAction) {
-            delegate?.tab(self, didRequestNewTabForUrl: url, openedByPage: true, inheritingAttribution: adClickAttributionLogic.state)
-            completion(.cancel)
+            // Continue loading as WKUIDelegate callback will handle opening a new tab in TabViewController.webView(_:createWebViewWith:for:windowFeatures:)
+            completion(.allow)
             return
         }