{"id":12039,"date":"2022-03-15T16:03:41","date_gmt":"2022-03-15T20:03:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/local.brightwhiz\/?p=12039"},"modified":"2022-03-15T16:03:43","modified_gmt":"2022-03-15T20:03:43","slug":"error-with-permissions-policy-header-parse-of-permissions-policy-failed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/local.brightwhiz\/error-with-permissions-policy-header-parse-of-permissions-policy-failed\/","title":{"rendered":"Error with Permissions-Policy header: Parse of permissions policy failed [Solved]"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

You may have rightly implemented the Permissions policy on your web server and got this in your console “Error with Permissions-Policy header: Parse of permissions policy failed because of errors reported by structured header parser.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That is a sign that your implementation of that header is incorrect. Therefore, in this article, we will help you rectify the above issue and explain the solution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The above error is related to the new Permissions-Policy HTTP<\/a> header that is implemented as a replacement to the existing Feature-Policy header which is used to handle the client permissions and other important features.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Permissions-Policy HTTP header uses a structured syntax giving the website more strict controls and applying restrictions on which origins get to access some features on the end user’s devices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fixing the Error with Permissions-Policy Header<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This is the format of the header that can be placed in the Apache<\/a> apache.conf<\/code>, the .htaccess<\/code> file, or in the Nginx nginx.conf<\/code> file.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Permissions-Policy: fullscreen=(self "https:\/\/example.com" "https:\/\/another.example.com"),\n    geolocation=*, camera=(), microphone=(), gyroscope=(), payment=("https:\/\/*.paypal.com")<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n

This differs from the older Feature-Policy header as shown here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Feature-Policy: fullscreen 'self' https:\/\/example.com https:\/\/another.example.com;\ngeolocation ; camera 'none'; microphone 'none'; gyroscope 'none'; payment https:\/\/.paypal.com<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n

These are the differences to look out for that might be the cause of errors in the Permissions-Policy header when trying to use the Feature-Policy syntax.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  • self<\/code> and *<\/code> are tokens, and don’t need to be quoted.<\/li>
  • Origins<\/code> are strings representing domain names and should be enclosed within double quotes.<\/li>
  • Allow lists are normally enclosed in parentheses and can be omitted if there is only a single element.<\/li>
  • Decalarations are separated by a comma (,<\/code>) and not semi-colons (;<\/code>).<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    Conclusion<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    Hopefully going forward you won’t encounter the “Error with Permissions-Policy header: Parse of permissions policy failed because of errors reported by structured header parser.” message after you set your Permissions-Policy header correctly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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