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by worthless-trash 297 days ago
The requests are not made, because some operating systems prevent this.

If you're on OSX, the permission to "discover on the local network" prevents it from happening ( System Settings -> Privacy & Security -> Local Network -> yourbrowser )

Could also be 'network' permissions on firefox ( Go to Settings > Privacy & Security > Permissions ) which is on a per site level, but iirc that could be set site-wide at some point.

The other browsers likely have similar configs, but this is what I have found.

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Looks like this is new to MacOS 15 Sequoia, as I don’t see a Local Network option in Sonoma.