Text files with .sql extension not downloadable with macOS safari

[willcohen]

Summary:

Steps to reproduce:

1. Upload a .sql text file to a Canvas course and add it to a module.
2. As a student or instructor, in macOS Safari, open that file for viewing via the module and attempt to download
3. Look at what gets downloaded by Safari.

Expected behavior:

The original .sql file uploaded to Canvas should be in the downloads folder, just like what happens with Firefox and Chrome.

Actual behavior:

A file called true.html downloads instead, with the following content:

Additional notes:

[willcohen]

As a workaround, right clicking on the link and opening in a new tab does cause safari to download it correctly, but this is not self-evident to students.

[itsTurner]

Hey, Will!

I've been having the same behavior with .tex files on Safari 15.6.1.

I wonder if this comes from the download attribute directed to a separate download URL – is there precent for this functionality in Safari differing from Firefox or Chrome?

Does anyone have hints as to where this might be coming from? Would love to work on a solution.