CanGoBack/Forward return false until WebView is interacted with

[stavfx]

What happened?

Problem:
In some scenarios, CanGoBack / CanGoForward don't reflect the true state, even though HistoryChanged events fire normally.

Details:
I have a UWP app with a WebView2 on the entire page. The app can accept deep links that are forwarded to the web app and handled internally as react-router navigations, so there are valid flows where the user might not interact with the app at all before the webapp changes the history backstack.

Workaround:
To get around this, I trigger some js script execution when the DOM is loaded and the issue is resolved

            webView.CoreWebView2.DOMContentLoaded += async (sender, event) =>
            {
                await webView.CoreWebView2.ExecuteScriptAsync("1");
            };

Importance

Moderate. My app's user experience is affected, but still usable.

Runtime Channel

Stable release (WebView2 Runtime)

Runtime Version

unknown

SDK Version

1.0.2210.55

Framework

WinUI2/UWP

Operating System

Xbox

OS Version

Xbox Series S 10.0.25398.2923

Repro steps

Create a WebView pointing to a local React App with route { path: "/redirect_test/:c", Component: TestRedirect },
Launch the app and wait for redirects to happen.
Property CanGoBack will always return false.

react component to test with:

const TestRedirect = () => {
  const { c } = useParams();
  const navigate = useNavigate();
  useEffect(() => {
    const timer = setTimeout(() => {
        navigate(`../${1 + parseInt(c)}`, { relative: 'path' })
    }, 2000);
    return () => {
      clearTimeout(timer);
    }
  }, [c]);
  return <Text>Redirecting... #{c}</Text>
};

Repros in Edge Browser

Not Applicable

Regression

Don't know

Last working version (if regression)

No response

[llehn]

Same problem.

I even have a screenshot from CI, where WebView2 reports CanGoBack as false (which fails our test), but with a "go back" button.

On Windows

Runtime 114.0.1823.79
SDK 1.0.1823.32

This seems to happen in 1 of ~5-10 times.

Will update Runtime and SDK to see if still can repro