Search bar not showing in Chrome on ipadOS without 'requesting desktop site'

[Derek]

Search bar on confluence main page is not showing unless end user requests 'desktop' site

[Dan Breyen]

Hi Derek, I'm wondering if it works the way you expect it to if you use the Confluence app for iPad?  That might be an acceptable workaround. I can't reproduce it using Chrome on my iPhone right now.  Would need to try on iPad later. Otherwise, if you are on latest iPadOS and latest Chrome, if it's replicatable I would suggest opening a support ticket with Atlassian at support.atlassian.com and get an official answer.  I would think it should work with Chrome running on iOS. 

Hope that helps.

[Derek]

Thanks Dan, 
I did open a support ticket and they said it's 'expected behavior - it should happen for every mobile browser, not only Chrome.' The issue why we need to use browser based is we have guest users in spaces and the app does not suppose guest access from the testing we've done.