Issue: External file links behave differently in SCORM vs LMS UI

After digging into this a bit, it looks like this behavior is tied to how SCORM runs in the browser. SCORM content is launched in a sandboxed context, and in that environment cookies and authentication headers aren’t always passed reliably. Because of that, domain‑based access works from standard LMS pages but breaks when the same link is launched from embedded SCORM content. From what I can tell, this is expected browser behavior rather than a configuration issue.

I'm asking my LMS provider if they support secure external content launches from SCORM‑hosted courses—such as LMS‑generated signed URLs or LMS‑mediated redirects—so access doesn’t depend on browser state.