diff --git a/.github/actions/prepare-ios-build/action.yaml b/.github/actions/prepare-ios-build/action.yaml
index a85e219a0..b772f16a4 100644
--- a/.github/actions/prepare-ios-build/action.yaml
+++ b/.github/actions/prepare-ios-build/action.yaml
@@ -4,16 +4,6 @@ description: Action to prepare environment for ios build
 runs:
   using: composite
   steps:
-    - name: ci/install-os-deps
-      env:
-        HOMEBREW_NO_AUTO_UPDATE: "1"
-      shell: bash
-      run: |
-        echo "::group::install-os-deps"
-        brew install --overwrite python@3.12
-        brew install watchman
-        echo "::endgroup::"
-
     - name: ci/prepare-mobile-build
       uses: ./.github/actions/prepare-mobile-build
 
diff --git a/app/screens/server/index.tsx b/app/screens/server/index.tsx
index 180ef54c6..c6700abd2 100644
--- a/app/screens/server/index.tsx
+++ b/app/screens/server/index.tsx
@@ -290,31 +290,34 @@ const Server = ({
             cancelPing = undefined;
         };
 
-        const serverUrl = await getServerUrlAfterRedirect(pingUrl, !retryWithHttp);
-        if (!serverUrl) {
+        const ping = await getServerUrlAfterRedirect(pingUrl, !retryWithHttp);
+        if (!ping.url) {
             cancelPing();
+            if (retryWithHttp) {
+                const nurl = pingUrl.replace('https:', 'http:');
+                pingServer(nurl, false);
+            } else {
+                setUrlError(getErrorMessage(ping.error, intl));
+                setButtonDisabled(true);
+                setConnecting(false);
+            }
             return;
         }
-        const result = await doPing(serverUrl, true, managedConfig?.timeout ? parseInt(managedConfig?.timeout, 10) : undefined);
+        const result = await doPing(ping.url, true, managedConfig?.timeout ? parseInt(managedConfig?.timeout, 10) : undefined);
 
         if (canceled) {
             return;
         }
 
         if (result.error) {
-            if (retryWithHttp) {
-                const nurl = serverUrl.replace('https:', 'http:');
-                pingServer(nurl, false);
-            } else {
-                setUrlError(getErrorMessage(result.error, intl));
-                setButtonDisabled(true);
-                setConnecting(false);
-            }
+            setUrlError(getErrorMessage(result.error, intl));
+            setButtonDisabled(true);
+            setConnecting(false);
             return;
         }
 
-        canReceiveNotifications(serverUrl, result.canReceiveNotifications as string, intl);
-        const data = await fetchConfigAndLicense(serverUrl, true);
+        canReceiveNotifications(ping.url, result.canReceiveNotifications as string, intl);
+        const data = await fetchConfigAndLicense(ping.url, true);
         if (data.error) {
             setButtonDisabled(true);
             setUrlError(getErrorMessage(data.error, intl));
@@ -332,7 +335,7 @@ const Server = ({
         }
 
         const server = await getServerByIdentifier(data.config.DiagnosticId);
-        const credentials = await getServerCredentials(serverUrl);
+        const credentials = await getServerCredentials(ping.url);
         setConnecting(false);
 
         if (server && server.lastActiveAt > 0 && credentials?.token) {
@@ -344,7 +347,7 @@ const Server = ({
             return;
         }
 
-        displayLogin(serverUrl, data.config!, data.license!);
+        displayLogin(ping.url, data.config!, data.license!);
     };
 
     const transform = useAnimatedStyle(() => {
diff --git a/app/utils/url/index.ts b/app/utils/url/index.ts
index e9c45a386..52d4086c7 100644
--- a/app/utils/url/index.ts
+++ b/app/utils/url/index.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import urlParse from 'url-parse';
 
 import {Files} from '@constants';
 import {emptyFunction} from '@utils/general';
+import {logDebug} from '@utils/log';
 
 import {latinise} from './latinise';
 
@@ -25,8 +26,10 @@ export function sanitizeUrl(url: string, useHttp = false) {
         preUrl = urlParse('https://' + stripTrailingSlashes(url), true);
     }
 
-    if (!protocol || (preUrl.protocol === 'http:' && !useHttp)) {
+    if (preUrl.protocol === 'http:' && !useHttp) {
         protocol = 'https:';
+    } else if (!protocol) {
+        protocol = useHttp ? 'http:' : 'https:';
     }
 
     return stripTrailingSlashes(
@@ -43,12 +46,11 @@ export async function getServerUrlAfterRedirect(serverUrl: string, useHttp = fal
             url = resp.redirectUrls[resp.redirectUrls.length - 1];
         }
     } catch (error) {
-        if (useHttp) {
-            return undefined;
-        }
+        logDebug('getServerUrlAfterRedirect error', url, error);
+        return {error};
     }
 
-    return sanitizeUrl(url, useHttp);
+    return {url: sanitizeUrl(url, useHttp)};
 }
 
 export function stripTrailingSlashes(url = '') {
diff --git a/ios/Mattermost/Info.plist b/ios/Mattermost/Info.plist
index b6753efcc..8a96b6ebf 100644
--- a/ios/Mattermost/Info.plist
+++ b/ios/Mattermost/Info.plist
@@ -46,8 +46,14 @@
 	<dict>
 		<key>NSAllowsArbitraryLoads</key>
 		<true/>
-		<key>NSAllowsLocalNetworking</key>
-		<true/>
+		<key>NSExceptionDomains</key>
+		<dict>
+			<key>localhost</key>
+			<dict>
+				<key>NSExceptionAllowsInsecureHTTPLoads</key>
+				<true/>
+			</dict>
+		</dict>
 	</dict>
 	<key>NSAppleMusicUsageDescription</key>
 	<string>Enabling access to your media library means you can attach files from your media library to your messages in $(PRODUCT_NAME).</string>
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index ed0a835b6..550db4ab7 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "mattermost-mobile",
-      "version": "2.14.0",
+      "version": "2.15.0",
       "hasInstallScript": true,
       "license": "Apache 2.0",
       "dependencies": {