Tab group titles disappeared from Safari window menu

This is an extremely important feature and I was aghast when I came across this thread to discover that it wasn't simply a case of my not being able to find out how to turn on the feature.

Apple, listen up please! When you introduced the tabs feature and then tab groups, most people who use them keep multiple windows open that contain quite a number of open tabs - dozens, if not more. For such people, these tab group windows with lots of open tabs are often used INSTEAD of the bookmark folder and feel much more useful, because the tabs are right there in front of you instead of hidden away in folders that you never remember to go to and scroll through.

Before Sonoma, when you wanted to find a particular tab group among all of your open windows, the easiest way to do it was to click on the "Window" tab in the Safari menu bar where the list of all open tab group windows were prepended with the tab group name. Without that, you are simply looking at a list of random single webpage titles that you may or may not be able to discern what they are by the description you see listed. It's a HUGE waste of time and energy having to click on each one until you find the correct tab group window you are looking for.

This is clearly a bug as it hinders productivity and efficiency instead of the contrary.

I thought I would be the first one to recognize that Apple made good on fixing this problem in their last update to the Sonoma 14.2 update! Well done, Apple!

I want this feature back as well. For a time I could see the tab group pre-pended to the name of the window. Now I can't tell which window has a tab group opened. Please at least make this a setting I can turn back on.

Greetings Bob Estes,

Thank you for using Apple Support Communities, it's great to have you here.

This article here has the most up-to-date information on how grouping tabs in Safari currently works in macOS Sonoma: Group tabs in Safari on Mac - Apple Support. Once you review that article, if you're not seeing the functionality that you'd like in this feature then it would likely be best to leave feedback. This would let you share your insight directly with the developers of future macOS and Safari updates. While we can't say for sure if this feature would be incorporated into a future update, it is definitely the best way to let them know that it's something you'd like to see.

Here's where to start: Product Feedback - Apple

We hope this information is helpful!

Have a great day.

Hi Bob Estes,

If we're understanding correctly, it does look like features may have changed between macOS versions: Group tabs in Safari on Mac - Apple Support

These links provide a bit of additional information about tabs that could be helpful:

Arrange tabs in Safari on Mac - Apple Support

Edit and customize Tab Groups in Safari on Mac - Apple Support

If you're not seeing the feature you're looking for, using the feedback link shared above is your best bet: Product Feedback - Apple

Best wishes.

I am missing this feature, too.

I just opened a bug report to the Safari team.

Let's keep all of our fingers crossed that they will take care of it accordingly.