Open Tabs/Pages in Safari lose content and URL over time

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Open Tabs/Pages in Safari lose content and URL over time

Since Sonoma, if I have a number of pages loaded in Safari, and come back some time later, some (but not all) of my tabs/pages will have the content cleared and the URL gone, even though the tab still shows the correct page title. reloading doesn't work; that information appears to be gone.

(I've restarted both Safari and the computer, and have the most recent version of the browser and OS.)

Thanks for your thoughts and help.

Andy

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 14.1

Posted on Oct 31, 2023 07:05 PM

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Answer 1

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JD_MusicMan

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26 points

Nov 8, 2023 01:11 AM in response to Ernest Long

I agree it's a Safari 17.1 issue. And in fact, there are quite a number of issues with Safari these days and to me it feels like it's going backwards and degrading, which is sad.

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Answer 2

Nov 5, 2023 11:53 PM in response to Andrew Smith15

It is indeed very often. It happens to me a couple of times a day!

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Answer 3

Jan 18, 2024 04:46 PM in response to Ernest Long

As an adjunct, it may have to do with security changes that some websites implement and their interaction with Safari extensions that we install to remove unwanted advertising. Happens with CNN a lot. It may be a way for websites to "force" ads on us by limiting what advertising-blocking extensions we use! Just a theory.

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Answer 4

Nov 2, 2023 03:19 AM in response to JD_MusicMan

Same here. Moving back works on occasion. Really odd. I haven’t figured out any patterns as to when this happens but it’s fairly often.

Thanks, JD.

Andy

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Answer 5

Nov 7, 2023 09:59 AM in response to Andrew Smith15

Happens in the 13.6.1 version of Ventura as well. It's likely a Safari 17.1 issue and not a Sonoma or Ventura OS issue.

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Answer 6

Jan 18, 2024 10:22 PM in response to Andrew Smith15

Andrew, just for some more information, I am only using two Safari extensions - Grammarly and Hush. And that's it. Are you using any of those two? If you do then we could say that perhaps one of them it causing the issue. If not, then my theory is still that it's a bug in Safari.

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Strutton

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Feb 7, 2024 04:13 PM in response to Andrew Smith15

They really need to fix this. I've seen it since the introduction of tab groups. Some Safari versions were better than others. The latest version with profiles has gotten much worse. The only workaround is to right-click on the now blank tab and "duplicate" it. The new tab will reload with the content.

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Answer 8

Feb 7, 2024 04:53 PM in response to Strutton

Thanks for the suggestion, Strutton — appreciated! I'll give that a try. I've been going to a fast-loading page in that tab, like Google, CNN, etc., and then hitting the back button.

Thanks again,

Andy

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Answer 9

Nov 1, 2023 11:10 PM in response to Andrew Smith15

I've been experiencing exactly the same thing since updating to Sonoma. It's super annoying. What works for me right now (most of the time but not always) is to hit the "back" button and that reloads the page, but it's still annoying and most definitely a bug that needs fixing. I hope Apple gets around to it quickly.

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