Safari tab icons missing after update

After updating to the latest version 15.4.1 (24E263), tab icons in Safari stopped showing. If you open more than a few tabs, now it's just a gray bar without any visible divisions. (see 1,2)

This happened right after rebooting the system after the update.

How can I return the previous display of tabs?

(see 3)

MacBook Pro 14″, 15.4

Posted on Apr 25, 2025 7:20 AM

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2 replies

mjuniper

Level 1

4 points

Apr 25, 2025 10:07 AM in response to George_Gon4

I am seeing this issue today too. I did not see it yesterday before the latest update.

I don't think it is a setting. The tabs are still there and open. This is pretty clearly a bug in the tab bar on the latest version of safari that you will only see if you have lots of tabs open - and possibly only if you *also* have a bunch of pinned tabs.

Apr 25, 2025 7:22 AM in response to George_Gon4

It may be a setting that deletes old unused tabs.

( not sure how to fix this )

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