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Safari 15.6 Release Notes

Released July 20, 2022 — Version 15.6 (17613.3.9)

Overview

Safari 15.6 ships with the iOS & iPadOS 15.6 and macOS 12.5.

CSS

New Features

  • Added support for :modal CSS pseudo-class.

Resolved Issues

  • Fixed object-fit causing iframe contents to shift.

  • Fixed inert behavior to apply to ::after, ::before, and ::marker pseudo-elements.

  • Fixed :focus-visible matching a mouse click after a second element.focus() call.

  • Fixed logical inline and logical block viewport units to be based on the current element’s writing-mode.

Editing

Resolved Issues

  • Fixed resetting writing direction when inserting a new paragraph breaks out of a quoted reply block.

  • Fixed managed pasteboard on iOS to work for all managed locations including managed Safari domains.

Fonts

Resolved Issues

  • Fixed automatically updating page layout when new fonts are installed.

HTML

Resolved Issues

  • Fixed <link rel=preconnect> to respect crossorigin=anonymous and prevent sending credentials to different-origin links.

Media

Resolved Issues

  • Fixed blank video playback with only audio.

  • Fixed replaceTrack with different constraints preventing sending packets.

  • Fixed WebAudio playback rate speeding up for a few seconds when using createMediaElementSource.

  • Fixed stalled playback when seeking in a xHE-AAC track backed by a SourceBuffer.

  • Fixed starting audio playback in Safari when the device is locked.

  • Fixed playback for video when the timeline sometimes goes backward at the start of playback.

  • Fixed capturing and rendering audio simultaneously.

Rendering

Resolved Issues

  • Fixed flickering when rendering overlapping negative z-index layers.

  • Fixed disappearing multi-column content inside a fixed position container when scrolling.

  • Fixed images displayed in Reader not appearing in a print job or PDF export.

WebAuthn

Resolved Issues

  • Fixed missing text in a sign-in sheet when registering a passkey with syncing platform authenticator disabled, if Touch ID isn’t configured.

Web Animations

Resolved Issues

  • Fixed computing implicit keyframes when either a 0 percent or 100 percent keyframe (or both) define only a timing function.

Web API

Resolved Issues

  • Fixed communication between BroadcastChannel instances in distinct opaque origins.

Web Inspector

Resolved Issues

  • Fixed resources from memory cache showing empty content in Network, Sources, and Search tabs.

See Also

Version 15