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# Safari 16.5 Release Notes

Released May 18, 2023 — Version 16.5 (18615.2.9)

## Overview

Overview Safari 16.5 is available for macOS Big Sur, macOS Monterey, macOS Ventura, iPadOS 16.5, and iOS 16.5. Apple Pay New Features Added support for pre-orders and deferred payments. CSS New Features Added support for CSS Nesting. Added support for :user-valid and :user-invalid. Resolved Issues Fixed Scroll to Text Fragment sometimes scrolling to the top after reloading the page. Fixed support for x resolution unit in calc(). Fixed reflecting trimmed block-start, block-end, inline-start, and inline-end margins for grid or flex items in computed styles. Fixed the top offset of self collapsing children at the end of a block container with block-end margin trim. Fixed triggering layout when changing margin-trim value. Fixed increasing column-count above 2 not updating the layout. Fixed CSS custom properties not applying to an SVG use element’s shadow tree. Fixed new CSS property unexpectedly dropped from an empty CSS rule when tabbing through or editing a selector. Fixed: Made -webkit-image-set() an alias of image-set(). Editing & Forms Resolved Issues Fixed hairline on the selection of bidi text. Fixed photo library picker showing videos for accept="image/*". JavaScript Resolved Issues Updated digital display in Intl.DurationFormat to match spec changes. Layout Resolved Issues Fixed text wrapping for bidi text when line-breaking. Lockdown Mode New Restrictions Disabled WebCodecs API Media Resolved Issues Fixed non-audible AudioContext preventing the audio session to change from play-and-record after stopping capture. Fixed handling video streams containing a CodecDelay value that caused an audible pop at the beginning of video playback. Fixed video freezing in a video conference when removing AirPods Pro during the call. Scrolling Resolved Issues Fixed snapping to the last snap position when performing layout when scroll snapping occurs with a physical mouse wheel. Fixed pinch-to-zoom when toggling on and off scroll snapping. Fixed scroll snapping jumping to the previous page when swiping to the next page. Fixed scroll snapping to work with a physical scroll wheel on a mouse. Rendering Resolved Issues Fixed form controls rendering. Fixed visual updates for content: counter() when position: absolute is set. Fixed an unexpected visible first frame of a transform animation when !important style overrides the animated value. Web API Resolved Issues Fixed filling metadata headers for preflight requests. Fixed OffscreenCanvas WebGL to fire the context lost event. Fixed getFileHandle() to return a TypeMismatchError on unexpected entry type. Web Apps Resolved Issues Fixed “Untitled” label on the back to previous app button when opening a web app via a link. Web Assembly Resolved Issues Fixed WASM SIMD breaking WebP decoding applications. Web Inspector New Features Added initial support for color-mix CSS values. Resolved Issues Fixed element ::backdrop rules showing up without a backdrop. Fixed “Selected element” console entry filling an entire row. Fixed an issue causing the mini console to always opens when choosing “Inspect Element”, even if it was previously closed.

## See Also

### Version 16

- [Safari 16.6 Release Notes](safari-release-notes/safari-16_6-release-notes.md)
- [Safari 16.4 Release Notes](safari-release-notes/safari-16_4-release-notes.md)
- [Safari 16.3 Release Notes](safari-release-notes/safari-16_3-release-notes.md)
- [Safari 16.2 Release Notes](safari-release-notes/safari-16_2-release-notes.md)
- [Safari 16.1 Release Notes](safari-release-notes/safari-16_1-release-notes.md)
- [Safari 16 Release Notes](safari-release-notes/safari-16-release-notes.md)