--- title: Safari 18.1 Release Notes framework: safari-release-notes role: article role_heading: Article path: safari-release-notes/safari-18_1-release-notes --- # Safari 18.1 Release Notes Released October 28, 2024 — 18.1 (20619.2.8) ## Overview Overview Safari 18.1 is available for iOS 18.1, iPadOS 18.1, visionOS 2.1, macOS 15.1, macOS Sonoma, and macOS Ventura. Accessibility Resolved Issues Fixed display: contents on tbody elements preventing table rows from being properly exposed in the accessibility tree. (129131780) Fixed the handling of ElementInternals’s ariaValueNow null values so the right value is exposed to assistive technologies. (129218234) Fixed tables with hidden rows reporting wrong counts and blocking access to some rows in VoiceOver. (129612387) Fixed role="menu" elements to allow child groups with menuitem children. (131838275) Fixed updating the accessibility tree when text underneath an aria-describedby element changes. (131877635) Fixed text exposed to assistive technologies when display: contents directly wraps a display: block text container. (132265522) Fixed VoiceOver not finding any content in a table when display: table is applied to tbody elements. (132820485) Authentication Resolved Issues Fixed an issue using large credential lists with security keys. (133711978) CSS Resolved Issues Fixed style container queries querying the root element. (124875999) Editing Resolved Issues Fixed deleting content immediately before a element unexpectedly removing elements. (128100106) Fixed inserting text before a element inserting the text after the element instead. (134378236) JavaScript Resolved Issues Fixed incorrect optimization and random non-updated values. (135851156) Media Resolved Issues Fixed a bug in WebCodecs where audio and video codecs with pending work could be prematurely garbage collected. (134297589) Networking Resolved Issues Fixed a bug where Cross-Origin-Opener-Policy header fields in the response of iframe elements were not ignored, resulting in window.opener being null after multiple cross-origin navigations of the embedder document. (132840366) Rendering Resolved Issues Fixed content-visibility to not apply to elements with display: contents or display: none. (134436437) Fixed float clearing in the WordPress Classic Editor sidebar layout. (136988841) Security Resolved Issues Fixed the ping attribute for elements to be controlled by the connect-src CSP directive. (131054895) Web Extensions Resolved Issues Fixed blob URL downloads failing to trigger from an extension. (78929424) WebRTC Resolved Issues Fixed blurry screen sharing for some sites. (133611004) WKWebView New Features Added support for the Writing Tools API to enable and customize the behavior in apps. (128340967) Resolved Issues Fixed AVIF in WKWebView on macOS. (133272264) (FB14678252) ## See Also ### Version 18 - [Safari 18.6 Release Notes](safari-release-notes/safari-18_6-release-notes.md) - [Safari 18.5 Release Notes](safari-release-notes/safari-18_5-release-notes.md) - [Safari 18.4 Release Notes](safari-release-notes/safari-18_4-release-notes.md) - [Safari 18.3 Release Notes](safari-release-notes/safari-18_3-release-notes.md) - [Safari 18.2 Release Notes](safari-release-notes/safari-18_2-release-notes.md) - [Safari 18.0.1 Release Notes](safari-release-notes/safari-18_0_1-release-notes.md) - [Safari 18 Release Notes](safari-release-notes/safari-18-release-notes.md)