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# Safari Technology Preview 196 Release Notes

Learn about the latest web technology updates in Safari Technology Preview: Canvas, CSS, JavaScript, Web API, Web Inspector, WebGL, and WebRTC.

## Overview

Overview Safari Technology Preview Release 196 is now available for download for macOS Sonoma and macOS Ventura. If you already have Safari Technology Preview installed, you can update it in System Settings under General → Software Update. This release includes WebKit changes between: 278844@main…279360@main. Canvas Resolved Issues Fixed toggling the visibility on a canvas parent undoing the effect of clearRect(). (279302@main)  (128226178) Fixed the Canvas drawImage() API to throw an exception when the image is in broken state. (279319@main)  (128588063) CSS Resolved Issues Fixed incorrect inline element size when using font-variant-caps: all-small-caps with font-synthesis. (279183@main)  (121314557) JavaScript Resolved Issues Fixed RegEx lookbehinds differing from v8. (278863@main)  (127440248) Web API New Features Added support for bytes() to Blob and PushMessageData. (279263@main)  (128418858) Web Inspector New Features Added support for fuzzy search code completion in the CSS source editor. (2791444@main)  (125030691) Resolved Issues Fixed console code completion to be case-insensitive. (279195@main)  (124544458) WebGL Resolved Issues Fixed compiling shaders without variables that are arrays and start with underscore. (278880@main)  (126944294) WebRTC Resolved Issues Fixed a delay in getUserMedia promise resolution. (278851@main)  (128112002)

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