Safari Technology Preview 248 Released
57 points
2 hours ago
| 8 comments
| webkit.org
| HN
paddingtone
58 minutes ago
[-]
And they recently released the Safari MCP in STP as well.

https://webkit.org/blog/18136/introducing-the-safari-mcp-ser...

Looks like the Safari MCP is also now available in the most recent Golden Gate beta part of system Safari:

https://developer.apple.com/documentation/safari-developer-t...

reply
alberth
1 hour ago
[-]
The team has been on a roll lately with massive fixes & improvements.

Like last months announcement of over 500 fixes.

https://webkit.org/blog/17967/news-from-wwdc26-webkit-in-saf...

reply
bombcar
54 minutes ago
[-]
They finally used some of those trillions to buy one (1) Claude pro subscription.
reply
Affric
32 minutes ago
[-]
Since they nixed uBlock Origin Safari has not been a serious web browser to me. No amount of technology can make up for it.
reply
paddingtone
30 minutes ago
[-]
I've been using uBlock Origin Lite on Safari with no issues.

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/ublock-origin-lite/id674534269...

reply
SigmundA
5 minutes ago
[-]
Wonder if they will ever fix upload progress using XHR, pretty annoying to not be able show accurate progress to the user when using larger chunk sizes:

https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=277286

reply
argee
1 hour ago
[-]
Does this help stable Safari in any way? I have a WebKit bug I’m tracking that’s fixed in STP but not in stable and it seems like there’s no telling whether it’ll ever land.
reply
lapcat
1 hour ago
[-]
It'll land eventually. They always do, though maybe months down the road. But of course Apple won't preannounce its plans, and unfortunately I'm not aware of a way to track WebKit commits in specific Safari releases.
reply
bearjaws
17 minutes ago
[-]
I cannot use a browser that is owned by a company who's financial model is dependent upon browsers being nerfed.

Apple and Google have far too many incentives to wall garden browsers, Apple due to the app store, Google due to advertising.

Independent browsers are the only safe path forward.

reply
dbbk
4 minutes ago
[-]
What did they nerf
reply
lapcat
1 hour ago
[-]
This update fixed some web inspector bugs that I reported, but I can't use it because Safari Technology Preview inexplicably supports fewer macOS versions than Safari itself, i.e., no longer Sequoia.
reply
nikanj
45 minutes ago
[-]
It’s impressive that pinch-zooming reddit.com in-out-in-out has reliably crashed ios safari for at least a few years already. One would assume Apple gets telemetry from iphone default browser crashes, and reddit seems important enough to warrant a fix
reply
lapcat
37 minutes ago
[-]
This was fixed but then reverted. No further updates 3 months later. https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=305622

Not sure how this comment is related to Safari Technology Preview, though, which is Mac-only.

reply