Safari tabs lost updating to macOS 15.4

Problem

As the title says, Safari lost all my tabs once I updated to macOS 15.4. I do of course have "Safari opens with: All windows from last session" set. This has been my default for many years.

Past Mitigation

In the past I had a script that I could use to backup ~/Library/Safari that would save all my bookmarks and tabs. Unfortunately they made this method of backup non-function sometime around when tab groups were introduced.

Suggestion

Fortunately my tab groups are still intact. But this sort of problem doesn't give me a lot of confidence. I haven't had something like this happen in a while, but when it does happen, it's quite frustrating. Apple really needs to recognize that this sort of thing can and will happen and they should make it easier for users to manually save/restore their tabs.

Problem with forums

To add insult to injury, as I was typing this message in the forum, I decided to select "Edit Bookmarks"... which proceeded to replace the current window with my bookmarks, thereby losing my post! It did this without warning of page content changes (which I get from most other websites).

I felt somewhat relieved that the forum had recognized a previous draft and offered for me to continue. However, when I selected it, it brought me back to an old post... that was actually posted!

smh

Raise these bugs so Apple is aware of them and can fix them.

They won't really get progressed if they're only posted in these Developer Forums.

You should raise each issue separately at https://feedbackassistant.apple.com/

You can post the FB numbers here if you want, so that others can link to them.

Submitted as FB17166997

Safari tabs lost updating to macOS 15.4
 
 
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