# Safari 16 Release Notes Released September 12, 2022 — Version 16 (18614.1.25) ## Overview Safari 16 ships with iOS 16, and is available as an update on macOS Monterey and macOS Big Sur. ### CSS #### New Features - Added size queries support for Container Queries. - Added support for Container Query Units. - Added support for Subgrid. - Added support for animatable Grids. - Added support for Offset Path. - Added support for Overscroll Behavior. - Added support for `text-align-last`. - Added support for the `resolution` media query. #### Resolved Issues - Fixed gradient color interpolation with alpha. ### Forms #### New Features - Added support for `

.requestSubmit()`. - Added the `showPicker()` method for HTML input elements. #### Resolved Issues - Fixed firing the load event after a form is submitted with a `"_blank"` target. - Fixed `contenteditable` anchors getting stuck with an `:active` state. - Fixed changing the value for `stepUp()` and `stepDown()` with out-of-range values. - Fixed using `min` as the default value when `min` is greater than `max` for ``. - Fixed making value updates visible for ``. - Fixed making sure `:active` is removed on `keyup` event for radio inputs. - Fixed `applyStep()` behavior to align with specifications. - Fixed the `select()` method returns to align with the specifications. - Fixed form data generated by `` when a `value` attribute is present. - Fixed the `FormData` object to not include an entry for the submit button used to submit the form. - Fixed invalid floating-point numbers that end with a “.” returning an empty string. - Fixed selection range after the `type` attribute of an `` changes. - Fixed selection range to be limited by the length of the current value. - Fixed the user-agent stylesheet to include `table { text-indent: initial }` to align with specifications. - Fixed the user-agent stylesheet to include `box-sizing: border-box` for `.` - Fixed the `line-height` declaration to use `!important` for the placeholder of an input. #### Removed Features - Removed most non-standard CSS `appearance` values. ### Accessibility #### New Features - Added accessibility support for `display:contents`. - Added Isolated Tree Mode to reduce VoiceOver hangs in WebKit by offloading accessibility work to a secondary thread. ### Apple Pay #### New Features - Added support for allowing scripts to be injected into `WKWebView` that have used Apple Pay (and vice versa). - Added support for recurring payments, automatic reload payments, and multimerchant payments. - Added a way for merchants to provide order details that are surfaced in the Wallet app after payments are authorized. ### Authentication #### New Features - Added support for passkeys on iOS 16. ### Media #### New Features - Added support for non-animated AVIF. ### Safari Web Extensions #### New Features - Added support for Safari Web Inspector Extensions. - Added the ability to open a Safari Web Extension popover programmatically. - Added the ability to sync enabled extension state and selected start page across iOS, iPadOS, and macOS. - Added support for `declarativeNetRequestWithHostAccess` permission. - Added support for `browser.runtime.getFrameID`. #### Resolved Issues - Fixed incorrect counts being returned from `getBytesInUse`. - Fixed background service worker to load bundle resources. - Extensions that request the unlimitedStorage permission no longer also need the `storage` permission. - Updated the maximum number of static rulesets to 50 and the maximum number of enabled static rulesets to 10. - Service workers are no longer returned from `extension.getBackgroundPage` and `extension.getViews`. ### Security #### New Features - Added support for the `worker-src` Content Security Policy directive. #### Resolved Issues - Fixed blocking image content in object elements. - Fixed incorrect CORP/COEP check in 304 responses. - Fixed mixing `strict-dynamic` and `unsafe-inline` policies. - Fixed `script-src-elem` policies in Workers. - Fixed incorrect `blocked-uri` for inline scripts and `strict-dynamic` policies. ### WebGL 2 #### Resolved Issues - Fixed handling `AllowShared` `TypedArray`. ### Web Animations #### New Features - Added support for composite operations. ### Web API #### New Features - Added support for Shared Workers. - Added support for Shadow Realms. ### Web Driver #### Resolved Issues - Fixed `pointerMove` actions to correctly fire mouse events. ### Web Inspector #### New Features - Added support for inspecting Flexbox layouts. - Added support for Container Queries in the Styles sidebar. - Added a way to entirely block network requests. - Added support for allowing request local overrides to use regular expression matches in the redirect URL, and response local overrides to be mapped to a file on disk. - Added an experimental Screenshots timeline that periodically captures screenshots of the viewport. - Added links to reference documentation in the Timelines tab. - Added a proxy indicator in the Network tab. #### Resolved Issues - Fixed breakpoints not triggering, breakpoints occurring at incorrect locations in scripts, and incorrect error, stack trace line, and column numbers when inspecting minified sources with multi-line strings. - Fixed importing Timelines sometimes not scrolling. - Fixed importing Audits sometimes crashing. - Fixed CSS autocomplete to suggest the most commonly-used property, not the alphabetical one. --- Copyright © 2026 Apple Inc. All rights reserved. | [Terms of Use](https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/terms/site.html) | [Privacy Policy](https://www.apple.com/privacy/privacy-policy)