Safari freeze when create a password in safari or reset a password

Do Apple read these forums at all?

any chance they are going to fix this ?

**** annoying especially this time of year when needing to register on loads of sites for Christmas deliveries , keep forgetting to go into private browsing then the whole thing locks up for ages

This issue seems to be connected with passwords auto fill. If you go to settings/password/autofillpasswords and toggle it off the you won’t get the freezing. Once toggled back on the freezing comes back.

Also the issue seems to be throwing a “bug type 288” code on analytics data. This is under setting/privacy/analytic&improvements

I have no idea on the why or how. Hopefully someone with more knowledge can figure this out.

I think I found the solution.

For me at least turning on two-factor authentication solved the issue.

It kinda ***** cause I rather not have it but oh well.

hope this solves it for all you guys too.

p.s. Apple gives you two weeks to turn two-factor authentication off in case it doesn’t work for you.

I have exactly the same issue. I’ve noticed this happening quite a lot now. My phone has been upgraded to the latest IOS 14,2.

I tried to create a password this morning on the Safari and the whole browser juts froze. I tried it a few times and it still didn’t work. I had to open Chrome which was fine and I was able to finish my password set up.

Apple, you must sort this issue ASAP!

We are having this issue as well on dozens of iPads recently updated to iOS 14.2. None of these iPads have an iCloud account. When we set up an iCloud account on one of them, the problem stopped. It stayed "fixed" even when we signed out of the iCloud account. We have not been using private mode. We do NOT see the problem occurring in Chrome. It appears that the new "feature" when Safari recommends passwords may be the culprit. It appears Safari can't do this without and iCloud. When private mode is enabled for a session then it appears the checking is bypassed.

Is anyone else here using iOS 14 without an iCloud account?

I'm using it with an iCloud account but my devices keep asking me for the apple password time and time again. It is getting old fast. I also do not have two factor ID on and do not want it. I don't carry more than one device around for 95% of the time I use my phone. It is a huge hassle. As I am trying this, my phone wants my PW again!! Fourth time today.

i just updated to ios 14.3 today, and still have the same issue. done everything they say to do, clear cache, delete history, restart phone lol can’t get far anywhere without having to clear safari out and start over. please fix!!

I’m having the exact same issue! This is ridiculous especially this time of year when creating new accounts or updating info or even logging in to existing accounts! Only started doing this when my phone AUTOMATICALLY updated! (Taking that off immediately) FIX THIS!

Yeah... two factor authentication is big time wack! I get why someone might need something like that but not when you have 15 different devices using the same Apple ID. You have to go hunting around the house for the device with the 6 digit code on it lol 😂

I tried turning off auto fill passwords and the problem stopped. Thank you for sharing!

This problem was making my phone unusable. It would freeze for about 30 seconds every time I needed a password and username. And you couldn’t exit out of the window. So a minute plus, that’s if Safari didn’t crash.

For now I’m always bouncing back and forth between Lastpass and Safari (again).

I hope Apple addresses this.

Same problem...after reading replies I turned off password auto fill. FYI... I noticed that apple’s now showing me a list of sites that my passwords have been involved in a known breach or leak... recommending that I need to change all these passwords. List coincides with all my saved passwords along with the few accounts I was unable to create because of this problem.

I am having the same problem on my iPhone 12 Pro Max (iOS 14.2.1). Apple needs to get its act together and find a fix. For the amount of money this phone costs, I should not feel the need to go back to my old Samsung Galaxy phone.

Same here on iPhone11 after the latest 14.2 update. Support said to reset to factory defaults and restore from backup. Nope. I am not going to update my ipad as a result of this issue. It is pretty pathetic - they clearly don’t do rigorous enough testing when they are releasing updates. I will try installing duckduckgo browser as others have done.

I had the same problem on ios14 and later

You can solve the problem according to the following method

Deactive and active again autofill password

Settings > Passwords > Autofill Password

(Deactive and Active Again 😊)

I hope it is useful

I have been facing this issue when creating a new profile on Safari through my Iphone11 or when resetting a password. All fields are active but then when you go enter a password the screen freezes and then the entire Safari application freezes and you no longer can do anything. You have to exit and go back. Sometimes you don’t realize but it fills the field and since you’re tapping on the screen may enter something and you get “incorrect” password which could cause even further issues for locking people out of sites. I have deleted cookie history and website history thinking that was the root cause but it only happens on my IPhone 11 and it’s been like this since November. Please advise. Please fix.