Safari tab closing automatically.

The issue has something to do with iCloud syncing. All tab groups are synced on all your Apple devices. The bug is due to wrong synchronization which overrides whatever you're doing at the moment. This is an issue in CloudKit for years now and I thought Apple have fixed it in macOS 12. Apparently, it's not. For now, you can either ignore this feature until it becomes stable one day or simple make sure you're always connected to a good internet connection.

@lavinia36 you will need to stop using group tab feature. I loved using it too but because of group tabs breaking safari, I had to stop using it. My problem disappeared since I stopped grouping my tabs.

I just figured out that if safari sync is closed in iCloud, the problem disappears. Finally, I found a solution to this problem that was making me get bored using Safari and Mac.

i have the same issue & found a somewhat solution. i use iphone, ipad and imac. when i use safari on a device, i make sure its closed on other devices. it works! i mean close close. like swiping up on iphone.

I've observed this issue too: newly opened tabs closing as I'm typing in them, reverting to a previous page that I obviously don't want to be on anymore, reopening recently closed tabs. Clearly a synchronization issue, but the lack of a bug fix is a bit galling. This issue is enough to make me consider jumping to Firefox and Chrome as my go to browsers. When I first began using tab groups in the fall of 2021, I did not observe this problem. In fact, I'd probably date it around December 2021/January 2022 that it started impacting me and exclusively on my laptop (my phone does not have this problem with tab groups). That makes me thing that it's an issue with the iOS on my laptop (Monterey 12.03). Please fix this! Tab groups are a useful idea but if they aren't going to work cleanly, then it's kind of a waste of Apple's energy and also that of its customers.

Same issue. I have macOS 11.6.1 with Safari Version 15.1 (16612.2.9.1.30, 16612). Tabs got randomly closed when I create a new one. Web pages also randomly returned to previous state as if some invisible hand tapped the "back" button.

Same happens to me. Tabs close and opens randomly, almost impossible to work.

As far as I have been able to observe, it restores a previous status randomly, regardless of your activity.

This is a rather annoying bug.

2 weeks old new MacBook Pro with Monterey (12.0.1) and Safari Version 15.1 (17612.2.9.1.20).

Yes. That issue is really annoying and as far as I can see there is no much attention on it.

No topics around internet (Stack Overflow, Apple Support, Apple Developer Forums)

I don't know if there is so small number of users affected by that behaviour or it is just hard to find any answers.

I sent a bug report in Apple Feedback Assistant. Will see how it goes.

I am having the exact same problem on my brand new M1 MacBook Air running MacOS12.1 and Safari on Version 15.2 (17612.3.6.1.6).

Safari tabs will sometimes close automatically. Some other times the page will randomly go back to its previous page and it's impossible to go back to the original page because the original page goes missing when I press my "forward" button on my browser. Can someone please help us??

I can’t stop using the group tab feature because that’s one of the biggest reasons I am using safari right now. Like I mentioned before I am already using the latest version of MacOS and Safari. Problem is very common.

same problem. New MacBook Air 2020. I am using the latest version of MacOS and Safari.

Sometimes everything is working just fine. as it should. But sometimes I have this issue every few minutes.

really annoying

I have the same issue. Just now I opened a new tab and began entering a search phrase and the tab "magically" closed. I've also had the situation where I click in the url/search field and enter content and press enter just to have safari navigate back to the page that was originally open.

Safari 15.2.1 using tab groups (a feature I like a lot)

Mac OS Monterey v12.1