website icons in safari 16.3

Monday Feb. 13 Apple issued a Safari update. IT DID NOTHING TO FIX THE PROBLEM> HEY APPLE< HOW ABOUT HIRING SOME TECHS THAT KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING. Sent another Bug report which seems to be a waste of time.

I can confirm that Safari 16.3 has no fix for the missing favicons. Favorites screen (my default page) is just a sea of empty, grey, boxes. So this does seem to be more linked to a problem with the Big Sur 11.7.3 update and we'll have to wait for 11.7.4. After all, Safari 16.2 and 16.3 don't exhibit this problem on my Monterey system. It's just the Big Sur system with the problem.

Another new wrinkle observed with the latest Safari update, 16.3 (16614.4.6.11.6, 16614):

Fewer websites show blank favicon spaces — instead, they retain the "wireframe globe" generic icon. Websites that show no favicons now are mostly among those that still displayed their favicons after the previous Safari update. So the problem is flipped on its head, but with no actual improvement.

Apple's lack of response on this issue might raise the question of whether this fault in Safari is a nudge for Big Sur users to migrate to Ventura, where no such problem has been reported. But surely not, eh?

You can install the Big Sur 11.7.4 update (build number 20G1120).

Then the Safari 16.3.1 update (build number 16614.4.6.11.7). This "fixes an issue that may cause website icons to not load."

Note this is newer than the update which came 2 days ago (Safari version 16.3, build 16614.4.6.11.6).

The various Ventura OS forums talk about lots of bugs with Ventura OS. I feel it's not safe to upgrade. I wish there was a way to install Monterey. I'll have to start keeping a major OS update on a USB stick.

I'll just deal with the missing icons as I've pretty much already adapted. No sense it picking up all the Ventura issues.

One major mistake I made and won't make again, is updating too soon. Normally I wait a week or two to see what features any update breaks, this time I did not, had my guard down.

Finally got a notification on iMac that an update was available. Downloaded it and it seems to work as before, funny thing is that I cannot get System Preferences to find the update on my MacBook Pro which has the same old issues. it just sits and spins looking for an update.

I am experiencing the same issue (see attached screenshot) ever since I updated to Big Sur 11.7.3 (20G1116) and Safari 16.3 (16614.4.6.11.4, 16614) on MacBook Air 13 Early 2014.

This is the same here after updating Safari on Big Sur 11.7.3 ( Safari 16.3 )

Yes thanks Ferd II I have just opened a case on Apple support link above you provided.

You are welcome.

Thanks for this thread, good to know it's not just me. I spent a lot of time searching the Apple Community for help.

I've also sent a Bug Report. Hope it's addressed and fixed.

Thanks everyone.

we are at 130+ people in this thread with the same issue ... Apple read and act please :)

Strange thing is the bookmark bar down the left hand side does display the icons, so its just the icons on the start page.

I have the same problem. Just finished re-installing Big Sur and I am now on Safari version 14.1.2 and the problem is still there. So it looks like the problem is not related to Safari 16.3 for me.