Web pages crash all the time in Safari on iPhone

This page encountered a problem. Or a problem repeatedly occurred. All. The. Time. Zooming makes it worse/happen faster. Other times, just going to sites triggers this. it has been happening for years and it has become maddening. This kind of a bug is honestly just inexcusable at this point and and anyone working on Safari should be ashamed to have their name associated with the product it works like a third world space exploration program.

I have the latest iOS 16.4.1. I always update and install the latest versions. I’ve cleared history and cache and everything else I can think of. Ot happens on different iPhones that are also different models. This one is a 13 Pro. The only “pro” in Safari is how profoundly often pages won’t render. Other browsers don’t have these problems. Only Safari, you know, the browser that comes with the phone and is developed by Apple who also developed said phone it should run well on.

And while I’m at it, scrolling sites with ads often causes text to not display at all after a certain point. it really makes my day when I scroll past an ad on a page and then can scroll infinitely more while only seeing a blank page background until I reload the page and lose my place (no, it doesn’t).

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iPhone 13 Pro

Posted on May 5, 2023 7:19 PM

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Dezumondo

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4 points

Posted on Jul 6, 2024 5:46 PM

I encountered persistent issues and contacted Apple Support multiple times. We went through extensive troubleshooting:

Verified latest iOS
Restarted device
Enabled JavaScript
Turned off Private Relay
Disabled Spoken Content
Turned off iCloud Safari syncing
Disabled VPN settings
Uninstalled VPN app
Performed a clean iOS install

Despite these steps, the problem persisted. Finally, we disabled Safari extensions, which resolved the issue.

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apb86

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8 points

Aug 4, 2024 5:37 AM in response to luanne183

I made the change you suggested. Sadly, it didn’t help me at all. Certain websites are worse than others (Facebook for example isn’t awful), but websites that have links to multiple articles and such? Forget it. Crashes happen within minutes if not seconds. It’s horrendous.

Kobeight

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8 points

Sep 17, 2024 4:05 PM in response to sypoltsystems

Mine too. Used to be slow loading specifically yahoo webpage. Then when trying to go to discussions, it will always kick me out and go back to the parent article and I’d have to go back to discussions. Now I’ve been getting an error page, so I decided to remove it and use chrome browser.

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Dogcow-Moof

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36,821 points

Oct 16, 2024 12:06 PM in response to PhiManh

Which is strange, as on iOS all browsers are different appearance/interface packages atop Apple WebKit, which handles all website processing and rendering.

WebKit also handles all HTML processing for iOS such as in Mail.

WebKit | Apple Developer Documentation

aadyn272

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8 points

Nov 25, 2024 12:07 PM in response to sypoltsystems

But the thing is, it’s the only one that can ACTALLY zoom under 100%, (chrome zooms only text, and fillberdabber you if you think I’m gonna start using bing.) (I’m on a phone and I don’t want stuff clumped together all the time)

May 5, 2023 9:14 PM in response to SravanKrA

This isn’t a serious reply is it? I assure you in the years I’ve said this has happened on different phones, not to mention when I update iOS that the devices have been restarted.

May 5, 2023 9:15 PM in response to SravanKrA

It’s most web sites on the internet.

May 6, 2023 5:26 AM in response to TheLittles

I do this pretty much every day. This isn’t a misbehaving app. It’s something systematic with Safari, and unfortunately, closing apps and restarting don’t work.

Feb 11, 2024 11:00 PM in response to SravanKrA

The only app I experience issues with is Safari - and it's almost every webpage I use now. I've done all the steps, but they don't work. I can see I’m clearly not the only person having this issue.

Dogcow-Moof

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Feb 11, 2024 11:36 PM in response to rayloricred183

It's a misbehaving web page.

Safari detects when the page is working improperly and notifies you rather than crash.

I use a lot of different web sites and only see this issue very, very rarely.

TheLittles

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Feb 20, 2024 3:35 PM in response to Dogcow-Moof

Dogcow-Moof Said:

"No idea; I personally don't come across them all that often.: Frankly, YouTube seems to trigger the issue more often than most."

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Reply with a Screenshot:

Take a screenshot of this message next time you see it, and reply back. Rarely though it may be, seeing the message would most certainly help. If you recall the message's wording, then google it in Google Images, and then reply back with what the image. When an app crashes, something is not responding. Streaming something on your device on a public LAN, you may be using too much of the services, and you're being kicked off.

Dogcow-Moof

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Feb 20, 2024 4:24 PM in response to TheLittles

I think you misinterpreted my responses as my needing help; I was addressing an earlier poster who complained of multiple Safari crashes.

Mar 13, 2024 3:58 AM in response to sypoltsystems

Same problem, has been happening so much that I can’t really browse any site.

Funny enough, it happened on this site, too. Someone asked for a screenshot

Apr 14, 2024 12:02 AM in response to Dogcow-Moof

Well i have both of those and im seeing it on both of them. Idk maybe its an issue with apple

Macoffma

Level 1

8 points

Jun 24, 2024 12:35 PM in response to luanne183

@luanne183... this is the right answer. Wow, months of frustration over -- and to think this answer is buried deep within Apple Support discussions.

Jul 8, 2024 2:06 PM in response to Dogcow-Moof

I have an Apple developer account. And as I've said, the game runs everywhere except on recent ios versions.

The problem is the ios webview, or some protection mechanisms.

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