Safari tabs do not show correctly when Tab layout is in Compact view

Here, many of the tabs simply do not show their url at all, even with 'Show full website address' enabled. Some other tabs forever just shows 'Start page' even though they are clearly not on the start page. What is going on?

Note: these tabs are properly loaded, and they do show their proper URLs when the tab is in focus. This is about the third time I've restarted the mac, quit and rebooted safari, and is on the latest software update.

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Posted on Aug 25, 2024 2:09 PM

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