Some iPhone and iPad Users Seeing Strange Safari Crashes When Searching [Update: Fixed]

[sjalfr]

Also, the websites on the Safari app are taking forever to load I tried using Firefox Mozilla browser and it's working blazing fast. So, there's definitely something off with Safari. Hoping for a fix soon.

Same here. I'll click on a link on a page and it takes forever to show up. However if I "refresh" the page that has not shown up a few seconds after the click, it loads fine. So it's like the page is loaded in the background, because I can see the refresh arrow, but it is not being displayed!

I don't have the crashing issue (iPhone 12 and old iPad pro on iOS 16.1), but those sets of three letters pull up sites I've been to, so inconclusive.

 

[ThisBougieLife]

Just tried it with “bes”. Yep, it crashes. Weird.

 

[D1STORT1ON]

low also

 

[PurringPigeon]

I tried to enter Home Depot - gets as far as “hom” and it crashes

 

[BlckOctpus]

I‘m sure this is the only bug in iOS/ iPadOS.

 

[decypher44]

Not just crash, but when typing in search words, Safari scrolls down so you can’t see what you’re typing. Super annoying.

 

[JForestZ34]

Turning off Safari Suggestions might work/help.

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/safari-crashing-with-certain-search-query.2370185/post-31729822

Yup turned off safari suggestions and issue went away. No more crashing

Happening for me across devices and different iOS.
Edit. Turn off Safari Suggestions, did resolve.

Yup turned it off on my 14PM and the crashing went away

James

 

[decypher44]

Did they already fix the problem? I’ve tried replicating on my 14P (16.1.1) with Safari Suggestions ON and I’m not getting crashes.

 

[tshane]

Crashes don’t happen in incognito mode. Switched to regular mode and insta-crashed When trying “Wal”.

Confirmed. Quite interesting.

 

[SactoGuy18]

Did they already fix the problem? I’ve tried replicating on my 14P (16.1.1) with Safari Suggestions ON and I’m not getting crashes.

If it's fixed, could it be a server side problem?

 

[thehulxkid]

same here on ipad pro 12.9 - it’s crashing after typed “bes”.

hope this get fix soon!

 

[rjjacobson]

No problems here on iphone or ipad

 

[ikjadoon]

Turning off Safari Suggestions might work/help.

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/safari-crashing-with-certain-search-query.2370185/post-31729822

Very curiously, I can’t turn Safari Suggestions on.

It’s stuck as off: a server side killswitch?

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[ghostface147]

Seems to be corrected.

 

[DMG35]

Now if they can fix the stutter when swiping home that would be great.

 

[compwiz1202]

I don't remember any Safari Search Crashes. We had the issue with Spotlight. If either of us tried to search Nascar, it crashed at the s. Once I knew and just typed N or Na, I could tap it and be fine, but the s always crashed it

 

[DamoTheBrave]

I’m surprised that search terms go to Apple before the search engine. Why??

 

[NoBoMac]

It’s stuck as off: a server side killswitch?

Maybe a profile installed (example: Corporate/institution Exchange account)? Settings > General > VPN & Device Management.

 

[nvmls]

I’m surprised that search terms go to Apple before the search engine. Why??

Privacy™

 

[valkraider]

Hmm. Not able to duplicate this one. iOS 16.1.1

 

[valkraider]

Also doesn’t happen on my macs, one on macos12 and the other on Ventura.

All are set with DuckDuckGo.

I also use Wipr ad blocking, and StopTheMadness extension.

 

[ThomasJL]

Me reading this on my solid iOS 15.7.1.

You're a smart man. I really wish I hadn't updated to 16.1 from 15.7. I updated to 16.1.1 a few weeks after and it is just as buggy as 16.1.

 

[adammusic]

Had the “tar” issue last night for a minute

 

[brofkand]

Happened to me earlier, I was trying to figure out when Best Buy opened. Safari kept crashing.

For what its worth - Edge worked fine.

As I've said for the past few years, here lately Microsoft's software has been more reliable than Apple's.

 

[_Spinn_]

Not seeing this issue thankfully.