Safari Web Inspector tabs are missing

Created May ’21

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Hi,
I just found that many tabs in my Safari Web Inspector are no longer there.

For example, previously, I have the following tabs in Web Inspector:

Inspector:
Elements;
Network;
Sources;
Timelines;
Storage;
Graphics;
Layers;
Audit;
Console;

But now, I only have:

Console;
Sources;
Audit;

Does anyone know the root cause, and how I can restore the missing tabs? Thanks much.

My OS: macOS Catalina, 10.15.7
Xcode: 12.4
Safari: 14.1.1

Answered by louisyl in 676060022

I ended up upgrading my OS to Big Sur 11.3.1 from Catalina. Then the Safari web inspector tabs come back.

Working combination:

OS: Big Sur 11.3.1
Safari: 14.1.1 (15611.2.7.1.6)
Xcode: 12.4 (12D4e)

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LtDansLegs OP

Jul ’21

Sam issue. Web inspector opens for a second then crashed.

mcOS 11.4 Safari Technology Preview 127 15.0 iOS 14.6 Xcode 12.5.1

virgilb1 OP

Jul ’21

Same here. Debugging iOS Safari in Big Sur 11.4 Safari is not working. The only visible tabs are "Console", "Sources" and "Audit" and none of them works.

LE: In Safari Technology Preview Dev Tools is working properly.

ddvtech OP

Jul ’21

The same issue was observed on Safari 14.1.1 on our Mac Mini (Late 2012) running Catalina 10.15.7.

Upgrade to latest beta version (in our case, Safari 14.1.2 (15611.3.10.1.4)) fixed the issue.

Silent3 OP

Jul ’21

Same problem, Big Sur 11.4, Xcode 12.5.1, Safari 14.1.1, iOS 14.6. I've successfully debugged on my iPad using Safari on my iMac (should be all of the same version numbers involved), but right now, using my MacBook Pro and my iPhone, I've got nothing but the three blank tabs.

moloko5 OP

Jul ’21

Same problem here, Big Sur 11.4, Safari 14.1.1, iPadOS 14.6

Given that this is the one thing that can only be done on a Mac, it's amazing how frequently it's either a massive nightmare to get working - or just plain doesn't work at all. In 6 years of doing this I can count on the fingers of one hand the number of times it worked smoothly.

Big Sur? Bug Sur more like... eh?!

KostasPapadakis OP

Jul ’21

Safari Version 14.1.2 fixes the issue.

ooojustin OP

Sep ’21

Just installed the newest version of Safari Technology Preview (Release 131 at the time of posting) and it fixed the issue - an OS update was not required. Accepted answer should be changed. Looks like the issue was in Safari 14.1.1