Youtube blurs out unless only tab

islauro

Most times when loading youtube, it is blurred. Only way to load youtube properly is to clear all windows and open from the front page link.

Issue not present on Safari. Issue present after disabling content blockers and extensions.

Expected: Youtube loads properly

1.3.30 (1) (WebKit 8622.1.22.10.11)

jeanetienne

Hi islauro, thank you for taking the time to report this bug!

This looks annoying indeed. Unfortunately I haven't been able to reproduce this bug.
Do you have any details the help reproduce this issue, like ne number of tabs open, a specific youtube page that triggers the bug, or anything else?

On another note, would you be able to update the content blockers, and see if it fixes the issue?
(See in Settings → 🛡️ Content Blockers)

Thank you for your help in making Orion a better browser!

islauro

jeanetienne

Hi,

Sorry for the late reply. The issue happens when content blockers are off, as well as after I updated content blocker rule lists. It only doesn't happen when youtube is the only tab open, and even then it's hit or miss. It happens on all youtube pages. I experience it most often when opening youtube from the frequently visited section of the new tab page, but also when I type in the URL.

App version: 1.4.1 (2) (WebKit 8622.1.22.10.11)
System version: 26.0.1
Device type: ?unrecognized?
Native bounds: (1179.0, 2556.0)
Scale: 3.0
Regular tabs: 1/https://m.youtube.com/

Nibbles

I’m having the same issue, not with YouTube but a corporate website, if I select capture page it captures without the blur. However it’s only this one website so far, YouTube appears ok to me.

Disabling or updating content blockers doesn’t resolve it either.

jeanetienne

Unfortunately I have been unable to reproduce this issue. Is the issue still present in bersion 1.3.31?

Thank you for your help in making Orion a better browser!

islauro

here's debug log when opening youtube

[2025-12-08 05:14:47] BrowserContainerVC: openOptionsPopover, hasURL: true
[2025-12-08 05:14:47] NewTabViewController ID 9: updatePopoverSourceView
[2025-12-08 05:14:50] NewTabViewController ID 9: handleLocationChange searchString: https://m.youtube.com/
[2025-12-08 05:14:50] NewTabViewController ID 9: processViewModel w/ state: pageLoadingProgressChanged(progress: 0.1, animated: false)
[2025-12-08 05:14:50] NewTabViewController ID 9: updateMainViewVisibility url: https://m.youtube.com/, animated: true
[2025-12-08 05:14:50] UIView.showHideAnimated: <Orion.WebContextView: 0x1235a1400; frame = (0 0; 393 376); autoresize = W+H; gestureRecognizers = <NSArray: 0x177d122b0>; backgroundColor = <UIDynamicSystemColor: 0x104f4e200; name = systemGray6Color>; layer = <CALayer: 0x177ccc000>>, show: true, checkCurrent: true
[2025-12-08 05:14:50] TabViewModel: WebPageDelegate: urlUpdated: https://m.youtube.com/, webPage: Orion.WebPageModel
[2025-12-08 05:14:50] NewTabViewController ID 9: processViewModel w/ state: urlDidChange
[2025-12-08 05:14:50] TabViewModel: WebPageDelegate: isLoading: true, webPage: Orion.WebPageModel
[2025-12-08 05:14:50] NewTabViewController ID 9: processViewModel w/ state: pageLoadingStatusChanged
[2025-12-08 05:14:50] NewTabViewController ID 9: updateBarsItems
[2025-12-08 05:14:50] TabViewModel: processAction action: updateLocationBar
[2025-12-08 05:14:50] NewTabViewController ID 9: processViewModel w/ state: updateLocationBar(viewModel: Orion.WebPageModel, tabsCount: 1)
[2025-12-08 05:14:50] TabViewModel: processAction action: updateToolsbar
[2025-12-08 05:14:50] NewTabViewController ID 9: processViewModel w/ state: updateToolsbar(tabHasURL: true, backNavigation: Orion.NewTabViewModel.BackNavigation.regular)
[2025-12-08 05:14:50] NewTabViewController ID 9: processViewModel w/ state: restoreToolbars
[2025-12-08 05:14:50] NewTabViewController ID 9: processViewModel w/ state: pageLoadingProgressChanged(progress: 0.15, animated: false)
[2025-12-08 05:14:50] TabViewModel: processAction action: configureContentBlocker(enabled: true)
[2025-12-08 05:14:50] NewTabViewController ID 9: processViewModel w/ state: pageLoadingProgressChanged(progress: 0.17312011, animated: true)
[2025-12-08 05:14:50] NewTabViewController ID 9: processViewModel w/ state: updateWebsiteTitle
[2025-12-08 05:14:50] NewTabViewController ID 9: processViewModel w/ state: updateWebsiteAddress(text: "https://m.youtube.com/")
[2025-12-08 05:14:50] NewTabViewController ID 9: processViewModel w/ state: removeReaderModeHighlightFromURLBar
[2025-12-08 05:14:50] NewTabViewController ID 9: processViewModel w/ state: faviconUpdated(image: Optional(<UIImage:0x177f0db80 anonymous {32, 32} renderingMode=automatic(original)>))
[2025-12-08 05:14:50] Call: base.frameReady-https://m.youtube.com/
[2025-12-08 05:14:50] Call: common.runtimeSendMessage-https://m.youtube.com/
[2025-12-08 05:14:50] Call: base.crossContextCallback-chrome-extension://jinjaccalgkegednnccohejagnlnfdag/generated_background_page.html
[2025-12-08 05:14:50] Call: common.runtimeSendMessage-https://m.youtube.com/
[2025-12-08 05:14:50] NewTabViewController ID 9: processViewModel w/ state: updateWebsiteTitle
[2025-12-08 05:14:50] Call: browserAction.setBadgeBackgroundColor-chrome-extension://jinjaccalgkegednnccohejagnlnfdag/generated_background_page.html
[2025-12-08 05:14:50] Call: browserAction.setTitle-chrome-extension://jinjaccalgkegednnccohejagnlnfdag/generated_background_page.html
[2025-12-08 05:14:50] Call: browserAction.setBadgeText-chrome-extension://jinjaccalgkegednnccohejagnlnfdag/generated_background_page.html
[2025-12-08 05:14:50] Call: base.crossContextCallback-chrome-extension://jinjaccalgkegednnccohejagnlnfdag/_generated_background_page.html
[2025-12-08 05:14:51] NewTabViewController ID 9: processViewModel w/ state: pageLoadingProgressChanged(progress: 0.8896169, animated: true)
[2025-12-08 05:14:51] CloudKit: CloudKit > batchUpdate::success
[2025-12-08 05:14:51] Call: kagiFaviconObserver.requestIconOnDocumentReady-https://m.youtube.com/
[2025-12-08 05:14:51] Call: base.contentLoaded-https://m.youtube.com/
[2025-12-08 05:14:51] Call: kagiFaviconObserver.requestIconOnDocumentReady-https://m.youtube.com/
[2025-12-08 05:14:51] Call: base.frameLoaded-https://m.youtube.com/
[2025-12-08 05:14:51] Call: base.frameLoaded-https://m.youtube.com/
[2025-12-08 05:14:51] NewTabViewController ID 9: processViewModel w/ state: pageLoadingProgressChanged(progress: 1.0, animated: true)
[2025-12-08 05:14:51] TabViewModel: WebPageDelegate: isLoading: false, webPage: Orion.WebPageModel
[2025-12-08 05:14:51] NewTabViewController ID 9: processViewModel w/ state: pageLoadingStatusChanged
[2025-12-08 05:14:51] NewTabViewController ID 9: updateBarsItems
[2025-12-08 05:14:51] TabViewModel: processAction action: updateLocationBar
[2025-12-08 05:14:51] NewTabViewController ID 9: processViewModel w/ state: updateLocationBar(viewModel: Orion.WebPageModel, tabsCount: 1)
[2025-12-08 05:14:51] TabViewModel: processAction action: updateToolsbar
[2025-12-08 05:14:51] NewTabViewController ID 9: processViewModel w/ state: updateToolsbar(tabHasURL: true, backNavigation: Orion.NewTabViewModel.BackNavigation.regular)
[2025-12-08 05:14:51] NewTabViewController ID 9: processViewModel w/ state: pageLoadingProgressChanged(progress: 0.0, animated: false)
[2025-12-08 05:14:51] BrowserContainerVC: storeSessionURLs
[2025-12-08 05:14:51] Call: base.frameReady-about:blank
[2025-12-08 05:14:51] Call: base.contentLoaded-about:blank
[2025-12-08 05:14:51] Call: base.frameLoaded-about:blank
[2025-12-08 05:14:51] Call: base.frameLoaded-about:blank
[2025-12-08 05:14:52] NewTabViewController ID 9: processViewModel w/ state: faviconUpdated(image: Optional(<UIImage:0x1273386e0 anonymous {32, 32} renderingMode=automatic(original)>))
[2025-12-08 05:14:52] BrowserContainerVC: openOptionsPopover, hasURL: true
[2025-12-08 05:14:52] NewTabViewController ID 9: updatePopoverSourceView
[2025-12-08 05:14:52] TabViewModel: processAction action: takeScreenshot(tabRootView: Optional(<Orion.NewTabRootView: 0x17baba200; frame = (0 0; 393 659); backgroundColor = <UIDynamicSystemColor: 0x104f4e200; name = systemGray6Color>; layer = <CALayer: 0x1565d3690>>))
[2025-12-08 05:14:54] CloudKit: CloudKit > batchUpdate::success

I have violentmonkey installed (the extension mentioned) but i have no youtube userscripts and the issue persists when violentmonkey is disabled.