New tab URL bar keeps holding website address

FourKneez

When I open a new tab in Orion 1.5.3 on iOS 26.6.2 and tap the URL bar at the bottom of the screen, there is always a website address in there already. The URL happens to be one of my bookmarks/most visited sites, for what it’s worth.

On Orion 1.5.2 and before, the URL bar was empty on the new tab page.

1.5.3

laiz

Hey! Could you share a screen recording of this issue? I tried reproducing it based on your description but was unable to do so.

FourKneez

laiz Sure! This is on Orion 1.5.4, but the same behavior occurred on 1.5.3.

jeanetienne

FourKneez thanks for the video, this is really helpful. And this is a very strange bug, sorry for that!

We'll look into it.

jeanetienne

Hi FourKneez, i think I found the root cause. In the meantime a workaround is as follows:

Settings → Search → Autocomplete → turn off Top Hits.

However, that may be a bit annoying if yuo rely on Top Hits often, another solution is:

Give the problematic bookmark a keyword. Open it in Bookmarks → Edit → Keyword → type anything → Save.

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

FourKneez

jeanetienne That worked as a stopgap solution! Thanks!

Pasithea0

Also, happens for me. Seems to be sites that I haven’t visited in months. And it’s showing a different one than it was a few days ago.