This is not just related to the recent iOS 26 bug, which I’m aware of, but has been happening for a while. The experience of using Discourse on iOS seems to be getting worse and worse. It used to be amazing when I first set up my forum in 2024, but it’s been getting progressively worse. I recreate…

I think a lot of these are the iOS26 bugs. On the iOS 26.1 public beta, things are significantly smoother. No flickering header, no non-responsive buttons, no sudden jumpy scrolling, etc. Hopefully apple will release that update soon :crossed_fingers: For context: the bug causes the entire geometr…

Ok, here’s hoping, but I’ve definitely been experiencing these issues, especially the one where it jumps out of place as you scroll, for a long time not just since iOS 26.

Also, reading the iOS 26 topic, it seems it’s not completely fixed in 26.1? Some people still reporting issues?

There is some confusion about the versions. 26.0.1, which was released publicly, does not fix any of these problems. 26.1, currently in beta, seems to fix most things. That said, I’m sure you’re right that there are other bugs. Discourse isn’t perfect. But it’s very hard to separate them from the O…

Have you installed the Public Beta?

Well I was referring to the most recent posts which are discussing 26.1 still having the same bugs: [image] iOS 26 bugs with fixed position elements in Discourse I’m still seeing the issue in iPadOS 26.1 as well. When you scroll up the cursor jumps to the correct location, but it starts out too…

No, I won’t use betas on my main (and only) device.

Most people are reporting success, so I think that is a more specific case with iPadOS / PWA. Looks like Penar is investigating that problem.

Right now, I believe it is the better experience. Hope they merge it soon. I’m really not convinced by Apple’s quality lately. Even on stable 18.6, I was recently struck by how hard it was to develop for Safari compared to Android Chrome. Safari was often flickering where Chrome was rock steady. …

[image] Shauny: When using a “Home Screen bookmark”, while composing a message or reply, after switching to a different app and back again, you can no longer use the toolbar buttons and the “post reply” button stops working. Have to quit the app and open again. This has been going on for a year.…

Awful experience in iOS Safari

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Shauny (Shaun Robinson) October 7, 2025, 8:58am 7

Well I was referring to the most recent posts which are discussing 26.1 still having the same bugs:

Topic		Replies	Views
iOS 26 bugs with fixed position elements in Discourse Announcements ios-26 , ios	70	8008	November 14, 2025
iOS 26 bugs still persist on 26.1 Support bug , ios-26 , ios	17	842	December 23, 2025
Discourse Mobile App Support mobile , ios-app	2	164	September 24, 2025
Discourse UI broken on iOS 17 developer beta4 Support	3	438	August 3, 2023
Liked text is flickering and page is jumping on iOS bookmark Support	3	338	August 8, 2023

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