# Display problem when using iOS 16 or earlier
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/display-problem-when-using-ios-16-or-earlier/379269
**Category:** Bug
**Created:** [August 19, 2025, 10:00am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/display-problem-when-using-ios-16-or-earlier/379269 "2025-08-19T10:00:49Z")
**Posts on this page:** 18
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### Author:  [@TethysPlex](https://meta.discourse.org/u/TethysPlex)
#### Post date: [August 19, 2025, 10:00am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/display-problem-when-using-ios-16-or-earlier/379269/1 "2025-08-19T10:00:49Z")
When accessing Discourse on my phone, I noticed that some background colors are missing. In dark mode, the issue becomes more noticeable, as the font colors also don’t change as expected.
I’m using iOS 16.7.8 with Safari on iPhone 8
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### Author:  [@chapoi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/chapoi)
#### Post date: [August 19, 2025, 10:13am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/display-problem-when-using-ios-16-or-earlier/379269/2 "2025-08-19T10:13:54Z")
Hi!
Well, thats certainly annoying. What theme do you have activated?
At the moment, I cant repro yet here on meta.
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### Author:  [@TethysPlex](https://meta.discourse.org/u/TethysPlex)
#### Post date: [August 19, 2025, 10:16am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/display-problem-when-using-ios-16-or-earlier/379269/3 "2025-08-19T10:16:27Z")
I can repro this with Meta Branded / Dark
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### Author:  [@TethysPlex](https://meta.discourse.org/u/TethysPlex)
#### Post date: [August 19, 2025, 10:17am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/display-problem-when-using-ios-16-or-earlier/379269/4 "2025-08-19T10:17:08Z")
There may be more. This error may be specific to the iOS version. Others on the forums I’m on have also encountered this issue.
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### Author:  [@chapoi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/chapoi)
#### Post date: [August 19, 2025, 11:12am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/display-problem-when-using-ios-16-or-earlier/379269/5 "2025-08-19T11:12:46Z")
Hmm, i’ve tried to simulate the same environment (iOS 16, iphone 8, meta-branded, dark) and still no repro.
Can you show me a screenshot of your active colour palette theme settings?
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### Author:  [@TethysPlex](https://meta.discourse.org/u/TethysPlex)
#### Post date: [August 19, 2025, 12:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/display-problem-when-using-ios-16-or-earlier/379269/6 "2025-08-19T12:11:00Z")
Sorry, I’m not sure what you mean by “active colour palette theme settings.” Could you please explain where I could find it?
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### Author:  [@chapoi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/chapoi)
#### Post date: [August 19, 2025, 12:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/display-problem-when-using-ios-16-or-earlier/379269/7 "2025-08-19T12:31:46Z")
Sure, I mean when you go to your preferences: /preferences/account
What does it say here:
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### Author:  [@TethysPlex](https://meta.discourse.org/u/TethysPlex)
#### Post date: [August 19, 2025, 12:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/display-problem-when-using-ios-16-or-earlier/379269/8 "2025-08-19T12:52:18Z")
This issue occurs both anonymously and logged in, and is not limited to Meta.
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### Author:  [@chapoi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/chapoi)
#### Post date: [August 19, 2025, 12:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/display-problem-when-using-ios-16-or-earlier/379269/9 "2025-08-19T12:53:57Z")
> [@TethysPlex](#):
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> and is not limited to Meta.
Ah okay that changes things. It’s clearly a z-index issue but it’s super hard to diagnose if I can’t repro 🙁
How are you accessing the forums? Using the Hub app on iOS, or directly in the browser?
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### Author:  [@TethysPlex](https://meta.discourse.org/u/TethysPlex)
#### Post date: [August 19, 2025, 12:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/display-problem-when-using-ios-16-or-earlier/379269/10 "2025-08-19T12:54:51Z")
Directly in the browser.
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### Author:  [@TethysPlex](https://meta.discourse.org/u/TethysPlex)
#### Post date: [August 19, 2025, 1:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/display-problem-when-using-ios-16-or-earlier/379269/11 "2025-08-19T13:02:36Z")
I just checked and have the same issue in Discourse Hub.
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### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [August 20, 2025, 1:09am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/display-problem-when-using-ios-16-or-earlier/379269/12 "2025-08-20T01:09:14Z")
Having trouble reproing this on 16.4
Are you on the absolute latest version of iOS for your device? Can you try 16.7.11?
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### Author:  [@agemo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/agemo)
#### Post date: [August 20, 2025, 7:28am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/display-problem-when-using-ios-16-or-earlier/379269/13 "2025-08-20T07:28:47Z")
After the latest update using an iOS 16.7 device the UI is is borked. Checked it on meta and same result.
It seems background colour is losing drop down menu are transparent, form boxes and who know what else.
Writing this is very difficult 😣 n Mobil. Everything is visible at once all thebUI elements are on topic of each other
I will edit and fix up in desktop Safari which seem to be fine.
Has there been a pull up in terms of weblit support or something like that?
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### Author:  [@chapoi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/chapoi)
#### Post date: [August 20, 2025, 8:08am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/display-problem-when-using-ios-16-or-earlier/379269/14 "2025-08-20T08:08:53Z")
So far I’ve tried to repro but can’t. It seems very specific to v16.7
~~If possible, please upgrade to 16.latest – it will most likely fix it.~~
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### Author:  [@agemo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/agemo)
#### Post date: [August 20, 2025, 8:52am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/display-problem-when-using-ios-16-or-earlier/379269/15 "2025-08-20T08:52:30Z")
As outlined this is exactly the same issue - my iOS is 16.7.11 here when encountering the issue, no update required.
Coincidently not the first web related thing to break on iOS this week. 🤔
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### Author:  [@david](https://meta.discourse.org/u/david)
#### Post date: [August 20, 2025, 9:44am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/display-problem-when-using-ios-16-or-earlier/379269/16 "2025-08-20T09:44:27Z")
Thanks for the reports! We’ve managed to track down the cause here, and have a fix on the way:
[https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/34438](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/34438)
This will also be backported to the recently-released stable version.
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### Author:  [@david](https://meta.discourse.org/u/david)
#### Post date: [August 20, 2025, 2:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/display-problem-when-using-ios-16-or-earlier/379269/18 "2025-08-20T14:36:40Z")
This is now merged to both `tests-passed` and `stable`, and is live on Meta
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### Author:  [@david](https://meta.discourse.org/u/david)
#### Post date: [August 23, 2025, 7:00am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/display-problem-when-using-ios-16-or-earlier/379269/20 "2025-08-23T07:00:55Z")
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