Release appearance
visionOS 1.3 Public
Recorded context
About this appearance
visionOS 1.3 reached the public release channel on July 29, 2024 as a maintenance and security release, with no separately enumerated developer features and a detailed advisory covering AirDrop, media, kernel, Persona, Shortcuts, and WebKit.
- Date
- Jul 29, 2024
- Availability
- available
- Revision
- No
Release notes
What changed
Original editorial synthesis. Linked references appear with the claims they support and in the source ledger.
Public release
Apple's security record dates visionOS 1.3 to July 29, 2024. Apple Support characterizes it as bug fixes and security updates, while the developer release-note page says there are no new release notes for this software update.[1][2][3]
What is documented
Because Apple did not enumerate consumer or SDK features, this occurrence set stays within the version-specific security advisory. The grouped entries below summarize affected surfaces and impact classes without turning later advisory revisions into claims about a separate release.[4]
Source ledger
References
Sources are linked to the claims they support. Publication and access dates are shown when available.
- visionOS 1.3 Release Notes
Apple Developer · 2026-07-29 · General — There are no new release notes for this software update
- About the security content of visionOS 1.3
Apple Support · 2024-07-29T00:00:00.000Z · visionOS 1.3 — Released July 29, 2024
- About the security content of visionOS 1.3
Apple Support · 2024-07-29T00:00:00.000Z · visionOS 1.3 security content
- visionOS 1.3 Release Notes
Apple Developer · 2026-07-29 · General
- About the security content of visionOS 1.3
Apple Support · 2024-07-29T00:00:00.000Z · Released July 29, 2024
- About the security content of visionOS 1.3
Apple Support · 2024-07-29T00:00:00.000Z · visionOS 1.3 — AirDrop
- About the security content of visionOS 1.3
Apple Support · 2024-07-29T00:00:00.000Z · visionOS 1.3 — Apple Neural Engine; AppleAVD; CoreGraphics; ImageIO
- About the security content of visionOS 1.3
Apple Support · 2024-07-29T00:00:00.000Z · visionOS 1.3 — Kernel
- About the security content of visionOS 1.3
Apple Support · 2024-07-29T00:00:00.000Z · visionOS 1.3 — Presence
- About the security content of visionOS 1.3
Apple Support · 2024-07-29T00:00:00.000Z · visionOS 1.3 — Shortcuts
- About the security content of visionOS 1.3
Apple Support · 2024-07-29T00:00:00.000Z · visionOS 1.3 — WebKit
Release changes
Changed in this release
Features, fixes, removals, and regressions first observed in this release record.
security · fixed
WebKit crash, scripting, and restriction fixes
Apple's advisory lists memory, bounds, validation, and URL-protocol changes across multiple web-content vulnerabilities.
- [1] About the security content of visionOS 1.3 · visionOS 1.3 — WebKit
security · fixed
Shortcuts internet-permission checks
The Shortcuts runtime tightened permission enforcement for actions that attempt to reach the internet.
- [1] About the security content of visionOS 1.3 · visionOS 1.3 — Shortcuts
security · fixed
Kernel information, network, and stability protections
The update improved private-data redaction, locking, and memory handling across three kernel vulnerabilities documented by Apple.
- [1] About the security content of visionOS 1.3 · visionOS 1.3 — Kernel
security · fixed
AirDrop quarantine-flag handling
The advisory records a fix for an AirDrop path in which a received file could lack its quarantine marker.
- [1] About the security content of visionOS 1.3 · visionOS 1.3 — AirDrop
security · fixed
Persona suspension during virtual-keyboard use
Apple changed Persona behavior during text entry to close a side channel that could reveal virtual-keyboard input.
- [1] About the security content of visionOS 1.3 · visionOS 1.3 — Presence
security · fixed
Media and image-processing security fixes
Apple documented hardening for neural, video, graphics, and image-processing paths that could otherwise crash the system or an application.
- [1] About the security content of visionOS 1.3 · visionOS 1.3 — Apple Neural Engine; AppleAVD; CoreGraphics; ImageIO