Images on project/work pages using the carousel layout fail to load in Safari 26 on macOS 26.5. The same pages load perfectly in Firefox and Chrome.

What's happening

Lay Theme uses data-lay-src and data-lay-srcset attributes on images with the class carousel-lazy-img to handle lazy loading. In Safari 26, the lazy loader (frontend.app.min.js) does not swap these attributes into the actual src and srcset — so images remain as base64 placeholders and never load.

I confirmed this by inspecting the DOM in Safari's DevTools. The data-lay-src attribute is correctly present in the HTML, but the image src is never updated from the placeholder. No JavaScript errors appear in the console. The network tab shows zero image requests being made for the carousel images, confirming the lazy loader simply never triggers in Safari 26.

Steps to reproduce

1. Create a page using the carousel/gallery layout with multiple images
2. Open the page in Safari 26 on macOS 26.5
3. Images remain blank — only base64 placeholder GIFs are shown

Environment

• Lay Theme (latest version)
• WordPress 7.0
• Safari 26, macOS 26.5
• Affects both desktop and iOS Safari 26

Happy to provide a test URL if that helps. Thanks!