diff --git a/recipes/libs/gstreamer/redox.patch b/recipes/libs/gstreamer/redox.patch
index 4dc880968..b5a440c39 100644
--- a/recipes/libs/gstreamer/redox.patch
+++ b/recipes/libs/gstreamer/redox.patch
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-diff -ruw gstreamer-1.24.12/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/dtls/gstdtlsconnection.c source/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/dtls/gstdtlsconnection.c
---- gstreamer-1.24.12/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/dtls/gstdtlsconnection.c	2025-01-29 13:12:29.000000000 -0700
-+++ source/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/dtls/gstdtlsconnection.c	2026-02-10 19:13:12.530288659 -0700
+diff -ruwN source/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/dtls/gstdtlsconnection.c source-new/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/dtls/gstdtlsconnection.c
+--- source/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/dtls/gstdtlsconnection.c	2025-01-29 20:12:29.000000000 +0000
++++ source-new/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/dtls/gstdtlsconnection.c	2026-09-13 01:22:57.407426034 +0000
 @@ -49,6 +49,10 @@
  #include <errno.h>
  #endif
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ diff -ruw gstreamer-1.24.12/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/dtls/gstdtlsconnecti
  GST_DEBUG_CATEGORY_STATIC (gst_dtls_connection_debug);
  #define GST_CAT_DEFAULT gst_dtls_connection_debug
  
-diff -ruw gstreamer-1.24.12/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst-libs/gst/tag/meson.build source/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst-libs/gst/tag/meson.build
---- gstreamer-1.24.12/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst-libs/gst/tag/meson.build	2025-01-29 13:12:29.000000000 -0700
-+++ source/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst-libs/gst/tag/meson.build	2026-02-10 19:09:53.259120404 -0700
+diff -ruwN source/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst-libs/gst/tag/meson.build source-new/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst-libs/gst/tag/meson.build
+--- source/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst-libs/gst/tag/meson.build	2025-01-29 20:12:29.000000000 +0000
++++ source-new/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst-libs/gst/tag/meson.build	2026-09-13 01:22:57.408426091 +0000
 @@ -136,10 +136,10 @@
      install: false)
  endif
@@ -31,4 +31,16 @@ diff -ruw gstreamer-1.24.12/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst-libs/gst/tag/meson.
 +#  install : false)
  
  gst_tag_dir = meson.current_source_dir()
-Only in source/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst-libs/gst/tag: meson.build.orig
+diff -ruwN source/subprojects/gstreamer/gst/gstregistry.c source-new/subprojects/gstreamer/gst/gstregistry.c
+--- source/subprojects/gstreamer/gst/gstregistry.c	2025-01-29 20:12:29.000000000 +0000
++++ source-new/subprojects/gstreamer/gst/gstregistry.c	2026-09-29 02:59:06.518249721 +0000
+@@ -174,7 +174,8 @@
+ static GstRegistry *_gst_registry_default = NULL;
+ 
+ /* defaults */
+-#define DEFAULT_FORK TRUE
++/* redox: forking result in hang */
++#define DEFAULT_FORK FALSE
+ 
+ /* control the behaviour of registry rebuild */
+ static gboolean _gst_enable_registry_fork = DEFAULT_FORK;
diff --git a/recipes/wip/web/webkitgtk3/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/web/webkitgtk3/recipe.toml
index 15fea1470..b676f890c 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/web/webkitgtk3/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/web/webkitgtk3/recipe.toml
@@ -41,10 +41,6 @@ COOKBOOK_CMAKE_FLAGS+=(
     -DENABLE_BUBBLEWRAP_SANDBOX=OFF
     -DENABLE_INTROSPECTION=OFF
     -DENABLE_JOURNALD_LOG=OFF
-# jit issues
-    -DENABLE_JIT=OFF
-    -DENABLE_DFG_JIT=OFF
-    -DENABLE_FTL_JIT=OFF
 # hardware/library issues
     -DENABLE_SPEECH_SYNTHESIS=OFF
     -DENABLE_SPELLCHECK=OFF # libenchant
@@ -61,8 +57,9 @@ cookbook_cmake
 
 patchelf --replace-needed "${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}/usr/lib/libsqlite3.so" "libsqlite3.so" "${COOKBOOK_STAGE}/usr/lib/libwebkit2gtk-4.1.so"
 patchelf --replace-needed "${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}/usr/lib/libsqlite3.so" "libsqlite3.so" "${COOKBOOK_STAGE}/usr/libexec/webkit2gtk-4.1/MiniBrowser"
-mkdir -p "${COOKBOOK_STAGE}/usr/bin"
+mkdir -p "${COOKBOOK_STAGE}/usr/bin" "${COOKBOOK_STAGE}/usr/share/applications"
 ln -sr "${COOKBOOK_STAGE}/usr/libexec/webkit2gtk-4.1/MiniBrowser" "${COOKBOOK_STAGE}/usr/bin/MiniBrowser"
+cp "${COOKBOOK_RECIPE}/webkit.desktop" "${COOKBOOK_STAGE}/usr/share/applications/webkit.desktop"
 """
 
 [package]
diff --git a/recipes/wip/web/webkitgtk3/redox.patch b/recipes/wip/web/webkitgtk3/redox.patch
index 3ed8e997c..8589384ee 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/web/webkitgtk3/redox.patch
+++ b/recipes/wip/web/webkitgtk3/redox.patch
@@ -670,3 +670,17 @@ diff -ruwN source/Source/WTF/wtf/posix/ThreadingPOSIX.cpp source-new/Source/WTF/
      Locker locker { m_mutex };
  
      int policy;
+diff -ruwN source/Source/WebKit/UIProcess/gtk/AcceleratedBackingStoreDMABuf.cpp source-new/Source/WebKit/UIProcess/gtk/AcceleratedBackingStoreDMABuf.cpp
+--- source/Source/WebKit/UIProcess/gtk/AcceleratedBackingStoreDMABuf.cpp	2025-03-07 11:11:01.594008200 +0000
++++ source-new/Source/WebKit/UIProcess/gtk/AcceleratedBackingStoreDMABuf.cpp	2026-09-27 19:45:00.480807469 +0000
+@@ -82,7 +82,9 @@
+     static OptionSet<RendererBufferTransportMode> mode;
+     static std::once_flag onceFlag;
+     std::call_once(onceFlag, [] {
+-        const char* disableDMABuf = getenv("WEBKIT_DISABLE_DMABUF_RENDERER");
++        // redox: the mesa implementation for dma-buf renderer is incomplete
++        // https://blogs.igalia.com/carlosgc/2023/04/03/webkitgtk-accelerated-compositing-rendering/
++        const char* disableDMABuf = "1";// getenv("WEBKIT_DISABLE_DMABUF_RENDERER");
+         if (disableDMABuf && strcmp(disableDMABuf, "0"))
+             return;
+ 
diff --git a/recipes/wip/web/webkitgtk3/webkit.desktop b/recipes/wip/web/webkitgtk3/webkit.desktop
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b3c4fd074
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/wip/web/webkitgtk3/webkit.desktop
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+[Desktop Entry]
+Name=WebKit
+Comment=WebKit GTK Browser
+Exec=MiniBrowser
+Icon=/usr/share/ui/icons/apps/internet-web-browser.png
+Terminal=false
+Type=Application
+StartupNotify=true
+Categories=Network
+NoDisplay=true