Family Activity Picker crashes (Connection to plugin invalidated while in use)

Even on iOS 18 (16-17 also repo) we are seeing a crash on the FamilyActivityPicker when users tap on "Other" or just at random times. We see the follow debug message but no other way of identifying the issue in code.

[u 3C8AF272-DC4E-55C4-B8C6-34826D2BEB5B:m (null)] [com.apple.FamilyControls.ActivityPickerExtension(1150.1)] Connection to plugin invalidated while in use.

Even with the most basic implementation of FamilyActivityPicker (example below) we can repro this crash consistently.

Big applications (think Opal) see the same issue but it seems like they see it less, and are able to intercept the disconnect in order to show an error to the user. My two questions are

  1. How can we intercept this crash/disconnect in order to alert our user and restart the experience?
  2. Is this EVER gonna get fixed properly?

Usage Example:

var body: some View {
        NavigationView {
            ZStack {
                familyPickerErrorView
                    .opacity(isHidden ? 0 : 1)
                    .onAppear {
                        DispatchQueue.main.asyncAfter(deadline: .now() + 2) {
                            withAnimation {
                                isHidden = false
                            }
                        }
                    }
            
                    VStack {
                        Color.clear
                            .frame(height: 1)
                            .background(Color(UIColor.systemBackground))
                        FamilyActivityPicker(
                            headerText: "Select Apps To Be Blocked (Maximum of 50)",
                            footerText: "Want to block Safari? Check our FAQs",
                            selection: $familySelection)
                        .ignoresSafeArea(.all)
                    }
            }
        }
        .toolbar {
            ToolbarItem(placement: .navigationBarLeading) {
                Button(action: {
                    isPresented = false
                }) {
                    Text("Cancel")
                        .foregroundColor(.black)
                }
            }
            ToolbarItem(placement: .navigationBarTrailing) {
                Button(action: {
                    isPresented = false
                }) {
                    Text("Done")
                }
            }
        }
        .navigationBarTitleDisplayMode(.inline)
        .alert(isPresented: $showAlert) {
            Alert(title: Text("Family Activity Picker Issue"), message: Text(alertMessage), dismissButton: .default(Text("OK")))
        }
        .onAppear {
            isPresented = true
        }
    }

Hey, the issue was already described here -> https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/764457

And some workarounds were mentioned :)

In the mean time, would be nice If you could open a bug report, the more there are, the most likely apple will fix it !

Regards

Family Activity Picker crashes (Connection to plugin invalidated while in use)
 
 
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