NS runtime crashes in iOS18 Simulators

Hello together,
I am currently trying to migrate my app from NS 8.7 to 8.8. It seems like NS has an issue on simulators running iOS18. The relevant code block which kills the runtime is the following, hence opening an SFSafariViewController breaks the app. The crash log is attached below,

crashiOS18SimOniPhone15Pro.txt

seems like it is a V8 related issue.

private openUrlWithParametersCompletion(fullUrl: string, frame: Frame): void {
		SFSafariViewController.prewarmConnectionsToURLs([NSURL.URLWithString(fullUrl)]);
		this.safariViewController = SFSafariViewController.alloc().initWithURL(NSURL.URLWithString(fullUrl));

		// color of top and bottom bar
		if (this.styleOptions) {
			this.safariViewController.preferredBarTintColor = this.styleOptions.preferredBarTintColor.ios;
		}
		// color of the buttons
		if (this.styleOptions) {
			this.safariViewController.preferredControlTintColor = this.styleOptions.preferredControlTintColor.ios;
		}
		// text for dismiss button can be Done, Close, Cancel
		this.safariViewController.dismissButtonStyle = SFSafariViewControllerDismissButtonStyle.Done;
		this.safariViewController.delegate = this;
		if (!this._timeout) {
			this._timeout = setTimeout(() => {
				const windowScene = UIApplication.sharedApplication.connectedScenes.allObjects.firstObject as UIWindowScene;
				if (windowScene) {
					const keyWindow = windowScene.windows.firstObject as UIWindow;
					if (keyWindow.keyWindow) {
						let rootVC = keyWindow.rootViewController;
						rootVC.presentViewControllerAnimatedCompletion(this.safariViewController, true, null);
					} else {
						console.error('no key window');
					}
				}
				this._timeout = null;
			}, 150);
		}
	}

OS: macOS 15.0
CPU: (10) arm64 Apple M1 Pro
Shell: /bin/zsh
node: 20.11.1
npm: 10.2.4
nativescript: 8.8.2

# android
java: 17.0.12
ndk: Not Found
apis: Not Found
build_tools: Not Found
system_images: Not Found

# ios
xcode: 16.0/16A242d
cocoapods: 1.15.2
python: 3.12.4
python3: 3.12.4
ruby: 2.7.8
platforms: 
  - DriverKit 24.0
  - iOS 18.0
  - macOS 15.0
  - tvOS 18.0
  - visionOS 2.0
  - watchOS 11.0

Dependencies

"dependencies": {
  "@angular/animations": "18.2.5",
  "@angular/common": "18.2.5",
  "@angular/compiler": "18.2.5",
  "@angular/core": "18.2.5",
  "@angular/forms": "18.2.5",
  "@angular/platform-browser": "18.2.5",
  "@angular/platform-browser-dynamic": "18.2.5",
  "@angular/router": "18.2.5",
  "@apollo/client": "3.11.8",
  "@mnd/external-web-view": "file:../app-plugins/dist/packages/external-web-view/mnd-external-web-view-2.0.0.tgz",
  "@nativescript/angular": "18.1.3",
  "@nativescript/core": "8.8.2",
  "@nativescript/iqkeyboardmanager": "2.1.1",
  "@nativescript/localize": "5.2.0",
  "@nativescript/mlkit-barcode-scanning": "2.1.0",
  "@nativescript/mlkit-core": "2.1.0",
  "@nativescript/secure-storage": "3.0.3",
  "@nativescript/theme": "3.1.0",
  "@nativescript/ui-charts": "0.2.4",
  "apollo-angular": "7.2.0",
  "apollo3-cache-persist": "0.15.0",
  "d3-ease": "3.0.1",
  "graphql": "16.9.0",
  "graphql-tag": "2.12.6",
  "intl": "1.2.5",
  "moment": "2.30.1",
  "nativescript-health-data": "file:../app-plugins-customized/nativescript-health-data/publish/package/nativescript-health-data-3.0.0.tgz",
  "nativescript-oauth2-ext": "file:../app-plugins-customized/nativescript-oauth2-ext/publish/package/nativescript-oauth2-ext-3.0.4.tgz",
  "nativescript-sqlite": "2.8.6",
  "nativescript-sqlite-commercial": "file:../app-plugins-customized/commercial-sqlite/nativescript-sqlite-commercial-1.8.0.tgz",
  "nativescript-ui-calendar": "15.2.3",
  "nativescript-ui-gauge": "15.2.3",
  "qs": "npm:querystring@0.2.1",
  "rxjs": "7.8.1",
  "util": "0.12.5",
  "uuidjs": "5.1.0",
  "zone.js": "0.15.0"
},
"devDependencies": {
  "@angular-devkit/build-angular": "18.2.5",
  "@angular/compiler-cli": "18.2.5",
  "@graphql-codegen/cli": "5.0.2",
  "@graphql-codegen/fragment-matcher": "5.0.2",
  "@graphql-codegen/introspection": "4.0.3",
  "@graphql-codegen/typescript": "4.0.9",
  "@graphql-codegen/typescript-apollo-angular": "4.0.0",
  "@graphql-codegen/typescript-operations": "4.2.3",
  "@nativescript/android": "8.7.0",
  "@nativescript/ios": "8.8.2",
  "@nativescript/types": "8.8.0",
  "@nativescript/webpack": "5.0.22",
  "@ngtools/webpack": "18.2.5",
  "@types/d3-ease": "3.0.2",
  "@types/intl": "1.2.2",
  "@types/lodash": "4.17.7",
  "@types/node": "22.5.5",
  "keycloak-request-token": "0.1.0",
  "rimraf": "6.0.1",
  "sass": "1.77.8",
  "ts-node": "10.9.2",
  "typescript": "5.5.4"
}

Start by reproducing the crash in an iOS 18 Simulator using the shown openUrlWithParametersCompletion method, then inspect crashiOS18SimOniPhone15Pro.txt and the SFSafariViewController call path. Done means opening the Safari view no longer crashes the NativeScript iOS runtime on the reported simulator setup.