Notification Sounds screen hangs and is watchdog-terminated on iPad 6th Gen (iPadOS 17.7.11)

Title

Notification Sounds screen hangs and watchdog-terminates on iPad 6th Generation (iPadOS 17.7.11)

Description

App Version:
2026.6.0 (Build 2026.2018)

Device:
iPad 6th Generation (MR7F2X/A, iPad7,5)

OS:
iPadOS 17.7.11

Problem

Navigating to:

Settings → Companion App → Notifications → Sounds

causes the application to hang immediately. The Sounds screen never appears.

After approximately 10 seconds, iPadOS terminates the application. The issue is reproducible 100% of the time.

Troubleshooting Performed

* Force-closed app
* Rebooted iPad
* Deleted app
* Reinstalled from App Store
* Same behaviour after reinstall
* Home Assistant server functioning normally
* Same user account works correctly on iPhone 14 Pro

Logs

Companion app logs consistently end at:

NotificationSoundsView.swift
librarySoundsURL() > Creating sounds directory ...

Crash Report

The .ips report shows:

Exception Type: EXC_CRASH (SIGKILL)

Termination Reason:
FRONTBOARD
scene-update watchdog transgression

code: 0x8BADF00D

exhausted real (wall clock) time allowance of 10.00 seconds

Notes

The crash report stack trace appears to be in SwiftUI layout/rendering while opening the Sounds view.

[Home Assistant-2026-06-06-202116.txt](https://github.com/user-attachments/files/28663535/Home.Assistant-2026-06-06-202116.txt)