On iOS 15.2 live streams do not start

On iOS 15.2 when playing live stream content AVPlayerItem.status reports AVPlayerItemStatusUnknown but it does NOT report AVPlayerItemStatusReadyToPlay or AVPlayerItemStatusFailed.

It remains in buffering state somehow. It is not a network/connection issue because it works fine on older versions of iOS. It also works fine on other type of content, it only happens on live streams like 90% of time.

On iOS 15.2 live streams do not start
 
 
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