XCTest doesn't return the elements in navigation bar after iOS 26 upgrade

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Created Oct ’25

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The buttons in the navigation bar are not available in the element tree after iOS 26 upgrade of the test phones. The same IPA version, the same XCode version, but different trees on different phones. There is no way to automate UI testing for these missing buttons.

# ios 18

NavigationBar, 0x108e0c3c0, {{0.0, 47.0}, {390.0, 44.0}}, identifier: 'Profile'
  Button, 0x108e0c500, {{8.0, 47.0}, {43.0, 44.0}}, identifier: 'UserProfileSceneViewController_profile_back_button', label: 'chevronLeftIcon'
  StaticText, 0x108e0c640, {{169.3, 58.0}, {51.3, 22.0}}, label: 'Profile'
  Button, 0x108e0c780, {{339.0, 47.0}, {43.0, 44.0}}, identifier: 'UserProfileSceneViewController_settings_bar_button', label: 'Settings'


# ios 26

NavigationBar, 0x13d63c8c0, {{0.0, 47.0}, {428.0, 54.0}}, identifier: 'Profile'                  
  StaticText, 0x13d63ca00, {{188.3, 58.0}, {51.3, 22.0}}, label: 'Profile'

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Dropbear OP

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Oh man I thought we could finally upgrade to 26... but this is a major blocker. I don't suppose you found any workaround?

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