UIDocumentPickerViewController freezes the second time it's called on iOS and iPadOS 26.1 betas 3 and 4

Hello,

this is very weird. I have an app where I use UIDocumentPickerViewController(forOpeningContentTypes: [.folder]) to let the users access to directories that are in the sandbox of other apps. It's been working since iOS 13.

On the beta versions of iOS and iPadOS 26.1 (betas 3 and 4), the second time the UIDocumentPickerViewController is presented, it becomes unresponsive, with a spinning wheel in the top right corner where the "Open" button should be.

I have absolutely no clue what the issue could be. It doesn't seem to be a widespread issue, but I have also no idea on how to find the origin and fix it.

As far as I can tell from the debugger, this line is executed:

DispatchQueue.main.async {
     rootVC?.present(self.documentPicker, animated: true, completion: nil)
}

and then nothing else happens.

UIDocumentPickerViewController freezes the second time it's called on iOS and iPadOS 26.1 betas 3 and 4
 
 
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