Apple Watch app closes when changing photo permissions in the iPhone app.

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Apple Watch app closes when changing photo permissions in the iPhone app.

App A is installed simultaneously on both the paired iPhone and Apple Watch.

I'm running App A on both my iPhone and Apple Watch.

When I change the photo permissions on App A installed on my iPhone, App A running on my Apple Watch automatically closes.

At first, I assumed App A on my iPhone was abnormally closing, causing App A on my Apple Watch to also close.

However, I've determined that changing the photo permissions is the cause of the app closing.

I don't think this behavior existed before WatchOS/iOS 26.

Is this behavior a natural addition to WatchOS/iOS 26?

If I go to the home screen while running app A on my iPhone and change its photo permissions in the Settings app, app A running on my Apple Watch automatically closes.

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DTS Engineer OP

Apple

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This is interesting... Maybe you can provide more context information for folks to comment:

By "close," do you mean that watchOS kills your app and returns back to the hone screen? You can check by tapping your app to see if it goes through the whole launch process.
Does your app have the access to the photo library before you change the permission? If your app has the permission, and you disable it, I am guessing that the system may do something on your app so it has the right permission in the next app launch session.
Is your watchOS an independent watchOS app, or is it a watch only app? See TN3157 for the definition of the terms. I won't expect that a watch app app be impacted by the change on the iOS app.

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Ziqiao Chen
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