Reoccurring data access prompt issue with Swift Playgrounds 4.6.4 on macOS 26.1

Hello,

I am having a recurring issue using Swift Playgrounds version 4.6.4 on macOS 26.1.

Upon opening a file and every other time I start typing in the code section I get a prompt, the image below, two or three times. It doesn't matter if I accept or decline all or some of the prompts, as soon as I start typing on another line I get prompted another two or three times for permission.

It appears to me that prompt generates every time the preview pane tries to update. Declining the prompt breaks the preview but accepting the prompt only gets you through a single line of code before it appears again.

I believe this issue started after I updated to macOS26.1 as I had not encountered it before. I've also opened other files with Swift Playgrounds and encounter the same problem.

It could also be unrelated to the update and could be an issue with some permission setting somewhere, however, I have been unable to find what or where it could be.

Is anyone else experiencing this?

Thank you for your time :)

Answered by DTS Engineer in 873953022

I don’t have time to try this for myself today, but my understanding is that this problem (r. 164272589) is resolved in the latest macOS 26.3b3 (25D5112c) seed. If you have access to beta seeds, I encourage you to try this for yourself and reply here with the results.

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I'm having the same issue with Swift Playgrounds 4.6.4 on macOS 26.2 -- endless permissions prompts any time I start typing to edit my code. Only way to get it to stop is to right-click and pause the preview pane.

Looks like some people are saying this is finally fixed in the latest macOS 26.3 beta.

I think a big issue is that Swift Playgrounds is only updated once or twice a year. For half the year, Swift Playgrounds is out of step with the latest Mac/iPad OS versions. It never gets re-tested and issued bug patches on the latest OS versions as they come out, so for half the year the palygrounds app is very unstable.

Yeyyy!!! Finally working as expected after upgrading to macOS 26.3! 🥳

For me, it was fixed after pausing App Preview. That allows modifying code w/o pesky popup

Reoccurring data access prompt issue with Swift Playgrounds 4.6.4 on macOS 26.1
 
 
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