EXIF metadata is stripped when creating an asset via addResource(with:.photo, data:) on iOS 26.6

Starting with iOS 26.6, saving an image to the photo library via PHAssetCreationRequest.addResource(with: .photo, data:, options:) appears to re-encode the image, dropping all EXIF metadata. The same code preserved metadata through iOS 26.5.

let creationRequest = PHAssetCreationRequest.forAsset()
creationRequest.addResource(with: .photo, data: image, options: nil)

I would like to know whether this change is intentional, and whether the file-based overload is the supported way to preserve an image's original metadata.

What we verified

1. The bytes we hand to PhotoKit still contain the metadata.

2. Setting contentType explicitly does not help. We resolved the type from the data and confirmed at runtime that it was non-nil (public.jpeg):

let options = PHAssetResourceCreationOptions()
if #available(iOS 26.0, *) {
    options.contentType = contentType   // verified: UTType.jpeg, not nil
}
let request = PHAssetCreationRequest.forAsset()
request.addResource(with: .photo, data: imageData, options: options)

• The resulting asset still has no EXIF.

1. Writing the identical bytes to a temporary file and using the file-based overload preserves everything:

try imageData.write(to: temporaryFileURL, options: .atomic)

let options = PHAssetResourceCreationOptions()
options.shouldMoveFile = true
let request = PHAssetCreationRequest.forAsset()
request.addResource(with: .photo, fileURL: temporaryFileURL, options: options)

• Capture date, camera information and location are all intact.

We access the library with PHAccessLevel.addOnly.