Post Title: CarPlay: iPhone-origin media does not reliably resume after short SFSpeechRecognizer capture Post Body: We are testing short, user-initiated speech recognition in a CarPlay driving-task app. The capture is started by an explicit button tap, lasts up to about 4 seconds, and uses SFSpeechRecognizer, SFSpeechAudioBufferRecognitionRequest, and AVAudioEngine. There is no wake word, no continuous recording, and no background listening. Test setup: iPhone: iPhone 17 iOS: 26.5.2 CarPlay: wireless Vehicle / head unit: Volkswagen Discover Media Also tested in a second vehicle with wireless CarPlay Media tested: Apple Music and online radio through CarPlay Also tested: vehicle DAB+ / normal car radio Observed behavior: Native speech recognition succeeds. Speech is recognized correctly. There is no loud playback through the vehicle speakers. During the short capture, the audio route changes to CarPlay / CarAudio input. After capture, vehicle DAB+ / normal car radio resumes correctly. iPhone-origin media, including Apple Music and online radio apps playing through CarPlay, does not reliably resume. In Apple Music, playback may appear to advance or change tracks, but no audio is actually played until the user intervenes. Online radio through CarPlay remains stopped after capture. This behavior was reproduced in two vehicles with wireless CarPlay. Current AVAudioSession configuration during capture: category: AVAudioSession.Category.record mode: AVAudioSession.Mode.measurement options: [.mixWithOthers] During capture, diagnostics show approximately: category: AVAudioSessionCategoryRecord mode: AVAudioSessionModeMeasurement inputNumberOfChannels: 1 outputNumberOfChannels: 0 currentRoute.inputs: CarPlay / CarAudio currentRoute.outputs: none After capture, the app stops and releases audio resources: Stops AVAudioEngine Removes the input tap Ends the recognition request Cancels the recognition task Calls setActive(false, options: [.notifyOthersOnDeactivation]) Restores a passive configuration using .ambient / .default Relevant Swift extract: try session.setCategory( .record, mode: .measurement, options: [.mixWithOthers] ) try session.setActive(true, options: []) if audioEngine.isRunning { audioEngine.stop() } audioEngine.inputNode.removeTap(onBus: 0) recognitionRequest?.endAudio() recognitionRequest = nil recognitionTask?.cancel() recognitionTask = nil try session.setActive( false, options: [.notifyOthersOnDeactivation] ) try session.setCategory(.ambient, mode: .default, options: []) Primary question: Is there a supported AVAudioSession / CarPlay / Speech configuration for short, user-initiated speech recognition in a CarPlay driving-task app that reliably allows previous iPhone-origin CarPlay media playback to resume after capture? Additional question: Is it expected that vehicle DAB+ / normal radio resumes correctly while iPhone-origin CarPlay media does not reliably resume after the same short recording session? Any guidance on the supported approach would be appreciated. Best regards, Guido