Hey guys, just after some possible answers.
Why might’ve a Siri “Found in Apps” Messenger contact suggestion change into raw metadata and then create a second clean suggestion?
Device:
iPhone 14
iOS 17
Occurred sometime around 2023–2024
The issue involved one unsaved Siri Suggested Contact under “Found in Apps” from Facebook Messenger.
The sequence was:
A normal Siri suggestion appeared:
Messenger: name redacted
Months later, that same suggested contact no longer displayed normally. Instead, it showed what looked like raw metadata while still being labelled as Messenger:
Messenger: HQ_UPhdmaAMnPegcbDmgaAMfH_PPf-PtSVXehqahXZOUgA;x-userid=PR:HQ_UPhdmaAMnPegcbDmgaAMfH_PPfPtSVXehqahXZOUgA;x-displayname=name redacted;x-teamidentifier=V9WTTPBFK9;x-bundleidentifiers=com.facebook.Messenger;x-apple:PR%3AHQ_UPhdmaAMnPegcbDmgaAMfH_PPfPtSVXehqahXZOUgA
After this occurred, another Siri “Found in Apps” suggestion appeared underneath:
Messenger: name redacted
The new entry appeared normal, while the older entry continued to show the raw metadata string.
I have only seen this happen with this one contact. Other Messenger Siri suggestions display normally.
My questions:
What would cause a Siri “Found in Apps” suggestion to display the underlying metadata/social profile fields instead of the normal app name and contact name?
Why would iOS create another clean “Messenger: Name” suggestion afterwards instead of replacing the malformed entry?
Is this likely related to Siri Suggestions indexing, Contacts framework social profile data, Core Spotlight, or Messenger’s app integration?
Could this happen from stale cached data or a re-indexing event after an app/iOS update?
I am mainly trying to understand the technical reason for the duplicate entries and the raw metadata display, and why it may have only affected this one Siri suggested contact, not the dozen others I had as well.
Topic:
UI Frameworks
SubTopic:
AppKit
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