So... this modern system distributes the watchOS with the iOS but they can't belong to the same app 'group' for sharing 'state' or whatever data bits you had been able to share back in the day. While apps distributed separately can share data if they belong to the app 'group' ? Am I getting that right?

this 'known issue' is still interrupting my workflow every few minutes. - Is there going to be a 'known FIX' for this? or is Apple satisfied with a Terminal command workaround?

It persists in the Xcode release as well.