we found a fix/workaround for our specific manifestation of the issue. in info.plist if we set the NSLocalNetworkUsageDescription key, this allows the permission prompt to show.

we are seeing the same issue as anpin, a fresh install of the app does not prompt for local network access when we make the connection attempt. seems to be happening on ios 18 and with the builds from xcode 16. our previous build from xcode 15 did not show the same problem.