Yes, also seeing this under same context. Was looking forward to iOS 15.2 since iOS 15.0 simulator had a bug with typeText(:) taking forever, but seems like Photo permissions is broken in this new version.

Also having this same issue 2021-11-04T21:37:39.7451660Z [21:37:39]: [31mAn error occurred while trying to call the requested method validateAssets. (1272) 2021-11-04T21:37:39.9320210Z [21:37:39]: [33m[iTMSTransporter] [2021-11-04 21:37:39 UTC] <main> DBG-X: parameter ErrorMessage = An error occurred while trying to call the requested method validateAssets. (1272) 2021-11-04T21:37:39.9323360Z [21:37:39]: [33m[iTMSTransporter] [2021-11-04 21:37:39 UTC] <main> DBG-X: parameter ShouldUseRESTAPIs = false 2021-11-04T21:37:39.9325760Z [21:37:39]: [33m[iTMSTransporter] [2021-11-04 21:37:39 UTC] <main> DBG-X: parameter Success = false 2021-11-04T21:37:39.9327900Z [21:37:39]: [33m[iTMSTransporter] [2021-11-04 21:37:39 UTC] <main> ERROR: An error occurred while trying to call the requested method validateAssets. (1272) 2021-11-04T21:37:39.9329740Z [21:37:39]: [33m[iTMSTransporter] [2021-11-04 21:37:39 UTC] <main> DBG-X: The error code is: 1272 2021-11-04T21:37:39.9332540Z [21:37:39]: [33m[iTMSTransporter] [2021-11-04 21:37:39 UTC] <main> INFO: Done performing authentication. I don't see any outages either: System Status - Apple Developer