I discovered a layout issue in iOS 26 Beta that affects dynamic table view row height. When using rowHeight = UITableView.automaticDimension, the cell height is not calculated properly unless I explicitly set a backgroundColor (even .clear) on the cell or its contentView. This only occurs in iOS 26 Beta. Works fine in iOS 18 and earlier. You can find a sample project reproducing the issue here: 🔗 Sample Project on GitHub Conditions TableView rowHeight is set to .automaticDimension Cells use Auto Layout and have intrinsic content sizes No heightForRow override Setting self.backgroundColor = .clear in awakeFromNib() fixes the issue Questions Has anyone else experienced this? Could this be a bug in the new layout engine for iOS 26? Any official guidance? Also, if there’s something wrong or fragile about how I set up the layout, I’d appreciate any feedback! Thanks!