This might be related to an issue I'm seeing, which I'm convinced is a bug (Apple's fault). When creating items and editing them within the same launch, things work fine, but if you try to edit an item that already existed when the app was launched, the updates are not reflected in UI. Here's a minimal reproduction: https://github.com/literalpie/fetchrequest-bug I submitted feedback FB20312448 (but also, this post is almost 5 years old, so maybe it isn't related at all...)