I did some testing on iOS 16.1. It timed out every 30 seconds.

We have tried to test out Xcode 15.3 and it seems that the issue still occurs. tvOS 17.2

Found the issue and the solution! Basically, Apple TV logs in the sandbox user to be the default user on Apple TV automatically. That means, that a non-sandbox user gets logged and tries to make a sandbox purchase, which causes the error. To solve this: Settings Users and Accounts Sign out the Sandbox Account Login with a normal sandbox user Do the purchase. Hope this helps!