Also, do others experience the Simulator locking up time and time again when trying to run UI tests on an M1/M2?

Seems like this should have a solution by now, but I am seeing it on iOS 17.x ! What is going on?

Same. It happens for me if I move a file in Xcode. Stranger yet, I moved several files from the same location to a new location, all the same, and 1 out of the 6 files works just fine?! SUPER annoying! Would be nice if this could get the attention it needs.