Confirming that I haven't heard any reports of this since iOS 15. Thanks!

@joekun Awesome, thanks as always!

@JoeKun My app that uses applicationQueuePlayer in the Media Player framework also experiences a bug that sounds just like this. Does the fix included in iOS 15.4 Beta 1 apply to that framework as well? I had submitted a feedback a while back as FB8502489. Thanks!

Thanks for the clarification, Joe. Fingers crossed there will be some good news at this year's WWDC about being able to bring MusicKit apps to the Mac!

This was my experience on Big Sur -- I had been hoping it was fixed in Monterrey but hadn't had a chance to test. Are you on the latest OS @oxigenator?

Aha! This was it after all. For whatever reason, multiple "MPMusicPlayerControllerPlaybackStateDidChange" notifications were being sent on pause, which meant that the backup job was being kicked off multiple times, starting a new background task each time. Since the task was in progress, a later stage didn't run, which meant the additional tasks were expiring. Now that that's all cleaned up the app indeed stays as the now playing app after the task ends. Many, many thanks, @eskimo!

Thanks for the response! I am pretty sure that I am, but I'll go back through everything with a fine toothed comb. Just to confirm, your understanding is that if I'm ending the background task correctly and in the allotted time, my app shouldn't be killed at the conclusion and will remain the Now Playing app?