@lena.l I have not been able to obtain the push token for updates reliably. I have tried the snippet above which technically works although as @hs-dev mentions, this has many design flaws. I'm still searching for answers myself.

Update - My APNS payload WAS being delivered successfully however, there were discrepancies resulting in decoding error. Once those were resolved, I now see the live activity being created

Update - My APNS payload WAS being delivered successfully however, there were discrepancies resulting in decoding error. Once those were resolved, I see the live activity being created