I encountered the same white bar above the status bar when nesting NavigationSplitView inside TabView(.sidebarAdaptable) (still reproducible on iPadOS 27).
Applying .ignoresSafeArea(edges: .top) directly to the NavigationSplitView completely fixed it without breaking insets or toolbar items on either iPad or iPhone:
NavigationSplitView {
SidebarView()
} detail: {
DetailView()
}
.ignoresSafeArea(edges: .top)
Topic:
UI Frameworks
SubTopic:
SwiftUI
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