scenePhase not work consistently on watchOS

Hi there,

I'm using WCSession to communicate watchOS companion with its iOS app. Every time watch app becomes "active", it needs to fetch data from iOS app, which works e.g. turning my hand back and forth.

But only when the app is opened after it was minimised by pressing digital crown, it didn't fetch data. My assumption is that scenePhase doesn't emit a change on reopen.

Here is the ContentView of watch app:

import SwiftUI

struct ContentView: View {
    @EnvironmentObject private var iOSAppConnector: IOSAppConnector
    @Environment(\.scenePhase) private var scenePhase
    
    @State private var showOpenCategories = true
    
    var body: some View {
        NavigationStack {
            VStack {
                if iOSAppConnector.items.isEmpty {
                    WelcomeView()
                } else {
                    ScrollView {
                        VStack(spacing: 10) {
                            ForEach(iOSAppConnector.items, id: \.self.name) { item in
ItemView(item: item)
                        }
                }
        }
        .task {
            DispatchQueue.main.asyncAfter(deadline: .now() + 0.5) {
                loadItems()
            }
        }
        .onChange(of: scenePhase, initial: true) { newPhase, _ in
            if newPhase == .active {
                loadItems()
            }
        }
    }
    
    fileprivate func loadItems() -> Void {
        if iOSAppConnector.items.isEmpty {
            iOSAppConnector.loadItems()
        }
    }
}

What could be the issue? Thanks. Best regards Sanjeev