iOS 27 SwiftUI zoom: toolbar remains and root content briefly stops responding after rapid swipe-back

Feedback: FB24659815. I have submitted a screen recording and screenshot through Feedback Assistant.

In GGame, quickly swiping back after opening a game home page with the system SwiftUI zoom transition leaves the destination navigation title, back button, settings button and history button over the visible lobby for about one second. During that interval, lobby content does not respond to taps or scrolling, while the tab bar still works.

Steps to reproduce:

  1. Open the game lobby.
  2. Tap a game icon to enter its home page using zoom.
  3. Immediately swipe right to return, attempting to interrupt the incoming animation.
  4. When the lobby reappears, immediately try to tap or scroll its content and observe the navigation controls.

Expected: once the return transition finishes, the destination controls disappear and the visible lobby accepts taps and scrolling. Interrupted entry and cancelled interactive return should remain supported.

Current investigation environment: iPhone 16 Pro, iOS 27.0 Seed 7 (24A5430a), Xcode 27 beta 4. The supplied owner recording shows the visual symptom across Connect Four, Chinese Chess and Chess; the exact build used in those original attachments has not been independently verified.

The app uses NavigationStack, matchedTransitionSource and navigationTransition(.zoom(...)). It also has application-side navigation-bar visibility, transition-state and gesture coordination. We have not isolated the exact symptoms in a minimal project without that logic, so the root cause remains unconfirmed.

Potentially related discussions: https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/796805 https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/802908 Those reports primarily describe disappearing source views that remain tappable. Our issue involves lingering destination controls and temporarily unresponsive root content. I am opening a separate thread to track these differences.

Has anyone observed this specific combination? Could the SwiftUI/navigation team check FB24659815 and advise whether this is a framework issue or an application-side lifecycle/gesture interaction? We would appreciate a fix or supported workaround that preserves the system zoom animation and interactive cancellation. The temporary loss of lobby interaction makes this especially disruptive.

iOS 27 SwiftUI zoom: toolbar remains and root content briefly stops responding after rapid swipe-back
 
 
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