App Store changes to "Today" after openURL

I want to add an upsell link to my app for a new application I am releasing shortly.

The purpose is for use on the iPad platform, iOS 11 onwards.

When I open an app store URL (using openURL and the correct Appstore URL), the AppStore app on iOS 13 is opened to the correct page.


Then in a fraction of a second, the Appstore app pops the app page off the navigation stack and displays the "Today" tab.


The user can't then navigate to the app I'm trying to promote without making the effort to search manually in the Appstore. As it is unlikely they will easily remember the right search terms as they've arrived by clicking an url, I suspect few will easily find the new app.


This does not happen in iOS 11, so I guess it's a bug in the Appstore app on iOS 13. I tried using URL's to apps both currently installed and one that is not installed and although it happens less often with a non-installed app, it does occasionally happen with that as well. Maybe in the real situation this will be less of an issue, but where it does happen its a potential decimator of conversions.


Has anyone else experienced this issue?

App Store changes to "Today" after openURL
 
 
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