Multipeer Networking not popping allow alert when *not* naming device

Hello, Using the well-worn demo from appcoda to get Multipeer working. Made needed updates for iOS 14 to the code on git call MCDemo - working great now with one exception: the organic advertiser device name (when tapped) never connects/pops the alert to connect. Only if I give the child device a name does it work as intended. Unsure where to look to diagnose the problem and fix.