Xcode 12.5 WatchOS simulator updateApplicationContext() is broken

Hi,
Xcode 12.5's iPhone simulator silently fails in sending its app context via updateApplicationContext() to the Watch simulator. No exception is thrown, so it appears as if everything is ok - but not really because the WatchOS simulator never gets the app context

This works fine on real devices as well as earlier versions of Xcode.

Doing a updateApplicationContext() from the WatchOS simulator to the paired iPhone simulator does work.

I filed a bug report for this issue, because this behavior has been in Xcode 12.5 since the beta version:
FB9095737 (Xcode 12.5 WatchOS Simulator never receives application context from iPhone counterpart)

Before anyone says "why not debug on a real device instead?", please be aware that due to the pandemic, while I do test on real devices, I can only debug on a simulator.

Thanks

Experiencing this issue with Xcode Version 13.2.1 (13C100)

I've installed the latest Mac OS (12.3.1) and Xcode 13 and although I can send messages and context updates to/from real devices (a series 7 watch to an iphone 13 mini) I can only send them in one direction i.e. watch to phone, on the simulator. The Series 5 simulator works for messages, but not context updates. The Series 6 doesn't communicate with the companion app in either direction!

Xcode 12.5 WatchOS simulator updateApplicationContext() is broken
 
 
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