AppStore.sync() results in StoreKit.userCancelled with wifi turned off.

While testing some Storekit code in sandbox mode, I came across this problem:

public func Restore(){
    Task{
        do{
            try await AppStore.sync()
            // check entitlements etc....

        }
        catch {
            switch error {
            case StoreKitError.networkError(let network_error):
                    print("AppStore.sync => network error")
            case StoreKitError.systemError(let sys_error):
                     print("AppStore.sync => system error")                    
            case StoreKitError.userCancelled:
                     print("AppStore.sync => user canceled error")                       
            case StoreKitError.notEntitled:
                print("AppStore.sync => notEntitled error")                             
            case StoreKitError.unknown:
                print("AppStore.sync => unknown error")
            }
        }
   }

when I deliberately shut down the wifi connection, I receive an userCanceled error instead of the expected network error.

I have only tested this in sandbox mode, not in production. Running Ventura 13.2.1, latest version of Xcode & testing on iPad Air 4th generation iPadOS 16.3.1, minimum deployment target 15.0.

Anyone else ? solutions ? sandbox only issue ?

cheers