Issues with Multipeer Connectivity on iPadOS 17.4

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clkPearson OP

Created Mar ’24

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Hello!

We have an app that runs on two iPads, in two different modes, that communicate with one another using Apple's Multipeer Connectivity APIs. Last week, after upgrading to iPadOS 17.4 we have had MANY customer reports of erratic connectivity, only on iPadOS 17.4. The iPads connect for 30 seconds to a minute, disconnect, reconnect for a short time again, and repeat. Most of our customers are school districts who likely employee an MDM and we are working on verification of that in order to reproduce the issue in-house.

Were there changes to the MPC framework in iPadOS 17.4 that could be causing sessions to be dropped? Are you aware of any interaction with device management software that could cause this?

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clkPearson OP

Mar ’24

We've narrowed this down and could really use some support from Apple.

This game uses the same MPC technology that we use and it is easy to replicate the issue on iPadOS 17.4. You must be disconnected from Wi-Fi, but still have the adapter enabled. (We disconnect via the iPad control center.) The pair of iPads will only stay connected for about 30 seconds before disconnecting.

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/p2p-rps/id1555103689

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