SwiftUI List insertion changes aren't animated on macOS 15

I've been struggling with this issue since the release of macOS 15 Sequoia. I'm wondering if anyone else has encountered it or if anyone has a workaround to fix it.

Inserting a new element into the array that acts as data source for a SwiftUI List with a ForEach is never animated even if the insertion is wrapped in a withAnimation() call. It seems that some other changes can be automated though: e.g. calls to shuffle() on the array successfully animate the changes. This used to work fine on macOS 14, but stopped working on macOS 15.

I created a very simple project to reproduce the issue:

import SwiftUI

@main
struct TestApp: App {
    var body: some Scene {
        WindowGroup {
            ContentView()
        }
    }
}

struct IdentifiableItem: Identifiable {
    let id = UUID()
    var name: String { "Item \(id)" }
}

struct ContentView: View {
    
    @State var items: [IdentifiableItem] = [
        IdentifiableItem(), IdentifiableItem(), IdentifiableItem(), IdentifiableItem(), IdentifiableItem(),
        IdentifiableItem(), IdentifiableItem(), IdentifiableItem(), IdentifiableItem(), IdentifiableItem(),
    ]
    
    var body: some View {
        List {
            ForEach(items) { item in
                Text(item.name)
            }
        }
        Button("Add Item") {
            withAnimation {
                items.insert(IdentifiableItem(), at: 0)
            }
        }
        Button("Shuffle Items") {
            withAnimation {
                items.shuffle()
            }
        }
    }
}

How to reproduce

  1. Copy the code below in an Xcode project.
  2. Run it on macOS 15.
  3. Hit the "Add Item" button

Expected: A new item is inserted with animation.

Result: A new item is inserted without animation.

How to prove this is a regression

  • Follow the same steps above but run on macOS 14.

A new item is inserted with animation.

Answered by DTS Engineer in 808049022

@daniel-barros Thanks for flagging the issue. The team is investigating the issue, I’d suggest that you file a feedback report – If you do so, please share your report ID here for folks to track.

Please continue to test on future beta builds as well.

@daniel-barros Thanks for flagging the issue. The team is investigating the issue, I’d suggest that you file a feedback report – If you do so, please share your report ID here for folks to track.

Please continue to test on future beta builds as well.

SwiftUI List insertion changes aren't animated on macOS 15
 
 
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