Crash in multi-window Catalyst App

There is a crash in multi-window Catalyst Mac apps (iPad apps built for Mac). Steps to reproduce:


1, Download Apple's multi-window sample code (https://developer.apple.com/documentation/uikit/app_and_environment/scenes/supporting_multiple_windows_on_ipad)

2, Enable the Mac platform and build

3, Launch app

4, Open another window from File->New

5, Close new window

6, Open another new window from File->New

7, The app crashes.


Error Messages:

Unable to create a new scene. Error: Error Domain=BSServiceConnectionErrorDomain Code=3 "(null)" UserInfo={BSErrorCodeDescription=OperationFailed}


When I build with Address Sanitizer and Zombie objects enabled, I see the following error message:

Gallery[15640:3666137] *** -[UIWindow isProxy]: message sent to deallocated instance 0x618000072c80


I have tested other multi-window Catalyst apps including my own and see the same crash in all of the apps.


I have submitted a bug using Apple's feedback assistant(FB7571990). I am seeing this in Catalina 10.15.3.


Are there any workarounds for this problem?

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I've seen problems with multiple windows in my own app. It seemed like using File->New was more likely to work than my own button to create a new scene, but that could just be a coincidence. Bizarelly, I found that if I run the app directly (not through Xcode), I could never make it crash!


Spotlight wouldn't always find the app to launch manually. I found it myself by expanding the "Products" folder in the Xcode project hierarchy, right clicked on the target and chose Show in Finder. Double-clicking on the app in the Finder window launched it outside of Xcode and I could create and destroy windows without any problems.

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I've seen problems with multiple windows in my own app. It seemed like using File->New was more likely to work than my own button to create a new scene, but that could just be a coincidence. Bizarelly, I found that if I run the app directly (not through Xcode), I could never make it crash!


Spotlight wouldn't always find the app to launch manually. I found it myself by expanding the "Products" folder in the Xcode project hierarchy, right clicked on the target and chose Show in Finder. Double-clicking on the app in the Finder window launched it outside of Xcode and I could create and destroy windows without any problems.

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Thanks, this does seem to eliminate the crash.

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