[🐛 Bug]: Can't switchContext from Native to Webview for some ios e.g. 16.4 versions

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WebdriverIO Version

5.0.0

Node.js Version

20.19.4

Mode

Standalone Mode

Which capabilities are you using?

{
      platformName: 'iOS',
      'appium:automationName': 'XCUITest',
      'appium:bundleId': 'test.my.bundle.id',
      'appium:autoAcceptAlerts': true,
      'appium:platformVersion': '16.4',
      'appium:deviceName': 'iPhone 14 Pro',
      'appium:webviewConnectTimeout': 45000,
      'appium:includeSafariInWebviews': true,
      'appium:pageLoadStrategy': 'eager',
      'appium:enableWebviewDetailsCollection': true,
      'appium:additionalWebviewBundleIds': ['test.my.bundle.id', 'com.apple.SafariViewService'],
      'appium:showIOSLog': true,
      'appium:captureIOSInstallLogs': true,
    }

What happened?

Trying to switchContext() from NATIVE to WEBVIEW fails for ios versions 16.4, 16.6, 16.6.1 on ios simulators and real devices (AWS device farms).

Same code works fine for 16.2, 15 (and below), 17 (and above).

From the react native expo application, trying to render the auth0 webview fails due to empty page dictionary for the SafariViewService webview (checkable when using logLevel 'debug').

What is your expected behavior?

Expect switchContext() to work for all ios versions.

How to reproduce the bug.

Repo to reproduce the issue: https://github.com/maannima/appium-switch-context-webview-issue-reproducable-example

Relevant log output

[4e2cf278][RemoteDebugger]     Application: "PID:44039"
[4e2cf278][RemoteDebugger]         id: "PID:44039"
[4e2cf278][RemoteDebugger]         isProxy: false
[4e2cf278][RemoteDebugger]         name: "Safari"
[4e2cf278][RemoteDebugger]         bundleId: "com.apple.SafariViewService"
[4e2cf278][RemoteDebugger]         hostId: undefined
[4e2cf278][RemoteDebugger]         isActive: true
[4e2cf278][RemoteDebugger]         isAutomationEnabled: "Unknown"
...
[4e2cf278][RemoteDebugger] Attempting app 'PID:44039'
[4e2cf278][RemoteDebugger] Sending '_rpc_forwardGetListing:' message to app 'PID:44039' (id: 452): 'connectToApp'
[4e2cf278][RemoteDebugger] Received response from send (id: 452): '["PID:44039",{}]'
[4e2cf278][RemoteDebugger] Sending to Web Inspector took 1ms
[4e2cf278][RemoteDebugger] The application PID:44039 is not connectable yet: Empty page dictionary received




And this is how it looks on ios 17.0 (working):
[ec609c29][RemoteDebugger]     Application: "PID:27733"
[ec609c29][RemoteDebugger]         id: "PID:27733"
[ec609c29][RemoteDebugger]         isProxy: true
[ec609c29][RemoteDebugger]         name: "Safari"
[ec609c29][RemoteDebugger]         bundleId: "com.apple.SafariViewService"
[ec609c29][RemoteDebugger]         hostId: undefined
[ec609c29][RemoteDebugger]         isActive: true
[ec609c29][RemoteDebugger]         isAutomationEnabled: "Unknown"
[ec609c29][RemoteDebugger]         pageArray:
[ec609c29][RemoteDebugger]           - id: 2
[ec609c29][RemoteDebugger]             title: "Sign up | AppName"
[ec609c29][RemoteDebugger]             url: "https://<url here>
[ec609c29][RemoteDebugger]             isKey: false
[ec609c29][RemoteDebugger] Finally selecting app PID:27733

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