Avoid cold-start HealthKit observer registration for denied background types - #356
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[WIP] Fix HealthKit native sheet appearance on cold start
Avoid cold-start HealthKit observer registration for denied background types
Jun 3, 2026
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v14 introduced a cold-start regression where the native HealthKit sheet could flash briefly even when JS never called
requestAuthorization. The behavior was isolated to the new background-delivery startup path added in v14, not to the existing read/query APIs.Root cause
BackgroundDeliveryManagerregisteredHKObserverQueryinstances for all persisted background types during app launch.enableBackgroundDeliverysucceeded for each type, so denied/unavailable types could still be observed on cold start.Change
enableBackgroundDelivery(...).HKObserverQueryafter HealthKit accepts background delivery for that type.Impact
Implementation sketch