watchPosition not working consistently on iOS

[wmonecke]

Environment

System:
OS: macOS 13.0.1
CPU: (8) arm64 Apple M1 Pro
Memory: 114.52 MB / 16.00 GB
Shell: 5.8.1 - /bin/zsh
Binaries:
Node: 16.8.0 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v16.8.0/bin/node
Yarn: 1.22.19 - ~/.yarn/bin/yarn
npm: 8.19.2 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v16.8.0/bin/npm
Watchman: 2023.07.24.00 - /opt/homebrew/bin/watchman
Managers:
CocoaPods: 1.12.1 - /Users/wmonecke/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.7.6/bin/pod
SDKs:
iOS SDK:
Platforms: DriverKit 22.4, iOS 16.4, macOS 13.3, tvOS 16.4, watchOS 9.4
Android SDK: Not Found
IDEs:
Android Studio: 2021.3 AI-213.7172.25.2113.9123335
Xcode: 14.3.1/14E300c - /usr/bin/xcodebuild
Languages:
Java: 18.0.1.1 - /usr/bin/javac
npmPackages:
@react-native-community/cli: Not Found
react: 17.0.2 => 17.0.2
react-native: 0.66.5 => 0.66.5
react-native-macos: Not Found
npmGlobalPackages:
react-native: Not Found

Platforms

iOS

Description

Currently, the background location is not working consistently on iOS. On some devices, the app will fetch the background location but on other it will not. All devices we use for this test where iPhone 13 or later, running latest iOS (17).

Anyone else having the same issue?