iOS crashes if you play with internet on

From an affected user via Mojira Discord:

The solution of turning internet off worked for me, but in a particular way. After turning internet off, I got further than I had previously, to the point where I was creating my own world, but before entering the world, it crashed. Then, when I started the game again, the world that I had tried to create was there, and I was able to start playing it. Then, I turned internet back on again, and I was able to join a friend's world. So the solution of starting the game with internet off, starting a world, crashing, and then starting again seems to have corrected the problem.

I can also add that the iPad is an iPad Air 2 (MGTY2LL/A) running iOS 15.7.4, and the Minecraft version is v1.19.73.

Finally, I do not know if this is relevant in any way, but the problem arose at the same time that my Realms subscription expired.

Turning the internet off temporarily until I had a world loaded worked. Once I was in that world, I turned on my internet, left that world and entered my Realm. But the Marketplace won’t load. 

Same problem for me. The internet solution worked, and even if you go out of the app it still loads. Marketplace can’t be accessed or realms though. But servers and multiplayer worlds can. 

I can load with internet on with my iPad, but its not signed in with microsoft account. Is the hang/crash on sign-on?

I tried loading without internet, turning it back on and signing out and signing in again, and it crashed. I think the problem is definitely to do with signing in with internet. 

Update: This bug is still happening in 1.19.80

It’s still happening in 1.19.80. It doesn’t seem any different. I open the game and at any point from the load screen to playing in a server the game will crash. It doesn’t do it every time. I have deleted the app and redownloaded it probably a hundred times since this started. It’s the only way I can get the crashing to stop long enough get into a server and play. Fortunately I accidentally lost all my servers before this so I only use realms now. Turning off Wi-Fi and loading the game first helps but it doesn’t always work. 

Experiencing the same issue. With Minecraft crashing on an iPad between 1-10 seconds after opening.  Again can be partially fixed by turning Wi-fi Off going into a world and then turning Wi-fi on.  Once actually in the worlds they work fine (or as usual) even with high resource demands e.g. lots of mobs being spawned.  However, marketplace and purchases not available with this solution. Occasionally by retrying and retrying the entry I can get with the Wifi on and access marketplace but it seems at random and is very frustrating not to be able to create worlds with purchased mobs. iPad is 3 years and decent amount of memory left. Reinstalling minecraft has not worked nor has applying all the recent updates including the jump to 1.20

Update: Issue still exists after 1.20.12 update

Update2: Issue still exists after 1.20.13 update 😞 

Additional info: iPadOS 16.5.1 (c)

Storage 56GB or 128GB used

iPad (8th Generation)

Thankfully this bug was fixed for me, it just seemed to go away after IOS updates and Minecraft updates. I hope it gets resolved for you! 
I did notice that the bug didn’t happen on my mums iPad which is the exact same as mine, maybe it’s tailored to each device? 

It also effects in iOS 12.5.7 with Internet on.

Please confirmed this bug, it effects in iOS device and it's very terrible.

Reply from @unknown:
The Confirmation Status is already "Community Consensus" and the bug is being tracked by the developers already. For more information about how bugs are handled, please see the Bug Tracker Guidelines
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It is not just IOS it's Android too. Under bug fixes for 1.20.12 it says fixed a crash on ios devices? So it wasn't fixed? Someone reported on Anroid when they load the game it's crashing. It was reported as a duplicate to this bug? This says IOS but it's both. Not sure if wifi has anything to do with it? Creating a new world worked for a few minutes. Playing an older world worked for about 5 minutes then crashes. Goes to black screen then home screen. I think these are 2 different bugs?

I am also having this problem, Minecraft 1.20.12 and IOS 15.7.7 on an iPad Air 2.  If I do the turning off of Wi-Fi, it runs. If I can also log out of my Xbox account, it runs. But using a realm takes some acrobatics to pull off. It seems to be whatever code connects to Xbox account that fails and crashes the system. 

Any word on this Minecraft developers? This bug has made Minecraft unplayable for the past few months.  Please update if there's any logs etc. that can be collected that would help.

Also experienced this problem on iOS 16.5.1 and Minecraft 1.20.12. 

Things that I found make the game take longer to crash immediately after loading to the main screen: opening settings, opening the achievements, and opening the dressing room. Managed to load into a realm and play for about 10 seconds from each of these methods. I'm assuming servers are the same way, but I haven't tested that theory.

Turning internet off when loading Minecraft allows me to load, create, edit, and delete worlds with no issues. Essentially, it runs as normal with no internet.

Two scenarios I tested: 

When turning on internet after home screen is loaded, I am unable to load worlds, realms, or servers.

when turning on internet after loading Minecraft and logging into a world, I am able to save and quit and return to the home screen. However, I am unable to load worlds, realms, or servers.

I started experiencing this issue after connecting to the Hyatt Guest Wifi on a recent roadtrip around New York State, which my first time leaving my house's wifi after a couple months. It is worth noting that I took my iPad to Iceland in late June and was able to connect to realms with zero issues there.

Another little thing that could be significant: the version of Minecraft I'm playing on has been downloaded on my iPad since at least 2018.

Also doesn't affect my iPhone, which is newer than my iPad.

TLDR: game works without internet, everything internet related causes game to crash

This is also happening to me on my iPad Mini 3 (Late 2014 (Time iPad introduced)). I analyzed when this issue is happening and when not.

Versions: iOS 12.5.7 Minecraft 1.20.12.
What will make the game crash:

1. Turning the internet while starting the game.

2. Loading a server or a realm.

When I was loading a world with WiFi the game also crashes but it didn’t in my test. However, it will not crash when turning on the internet after it loaded.

Also the Marketplace is inaccessible even after turning on WiFi after loading because the game will mark it as an “Invalid Session”.

iPad Minecraft crashes within 10 seconds of opening app to play, no matter what updates/uploads I do.

 I am also experiencing the same problem on my daughters iPad. She has a fairly new iPad less than two years old. We are up-to-date on the 1.20.12 update. We have shut her computer down, reached out to support, downloaded all her worlds to iCloud, I was about to delete the app and reinstall it, and hope for the best, but then I found someone who was willing to help me. They suggested turning the iPad on airplane mode. This worked and did not crash the game. I was able to then put on Wi-Fi while still being on airplane mode, and was able to play my worlds. However, I can’t get into any realms or marketplace. I definitely am voting for , the team to figure this out by Mojang and Minecraft. It’s extremely frustrating when we’re not on airplane mode and want to play with friends or access our marketplace and can’t. I’m glad we are not the only ones. 

I am experiencing the same issue. With Minecraft crashing on an iPad between 1-10 seconds after opening. Can be partially fixed by turning Wi-fi Off. Marketplace and purchases not available with this solution. I can't restore my purchases from when I deleted the game and reinstalled it. I even reset my iPad and internet router and that still had no effect. It is very frustrating because I have made many in game purchases. If I make a new account I am not sure that would even work, and I would lose my purchases.

The issue has been fixed in 1.20.13 Hotfix Update ✔

Great to see that the bug is fixed and the new update 1.20.13 … however when is the new update coming out so we can all play again? I hope it’s soon!!  Thanks to user who commented below. 

This is probably going to be fixed as in the change log https://feedback.minecraft.net/hc/en-us/articles/17824860671117-Minecraft-1-20-13-iOS-Only- , and the wiki https://minecraft.fandom.com/wiki/Bedrock_Edition_1.20.13 .

The issue has been solved with me with v. 1.20.13. However, Snooky said it is still crashing in this comment. I am using an iPad Mini 3. Comment if it’s still crashing or not. Also report which version is your device, and which device. Also, don’t forget to update Minecraft to 1.20.13.

I'm still experiencing this issue.

Commented here previously; Problem is fixed for me in 1.20.13

Comment which device you were using.

Resolving as we believe this is fixed in the 1.20.13 Hotfix for iOS.

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Not resolved. This still occurs on 1.20.13 on iPadOS. Please reopen and investigate. 

As it seems there may be a specific issue remaining, it would be best to track the issue you've described in a new separate ticket, please, with steps to reproduce: https://aka.ms/BedrockBug