So - it’s the auto-freeze function in Shelter I believe. If I apply it to any cloned apps in the Work Profile then (for some default or system type apps) it causes the original copy of that same app in the Main Profile to stop when you try and open it. It looks like it was just the apps I had cloned (or installed a second copy of in the Work Profile from cloned app store) that were affected that had that setting. So I have removed it from them and they work fine in the Main Profile once they aren’t frozen in Shelter.
But I am still testing to see if any other apps are still affected, but principally it is these apps affected I’ve identified so far:
- Aurora Store (default app)
- Settings (default app)
- Files (default app)
- Contacts (default app)
- Fossify Contacts
So currently I only have auto-freeze enabled for the following:
- Iodé Browser
- Microsoft Outlook
- Microsoft Teams
Note: Iodé Browser is unaffected by the auto-freeze, it works fine in Main Profile while frozen in Shelter Work Profile.
Will test a bit more and possibly fully uninstall Shelter and reinstall; after checking Shelter site for more docs/instructions that may relate to the issue - in case it’s a known scenario.
P.P.S. Another odd thing with Shelter was that although I had removed the Contacts default app before I installed shelter and set up profile (I had replaced it with the Fossify one), it included it by default in the Work Profile when it created it and I can’t seem to subsequently remove it (as you can’t access Settings > Pre-installed Apps in the Settings App clone in Shelter). So reinforces my impression that: