bug: [angular ios] IonInput value disappears after viewing PDF on safari

[ZeroDX255]

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• I have searched for existing issues that already report this problem, without success.

Ionic Framework Version

v8.x

Current Behavior

The value entered in an IonInput field disappears after the user returns from viewing a PDF document. This occurs when navigating away from the page containing the IonInput to view the PDF, and then navigating back to the original page.

Expected Behavior

The expected behavior is for the IonInput to retain its value

Steps to Reproduce

1. yarn or npm i for install dependencies
2. yarn start or npm run start to serve app on 0.0.0.0:4200
3. open {host}:4200 with safari on iphone (tested on iphone 13 and iphone 8)
4. click on "open pdf" link (safari will open pdf file in the same tab)
5. return back

Code Reproduction URL

https://github.com/ZeroDX255/ion-input-bug-showcase

Ionic Info

Ionic:

Ionic CLI : 7.2.0 (C:\Users\igor-\AppData\Local\Yarn\Data\global\node_modules@ionic\cli)
Ionic Framework : @ionic/angular 8.4.0
@angular-devkit/build-angular : 18.2.11
@angular-devkit/schematics : 17.3.11
@angular/cli : 18.2.11
@ionic/angular-toolkit : 11.0.1

Capacitor:

Capacitor CLI : 6.1.2
@capacitor/android : not installed
@capacitor/core : 6.1.2
@capacitor/ios : not installed

Utility:

cordova-res : not installed globally
native-run : 2.0.1

System:

NodeJS : v20.17.0 (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.exe)
npm : 10.8.2
OS : Windows 10

Additional Information

No response

[ZeroDX255]

Some addition: the bug is gone if I set autocomplete attribute.