bug: Ionic 8.5 regression: DOMException: Node.removeChild: The node to be removed is not a child of this node

[aeharding]

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Ionic Framework Version

v8.x

Current Behavior

After upgrading to 8.5.0 I started encountering the following crash:

DOMException: Node.removeChild: The node to be removed is not a child of this node

Expected Behavior

No crash

Steps to Reproduce

View codepen, see app fails to load with error in console

Code Reproduction URL

https://stackblitz.com/edit/13jjhrag-hfjp2apn

Ionic Info

Ionic v8.5.0

Additional Information

It does NOT happen in 8.4.x. See this working codepen:

https://stackblitz.com/edit/13jjhrag-p1q8ymbd

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