Here’s more context should you be interested: github.com/pointfreeco/...

If it’s reconstructed from system fields only with `CKRecord.encodeSystemFields(with:)` and `CKRecord.init(coder:)`, the ancestor will contain just the metadata.

I found that if the record you upload was created from a complete archive using `CKRecord.encode(with:)` or fetched directly from CloudKit, the ancestor record is fully populated.

Turns out the behavior isn’t related to encryption after all, but rather to how the record sent to CloudKit is constructed.

In my tests, it seems to include values for encrypted fields but not for unencrypted ones. Though, I couldn’t find any documentation confirming this.

Any hints would be much appreciated. Thanks! 🙏