Messages app freezes every time iPhone 13 charges overnight

My Messages app has been not functioning properly on iOS 15.1 for over a week. It freezes and only shows a blank screen. This happens consistently when it is left on charge via mag safe overnight. Every morning, the app opens to a blank screen. Closing and reopening the app does nothing. Only a power cycle gets it back, but then the process repeats when I charge it again at night.

The first time it happened was during the day. I am not 100% certain, but I believe I was using messages when I got a call. After I ended the call, the Messages app was blank. Again, I’m not certain, but I believe that description to be accurate. Since then, it has happened nightly whenever I put the phone on charge overnight.

Even worse, I confirmed that messages sent to me after the phone is on charge (and the Messages app glitches / freezes) are NOT received. For example, my phone went on charge at 9 pm last night, and a message I was sent around 10 was never received. That message does not show up on any of my devices using Messages (backup phone, iPad, all on ios15.1), nor did it show up after I power cycled the Phone 13 and got the Messages app back this morning.

I have found at least (2) others who mention the same/similar problem on another social media app/site.

I have updated to 15.1.1. No change.

Other odd behaviors include Messages opening to certain threads, rather than the main screen of all threads, or even the thread I was last writing / reading in. I can close the app from a conversation thread with person “A” and reopen the app to a thread from person “B.” Or close the app from the main screen / list of threads and have it reopen in the thread from person “B.”

I shared a screen recording with a senior advisor earlier in the week and am waiting to see if there is a response from an engineer.

I may try charging without the MagSafe, but I’m running out of options.

Is anyone else experiencing this?