Hi MrJBass,
welcome to the Appole (user-to-user) Community!
Re: "Siri times out and closes text while editing text on lock screen" "This didn’t used to be a problem,
but, since probably iOS 15 or 16, Siri has been closing out my text messages from the lock screen
while I am still editing them. It is infuriating!
Sorry you are continually facing this issue. I don't know of a way to solve that, ... unless you can always send any messages, texts, and SMS, MMS, from within the Messages app:
For iOS 18: (Sorry we don't know which device model or OS version you use):
How to: Set up Messages on iPhone - Apple Support or Send and reply to messages on iPhone - Apple Support
or
For iPadOS 18:
How to: Set up Messages on iPad - Apple Support or Send and reply to messages on iPad - Apple Support
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Re: "Siri timeout settings are set to “longest“ in accessibility settings".
"All It needed to do is ask me if I am still there working on it, like it used to!
You may want to provide feedback about the accessibility feature on an Apple product:
If so, you can email the Accessibility team: accessibility@apple.com
They will likely not reply, yet your feedback will reach those who work behind-the-scenes and can make changes if others are also experiences similar issues.
All the best :-)