"Settings ⭢ General ⭢ VPN (root)" doesn't work

[johnsyslo]

URL: prefs:root=General&path=VPN
Device: iPhone
OS version: 15.6
Language: en

[colin273]

Well, this is bizarre. On iOS 16.2, I see the following in /System/Library/PreferenceManifestsInternal/PreferencesManifests.bundle/SettingsSearchManifest-General.plist:

And when I search for "VPN" in Settings, this same item is the first result:

Tapping on that first search result just leads to the General page. (Choosing VPN & Device Management, which I believe is already in the list of URLs as ManagedConfigurationList, works as intended.) Looks like the search manifests got out of sync with the actual settings pages somewhere on Apple's end.

I'll test this with a VPN enabled to confirm that the URL is broken, and then remove it from the list.