Spotlight has quit unexpectedly

Solution 1:

The path shown in the crash log is within Xcode, specifically the iPhoneOS.platform iOS.simruntime. This Spotlight is the one running in the simulator, not the one in macOS. This is not a ‘real’ issue and can safely be ignored unless you’re testing Spotlight functionality within the app you’re running in the simulator.

This is a commonly reported issue, especially since Xcode 12. Solutions posted elsewhere that may or may not work include

• Disabling Allow Spotlight Suggestions in Look Up on the simulator Settings app
• Adding CoreSimulator to Spotlight privacy

To make crash reports show as a notification first to avoid interrupting your work, set the following preference:

defaults write com.apple.CrashReporter DialogType UseUNC 1