Push API not functioning on iOS 16.4.3

I have implemented the Push and Notification API following this tutorial. It works perfectly fine in Chrome on Mac OS.

But now I am trying to get it to work on Safari on iOS (16.4.3). I have added my application to the home screen to make it a PWA.

I have a button #enable-notifications to execute the following code: JS code of my app

document.getElementById("enable-notifications").addEventListener("click", () => {
    main();
});

const check = () => {
  if (!('serviceWorker' in navigator)) {
    throw new Error('No Service Worker support!')
  }
  if (!('PushManager' in window)) {
    throw new Error('No Push API Support!')
  }
}

const registerServiceWorker = async () => {
    const swRegistration = await navigator.serviceWorker.register('/assets/js/order-dashboard/serviceworker.js');
    return swRegistration;
}

const requestNotificationPermission = async () => {
    Promise.resolve(Notification.requestPermission()).then(function(permission) {
        if (permission !== 'granted') {
          throw new Error('Permission not granted for Notification')
      }
  });
}

const main = async () => {
    check();
    const swRegistration = await registerServiceWorker();
    const permission = await requestNotificationPermission();
}

const showLocalNotification = (title, body, swRegistration) => {
    const options = {
        body,
    };
    swRegistration.showNotification(title, options);
}

This is serviceworker.js:

// urlB64ToUint8Array is a magic function that will encode the base64 public key
// to Array buffer which is needed by the subscription option
const urlB64ToUint8Array = base64String => {
  const padding = '='.repeat((4 - (base64String.length % 4)) % 4)
  const base64 = (base64String + padding).replace(/\-/g, '+').replace(/_/g, '/')
  const rawData = atob(base64)
  const outputArray = new Uint8Array(rawData.length)
  for (let i = 0; i < rawData.length; ++i) {
    outputArray[i] = rawData.charCodeAt(i)
  }
  return outputArray
}
// saveSubscription saves the subscription to the backend
const saveSubscription = async subscription => {

  const SERVER_URL = 'https://good-months-invite-109-132-150-239.loca.lt/save-subscription'
  const response = await fetch(SERVER_URL, {
    method: 'post',
    headers: {
      'Content-Type': 'application/json',
    },
    body: JSON.stringify(subscription),
  })

  console.log(response);

  return response.json()
}
self.addEventListener('activate', async () => {
  // This will be called only once when the service worker is activated.
  try {
    const applicationServerKey = urlB64ToUint8Array(
      'BDLVKNq32B-Dr3HRd4wQ2oNZL9mw5JAGhB1XGCdKlDE9_KDEw7uTOLuPKH-374RRolaa0rr7UyfrJd7tvRvp304'
    )
    const options = { applicationServerKey, userVisibleOnly: true }
    const subscription = await self.registration.pushManager.subscribe(options)
    const response = await saveSubscription(subscription)
    console.log(response)
  } catch (err) {
    console.log('Error', err)
  }
})

self.addEventListener("push", function(event) {
  if (event.data) {
    console.log("Push event!!! ", event.data.text());
    showLocalNotification("Yolo", event.data.text(),  self.registration);
  } else {
    console.log("Push event but no data");
  }
});
const showLocalNotification = (title, body, swRegistration) => {
  const options = {
    body
    // here you can add more properties like icon, image, vibrate, etc.
  };
  swRegistration.showNotification(title, options);
};

And this is my node.js back-end:

const express = require('express')
const cors = require('cors')
const bodyParser = require('body-parser')
const webpush = require('web-push')
const app = express()
app.use(cors())
app.use(bodyParser.json())
const port = 4000
app.get('/', (req, res) => res.send('Hello World!'))
const dummyDb = { subscription: null } //dummy in memory store
const saveToDatabase = async subscription => {
  // Since this is a demo app, I am going to save this in a dummy in memory store. Do not do this in your apps.
  // Here you should be writing your db logic to save it.
  dummyDb.subscription = subscription
}
// The new /save-subscription endpoint
app.post('/save-subscription', async (req, res) => {
  const subscription = req.body
  await saveToDatabase(subscription) //Method to save the subscription to Database

  console.log("saved");

  res.json({ message: 'success' })
})
const vapidKeys = {
  publicKey:
    'BDLVKNq32B-Dr3HRd4wQ2oNZL9mw5JAGhB1XGCdKlDE9_KDEw7uTOLuPKH-374RRolaa0rr7UyfrJd7tvRvp304',
  privateKey: 'BGbNIt2twl1XsbDHPNe_w6FrKsWcZrys6anByEKyCGo',
}
//setting our previously generated VAPID keys
webpush.setVapidDetails(
  'mailto:myuserid@email.com',
  vapidKeys.publicKey,
  vapidKeys.privateKey
)
//function to send the notification to the subscribed device
const sendNotification = (subscription, dataToSend) => {
  webpush.sendNotification(subscription, dataToSend)
}
//route to test send notification
app.get('/send-notification', (req, res) => {
  const subscription = dummyDb.subscription //get subscription from your databse here.
  const message = 'Hello World'
  sendNotification(subscription, message)
  res.json({ message: 'message sent' })
})
app.listen(port, () => console.log(`Example app listening on port ${port}!`))

When I click #enable-notifications on iOS I get the pop-up to allow notifications. But then nothing happens. My back-end also does not get called.

What seems to be the issue here?

Edit: I have tested in on Safari Mac OS (works), Chrome MacOS (works), Chrome Windows (other device, works),... Only Safari iOS doesn't work.

Edit: navigator.serviceWorker.controller returns null.

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