Strange UITableView Selection behavior, selection only after long tap - ios

I've run into a strange UITableViewController behavior.
For explanation:
I have a quite simple UITableView. Just 3 Default Cells with a Text.
But it behaves like shown in the GIF below. (The GIF is a little bit slower than reality)
Normal "short" taps are neither highlight or select something.
A longer press highlights the cell until released.
And only after a long long tap the cell is selected.
I have no idea what can cause these issue and I don't know where to search.
Some Code: TableViewController + DataSource
Have anyone a hint where to start debugging ?

You've probably set up a tap gesture recognizer somewhere else in the view hierarchy which is eating your tap gestures.
Since you're presenting a plain vanilla table view, you really don't want to do that.
(apologies in advance to the community -- this should've been a comment but I can't comment because I've got a bad reputation)

I've got it ;)
I've found a TapGestureRecognizer within a self written sub framework.
After commenting this out it works well.
So I have to search the issue within my sub framework.
A lot of thanks to you, without your hint I never thought about it again 🙈

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