"present view controller" not working only on iOS 11.2

Question

This code works perfectly fine on anything before iOS 11.2:

    let vc = UIStoryboard(name: "Main", bundle: nil).instantiateViewController(withIdentifier: "loginView")
        self.present(vc, animated: true, completion:nil)

The view is being presented from a UITabBarController

What is interesting is that viewDidLoad and viewWillAppear do get called for the LoginView but since it is never modally presented like on previous iOS versions viewDidAppear is never called.