The items count on home show remains 0 for some reason even thought i have quite a few projects and items in each of them. The project grid is shown BTW.

Using HomeView.swift

import SwiftUI
import CoreData

struct HomeView: View {
    static let tag: String? = "Home"
    @EnvironmentObject var dataController: DataController

    @FetchRequest(entity: Project.entity(), sortDescriptors: [NSSortDescriptor(keyPath: \Project.title, ascending: true)], predicate: NSPredicate(format: "closed = false"))

    var projects: FetchedResults<Project>

    let items: FetchRequest<Item>

    var projectRows: [GridItem] {
        [GridItem(.fixed(100))]
    }

    init() {
        let request: NSFetchRequest<Item> = Item.fetchRequest()
        request.predicate = NSPredicate(format: "completed = false")

        request.sortDescriptors = [
            NSSortDescriptor(keyPath: \Item.priority, ascending: false)
        ]

        request.fetchLimit = 10
        items = FetchRequest(fetchRequest: request)
        print("items count : \(items.wrappedValue.count)")
    }

    var body: some View {
        NavigationView {
            ScrollView {
                VStack(alignment: .leading) {
                    ScrollView(.horizontal, showsIndicators: false) {
                        LazyHGrid(rows: projectRows) {
                            ForEach(projects) { project in
                                VStack(alignment: .leading) {
                                    Text("\(project.projectItems.count) items")
                                        .font(.caption)
                                        .foregroundColor(.secondary)

                                    Text(project.projectTitle)
                                        .font(.title2)

                                    ProgressView(value: project.completionAmount)
                                        .accentColor(Color(project.projectColor))
                                }
                                .padding()
                                .background(Color.secondarySystemGroupedBackground)
                                .cornerRadius(10)
                                .shadow(color: Color.black.opacity(0.2), radius: 5)
                            }
                        }
                        .padding([.horizontal, .top])
                        .fixedSize(horizontal: false, vertical: true)
                    }
                }

                VStack(alignment: .leading) {
                    list("Up next", for: items.wrappedValue.prefix(3))
                    list("More to explore", for: items.wrappedValue.dropFirst(3))
                }
                .padding(.horizontal)
            }
            .background(Color.systemGroupedBackground.ignoresSafeArea())
            .navigationTitle("Home")
        }
    }

    @ViewBuilder
    func list(_ title: LocalizedStringKey, for items: FetchedResults<Item>.SubSequence) -> some View {

        if items.isEmpty {
            EmptyView()
        } else {
            Text(title)
                .font(.headline)
                .foregroundColor(.secondary)
                .padding(.top)

            ForEach(items) { item in
                NavigationLink(destination: EditItemView(item: item)) {
                    HStack(spacing: 20) {
                        Circle()
                            .stroke(Color(item.project?.projectColor ?? "Light Blue"), lineWidth: 3)
                            .frame(width: 44, height: 44)

                        VStack(alignment: .leading) {
                            Text(item.itemTitle)
                                .font(.title2)
                                .foregroundColor(.primary)
                                .frame(maxWidth: .infinity, alignment: .leading)

                            if item.itemDetail.isEmpty == false {
                                Text(item.itemDetail)
                                    .foregroundColor(.secondary)
                            }
                        }
                    }
                    .padding()
                    .background(Color.secondarySystemGroupedBackground)
                    .cornerRadius(10)
                    .shadow(color: Color.black.opacity(0.2), radius: 5)
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

struct HomeView_Previews: PreviewProvider {
    static var previews: some View {
        HomeView()
    }
}