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Hi, I tried to enroll since week ago, went thru the whole process, but now I'm stuck on "Enrollement not completed - You enrollment in the Apple Developper pogram could not be completed at this time." I opened a case (ID: 102869536459), but I haven’t received a response yet. What's next ?

Hi, I'm trying to build an App Store IPA for my Flutter app on Mac M4 without a physical iPhone connected. STEP 1 - I tried Automatic Signing in Xcode but got: "Communication with Apple failed. Your team has no devices from which to generate a provisioning profile." "Xcode couldn't find any iOS App Development provisioning profiles matching my bundle ID." STEP 2 - I switched to Manual Signing in Xcode. No warnings or errors shown in Xcode UI. Everything looks fine in Signing & Capabilities. But when I run this command in terminal: flutter build ipa I get this error: Building App Store IPA... Encountered error while creating the IPA: error: exportArchive "Runner.app" requires a provisioning profile. My Setup: Mac M4 Flutter (flutter build ipa) Paid Apple Developer account No physical iPhone connected Building for App Store distribution Question: How do I successfully export an IPA for App Store distribution without a physical device on Mac M4? Any help appreciated. Thank you.

Hello, I'm the developer of RPGPlayer, a game emulator for RPG Maker games that has been live on the App Store since 2025. I'm writing here out of frustration and desperation after 2+ months of trying to publish a critical bug fix update. The Situation I submitted v2.4 on February 21, 2026. Since then, I have received 9+ rejections under Guidelines 4.7 and 2.5.2. Every single rejection message is word-for-word identical — the same copy-pasted text, every time. None of my detailed technical responses have ever been acknowledged or addressed. I have submitted appeals twice through the App Review Board. Both times I received the same automated response: "The App Review Board will contact you directly once they've completed their investigation." The first appeal went unanswered for over 30 days. At this point, I genuinely do not believe a human being has opened my app during any of these reviews. The Technical Reality RPGPlayer is a game emulator, explicitly permitted under Guideline 4.7. The rejection under 4.7 states that "HTML5-based games appear to be an incidental feature." This is incorrect. RPG Maker MV/MZ games are built on HTML5/JavaScript by design — that is the engine's native architecture on all platforms including PC and consoles. The WKWebView is the emulation layer, not a web browser or game portal. There are zero bundled games. The rejection under 2.5.2 states the app "installed or launched executable code." The app does not download anything from the internet. It includes a bundled, statically-linked runtime (MKXP-Z) that interprets local game scripts from user-imported files — identical to how Delta Emulator interprets ROM instructions. The Double Standard Other apps on the App Store use the exact same architecture as RPGPlayer: Delta Emulator — approved under Guideline 4.7, interprets user-provided ROM files Quest Play — RPG Maker MV/MZ player, uses the same WebView approach, currently receiving updates ArkRPG — same engine, same architecture, also on the App Store and getting updates. These apps are approved and actively updated. RPGPlayer is being rejected with automated messages for doing the exact same thing. What I've Tried Detailed technical responses in Resolution Center — ignored Two App Review Board appeals — no meaningful response Contact Us support requests — automated replies Provided ROM files, video walkthroughs, and thorough App Review Notes — none of it acknowledged The Impact My users have been waiting 50+ days for a critical bug fix. Some have left negative reviews calling me a scammer because they think I abandoned the app. I haven't. I've been fighting this review process every single day. I have a Meet with Apple appointment scheduled. But I wanted to share this here as well — both to ask if anyone has faced a similar situation with emulator apps, and to document what is happening in case it helps other developers. Has anyone successfully resolved a 4.7 + 2.5.2 rejection for a legitimate emulator app? Any advice is welcome.

Hello, I submitted a request for the Family Controls (Distribution) entitlement, but haven't received status update regarding approval/rejection etc. I submitted a previous contact support ticket as well. I'm wondering the timeline and also if my request went through - currently it says 'submitted' but it's remained this way for a while... I've had other developers in communities saying they were approved earlier, so curious if it's an app issue. Thank you

I'm seeing a critical issue where a custom CKRecordZone is consistently deleted server-side when a second iCloud account interacts with a zone-wide CKShare. I've reproduced this 20+ times across two days and have exhausted every client-side fix I can think of. Looking for guidance on what might be going wrong. Setup Container: iCloud.com.cohencooks (production app on App Store) Custom CKRecordZone in owner's private database Zone-wide CKShare(recordZoneID:) (iOS 15+ zone sharing) SwiftData with ModelConfiguration(cloudKitDatabase: .none) — no automatic CloudKit mirroring Acceptance via CKFetchShareMetadataOperation → CKContainer.accept(metadata) (no UICloudSharingController) Minimal reproduction // 1. Owner creates zone + share let zone = CKRecordZone(zoneName: "MyZone") try await privateDB.save(zone) let share = CKShare(recordZoneID: zone.zoneID) share[CKShare.SystemFieldKey.title] = "My Share" as CKRecordValue share.publicPermission = .readWrite let (results, _) = try await privateDB.modifyRecords(saving: [share], deleting: []) // 2. Owner pushes ~500 records to zone — all succeed // 3. Second user (different iCloud account) accepts share let metadata = try await container.shareMetadata(for: shareURL) try await container.accept(metadata) // 4. Owner's next CKFetchRecordZoneChangesOperation → zoneNotFound (code 26) // Zone is permanently gone. allRecordZones() confirms deletion. What I observe Three distinct failure patterns depending on configuration: Pattern 1 — publicPermission = .readWrite, no addParticipant: Zone dies instantly after acceptance. First push notification shows cloudkit.share changed (zone alive), second push notification returns zoneNotFound. The non-owner never successfully wrote anything. Pattern 2 — publicPermission = .none with explicit addParticipant: Zone survives acceptance and 2-3 minutes of bidirectional sync (non-owner pulls 578 records, pushes meal plans back). Then a push notification arrives and the zone is gone. This is dramatically better than Pattern 1 but still fails. Pattern 3 — Container destabilization after repeated testing: After 20+ create/delete cycles in one day, zones die from the owner's own push notifications — no second device involved at all. The container appears to enter an unstable state. What I've ruled out Hypothesis Test Result publicPermission = .readWrite Changed to .none + explicit addParticipant Zone survived longer but still eventually deleted Zone name tombstoning Tested 6 fresh names never used in this container All eventually deleted Non-owner writes causing deletion Gated ALL non-owner push methods (recipe, meal plan, grocery, photo, event) Zone still deleted database.save(share) vs modifyRecords Switched to modifyRecords(saving:deleting:) Zone still deleted NSPersistentCloudKitContainer interference Removed all Core Data CloudKit code Zone still deleted Double share acceptance Fresh app install, single acceptance only Zone still deleted Advanced Data Protection Neither account has ADP enabled Not the cause Programmatic vs system acceptance Tested both container.accept() and tapping share link Zone still deleted CloudKit Dashboard No ZoneDelete operation is visible in the logs. All operations are ZoneFetch, ZoneChanges, RecordQuery, RecordFetch. I do see EphemeralGroup operations targeting the custom zone — not sure what generates those. Comparison with working apps I compared my implementation with another app (Spotbook) that uses the exact same zone-wide CKShare(recordZoneID:) pattern with publicPermission = .readWrite and programmatic acceptance — and it works. The main difference is that app uses CKSyncEngine (iOS 17+) rather than raw CKFetchRecordZoneChangesOperation / CKModifyRecordsOperation. Could CKSyncEngine be handling something internally that prevents this issue? Questions Is there a known interaction between zone-wide CKShare(recordZoneID:) acceptance and zone lifecycle that could cause zone deletion? Does CKSyncEngine handle zone-wide sharing differently than manual CKFetchRecordZoneChangesOperation + CKModifyRecordsOperation? What generates EphemeralGroup operations in CloudKit Dashboard? Could these trigger a zone delete? After 20+ zone create/delete cycles in a container, is there a server-side rate limit or tombstone mechanism that would destabilize new zones? Is the custom programmatic acceptance flow (CKFetchShareMetadataOperation → container.accept()) fully supported for zone-wide shares, or does it require UICloudSharingController? Any guidance would be greatly appreciated. This is blocking multi-user functionality for our app (mesa, a meal planning app on the App Store). Single-user sync works perfectly — the issue only manifests when a second iCloud account is involved. Environment: iOS 18.4.1, Xcode 16+, Swift, SwiftUI

Hi everyone, We are currently facing an issue in our App Store Connect account where all of our production apps are suddenly showing the status “Removed from Sale.” This happened unexpectedly, and: We did NOT make any manual changes to app availability No recent app rejections or guideline violations were received Agreements, Tax & Banking section shows no pending actions TestFlight builds are still working fine We also have not received any clear communication from Apple explaining the reason for this. This is affecting all our live apps and impacting business operations. Has anyone else faced a similar issue recently? Could this be related to account-level restrictions or any recent policy updates? Any guidance or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!

Hello Apple Developer commuinty! We have been developing a VPN client app with unique protocol for quite a while, and now it have come to publishing it in App Store/Google play. I know that publishing a VPN service requires organization(which i cant register because of my life situation), that why i have choosen to make a client. User is NOT necessarily required to use official hosting, theres an option of importing external key. App itself, doesnt contain any hardcoded server credentials and such, but it does have option to get free config from website by click. For some reason, my app review have not gone well. Apple have claimed my app have violated Guidelines 4.3(a) and 5.4. In all of my respect for App Review Team, but claim on Guideline 4.3(a) - Spam is completely ridiculous! App was completely written from the ground, not only including protocol, but the design itself. The "MONOGON" style, is unique application style which no other app on app store have seen(featuring dotted ASCII style, with blooms and contrast colors). In a million years, i would never guess what they have seen "identical to other apps on app store". Claim on Guideline 5.4 though, is a lot more reasonable, yet still not exactly correct. My app is mainly a client, not a service. The main function of it - bringing secure d1mension protocol to live on iOS and iPadOS platforms. The first setup, has both link to get official config(completely free without login, similar to AmneziaWG app), or to import own config. The code secures and encrypts packets such a way, that no external server could listen/decrypt it except for the original user destination, which makes it completely secure for the user. The main goal of DrochVPN app, is to bring users freedom in how they connect, to which server they connect. Any sort of help with publishing our app would be greatly appreciated, and we are ready to introduce changes, if they are required. App review identificator: 2f59adfb-ec49-4431-91c0-8e9b1984ad2e

As of this morning, I have been unable to reach the Mac App Store or Test Flight .

审核回复：Issue Description The app uses public APIs in an unapproved manner, which does not comply with guideline 2.5.1. Specifically, the app still uses the ScreenTime API to hide apps. Since there is no accurate way of predicting how an API may be modified and what effects those modifications may have, unapproved uses of public APIs in apps is not allowed. 代码我都没有怎么改，然后之前2025年都上架成功了的，现在更新一个版本后，就不让上架了，是怎么回事？

Hey my app subscriptions are currently in review whilst my app has been approved 2 times, i need this to be approved to start marketing it.

I might be trying to achieve the impossible here, but if there's another way to go about it any advice would be appreciated. I've got an older Linux application that reflashes firmware on a connected USB HID device that I'm trying to port to macOS. Essentially the device starts as an HID interface (0x03/0x01/0x01) but to update firmware receives a simple control payload and then restarts and connects as a different (non-HID) device. However I can't open the HID device at all, I'm guessing this is some sort of permission error (SIP?). AppleUSBHostUserClient::openGated: failed to open IOUSBHostDevice... provider is already opened for exclusive access by AppleUSB20Hub hid_open_path: failed to open IOHIDDevice from mach entry: (0xE00002E2) not permitted AppleUSBXHCICommandRing::setAddress: completed with result code 4 AppleUSBHostPort::createDevice: failed to create device (0xe00002bc) AppleUSBIORequest ... transaction error ... 0xe00002ed Is there any way at all to do this on macOS? Interestingly if you run a Windows VM in VMWare or similar and connect the device to that VM it works, so there's obviously some way but I'd like to create a simple standalone tool.

Dear Apple Team, I need your help resolving an issue that Apple Support has been unable to fix for over two months. Since February 2026, the Apple Developer app has rejected my identity verification every time I attempt to enroll in the Apple Developer Program. I have reached out to Apple Support repeatedly — by email and by phone — and have received no explanation for the failure and no workable solution. My case numbers from these interactions are: 102818147247 102838793176 102842518632 To be direct: I'm not intend to be aggressive, I just exhausted every normal support channel available to me. The responses I have received so far have been polite but ultimately ineffective — the same suggestions are repeated, and no one has investigated the underlying cause. This is not a minor inconvenience. I run PlayPatch Tech as an small team with iOS apps that are blocked from App Store submission entirely because of this enrollment failure. Every week this remains unresolved is a week of lost business. Relevant details: Enrollment type: Organization Device: iPad Pro & iPadOS 26.3.1(a) Government ID used: China ID Card Timeline: February 2026 – present Support contacts: Email 8 times, Call 6 times, they tried their best, but nothing worked. What I need: Someone with the authority and access to diagnose why verification is failing for my account specifically. An alternative verification path if the app-based method doesn't work. I would appreciate a response within 5 business days. I am available at any time and willing to provide whatever documentation is required. Regards, Neo PlayPatch Tech

Hi, We are facing issue with purchases on iOS 26.4. The app store receipt received is from previous transaction leading to receipt validation failures. There are some purchase success observed for pending transactions but success rate for pending transactions is also very low. We are using Unity In-App Purchasing (IAP) 4.13.0. Let us know for any more details and any fix / workaround available. Thanks.

Hello, I’m currently trying to transfer an app via App Store Connect, but I’m blocked by the following message: “App Transfers Disabled for This Account. Due to irregular activity associated with your account, you cannot transfer or receive apps at this time.” The app is fully eligible for transfer: Status: Ready for Distribution Already live on the App Store No pending reviews or configuration issues I have already contacted Apple Developer Support regarding this issue, but it has been over 5 days without any response. This transfer is part of an ongoing business transaction currently in escrow, so the delay is becoming critical. Has anyone experienced this issue before? If so: How long did it take to resolve? Is there any way to expedite the review? I would really appreciate any guidance or if an Apple staff member could help escalate this. Thank you.

App ID: 6761302938 I've provided the DSA compliance, but it is stuck in the "In review" state. I tried to contact Apple Development Support but mail is never responded and three calls yesterday took over an hour each, without talking to anybody. Today, both mail and call support seems blocked "responseId": "8ec9XXXX056", "resultCode": 1200, "resultString": "You are not allowed to perform this operation. Please check with one of your Team Admins, or, if you need further assistance, please contact Apple Developer Program Support. https://developer.apple.com/support", "userString": "You are not allowed to perform this operation. Please check with one of your Team Admins, or, if you need further assistance, please contact Apple Developer Program Support. https://developer.apple.com/support", "creationTimestamp": "2026-04-14T09:29:12Z", "userLocale": "en_US", "requestUrl": "https://developer.apple.com/services-contact/solution/execute", "httpCode": 200 } Please please Apple development team: fix this issue, respond to emails and most important: approve the DSA compliance.

Hello Apple Developer Support, I would like to follow up regarding my Apple Developer Program enrollment. I have two order numbers: D004762197 (failed payment attempt on Tuesday, April 14, 2026) D004767639 (successful payment on Thursday, April 16, 2026, invoice received) Currently, my account is still showing "Pending" and asking to complete the purchase, even though the second payment was successful. It seems my account might still be linked to the failed order. Could you please help link the successful payment and activate my account? Thank you very much.

Need to vent a bit before relaxing for Christmas... WatchOS IAP using Storekit 2 is such a mess...is nobody actually using this or does Apple just not care for the user experience here? Lots of users experience after the purchase confirmation double tap on the side button an instant return to the purchase screen with nothing actually happening. No error message whatsoever. There is just one remedy: users need to unpair and re-pair their watch, including restoring a backup and setting up their wallet again. Nobody really wants to do this, or doesn't believe me and think this is just typical support BS, because their watch is paired and most things just work as they expect. And it turns away a customer, often leaving a bad review. And I can't do anything about it. Other errors in the purchase process are reported, but like "process interrupted" in case the payment is not setup correctly (credit car no longer valid or sth.). How should the user know? There must be better ways of letting him know what exactly the problem is. You need to implement a "Restore Purchase" function, otherwise you're not passing the review. But it really asks every time for the AppStore password, and users with crazy passwords -- that they rightfully should have! -- have almost no chance of typing them successfully on the tiny AW keyboard. Why is it not also just a side button double tap like for purchase? At the very least you would need access to the keychain PWs or allow pasting of sth. copied on the paired iPhone. Promo Codes for IAP on AW-only apps just don't work. AW has no redemption at all, and on the iPhone the AppStore will try to talk to a companion app (which AW-only doesn't have) and the end up in a dead-end installation effort. This all feels like never really tested in the field, and people are of course blaming the 3rd party dev. for all these issues. And opening a ticket is just leading nowhere -- at best it's closed after months with the hint "duplicate" but w/o any chance for me to see that one that they then actually work on and track progress. It's all so frustratingly broken...

I’m running an experiment around generating and importing .vcf files on iOS and wanted to sanity check expected behavior with others who may have explored this deeper. Goal Programmatically generate a vCard (v3.0) that, when imported into iOS Contacts, includes: Standard fields (name, phone, email, organization, etc.) Contact photo (PHOTO) Social profile (e.g., LinkedIn via X-SOCIALPROFILE) What I tested I tried to eliminate formatting issues by using iOS itself as the source of truth. Steps: Created a new contact directly in iOS Contacts Added name, phone, email Added a contact photo Added a social profile (LinkedIn) Exported that contact as a .vcf Deleted the contact from the device Re-imported the exported .vcf Result Core fields (name, phone, email, etc.) are restored correctly Contact photo is NOT restored Social profile is NOT restored as a native social entry This happens even though: The exported .vcf clearly contains a PHOTO field The exported .vcf includes X-SOCIALPROFILE;type=linkedin:... Additional testing I also generated my own .vcf files that closely mirror the structure produced by iOS (field order, encoding, etc.), and observed the same behavior: Photo does not reliably import Social profiles do not appear as native social entries in Contacts Question Is this expected behavior on iOS? More specifically: Are PHOTO fields intentionally ignored (or restricted) during .vcf import? Is X-SOCIALPROFILE supported for import, or only used internally/exported by Contacts? Is there any supported way to programmatically create a contact with: a photo social profile entries via .vcf import? Current understanding Based on testing, it appears that: iOS may export more data than it will accept on import Some fields (like social profiles and possibly photos) may only be fully supported when created via native APIs (e.g., Contacts framework) rather than .vcf Would appreciate confirmation or any documentation pointers if this is known behavior or if there are recommended alternatives. Closing thought If this is by design, it would be helpful to know which vCard fields are officially supported for import vs. export on iOS, since the current behavior is not entirely symmetric.

Hi everyone, I’m currently researching Apple Watch pairing behavior and diagnostic logging across different setup modes. I can reliably trigger a co-sysdiagnose on an Apple Watch when it is paired in a normal standalone / standard configuration. In that case, the expected co-sysdiagnose archive appears on the paired iPhone. However, in a Family Setup / managed account scenario, behavior is different: The watch provides the expected haptic feedback after the sysdiagnose button combination But no co-sysdiagnose archive appears on the paired iPhone afterward The same hardware behaves differently depending on pairing/account configuration My question is: Is co-sysdiagnose collection, transport, or availability intentionally different for Family Setup / managed Apple Watch devices? For example: Are logs stored elsewhere? Is transfer to the organizer iPhone restricted? Is co-sysdiagnose unsupported in Family Setup mode? Are additional conditions required, such as Wi-Fi, charging state, unlocked devices, or a longer delay? I may be missing something obvious, but I have not found documentation describing this difference. If this is expected behavior, I’d really appreciate a pointer to the relevant documentation. Thanks a lot!

I enrolled in the Apple Developer Program on April 15th and the $99 payment was successfully charged to my card (confirmed completed in my bank, not pending). However, 3 days later my account at developer.apple.com/account still shows the "Purchase your membership" banner asking me to pay again. Apple's own page says "Your purchase may take up to 48 hours to process" but it has been well past that. When I try to access Certificates, Identifiers & Profiles, I get this error: "Unable to find a team with the given Team ID S3v98Z34Dh to which you belong. Please contact Apple Developer Program Support." I already submitted a support case via the "Send us a message" form under Membership and Account > Program Purchase and Renewal, but haven't received any response yet. Has anyone experienced this? Is there another way to escalate this or get it resolved faster? I need the account for Sign in with Apple integration and I'm blocked on this. Thanks for any help.