Stuck on Siri / Apple Intelligence Waitlist for 100+ Hours on macOS 27 Beta (M4 Mac)

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Hi everyone, I joined the new Siri waitlist on Friday at 7:00 PM IST using a new M4 MacBook running the latest macOS 27 Developer Beta (Build 26A5353q). It has now been over 100 total hours (roughly 52 business hours) and my status is still stuck on "Joined Waitlist."

My setup is completely clean:

System Language and Siri Language are both set to English (US).My storage shows the 27.69 GB Apple Intelligence bundle is already pre-allocated on my SSD.
My physical device region is set to India (outside the EU/China geofence).
Unified system logs show isOkayToHaveAsset: True and AvailabilityClient.waitlistStatus connections are establishing perfectly with 0% CPU idle on generativeexperiencesd.

I have tried clearing the local cache by toggling Siri off/on and performing a full language-flip reboot cycle, but it drops straight back to "Joined Waitlist" without letting me click the join button again (proving the server recognizes my original Friday timestamp).

Is anyone else experiencing a massive weekend-backlog server stall on this specific macOS 27 build? How long did your approval take this week?

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RBNCore OP

1w

I think there may be some inconsistency with the rollout process right now.

I'm experiencing something similar on my iPhone 17 Pro. In my case, the situation is a little different because I was able to get past the waitlist, but the new Siri still doesn't activate correctly. The settings show "Siri (Beta)," and the new Siri app can be opened through siri://, but the activation process appears to be stuck.

Seeing your setup and the checks you've already done, it doesn't really sound like a local configuration issue. It seems like the Apple Intelligence/Siri activation process can get stuck at different stages depending on the device.

Some users seem to get access within a few days, while others remain on the waitlist for a week or longer. Since this is still a developer beta, there may be server-side delays or issues with the rollout system.

Hopefully Apple can smooth out the activation process in a future beta update, because right now the experience seems very inconsistent between users.