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CarPlay - Navigation Entitlement
We went through Apple's CarPlay documentation and, based on what we found, CarPlay provides templates for both Navigation and Audio, and our app has entitlements for both. One thing we would like to confirm before proceeding with implementation is whether a single app can expose both Navigation and Audio experiences in CarPlay, using both entitlements. Specifically, can the same CarPlay app provide a navigation experience (e.g., using CPMapTemplate) while also exposing an Audio/"Now Playing" experience, or does Apple expect these experiences to be implemented as separate apps or otherwise treated as separate CarPlay experiences? We'd also like to confirm whether CarPlay now allows an app to display a split-screen interface with navigation/map content on one side and audio controls or "Now Playing" controls on the other side. If so, is this something a single app with both Navigation and Audio entitlements can implement? The documentation explains the available templates and entitlements, but we couldn't find explicit guidance on whether the same app can leverage both Navigation and Audio experiences or whether these can be presented together in a split-screen layout. We'd like to clarify this before implementing the "Now Playing" screen, to ensure our approach aligns with Apple's CarPlay requirements and guidelines.
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How to collect statistics for Message Filter Extension and Call Blocking Extension?
Hi everyone, I'm developing an iOS app that includes both a Message Filter Extension and a Call Blocking Extension. I'd like to understand whether there is any supported way to collect or access statistics for these extensions, such as: Number of messages filtered (allowed vs. junk) Number of blocked calls Number of identified calls Extension invocation count Filtering success/failure metrics Any analytics or usage data exposed by the system I understand that these extensions are privacy-sensitive, so I'm not expecting access to user content. I'm specifically looking for aggregate statistics or system-provided metrics that an app can legally and technically access. My questions are: Does iOS expose any APIs or callbacks for collecting usage statistics from a Message Filter Extension? Is there any way to determine how many calls were blocked or identified by a Call Blocking Extension? Are there any recommended Apple-supported approaches for tracking extension usage without violating user privacy? If no APIs are available, is this limitation intentional due to the privacy model of these extensions? I'd appreciate any guidance or best practices from Apple engineers or developers who have worked with these extensions. Thank you!
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In-App Provisioning process failure (error 500)
Hello, We are implementing in-app provisioning in our banking app but are having trouble getting to the Terms & Conditions screen. User taps on “Add to Apple Wallet” > PKAddPaymentPassViewController > Next > the flow fails quickly with "Could Not Add Card -> Set Up Later" alert. The only notable thing in the logs, as far as I can see is the https://nc-pod12-smp-device.apple.com:443/broker/v4/devices/{SEID}/cards fails with: <html> <head><title>500 Internal Server Error</title></head> <body> <center><h1>500 Internal Server Error</h1></center> <hr><center>Apple</center> </body> </html> and maybe ProvisioningOperationComposer: Step 'eligibility' failed with error <PKProvisioningError: severity: 'terminal'; internalDebugDescriptions: '( "eligibility request failure", "Received HTTP 500" )'; underlyingError: 'Error Domain=PKPaymentWebServiceErrorDomain Code=0 "Unexpected error." UserInfo={PKErrorHTTPResponseStatusCodeKey=500, NSLocalizedDescription=Unexpected error.}'; userInfo: '{ PKErrorHTTPResponseStatusCodeKey = 500; }'; > Feedback Assistant ID: FB22932141 (Error during In-App Provisioning)
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App Store Server Notification returns successful purchase while customer's payment remains Pending
App Store Server Notification returns successful purchase while customer's payment remains Pending We have encountered an edge case with a Non-Renewing Subscription and would appreciate clarification on the expected developer behavior. Steps to reproduce User initiates an in-app purchase using a credit card. The purchase succeeds in the app. Our backend receives an App Store Server Notification V2 (ONE_TIME_CHARGE). We successfully verify the signed JWS transaction. The same transaction is also returned by the App Store Server API. Based on the verified transaction, we grant the user's entitlement. However, on the customer's Apple account: The purchase is shown as Pending in Purchase History / Report a Problem. The customer reports that their credit card has not yet been charged. Question From a developer's perspective, should entitlement be granted immediately after receiving a valid App Store Server Notification and successfully verifying the transaction, even if the customer's purchase is still shown as Pending? Is there any App Store Server API or transaction field that indicates the payment has not yet been settled, allowing developers to delay granting entitlement until the payment is finalized? Or is the expected implementation to grant entitlement upon successful transaction verification and revoke it only if Apple later sends a refund notification? Any clarification on the expected workflow would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance. :)
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Sandbox allows free trial again on resubscribe to the same subscription
Title: Sandbox allows free trial again on resubscribe to the same subscription Hi everyone, I'm testing an auto-renewable subscription using App Store Connect with a Sandbox tester (not a local StoreKit configuration file). My subscription has an introductory free trial configured. Scenario: Purchase the subscription for the first time using a Sandbox Apple ID. The user receives the introductory free trial as expected. Let the subscription expire. Purchase the same subscription product again using the same Sandbox Apple ID. I receive an App Store Server Notification with Notification Type = RESUBSCRIBE, and the transaction appears to have a price of 0, making it look like the user received another free trial. From Apple's documentation, my understanding is that an introductory offer can only be redeemed once per subscription group per Apple ID. Based on that, I expected the second purchase to be charged immediately rather than receive another free trial. My questions are: Is this expected behavior in the Sandbox environment? Does Sandbox sometimes allow introductory offers to be redeemed multiple times for testing? Or am I misinterpreting the RESUBSCRIBE notification and the $0 transaction? I did not intentionally reset the Sandbox tester's introductory offer eligibility, and I'm purchasing the same product in the same subscription group with the same Sandbox Apple ID. Has anyone observed this behavior or can clarify whether this is expected in Sandbox versus production? Thanks!
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StoreKit Test Transactions fail with “App not found” / ASDServerErrorDomain 3504 for one Bundle ID, while another app works
Hello Apple Developer Support / StoreKit team, I am testing auto-renewable subscriptions on a real iPhone device using Settings > Developer > Sandbox Apple Account > Test Transactions. I found that subscriptions work correctly for one of my apps, but fail for another app under the same Apple Developer account. Working app Bundle ID: com.benbendou.pinyincharacter Product ID: xpyxhz.quarterly Result: The sandbox purchase sheet appears and the subscription flow can be completed successfully. Failing app Bundle ID: com.benbendou.chengyudaquan Product ID: cydq.quarterly Result: The Test Transactions flow fails. In my app, Product.products(for:) can load some subscription products successfully. However, when trying to purchase cydq.quarterly, the purchase fails with: errorCode = 4040004 errorMessage = "App not found. Please try again." Because the same issue also happens in iPhone Settings > Developer > Sandbox Apple Account > Test Transactions, using the exact Bundle ID and Product ID, this does not seem to be caused by my app’s StoreKit code. The strange part is that another app under the same developer account works correctly with Test Transactions, but this app does not. Could Apple please help check whether the Bundle ID / app record / subscription group / in-app purchase products for com.benbendou.chengyudaquan are correctly linked in the StoreKit Sandbox backend? It looks like the sandbox environment can load the product metadata, but cannot complete the purchase or find the app during transaction lookup. Thank you.
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Applepay on the web: 401 Unauthorized when validating session
Hello, I', are trying to add applepay payment on our website using the PSP payxpert. They don't provide any SDK to my knowledge unlike paypal/stripe and their documentation just tell to send a few different data as usual credit card payment. But I'm stuck even before that step, we were able to add the applepay button on the site, we did setup the sandbox account on the iPhone with a test card. We could add the merchant id, created the "Apple Pay Payment Processing Certificate", the "Apple Pay Merchant Identity Certificate" and we verified the marchant domain. We have our backend request the validationURL on onvalidatemerchant. We're using PHP, and send the data in json as the example in: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/ApplePayontheWeb/requesting-an-apple-pay-payment-session The validation url we receive from applepaysession js is: https://apple-pay-gateway-cert.apple.com/paymentservices/startSession The doc mentions to add /paymentSession so I tried that as well as just the raw validationURL. Both sends me a 401 Unauthorized response. I'm not sure what missing, I double checked the merchantIdentifier matches and that the initiativeContext is correct, but no luck. I wonder if we missed a step in the configuring the server, as it say to create certificate and upload them. Then we can download the .cer files, do we need to do something with that? Kind regards
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Dual Monitor Studio Display XDR fails on MacBook Pro M4 Pro
I have two Macbook Pros: 14" M4 Pro (company) 16" M4 Max (personal) I work remote full-time and recently purchased 2 of the new Studio Display XDRs. Everything works perfectly however I chose to connect them to the M4 Max. I have a caldigit Element TB5 hub and can daisy chain both monitors through that perfectly. With that said, no matter how I plug them into the M4 Pro I can only ever get one to light up at a time. What I have tried to resolve it: Plug them in individually to the m4 pro Plug them in one at a time, force them to 60hz and then plug them both in. Daisy Chaining the displays Daisy Chaining the displays through the TB5 Hub Nothing works. Only one display comes on and its whichever is plugged in first. I have even tried lowering the refresh to as low as it goes on both manually then plugging them back in. Still nothing. From what I am reading it appears to be that the M4 Pro has 3 display lanes and when I plug the first studio display XDR it is using 2 lanes. If I go down to 60hz which is what the original studio display was, then it should theoretically go down to 1 display lane allowing a second to be plugged in. A bunch of people had the older studio display running 2x 5k ASD monitors on the M4 Pro. Now with the latest Studio Display XDR I am stuck. I was researching possibly editing the EDID of each to mimic the older studio display, but I don't know how to do that easily without BetterDisplay and right now I have no ability to install that. There is a chance I can get approval to run commands / BetterDisplay to get this working if a solution can be found. What I think the ultimate fix is for the firmware / macOS to realize the limitation, force the studio display XDR to 60hz when a second monitor is plugged in and they both would work. A single Studio Display XDR could run 120hz, but immediately upon plugging a second one it swaps to 60hz. I am completely fine with that scenario. I have found a few discussions about this topic with the main one being on apple discussions: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/256262701?sortBy=rank&answerId=261888577022 Someone sort of gave me this idea on Mac because they were trying to use the studio display XDR on windows and it appears to have worked with cloning an older ASD EDID on the new model: https://www.reddit.com/r/mac/comments/1s3ani5/got_studio_display_xdr_working_on_windows_pc_5k/ I don't really know what else to do. I opened a ticket with support. Case # 102853480566, but it went no where. I got disconnected during the first call after describing everything and when they reached back out they didn't even give me 2 seconds to pick up and they hung up and closed the ticket. I really don't want to return the displays because they are beautiful and work beautifully on the m4 max. They should work with 60hz on the m4 pro. Who / How / When can we get this resolved? I would be happy to work with an Apple dev / engineer to help resolve this.
Topic: App & System Services SubTopic: Drivers
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Sandbox products load, but purchases fail with productUnavailable
We have a new iOS app in App Store Connect with six consumable in-app purchases. Environment: Bundle ID: live.mymi.ios TestFlight version: 1.0.4 (70) Storefront: KOR Environment: Sandbox Example product ID: ios_spark_5000 StoreKit product queries return all six products with localized KRW prices. For example, ios_spark_10000 is returned as ₩12,000. However, requesting a purchase fails with Product.PurchaseError.productUnavailable / “This item is not available.” The issue can also be reproduced independently of the app: Settings > Developer > Sandbox Apple Account > Test Transactions Entering bundle ID live.mymi.ios and product ID ios_spark_5000 is rejected with a message stating that the product ID or bundle ID is invalid. The previous app/product pair live.mymi.app + spark_5000 still works on the same device and with the same Sandbox tester. We verified the following: Paid Apps Agreement, banking, and tax information are active The explicit App ID has the In-App Purchase capability enabled The TestFlight build uses the correct bundle ID Product pricing, localization, and availability in all 175 storefronts are configured All six IAPs are attached to the first app version review submission No local StoreKit configuration is involved This has persisted for multiple days. It appears that the product-query catalog contains the products, while the Sandbox transaction service does not recognize the product-to-bundle association. Has anyone seen this with a newly created App Store app/IAP catalog? Did Apple need to re-index the products?We have a new iOS app in App Store Connect with six consumable in-app purchases. Environment: Bundle ID: live.mymi.ios TestFlight version: 1.0.4 (70) Storefront: KOR Environment: Sandbox Example product ID: ios_spark_5000 StoreKit product queries return all six products with localized KRW prices. For example, ios_spark_10000 is returned as ₩12,000. However, requesting a purchase fails with Product.PurchaseError.productUnavailable / “This item is not available.” The issue can also be reproduced independently of the app: Settings > Developer > Sandbox Apple Account > Test Transactions Entering bundle ID live.mymi.ios and product ID ios_spark_5000 is rejected with a message stating that the product ID or bundle ID is invalid. The previous app/product pair live.mymi.app + spark_5000 still works on the same device and with the same Sandbox tester. We verified the following: Paid Apps Agreement, banking, and tax information are active The explicit App ID has the In-App Purchase capability enabled The TestFlight build uses the correct bundle ID Product pricing, localization, and availability in all 175 storefronts are configured All six IAPs are attached to the first app version review submission No local StoreKit configuration is involved This has persisted for multiple days. It appears that the product-query catalog contains the products, while the Sandbox transaction service does not recognize the product-to-bundle association. Has anyone seen this with a newly created App Store app/IAP catalog? Did Apple need to re-index the products?
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Accessory notification replies are not delivered after background suspension
We are investigating a notification-reply issue with a BLE accessory on iOS 27 Beta 4, built with Xcode 26.5. Our app uses an Accessory Transport App Extension and an Accessory Data Provider Extension for notification forwarding and text replies. Expected behavior A text reply entered on the accessory should be delivered to the transport extension, forwarded to the data provider extension, and then submitted through the system notification response API. Observed behavior A messaging notification with a text-input Reply action is forwarded successfully to the accessory. If the user replies shortly after the notification arrives, the full path succeeds: the BLE reply payload is received by the transport extension, forwarded to the data provider extension, parsed, and the system notification response API succeeds. If the user waits about 1-2 minutes before replying, the reply fails. The original notification was forwarded successfully and BLE was ready. We see the accessory acknowledgement for notification delivery. Log evidence The successful path contains BLE receive, transport reassembly, a parsed Reply action with user text, and a successful notification response API call. In the delayed-reply case, after the background window expires the host app is reported as running-suspended. When the accessory reply is attempted, there is no new invocation of either extension and no incoming BLE reply payload in those extensions. Therefore no notification response API call is made. This does not appear to depend on screen state. The relevant difference is whether the accessory reply occurs before or after the background execution window ends. Question After an accessory notification has already been delivered, what is the supported mechanism for a delayed accessory text reply to wake or re-invoke the Accessory Transport App Extension and route the reply to the Accessory Data Provider Extension? Is this expected lifecycle behavior for these extensions on iOS 27 Beta 4, or is there an entitlement, configuration, or API requirement needed to support delayed replies? We can provide a sysdiagnose and a minimal reproduction timeline privately if needed.We are investigating a notification-reply issue with a BLE accessory on iOS 27 Beta 4, built with Xcode 26.5. Our app uses an Accessory Transport App Extension and an Accessory Data Provider Extension for notification forwarding and text replies. Expected behavior A text reply entered on the accessory should be delivered to the transport extension, forwarded to the data provider extension, and then submitted through the system notification response API. Observed behavior A messaging notification with a text-input Reply action is forwarded successfully to the accessory. If the user replies shortly after the notification arrives, the full path succeeds: the BLE reply payload is received by the transport extension, forwarded to the data provider extension, parsed, and the system notification response API succeeds. If the user waits about 1-2 minutes before replying, the reply fails. The original notification was forwarded successfully and BLE was ready. We see the accessory acknowledgement for notification delivery. Log evidence The successful path contains BLE receive, transport reassembly, a parsed Reply action with user text, and a successful notification response API call. In the delayed-reply case, after the background window expires the host app is reported as running-suspended. When the accessory reply is attempted, there is no new invocation of either extension and no incoming BLE reply payload in those extensions. Therefore no notification response API call is made. This does not appear to depend on screen state. The relevant difference is whether the accessory reply occurs before or after the background execution window ends. Question After an accessory notification has already been delivered, what is the supported mechanism for a delayed accessory text reply to wake or re-invoke the Accessory Transport App Extension and route the reply to the Accessory Data Provider Extension? Is this expected lifecycle behavior for these extensions on iOS 27 Beta 4, or is there an entitlement, configuration, or API requirement needed to support delayed replies? We can provide a sysdiagnose and a minimal reproduction timeline privately if needed.
Topic: App & System Services SubTopic: Notifications Tags:
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iCloud Dashboard returns "Internal Error" when querying records across all containers
Recently, I am experiencing a CKErrorServerRejectedRequest error during my app's iCloud data sync process. I have not modified or migrated the schema recently. To troubleshoot, I logged into the iCloud Dashboard (CloudKit Console) to query the records directly. However, the dashboard also returns a generic "Internal Error" with no additional details whenever I attempt a query. Here is what I have tried so far: Private Database Only: The error only occurs within the Private Database. Querying the Public Database works normally and correctly returns "No records found." Multiple Containers: This issue affects all of my existing containers across both Development and Production environments. New Container Test: I created a brand new container with a new table, verified that the indexes are set to QUERYABLE, and attempted a query. The same "Internal Error" occurs. System Status: I checked the Apple Developer System Status page (https://developer.apple.com/system-status/), and both "CloudKit Console" and "CloudKit Database" are showing green (normal). Is anyone else experiencing this, or is there a known workaround for account-wide dashboard query failures?
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Title UNNotificationSound(named:) rejects bundled custom sounds and plays the default sound on macOS 26.6
I’m seeing what appears to be a regression in custom local-notification sounds on macOS 26.6. According to the UNNotificationSound documentation, a custom sound can be stored in the main application bundle and supplied using UNNotificationSound(named:). Environment: macOS 26.6 (25G72) Xcode 26.6 (17F113) Swift 6.3.3 Apple Silicon Sandboxed native macOS application Notification authorization granted Sounds enabled for the application in System Settings import AppKit import UserNotifications let center = UNUserNotificationCenter.current() let soundFilename = "notification_probe.aiff" guard Bundle.main.url( forResource: soundFilename, withExtension: nil ) != nil else { fatalError("Sound is missing from the application bundle") } let content = UNMutableNotificationContent() content.title = "Custom sound test" content.body = "This should play the bundled custom sound." content.sound = UNNotificationSound( named: UNNotificationSoundName(rawValue: soundFilename) ) // Ensure the application is inactive so macOS presents the notification. NSApp.hide(nil) try await Task.sleep(for: .milliseconds(250)) try await center.add( UNNotificationRequest( identifier: "custom_sound_test", content: content, trigger: nil ) ) The sound is correctly copied to: MyApp.app/Contents/Resources/notification_probe.aiff I tested two separate files: CAF and AIFF both files are shorter than 30 seconds and comply with the documented custom-sound requirements. Actual result: The notification is delivered and displayed correctly. macOS plays the default notification sound. The custom sound is not played. The unified log shows Notification Center receiving the correct custom filename, but ToneLibrary then rejects it: [com.apple.unc:sound] Playing notification sound { nam: notification_probe.aiff } for com.example.MyApp [com.apple.ToneLibrary:ToneManagement] Tone with identifier 'notification_probe.aiff' is neither in the collections for system or iTunes tones. Performed basic check for validity of tone with identifier 'notification_probe.aiff': NO. -toneWithIdentifierIsValid:(notification_probe.aiff): Returning NO. Immediately afterwards, SystemSoundServer plays the standard macOS notification sound. Immediately afterwards, SystemSoundServer plays the standard macOS notification sound At present, the only working solution is to submit a silent notification and play the sound independently through AudioToolbox, which loses the normal coupling between notification presentation and sound playback. Is this a bug or what ?
Topic: App & System Services SubTopic: Notifications
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com.apple.asam profile installs but is reported as "com.apple.unknown" on iOS 26.5.1 (ASAM not granted)
I'm trying to enable Autonomous Single App Mode (ASAM) for my own app on a supervised iPhone, but UIAccessibility.requestGuidedAccessSession(enabled:) always returns false, even though the com.apple.asam profile installs without error. Environment Device: iPhone 16 (iPhone18,5), iOS 26.5.1 Supervised: yes (verified via DeviceInformation query → IsSupervised = true) MDM: self-hosted NanoMDM. Other payloads (com.apple.webcontent-filter, com.apple.applicationaccess) install and work correctly. App: development-signed, Bundle ID net.self-control-mdm.SessionLock, Team ID 9VH4G6KS29 Profile I'm sending (matches the AutonomousSingleAppMode documentation exactly): What happens InstallProfile is Acknowledged with no ErrorChain. A ProfileList query shows the profile IS installed, but its payload type is reported as com.apple.unknown (display name is preserved). In Settings → General → VPN & Device Management, the profile shows the payload as "Unknown Payload". In the app, requestGuidedAccessSession(enabled: true) completion returns success = false. Rebooting the device does not change anything. Questions Is the legacy com.apple.asam profile payload still honored on iOS 26, or has ASAM authorization moved to Declarative Device Management? If DDM is now required, which declaration/configuration should I use to allow-list an app for ASAM? Does com.apple.unknown in the ProfileList response indicate the payload was genuinely not recognized, or is that expected for this payload type? Are there additional requirements on iOS 26 (e.g., the app must be an MDM-managed app, or a non-development signature) for requestGuidedAccessSession to succeed? Thanks in advance.
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Correct value of merchantIdentifier when using Web Merchant Registration API
Hi! We recently signed up and activated the Web Merchant Registration API and registered a few of our merchants. We registered them as: { "domainNames" : ["X"], "partnerMerchantName" : "Name", "partnerInternalMerchantIdentifier": "MID-###", "encryptTo" : "platformintegrator.X", "merchantUrl": "https://www.x" } When we make the payment with startsession, we are getting an error 400: Payment Services Exception merchantId=platformintegrator.x not registered for domain=x I suspect that this has to do with the value of merchantIdentifier we are setting in the startsession. What should it be? MID-###? The encryptTo hash of platform? platformintegrator.x? Also, what's the meaning of the property on the sub-merchant I get from the GET API call delegatedCommerce: {enabled=True}?
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Advanced Commerce API Approval
Hey All, My company has submitted no less than four requests over the last couple months trying to get approved to use the advanced commerce API. We have an approved app version, provided the product ID for what we want to use it for, just have never heard back. Anytime we call apple support, they take the submission ID and escalate it, then its radio silence from there. Wanted to see if anyone ran into this issue and how they got around it. We have been waiting around 2 months to be approved. Have not received a rejection, update, or anything that could shed some light into whats going on. Any pointers/help on this would be greatly appreciated!
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Failure to mount an FSKit volume *sometimes*
Hello, I'm working on a project for a file system using FSKit and I'm currently experiencing a strange issue on macOS 26 to which I updated recently. While testing, I'm doing incremental debug builds using Xcode. I'm very careful to make sure I only have a single instance of the built app (hosting the file system extension) anywhere on disk. I run the app, mount the file system, run some tests, unmount, kill the app, make changes, and repeat. Once in a while, however, mount would suddenly start failing with mount: Loading resource: The operation couldn’t be completed. (com.apple.extensionKit.errorDomain error 2.) mount: File system named MyFS not found This would consistently repeat until I clean the build folder, rebuild and run again. I would continue testing for a while, then at some point mount would start failing again. I looked at the system logs and found this message from extensionkitservice: Failed to initialize _EXExtensionIdentity: Error Domain=com.apple.extensionKit.errorDomain Code=5 "Failed to find extension: 24B7F729-5AD1-4486-92B4-1F57CACCA265" So I started going through the logs in more detail and found the following: lsd seems to unregister and register the file system extension occasionally, each time giving it a different UUID. I can see logs about "com.apple.LaunchServices.pluginsregistered" and "com.apple.LaunchServices.pluginsunregistered" notifications being sent with their data. What seems to be the problem is that sometimes after this happens, when I attempt to mount the file system, the extensionkitservice would fail to find the extension because it is referencing it using one of its previous UUIDs assigned by lsd, not its latest one, judging by the UUID in the log message. Am I doing something wrong here? I think I may be causing the constant unregister/register of the extension idirectly by rebuilding via Xcode. Or is it a problem with extensionkitservice? I've never had this happen on Sequoia. macOS 26.0.1 (25A362); Xcode 26.0.1 (17A400) Thank you
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Issue with subscriptions?
We have 1 renewable subscription and 1 nonrenewable subscription which, as of yesterday, are in the approved state. I'm not even sure how they were approved because the Product.products(for: Self.productIDs) call is returning an empty array in production. We have the paid agreement signed, a valid bank account added, and everything else that is required. The product IDs being passed are correct. But the API is still returning an empty array. Is there some sort of system issue happening right now?
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Share Extension stops silently on iOS 26 — app never opens after user taps it in share sheet
Summary Our Share Extension works correctly on iOS 18 but silently fails on iOS 26. The app appears in the share sheet, the user taps it, the sheet dismisses — and nothing else happens. The containing app never opens. Environment App: com.yourcompany.app Extension: com.yourcompany.app.shareaudio (com.apple.share-services) Source app: Voice Memos Deployment target: iOS 17.0 iOS 18.x (TestFlight): ✅ works — extension runs, app opens, file imports iOS 26.x (same build): ❌ fails — share sheet closes, extension appears to terminate immediately What we've tried Activation rule — NSExtensionActivationRule with UTI-CONFORMS-TO covering com.apple.quicktime-audio, public.audio, public.mpeg-4-audio, com.apple.m4a-audio, public.file-url. Loading the file — tried loadFileRepresentation(forTypeIdentifier:), loadInPlaceFileRepresentation, and loadItem, with fallbacks prioritizing public.file-url and com.apple.quicktime-audio. Logged registeredTypeIdentifiers to confirm what the provider exposes. Opening the containing app — calling extensionContext?.open(url) before completeRequest. Also tested a secondary URL scheme. App Group is configured; we write a pending flag and check it in sceneDidBecomeActive. Voice Memos export modes — tested both Rendered (.m4a) and Editable (.qta). None of this changed the behavior on iOS 26. Specific questions What does NSItemProvider.registeredTypeIdentifiers return on iOS 26 for Voice Memos recordings, especially .qta files? Is com.apple.quicktime-audio still the correct UTI for .qta on iOS 26, or has it changed? Has the recommended API for loading shared audio changed in iOS 26 — loadFileRepresentation, loadInPlaceFileRepresentation, or loadItem? Is NSExtensionContext.open(_:completionHandler:) still the supported way to open the containing app from a Share Extension on iOS 26? Are there new entitlements or restrictions? Is there any WWDC25 session or updated documentation covering Share Extensions receiving Voice Memos exports (including AVFileType.qta)? Is this a known regression in iOS 26? Happy to share logs, a TestFlight build, or a minimal reproducible project if that helps.
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CarPlay - Navigation Entitlement
We went through Apple's CarPlay documentation and, based on what we found, CarPlay provides templates for both Navigation and Audio, and our app has entitlements for both. One thing we would like to confirm before proceeding with implementation is whether a single app can expose both Navigation and Audio experiences in CarPlay, using both entitlements. Specifically, can the same CarPlay app provide a navigation experience (e.g., using CPMapTemplate) while also exposing an Audio/"Now Playing" experience, or does Apple expect these experiences to be implemented as separate apps or otherwise treated as separate CarPlay experiences? We'd also like to confirm whether CarPlay now allows an app to display a split-screen interface with navigation/map content on one side and audio controls or "Now Playing" controls on the other side. If so, is this something a single app with both Navigation and Audio entitlements can implement? The documentation explains the available templates and entitlements, but we couldn't find explicit guidance on whether the same app can leverage both Navigation and Audio experiences or whether these can be presented together in a split-screen layout. We'd like to clarify this before implementing the "Now Playing" screen, to ensure our approach aligns with Apple's CarPlay requirements and guidelines.
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How to collect statistics for Message Filter Extension and Call Blocking Extension?
Hi everyone, I'm developing an iOS app that includes both a Message Filter Extension and a Call Blocking Extension. I'd like to understand whether there is any supported way to collect or access statistics for these extensions, such as: Number of messages filtered (allowed vs. junk) Number of blocked calls Number of identified calls Extension invocation count Filtering success/failure metrics Any analytics or usage data exposed by the system I understand that these extensions are privacy-sensitive, so I'm not expecting access to user content. I'm specifically looking for aggregate statistics or system-provided metrics that an app can legally and technically access. My questions are: Does iOS expose any APIs or callbacks for collecting usage statistics from a Message Filter Extension? Is there any way to determine how many calls were blocked or identified by a Call Blocking Extension? Are there any recommended Apple-supported approaches for tracking extension usage without violating user privacy? If no APIs are available, is this limitation intentional due to the privacy model of these extensions? I'd appreciate any guidance or best practices from Apple engineers or developers who have worked with these extensions. Thank you!
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In-App Provisioning process failure (error 500)
Hello, We are implementing in-app provisioning in our banking app but are having trouble getting to the Terms & Conditions screen. User taps on “Add to Apple Wallet” > PKAddPaymentPassViewController > Next > the flow fails quickly with "Could Not Add Card -> Set Up Later" alert. The only notable thing in the logs, as far as I can see is the https://nc-pod12-smp-device.apple.com:443/broker/v4/devices/{SEID}/cards fails with: <html> <head><title>500 Internal Server Error</title></head> <body> <center><h1>500 Internal Server Error</h1></center> <hr><center>Apple</center> </body> </html> and maybe ProvisioningOperationComposer: Step 'eligibility' failed with error <PKProvisioningError: severity: 'terminal'; internalDebugDescriptions: '( "eligibility request failure", "Received HTTP 500" )'; underlyingError: 'Error Domain=PKPaymentWebServiceErrorDomain Code=0 "Unexpected error." UserInfo={PKErrorHTTPResponseStatusCodeKey=500, NSLocalizedDescription=Unexpected error.}'; userInfo: '{ PKErrorHTTPResponseStatusCodeKey = 500; }'; > Feedback Assistant ID: FB22932141 (Error during In-App Provisioning)
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App Store Server Notification returns successful purchase while customer's payment remains Pending
App Store Server Notification returns successful purchase while customer's payment remains Pending We have encountered an edge case with a Non-Renewing Subscription and would appreciate clarification on the expected developer behavior. Steps to reproduce User initiates an in-app purchase using a credit card. The purchase succeeds in the app. Our backend receives an App Store Server Notification V2 (ONE_TIME_CHARGE). We successfully verify the signed JWS transaction. The same transaction is also returned by the App Store Server API. Based on the verified transaction, we grant the user's entitlement. However, on the customer's Apple account: The purchase is shown as Pending in Purchase History / Report a Problem. The customer reports that their credit card has not yet been charged. Question From a developer's perspective, should entitlement be granted immediately after receiving a valid App Store Server Notification and successfully verifying the transaction, even if the customer's purchase is still shown as Pending? Is there any App Store Server API or transaction field that indicates the payment has not yet been settled, allowing developers to delay granting entitlement until the payment is finalized? Or is the expected implementation to grant entitlement upon successful transaction verification and revoke it only if Apple later sends a refund notification? Any clarification on the expected workflow would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance. :)
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Sandbox allows free trial again on resubscribe to the same subscription
Title: Sandbox allows free trial again on resubscribe to the same subscription Hi everyone, I'm testing an auto-renewable subscription using App Store Connect with a Sandbox tester (not a local StoreKit configuration file). My subscription has an introductory free trial configured. Scenario: Purchase the subscription for the first time using a Sandbox Apple ID. The user receives the introductory free trial as expected. Let the subscription expire. Purchase the same subscription product again using the same Sandbox Apple ID. I receive an App Store Server Notification with Notification Type = RESUBSCRIBE, and the transaction appears to have a price of 0, making it look like the user received another free trial. From Apple's documentation, my understanding is that an introductory offer can only be redeemed once per subscription group per Apple ID. Based on that, I expected the second purchase to be charged immediately rather than receive another free trial. My questions are: Is this expected behavior in the Sandbox environment? Does Sandbox sometimes allow introductory offers to be redeemed multiple times for testing? Or am I misinterpreting the RESUBSCRIBE notification and the $0 transaction? I did not intentionally reset the Sandbox tester's introductory offer eligibility, and I'm purchasing the same product in the same subscription group with the same Sandbox Apple ID. Has anyone observed this behavior or can clarify whether this is expected in Sandbox versus production? Thanks!
Topic: App & System Services SubTopic: StoreKit Tags:
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StoreKit Test Transactions fail with “App not found” / ASDServerErrorDomain 3504 for one Bundle ID, while another app works
Hello Apple Developer Support / StoreKit team, I am testing auto-renewable subscriptions on a real iPhone device using Settings > Developer > Sandbox Apple Account > Test Transactions. I found that subscriptions work correctly for one of my apps, but fail for another app under the same Apple Developer account. Working app Bundle ID: com.benbendou.pinyincharacter Product ID: xpyxhz.quarterly Result: The sandbox purchase sheet appears and the subscription flow can be completed successfully. Failing app Bundle ID: com.benbendou.chengyudaquan Product ID: cydq.quarterly Result: The Test Transactions flow fails. In my app, Product.products(for:) can load some subscription products successfully. However, when trying to purchase cydq.quarterly, the purchase fails with: errorCode = 4040004 errorMessage = "App not found. Please try again." Because the same issue also happens in iPhone Settings > Developer > Sandbox Apple Account > Test Transactions, using the exact Bundle ID and Product ID, this does not seem to be caused by my app’s StoreKit code. The strange part is that another app under the same developer account works correctly with Test Transactions, but this app does not. Could Apple please help check whether the Bundle ID / app record / subscription group / in-app purchase products for com.benbendou.chengyudaquan are correctly linked in the StoreKit Sandbox backend? It looks like the sandbox environment can load the product metadata, but cannot complete the purchase or find the app during transaction lookup. Thank you.
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Applepay on the web: 401 Unauthorized when validating session
Hello, I', are trying to add applepay payment on our website using the PSP payxpert. They don't provide any SDK to my knowledge unlike paypal/stripe and their documentation just tell to send a few different data as usual credit card payment. But I'm stuck even before that step, we were able to add the applepay button on the site, we did setup the sandbox account on the iPhone with a test card. We could add the merchant id, created the "Apple Pay Payment Processing Certificate", the "Apple Pay Merchant Identity Certificate" and we verified the marchant domain. We have our backend request the validationURL on onvalidatemerchant. We're using PHP, and send the data in json as the example in: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/ApplePayontheWeb/requesting-an-apple-pay-payment-session The validation url we receive from applepaysession js is: https://apple-pay-gateway-cert.apple.com/paymentservices/startSession The doc mentions to add /paymentSession so I tried that as well as just the raw validationURL. Both sends me a 401 Unauthorized response. I'm not sure what missing, I double checked the merchantIdentifier matches and that the initiativeContext is correct, but no luck. I wonder if we missed a step in the configuring the server, as it say to create certificate and upload them. Then we can download the .cer files, do we need to do something with that? Kind regards
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How to respond to alarms that appear when I compile my app
When compiling the app on an iPhone running iOS 16, the following alerts appear. What steps should I take to resolve this? UIScene lifecycle will soon be required. Failure to adopt will result in an assert in the future. CoreUI: CUIThemeStore: No theme registered with id=0
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Dual Monitor Studio Display XDR fails on MacBook Pro M4 Pro
I have two Macbook Pros: 14" M4 Pro (company) 16" M4 Max (personal) I work remote full-time and recently purchased 2 of the new Studio Display XDRs. Everything works perfectly however I chose to connect them to the M4 Max. I have a caldigit Element TB5 hub and can daisy chain both monitors through that perfectly. With that said, no matter how I plug them into the M4 Pro I can only ever get one to light up at a time. What I have tried to resolve it: Plug them in individually to the m4 pro Plug them in one at a time, force them to 60hz and then plug them both in. Daisy Chaining the displays Daisy Chaining the displays through the TB5 Hub Nothing works. Only one display comes on and its whichever is plugged in first. I have even tried lowering the refresh to as low as it goes on both manually then plugging them back in. Still nothing. From what I am reading it appears to be that the M4 Pro has 3 display lanes and when I plug the first studio display XDR it is using 2 lanes. If I go down to 60hz which is what the original studio display was, then it should theoretically go down to 1 display lane allowing a second to be plugged in. A bunch of people had the older studio display running 2x 5k ASD monitors on the M4 Pro. Now with the latest Studio Display XDR I am stuck. I was researching possibly editing the EDID of each to mimic the older studio display, but I don't know how to do that easily without BetterDisplay and right now I have no ability to install that. There is a chance I can get approval to run commands / BetterDisplay to get this working if a solution can be found. What I think the ultimate fix is for the firmware / macOS to realize the limitation, force the studio display XDR to 60hz when a second monitor is plugged in and they both would work. A single Studio Display XDR could run 120hz, but immediately upon plugging a second one it swaps to 60hz. I am completely fine with that scenario. I have found a few discussions about this topic with the main one being on apple discussions: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/256262701?sortBy=rank&answerId=261888577022 Someone sort of gave me this idea on Mac because they were trying to use the studio display XDR on windows and it appears to have worked with cloning an older ASD EDID on the new model: https://www.reddit.com/r/mac/comments/1s3ani5/got_studio_display_xdr_working_on_windows_pc_5k/ I don't really know what else to do. I opened a ticket with support. Case # 102853480566, but it went no where. I got disconnected during the first call after describing everything and when they reached back out they didn't even give me 2 seconds to pick up and they hung up and closed the ticket. I really don't want to return the displays because they are beautiful and work beautifully on the m4 max. They should work with 60hz on the m4 pro. Who / How / When can we get this resolved? I would be happy to work with an Apple dev / engineer to help resolve this.
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Sandbox products load, but purchases fail with productUnavailable
We have a new iOS app in App Store Connect with six consumable in-app purchases. Environment: Bundle ID: live.mymi.ios TestFlight version: 1.0.4 (70) Storefront: KOR Environment: Sandbox Example product ID: ios_spark_5000 StoreKit product queries return all six products with localized KRW prices. For example, ios_spark_10000 is returned as ₩12,000. However, requesting a purchase fails with Product.PurchaseError.productUnavailable / “This item is not available.” The issue can also be reproduced independently of the app: Settings > Developer > Sandbox Apple Account > Test Transactions Entering bundle ID live.mymi.ios and product ID ios_spark_5000 is rejected with a message stating that the product ID or bundle ID is invalid. The previous app/product pair live.mymi.app + spark_5000 still works on the same device and with the same Sandbox tester. We verified the following: Paid Apps Agreement, banking, and tax information are active The explicit App ID has the In-App Purchase capability enabled The TestFlight build uses the correct bundle ID Product pricing, localization, and availability in all 175 storefronts are configured All six IAPs are attached to the first app version review submission No local StoreKit configuration is involved This has persisted for multiple days. It appears that the product-query catalog contains the products, while the Sandbox transaction service does not recognize the product-to-bundle association. Has anyone seen this with a newly created App Store app/IAP catalog? Did Apple need to re-index the products?We have a new iOS app in App Store Connect with six consumable in-app purchases. Environment: Bundle ID: live.mymi.ios TestFlight version: 1.0.4 (70) Storefront: KOR Environment: Sandbox Example product ID: ios_spark_5000 StoreKit product queries return all six products with localized KRW prices. For example, ios_spark_10000 is returned as ₩12,000. However, requesting a purchase fails with Product.PurchaseError.productUnavailable / “This item is not available.” The issue can also be reproduced independently of the app: Settings > Developer > Sandbox Apple Account > Test Transactions Entering bundle ID live.mymi.ios and product ID ios_spark_5000 is rejected with a message stating that the product ID or bundle ID is invalid. The previous app/product pair live.mymi.app + spark_5000 still works on the same device and with the same Sandbox tester. We verified the following: Paid Apps Agreement, banking, and tax information are active The explicit App ID has the In-App Purchase capability enabled The TestFlight build uses the correct bundle ID Product pricing, localization, and availability in all 175 storefronts are configured All six IAPs are attached to the first app version review submission No local StoreKit configuration is involved This has persisted for multiple days. It appears that the product-query catalog contains the products, while the Sandbox transaction service does not recognize the product-to-bundle association. Has anyone seen this with a newly created App Store app/IAP catalog? Did Apple need to re-index the products?
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Accessory notification replies are not delivered after background suspension
We are investigating a notification-reply issue with a BLE accessory on iOS 27 Beta 4, built with Xcode 26.5. Our app uses an Accessory Transport App Extension and an Accessory Data Provider Extension for notification forwarding and text replies. Expected behavior A text reply entered on the accessory should be delivered to the transport extension, forwarded to the data provider extension, and then submitted through the system notification response API. Observed behavior A messaging notification with a text-input Reply action is forwarded successfully to the accessory. If the user replies shortly after the notification arrives, the full path succeeds: the BLE reply payload is received by the transport extension, forwarded to the data provider extension, parsed, and the system notification response API succeeds. If the user waits about 1-2 minutes before replying, the reply fails. The original notification was forwarded successfully and BLE was ready. We see the accessory acknowledgement for notification delivery. Log evidence The successful path contains BLE receive, transport reassembly, a parsed Reply action with user text, and a successful notification response API call. In the delayed-reply case, after the background window expires the host app is reported as running-suspended. When the accessory reply is attempted, there is no new invocation of either extension and no incoming BLE reply payload in those extensions. Therefore no notification response API call is made. This does not appear to depend on screen state. The relevant difference is whether the accessory reply occurs before or after the background execution window ends. Question After an accessory notification has already been delivered, what is the supported mechanism for a delayed accessory text reply to wake or re-invoke the Accessory Transport App Extension and route the reply to the Accessory Data Provider Extension? Is this expected lifecycle behavior for these extensions on iOS 27 Beta 4, or is there an entitlement, configuration, or API requirement needed to support delayed replies? We can provide a sysdiagnose and a minimal reproduction timeline privately if needed.We are investigating a notification-reply issue with a BLE accessory on iOS 27 Beta 4, built with Xcode 26.5. Our app uses an Accessory Transport App Extension and an Accessory Data Provider Extension for notification forwarding and text replies. Expected behavior A text reply entered on the accessory should be delivered to the transport extension, forwarded to the data provider extension, and then submitted through the system notification response API. Observed behavior A messaging notification with a text-input Reply action is forwarded successfully to the accessory. If the user replies shortly after the notification arrives, the full path succeeds: the BLE reply payload is received by the transport extension, forwarded to the data provider extension, parsed, and the system notification response API succeeds. If the user waits about 1-2 minutes before replying, the reply fails. The original notification was forwarded successfully and BLE was ready. We see the accessory acknowledgement for notification delivery. Log evidence The successful path contains BLE receive, transport reassembly, a parsed Reply action with user text, and a successful notification response API call. In the delayed-reply case, after the background window expires the host app is reported as running-suspended. When the accessory reply is attempted, there is no new invocation of either extension and no incoming BLE reply payload in those extensions. Therefore no notification response API call is made. This does not appear to depend on screen state. The relevant difference is whether the accessory reply occurs before or after the background execution window ends. Question After an accessory notification has already been delivered, what is the supported mechanism for a delayed accessory text reply to wake or re-invoke the Accessory Transport App Extension and route the reply to the Accessory Data Provider Extension? Is this expected lifecycle behavior for these extensions on iOS 27 Beta 4, or is there an entitlement, configuration, or API requirement needed to support delayed replies? We can provide a sysdiagnose and a minimal reproduction timeline privately if needed.
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iCloud Dashboard returns "Internal Error" when querying records across all containers
Recently, I am experiencing a CKErrorServerRejectedRequest error during my app's iCloud data sync process. I have not modified or migrated the schema recently. To troubleshoot, I logged into the iCloud Dashboard (CloudKit Console) to query the records directly. However, the dashboard also returns a generic "Internal Error" with no additional details whenever I attempt a query. Here is what I have tried so far: Private Database Only: The error only occurs within the Private Database. Querying the Public Database works normally and correctly returns "No records found." Multiple Containers: This issue affects all of my existing containers across both Development and Production environments. New Container Test: I created a brand new container with a new table, verified that the indexes are set to QUERYABLE, and attempted a query. The same "Internal Error" occurs. System Status: I checked the Apple Developer System Status page (https://developer.apple.com/system-status/), and both "CloudKit Console" and "CloudKit Database" are showing green (normal). Is anyone else experiencing this, or is there a known workaround for account-wide dashboard query failures?
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Title UNNotificationSound(named:) rejects bundled custom sounds and plays the default sound on macOS 26.6
I’m seeing what appears to be a regression in custom local-notification sounds on macOS 26.6. According to the UNNotificationSound documentation, a custom sound can be stored in the main application bundle and supplied using UNNotificationSound(named:). Environment: macOS 26.6 (25G72) Xcode 26.6 (17F113) Swift 6.3.3 Apple Silicon Sandboxed native macOS application Notification authorization granted Sounds enabled for the application in System Settings import AppKit import UserNotifications let center = UNUserNotificationCenter.current() let soundFilename = "notification_probe.aiff" guard Bundle.main.url( forResource: soundFilename, withExtension: nil ) != nil else { fatalError("Sound is missing from the application bundle") } let content = UNMutableNotificationContent() content.title = "Custom sound test" content.body = "This should play the bundled custom sound." content.sound = UNNotificationSound( named: UNNotificationSoundName(rawValue: soundFilename) ) // Ensure the application is inactive so macOS presents the notification. NSApp.hide(nil) try await Task.sleep(for: .milliseconds(250)) try await center.add( UNNotificationRequest( identifier: "custom_sound_test", content: content, trigger: nil ) ) The sound is correctly copied to: MyApp.app/Contents/Resources/notification_probe.aiff I tested two separate files: CAF and AIFF both files are shorter than 30 seconds and comply with the documented custom-sound requirements. Actual result: The notification is delivered and displayed correctly. macOS plays the default notification sound. The custom sound is not played. The unified log shows Notification Center receiving the correct custom filename, but ToneLibrary then rejects it: [com.apple.unc:sound] Playing notification sound { nam: notification_probe.aiff } for com.example.MyApp [com.apple.ToneLibrary:ToneManagement] Tone with identifier 'notification_probe.aiff' is neither in the collections for system or iTunes tones. Performed basic check for validity of tone with identifier 'notification_probe.aiff': NO. -toneWithIdentifierIsValid:(notification_probe.aiff): Returning NO. Immediately afterwards, SystemSoundServer plays the standard macOS notification sound. Immediately afterwards, SystemSoundServer plays the standard macOS notification sound At present, the only working solution is to submit a silent notification and play the sound independently through AudioToolbox, which loses the normal coupling between notification presentation and sound playback. Is this a bug or what ?
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com.apple.asam profile installs but is reported as "com.apple.unknown" on iOS 26.5.1 (ASAM not granted)
I'm trying to enable Autonomous Single App Mode (ASAM) for my own app on a supervised iPhone, but UIAccessibility.requestGuidedAccessSession(enabled:) always returns false, even though the com.apple.asam profile installs without error. Environment Device: iPhone 16 (iPhone18,5), iOS 26.5.1 Supervised: yes (verified via DeviceInformation query → IsSupervised = true) MDM: self-hosted NanoMDM. Other payloads (com.apple.webcontent-filter, com.apple.applicationaccess) install and work correctly. App: development-signed, Bundle ID net.self-control-mdm.SessionLock, Team ID 9VH4G6KS29 Profile I'm sending (matches the AutonomousSingleAppMode documentation exactly): What happens InstallProfile is Acknowledged with no ErrorChain. A ProfileList query shows the profile IS installed, but its payload type is reported as com.apple.unknown (display name is preserved). In Settings → General → VPN & Device Management, the profile shows the payload as "Unknown Payload". In the app, requestGuidedAccessSession(enabled: true) completion returns success = false. Rebooting the device does not change anything. Questions Is the legacy com.apple.asam profile payload still honored on iOS 26, or has ASAM authorization moved to Declarative Device Management? If DDM is now required, which declaration/configuration should I use to allow-list an app for ASAM? Does com.apple.unknown in the ProfileList response indicate the payload was genuinely not recognized, or is that expected for this payload type? Are there additional requirements on iOS 26 (e.g., the app must be an MDM-managed app, or a non-development signature) for requestGuidedAccessSession to succeed? Thanks in advance.
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Loading an array
How can I pre-load an array that I created using Swiftdata? I am creating a deck of cards and I want the user to be able to add/delete from the deck.
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Correct value of merchantIdentifier when using Web Merchant Registration API
Hi! We recently signed up and activated the Web Merchant Registration API and registered a few of our merchants. We registered them as: { "domainNames" : ["X"], "partnerMerchantName" : "Name", "partnerInternalMerchantIdentifier": "MID-###", "encryptTo" : "platformintegrator.X", "merchantUrl": "https://www.x" } When we make the payment with startsession, we are getting an error 400: Payment Services Exception merchantId=platformintegrator.x not registered for domain=x I suspect that this has to do with the value of merchantIdentifier we are setting in the startsession. What should it be? MID-###? The encryptTo hash of platform? platformintegrator.x? Also, what's the meaning of the property on the sub-merchant I get from the GET API call delegatedCommerce: {enabled=True}?
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Advanced Commerce API Approval
Hey All, My company has submitted no less than four requests over the last couple months trying to get approved to use the advanced commerce API. We have an approved app version, provided the product ID for what we want to use it for, just have never heard back. Anytime we call apple support, they take the submission ID and escalate it, then its radio silence from there. Wanted to see if anyone ran into this issue and how they got around it. We have been waiting around 2 months to be approved. Have not received a rejection, update, or anything that could shed some light into whats going on. Any pointers/help on this would be greatly appreciated!
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Failure to mount an FSKit volume *sometimes*
Hello, I'm working on a project for a file system using FSKit and I'm currently experiencing a strange issue on macOS 26 to which I updated recently. While testing, I'm doing incremental debug builds using Xcode. I'm very careful to make sure I only have a single instance of the built app (hosting the file system extension) anywhere on disk. I run the app, mount the file system, run some tests, unmount, kill the app, make changes, and repeat. Once in a while, however, mount would suddenly start failing with mount: Loading resource: The operation couldn’t be completed. (com.apple.extensionKit.errorDomain error 2.) mount: File system named MyFS not found This would consistently repeat until I clean the build folder, rebuild and run again. I would continue testing for a while, then at some point mount would start failing again. I looked at the system logs and found this message from extensionkitservice: Failed to initialize _EXExtensionIdentity: Error Domain=com.apple.extensionKit.errorDomain Code=5 "Failed to find extension: 24B7F729-5AD1-4486-92B4-1F57CACCA265" So I started going through the logs in more detail and found the following: lsd seems to unregister and register the file system extension occasionally, each time giving it a different UUID. I can see logs about "com.apple.LaunchServices.pluginsregistered" and "com.apple.LaunchServices.pluginsunregistered" notifications being sent with their data. What seems to be the problem is that sometimes after this happens, when I attempt to mount the file system, the extensionkitservice would fail to find the extension because it is referencing it using one of its previous UUIDs assigned by lsd, not its latest one, judging by the UUID in the log message. Am I doing something wrong here? I think I may be causing the constant unregister/register of the extension idirectly by rebuilding via Xcode. Or is it a problem with extensionkitservice? I've never had this happen on Sequoia. macOS 26.0.1 (25A362); Xcode 26.0.1 (17A400) Thank you
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Issue with subscriptions?
We have 1 renewable subscription and 1 nonrenewable subscription which, as of yesterday, are in the approved state. I'm not even sure how they were approved because the Product.products(for: Self.productIDs) call is returning an empty array in production. We have the paid agreement signed, a valid bank account added, and everything else that is required. The product IDs being passed are correct. But the API is still returning an empty array. Is there some sort of system issue happening right now?
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Share Extension stops silently on iOS 26 — app never opens after user taps it in share sheet
Summary Our Share Extension works correctly on iOS 18 but silently fails on iOS 26. The app appears in the share sheet, the user taps it, the sheet dismisses — and nothing else happens. The containing app never opens. Environment App: com.yourcompany.app Extension: com.yourcompany.app.shareaudio (com.apple.share-services) Source app: Voice Memos Deployment target: iOS 17.0 iOS 18.x (TestFlight): ✅ works — extension runs, app opens, file imports iOS 26.x (same build): ❌ fails — share sheet closes, extension appears to terminate immediately What we've tried Activation rule — NSExtensionActivationRule with UTI-CONFORMS-TO covering com.apple.quicktime-audio, public.audio, public.mpeg-4-audio, com.apple.m4a-audio, public.file-url. Loading the file — tried loadFileRepresentation(forTypeIdentifier:), loadInPlaceFileRepresentation, and loadItem, with fallbacks prioritizing public.file-url and com.apple.quicktime-audio. Logged registeredTypeIdentifiers to confirm what the provider exposes. Opening the containing app — calling extensionContext?.open(url) before completeRequest. Also tested a secondary URL scheme. App Group is configured; we write a pending flag and check it in sceneDidBecomeActive. Voice Memos export modes — tested both Rendered (.m4a) and Editable (.qta). None of this changed the behavior on iOS 26. Specific questions What does NSItemProvider.registeredTypeIdentifiers return on iOS 26 for Voice Memos recordings, especially .qta files? Is com.apple.quicktime-audio still the correct UTI for .qta on iOS 26, or has it changed? Has the recommended API for loading shared audio changed in iOS 26 — loadFileRepresentation, loadInPlaceFileRepresentation, or loadItem? Is NSExtensionContext.open(_:completionHandler:) still the supported way to open the containing app from a Share Extension on iOS 26? Are there new entitlements or restrictions? Is there any WWDC25 session or updated documentation covering Share Extensions receiving Voice Memos exports (including AVFileType.qta)? Is this a known regression in iOS 26? Happy to share logs, a TestFlight build, or a minimal reproducible project if that helps.
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