Hello everyone, I’m looking for some clarity from the community regarding eligibility for the Swift Student Challenge 2026, particularly for students taking a gap year in India. I graduated from high school (Class XII, CBSE – India) in May 2025. After graduating, I chose to take a gap year to prepare for competitive entrance examinations in India, with the goal of pursuing Computer Science / Engineering. I’ll be applying to accredited universities for programs starting in mid-2026, and I’m not currently enrolled in a college. My question: The eligibility guidelines state that high school graduates must have graduated within the past 6 months and must be awaiting acceptance or have received acceptance to an accredited institution. Since the submission deadline is February 28, 2026, my graduation would be about 9 months prior, which puts me in a gray area. Has anyone here participated in, or seen others participate in, the Swift Student Challenge while taking a gap year and preparing for university entrance exams? Is there any known flexibility or precedent for students in this situation? I’ve been following the Swift Student Challenge since 2023 and would really love to participate if I’m eligible. Any insights or experiences would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

Hi, We're having problems starting an Ad Hoc ipa on an iPad with iOS 12.7.7 and 12.7.8. The iPad's UUID has been added to the provisioning profile. The iPad that we are trying to start the app on is online, so Apple's certificate validation server should be reachable. We don't have any problems with iOS versions above iOS 12. The .ipa was built using the latest version of Xcode (26.2, build 17C52). Here is the anonymised and reduced console log (only the app launch / bootstrap part): default 07:29:35.683108+0100 SpringBoard Icon touch began: <private> default 07:29:35.752640+0100 SpringBoard Icon tapped: <private> default 07:29:35.768538+0100 trustd cert[0]: SubjectCommonName =(leaf)[]> 0 default 07:29:35.791500+0100 SpringBoard Trust evaluate failure: [leaf IssuerCommonName LeafMarkerOid SubjectCommonName] default 07:29:35.793654+0100 trustd cert[0]: IssuerCommonName =(path)[]> 0 default 07:29:36.043497+0100 assertiond Submitting new job for "<APP_BUNDLE_ID>" on behalf of SpringBoard (pid: 48) default 07:29:36.044393+0100 SpringBoard Bootstrapping <APP_BUNDLE_ID> with intent foreground-interactive error 07:29:36.045124+0100 SpringBoard [<APP_BUNDLE_ID>] Bootstrap failed with error: domain: BKSProcessErrorDomain, code: 1 (bootstrap-failed), reason: "Failed to start job" error 07:29:36.045214+0100 SpringBoard Bootstrapping failed for <APP_BUNDLE_ID> (pid: -1): Error Domain=BKSProcessErrorDomain Code=1 "Unable to bootstrap process with bundleID <APP_BUNDLE_ID>" NSLocalizedFailureReason=Failed to start job NSUnderlyingError=NSPOSIXErrorDomain Code=3 "No such process" BKLaunchdOperation=launch_get_running_pid_4SB BKLaunchdJobLabel=<LAUNCHD_JOB_LABEL> BKSProcessJobLabel=<LAUNCHD_JOB_LABEL> default 07:29:36.046078+0100 assertiond Submitted job with label: <LAUNCHD_JOB_LABEL> default 07:29:36.046442+0100 assertiond Unable to get pid for '<LAUNCHD_JOB_LABEL>': No such process (3) error 07:29:36.046542+0100 assertiond Failed to start job: NSPOSIXErrorDomain Code=3 "No such process" default 07:29:36.046607+0100 assertiond Deleted job with label: <LAUNCHD_JOB_LABEL> default 07:29:36.081068+0100 SpringBoard Application process state changed for <APP_BUNDLE_ID>: pid: -1; taskState: Not Running

Hi, We're having problems starting an Ad Hoc ipa on an iPad with iOS 12.7.7 and 12.7.8, probably iOS 12 in general. The iPad's UUID is added to the certificate. And we don't have problems with iOS versions > iOS 12. Here is the anonymized Console Log: default 09:05:12.088994+0100 SpringBoard immediate edge swipe: failed default 09:05:12.095189+0100 SpringBoard Icon touch began: <private> default 09:05:12.096204+0100 SpringBoard Found a reasonable launch image for <private>, not pre-warming SplashBoard. Load image into the snapshot instance. default 09:05:12.117737+0100 powerd Activity changes from 0x2 to 0x1. UseActiveState:1 default 09:05:12.118572+0100 powerd hidActive:1 displayOff:0 assertionActivityValid:0 now:0xcb6 hid_ts:0xcb6 assertion_ts:0x0 default 09:05:12.145354+0100 backboardd [HID] [MT] dispatchEvent Dispatching event with 1 children, _eventMask=0x23 _childEventMask=0x3 Cancel=0 Touching=0 inRange=0 default 09:05:12.152820+0100 SpringBoard Icon tapped: <private> default 09:05:12.158236+0100 dasd Trigger: <private> is now [1] default 09:05:12.159538+0100 dasd Don't have <private> for type 1 default 09:05:12.170128+0100 trustd cert[0]: SubjectCommonName =(leaf)[]> 0 default 09:05:12.170407+0100 trustd cert[0]: LeafMarkerOid =(leaf)[]> 0 default 09:05:12.182388+0100 trustd OCSPSingleResponse: nextUpdate 0.54 days ago default 09:05:12.186084+0100 trustd OCSPSingleResponse: nextUpdate 0.62 days ago default 09:05:12.187067+0100 SpringBoard Trust evaluate failure: [leaf IssuerCommonName LeafMarkerOid SubjectCommonName] default 09:05:12.238604+0100 trustd Task <TASK_UUID_REDACTED_1>.<1> resuming, QOS(0x19) default 09:05:12.240650+0100 trustd TIC TCP Conn Start [12:0xADDR_REDACTED] default 09:05:12.241136+0100 trustd [C12 Hostname#HASH_REDACTED:80 tcp, pid: PID_REDACTED, url hash: HASH_REDACTED] start default 09:05:12.245884+0100 trustd TIC TCP Conn Start [13:0xADDR_REDACTED] default 09:05:12.246361+0100 trustd [C13 Hostname#HASH_REDACTED:80 tcp, pid: PID_REDACTED, url hash: HASH_REDACTED] start default 09:05:12.256520+0100 trustd nw_connection_report_state_with_handler_locked [C12] reporting state failed error Network is down error 09:05:12.256978+0100 trustd TIC TCP Conn Failed [12:0xADDR_REDACTED]: 1:50 Err(50) error 09:05:12.262697+0100 trustd Task <TASK_UUID_REDACTED_1>.<1> HTTP load failed (error code: -1009 [1:50]) error 09:05:12.271646+0100 trustd Task <TASK_UUID_REDACTED_1>.<1> load failed with error Error Domain=NSURLErrorDomain Code=-1009 "The Internet connection appears to be offline." default 09:05:12.271898+0100 trustd Failed to download ocsp response http://ocsp.apple.com/ocsp03-wwdrg311/... with error Error Domain=NSURLErrorDomain Code=-1009 "The Internet connection appears to be offline." default 09:05:12.280643+0100 SpringBoard Activating <private> from icon default 09:05:12.281399+0100 CommCenter #I CTServerConnection from pid PID_REDACTED has closed (conn=0xADDR_REDACTED) default 09:05:12.513629+0100 SpringBoard Bootstrapping com.example.myapp with intent foreground-interactive default 09:05:12.514084+0100 assertiond Submitting new job for "com.example.myapp" on behalf of <BKProcess: 0xADDR_REDACTED; SpringBoard; com.apple.springboard; pid: PID_REDACTED; ...> default 09:05:12.514909+0100 assertiond Submitted job with label: UIKitApplication:com.example.myapp[REDACTED][REDACTED] error 09:05:12.516769+0100 SpringBoard [com.example.myapp] Bootstrap failed with error: <NSError: 0xADDR_REDACTED; domain: BKSProcessErrorDomain; code: 1 (bootstrap-failed); reason: "Failed to start job"> error 09:05:12.516935+0100 SpringBoard Bootstrapping failed for <FBApplicationProcess: 0xADDR_REDACTED; com.example.myapp; pid: -1> with error: Error Domain=BKSProcessErrorDomain Code=1 "Unable to bootstrap process with bundleID com.example.myapp" default 09:05:12.517589+0100 SpringBoard <FBApplicationProcess: 0xADDR_REDACTED; com.example.myapp; pid: -1> exited. default 09:05:12.542638+0100 SpringBoard Application process state changed for com.example.myapp: <SBApplicationProcessState: 0xADDR_REDACTED; pid: -1; taskState: Not Running; visibility: Unknown> default 09:05:13.072994+0100 SpringBoard Front display did change: <SBApplication: 0xADDR_REDACTED; com.example.myapp> Is there any know problem with running Ad Hoc ipas on iOS 12? Thanks Christian

Hi Team, Could you please share how to change/extend the expiry date of the existing iOS Distribution (In-House) certificate? Since the membership renewal date is in March 2026 and the iOS distribution(In-House) certificate expiry date is in Feb 2026. We use to distribute the mobile apps using the product intunes (Company portal) and via direct download link. Please suggest since this certificate is used by multiple mobile apps by the users which can affect lot of iPhone users? Thank you in advance Deepak

The profile expiration date is approaching, and no amount of inquiries will solve it. Create a new profile Download a new profile from Xcode Press archive, press Distribute App, press Enterprise, and distribute Invalid expiration date in profile of summary of review app.ipa content I've tried everything that comes out by Googleing profiles, such as regenerating profiles, erasing caches, updating Xcode, updating macOS, deleting existing profile information, etc. Expiration date different from the expiration date of the profile created in that menu is displayed. The expiration date of the profile I created is December 8, 2026, and the previous certificate is January 22, 2026. However, the profile information of the generated ipa is February 12, 2026. So I can't distribute this app because I'm scared, and the expiration date is coming up. Users should have a period of time to update. Get me a novice developer who's choking up.

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We have been trying to figure out how to block Apple Private Relay in our enterprise so we can monitor and filter our employees traffic. We are able to block the Private Relay via this process: We used this article from Fortinet to achieve this: https://community.fortinet.com/t5/FortiGate/Technical-Tip-How-to-block-iCloud-Private-Relay-from-bypassing/ta-p/228629 This also appears to block the users ability to utilize Apple iCloud Drive Backups. They would like to allow that still. Is there a way to block iCloud Private Relay while still allowing iCloud Drive Backups to work? I am not finding a document listing the URL requirements for iCloud Drive Backups. We currently have this solution in place: https://community.fortinet.com/t5/FortiGate/Technical-Tip-How-to-allow-iCloud-private-relay/ta-p/383703 Basically this solution is allowing all Apple URL/IPs to go through the firewall and not be filtered. They would like to scan the traffic through. When scanning is enabled the firewall blocks the iCloud Private Relay traffic as it is blocked as being a proxy. Any guidance is greatly appreciated.

Hi, We developed a Platform SSO extension for our IdP, Keycloak. It would be great to get some feedback on it: https://francisaugusto.com/2025/Platform_single_sign_on_diy/

Hi, I developed a Platform Single Sign-On extension and a corresponding extension for my IdP, which is Keycloak based. The code for both projects are here: https://github.com/unioslo/keycloak-psso-extension and https://github.com/unioslo/weblogin-mac-sso-extension I realized that, when using the Secure Enclave as the AuthenticationMethod, and according to Apple's documentation, the Extension doesn’t obtain fresh ID Tokens when they expire if the refresh token is still valid. When using password as the Authentication Method, it fetches new ID tokens when they expire, without prompting the user for credentials, by using the refresh token. My suggestion is that the same behavior should be implemented for Secure Enclave keys. The thing here is that usually, on OIDC flows, the ID/Access tokens are short-lived. It would make sense for the extension to provide fresh ID tokens. It doesn’t seem to make sense for me that, when using passwords, the extension would fetch these tokens, and not when having the Secure Enclave key. By not doing this, Apple almost forces the developer of an extension to fetch new ID tokens themselves, which doens’t make sense when it clearly provides fresh tokens when using passwords. It almost forces the developers to either implement that logic themselves, or to issue longer tokens, which is not so nice. How so you deal with this? Do you simply use the refresh token as an authentication token, or do you do some sort of manual refresh on the extension?

I've account access level of developer. I want to create app specific password but go through the account but could not get any option to do so. Can somebody help me on this. Thanks in advance.

The Center for Innovation in Education created a reading program designed to teach every single child to read, regardless of any supposed difficulty in learning. The Center conducted a ten-year study of its Reading Program’s effectiveness. Over those ten years, the Center placed 2,048 Reading Program kits in classrooms across America. More than 300,000 children took part in the Center’s study. Results: The Reading Program taught every single child to read in every single classroom, every single year, regardless of any child’s supposed reading readiness - including dyslexic, autistic, and even Down syndrome children. No failures then or in any of the many years that have followed. Despite the Program’s success, educational publishers refused to publish it. Their refusals will be explained and hopefully counteracted in a book that is scheduled to be published in 2026. In response to publishers’ refusal to make the program available, the Center made it available as a free download from its website. The Center also made its program available as 14 free iPad apps. While the apps can be searched for individually by their unique names, since the apps are interrelated and meant to complement one another, the first keyword assigned to all 14 apps was the same. That same keyword is still in its first position for every app. The first keyword listed for each of the 14 apps is the word “Dekodiphukan”. That meant-to-be hard-to-read search word has worked well every year since the apps were introduced. However, in June of this year, that search term could find only 1 of the 14 apps. We reported this problem to Apple Support on June 26th. It is now November, and the problem remains unresolved. The only response we receive each time we ask for an update on the resolution of this problem the answer every time is: Reported search issues of this type require extensive review by Apple to determine whether it is valid and to confirm the appropriate action. There is no other response. No update has ever been sent to us. There is no phone number I can find to call. It was suggested to me by someone I spoke with in a different department at Apple Developers that I post my problem on the Developer Forum, in hopes that someone here can provide a suggestion for a way around this problem. Parents and teachers wishing to use our Reading Program with their children should not have to enter 14 different names to access our Reading Program.

Hey all, how long does bank account validation take typically? I have everything else in my paid agreement approved and showing active except the bank account. It says 24 hours but it has been over 3 days and there has been no progress.

I registered in this summer, uploaded 2 apps. But recently I decided to add iAP to my apps, everything is ready, in Xcode sandbox everything works fine, but when I uploaded new version to TestFlight to test, when I tap on the subscription it says something like "Product not found". (I have added subscriptions to the app, and added them to the version before submitting, also, this version is in status "awaiting developer release" so I can tap a button and this new version with iAPs will be on App Store. But im unsure what to do, because exactly this verified by Apple's version is not working in TestFlight.) In Business section of my Apple Developer Account in Agreements I only have agreement of free apps, but not about the paid apps. 
When I registered I used my (R)(us)sian passport, I think this is the reason that I simply don't even have the agreement of paid apps to accept it. 
I have multiple passports, and multiple EU debit cards. I emailed apple to change the location of my account (to another EU country), but they ghosted me. They sent me emails to upload documents about 4 or 5 times, every time I uploaded my another passport, got an auto email "thank you, we will write you in 2-3 days", but either they did not write me, or they said that the document is not in English (it isn't). 
What do I do? Also, to my situation, someone of my family has a company in (R)(us)sia, and I have in EU (Estonia). Maybe if nothing will work out with "Individual account", I should change to my company? And what is better EU or (R)(us)sian? 
Im new to this community, hope to hear an answer, or just an advice. Thank you!

The question: Is there any chance that Apple will integrate Intune SDK into Apple apps such as Mail or Calendar, or create Siri-compatible Intune SDK-integrated versions of Mail and Calendar? The reason for the question: My team has been asked by VIPs in our company (e.g. execs and board members) if Siri can be used with Outlook, and the only way is through Shortcuts or by adding the Outlook account to Mail. Both of these options would violate our security policies for these reasons: Since our company policy and federal regulations don't permit us to allow access to company resources on non-MAM-protected apps, we can't allow our users to login to the Mail app and make full use of Siri, due to the lack of MAM controls for Mail and Calendar. We only allow users to transfer data between policy-managed apps which have integrated the Intune SDK allowing us to enforce DLP and other security measures. The only way to enable Shortcuts would be to disable these security measures.

Hi team, We need to identify the domains used by macOS Software Update so they can be bypassed by our NETransparentProxy. The Apple support article below lists Software Update and several other Apple service domains. At the moment we’re unsure whether we should only bypass the Software Update and Beta Software domains, or whether we also need to bypass domains used for certificate validation, device management (Apple Business Manager / Apple School Manager / Apple Business Essentials), network provider updates, Apple Diagnostics, etc. We also need the specific IP ranges used exclusively by Software Update. The document shows Apple’s entire IP range; for IPv4 you can allow outbound connections to 17.0.0.0/8. https://support.apple.com/en-in/101555

We are facing an issue with Platform SSO registration on macOS devices for AD-bound user accounts with Microsoft EntraID configuration. We are using the Platform SSO payload on macOS devices integrated with Entra ID, and it works as expected — registration completes successfully, and the password syncs with the Entra ID password. However, when we try the same on macOS devices with AD-bound (mobile) user accounts, the registration does not complete. To elaborate, the process successfully completes the initial WebView authentication but fails at the stage where Apple prompts for the password to sync the local macOS user’s password with the Entra ID password. It does not display any error, and even after entering a valid password, the process does not proceed further. However, when we try the same on a non-AD user account, it works fine. We have checked with Microsoft, and they confirmed that there are no restrictions on their side for AD-bound accounts. Since the issue appears to occur at the Apple system level, they advised us to reach Apple teams on this. Could you please check and let us know how we can proceed with this? Payload used: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd"> <plist version="1.0"> <dict> <key>PayloadContent</key> <array> <dict> <key>AuthenticationMethod</key> <string>Password</string> <key>ExtensionIdentifier</key> <string>com.microsoft.CompanyPortalMac.ssoextension</string> <key>PayloadDisplayName</key> <string>Extensible Single Sign-On Payload</string> <key>PayloadIdentifier</key> <string>com.apple.extensiblesso.B408A658-3DAF-41FF-8A5D-AE77B380CB7B</string> <key>PayloadType</key> <string>com.apple.extensiblesso</string> <key>PayloadUUID</key> <string>D506CAFD-C802-41F2-9C3E-DF5289C315FF</string> <key>PayloadVersion</key> <integer>1</integer> <key>PlatformSSO</key> <dict> <key>AccountDisplayName</key> <string>EntraID</string> <key>AuthenticationMethod</key> <string>Password</string> <key>EnableCreateUserAtLogin</key> <true/> <key>LoginFrequency</key> <integer>3700</integer> <key>LoginPolicy</key> <array> <string>AttemptAuthentication</string> </array> <key>NewUserAuthorizationMode</key> <string>Admin</string> <key>UseSharedDeviceKeys</key> <true/> <key>UserAuthorizationMode</key> <string>Admin</string> </dict> <key>ScreenLockedBehavior</key> <string>DoNotHandle</string> <key>TeamIdentifier</key> <string>UBF8T346G9</string> <key>Type</key> <string>Redirect</string> <key>URLs</key> <array> <string>https://login.microsoftonline.com</string> <string>https://sts.windows.net</string> <string>https://login.partner.microsoftonline.cn</string> <string>https://login.chinacloudapi.cn</string> <string>https://login.microsoftonline.us</string> <string>https://login.microsoft.com</string> <string>https://login-us.microsoftonline.com</string> </array> </dict> </array> <key>PayloadDisplayName</key> <string>Platform SSO</string> <key>PayloadIdentifier</key> <string>42GBHOLAP04621.1BD5B6D9-640B-4DC3-9275-56DDD191A5FB</string> <key>PayloadType</key> <string>Configuration</string> <key>PayloadUUID</key> <string>58548FC6-38D9-4B28-9EDF-BEEAB03BAB23</string> <key>PayloadVersion</key> <integer>1</integer> </dict> </plist>

I need to verify my domain for Apple Pay but I'm on Shopify. Domain: blissta.co File IS accessible: https://blissta.co/.well-known/apple-developer-merchantid-domain-association But verification fails because it's a redirect, not direct hosting. Shopify doesn't allow .well-known folder creation. Has anyone solved this? Need either: Way to make Apple accept redirects Shopify workaround for direct file hosting Manual verification from Apple Using Authorize.net gateway. Case #102711828925

Hello, I am Sergio Sánchez, administrator of NumbuX. We are developing our own MDM. We are already granted as a MDM Vendor. We need to issue the APNs certificate for our MDM for the first time in the Push Certificate portal (identity.apple.com). We are having the error: “invalid signing request” when we upload the signed CSR to identity.apple.com. That is because we do not have the External UUID. Could you please let us know what is our External UUID? Without that, we cannot upload it successfully. We have already compared different signed CSR from other MDM Vendors and all have included the External UUID in the CSR. Please, do not send links, there is not way for us to know our External UUID because it is the first time that we try to issue this APNs. After the first time, we do not need your assitance. Please, let us know our External UUID. Thank you. Kind regards.

Hi, I was looking for advice on the suitable mac to get for a web app development project for university . Would an Apple MacBook Air 2020 M1 8GB RAM 256GB SSD 13.3" macOS Big Sur, be sufficient ?? Or would I need a newer version !

Hello all, My question is, how to get APP (specialized in make SOPs for industrial users) that has already been listed outside of mainland China to be listed on apple store of mainland China? Can I simply refile it to cover China mainland with existing apple developer account or do I have to create a new local apple developer account to start the listing process? Your advise and help will be highly appreciated. Thank you, Link