Hi everyone, I am running into a critical issue while trying to set up TestFlight / manage builds via the App Store Connect API. The system constantly throws an HTTP 422 error with the following payload: { "errors" : [ { "id" : "d7e4e2fa-8c25-4a37-9695-f75da935b8aa", "status" : "422", "code" : "ENTITY_UNPROCESSABLE.BETA_CONTRACT_MISSING", "title" : "Beta contract is missing for the app.", "detail" : "Beta Contract is missing." } ] } Important context about my setup: This is a brand new Apple Developer account. This app has never had a successful build uploaded or processed before. All agreements, banking, and tax contracts under the "Business" section are active and signed. There are no pending actions on my dashboard. It seems like the system is looking for a "Beta Contract" that should be automatically generated or triggered, but since this is the first deployment on a new account, it’s completely stuck. Has anyone experienced this specific issue with a new account? Is there any way to manually trigger the creation of this Beta contract, or is escalating this to Apple Engineering the only solution? Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

Dear Apple Developer App Review Team, I hope you are doing well. I would like to clarify the nature of my application before publishing it on the App Store to ensure full compliance with Apple’s guidelines and policies. My application, called “Dukhan”, is a platform dedicated to cafés in Iraq. Its primary purpose is to help users: Discover nearby cafés. View café information and menus. Explore promotions and special offers provided by café owners. Improve the overall experience of finding and visiting cafés. The application is not intended to sell tobacco products or directly promote tobacco-related sales. Additionally, the app does not include any functionality for purchasing or delivering tobacco or nicotine products. However, due to the nature of café culture in Iraq and the surrounding region, some cafés may display images within their menus or venue galleries that include hookahs/shishas, as these are commonly associated with local cafés. These images are uploaded by café owners solely to showcase the atmosphere and available services of their cafés, not for the purpose of selling tobacco products through the application. We are fully willing to comply with any additional requirements from Apple, including: Prohibiting any direct sale or ordering of tobacco products within the app. Applying age restrictions if necessary. Removing any content that may be considered direct tobacco promotion. Moderating uploaded content from café owners to ensure compliance with App Store guidelines. I am also fully willing to provide screenshots, demo access, or even submit the application for review in order to help your team better understand the app’s purpose and functionality. We would appreciate your guidance on whether this type of content is acceptable within the context of a local café discovery and service platform, especially since the app’s focus is on helping users discover cafés and their services rather than facilitating tobacco commerce. Thank you for your time and consideration. Kind regards, Murtada Dukhan App

I can't send text messages from my MacBook Air (Tahoe 26.6) to Android phones. This just happened this week, after successfully being able to send them since purchasing this laptop (2023 - M2 chip). I've checked the settings to make sure that my iPhone and my laptop are signed into iCloud (they are), and that I have message forwarding set up on my iPhone. I can get texts on my laptop from Android users, but I can't reply - the texts fail every time. I've searched the community for an answer, and have tried previously suggested fixes to no avail. Any thoughts?

Hi all, Hoping someone has hit and resolved this exact pattern, or can point me to the right escalation path. I'm trying to enrol in the Apple Developer Program as an Individual (Bengaluru, India). The Apple Developer iOS app shows "ID Verification Rejected" under the Apple Developer Program status — but with no specific reason and no retry button. The app does not surface what was actually wrong with the verification. What I have already done: Confirmed my Apple Account name ("Adarsh P S") exactly matches my Passport and PAN card (no extra spaces, correct initials). Opened Developer Support case #102900128848 — the agent replied once on 2026-05-28 asking for a screenshot, which I provided the same day. No follow-up in 3+ business days. Filed a parallel case #102905434551 on 2026-06-02 explicitly referencing the first as escalation, not a duplicate. Apple ID has 2FA enabled, trusted device active, billing address on file. Questions for anyone who has gotten past this: Did the verification reset come from support, or did re-attempting from the app after some delay work on its own? For Indian developers — which ID type was finally accepted (Passport vs PAN)? I understand Aadhaar is not accepted per UIDAI restriction. Is there a specific support topic / contact path that routes to the identity-verification team faster than "Membership and Account → Program Enrolment → Email"? Any pointers appreciated — my iOS 26 / SwiftUI app is built, tested, CI-green, and waiting only on enrolment. Thanks, Adarsh P S

I’m using an Apple M4 iMac on macOS Tahoe 26.6 Beta and an iPhone 16 Pro Max on iOS 26.5. After updating, my iPhone 16 Pro Max no longer appears under iPhone Mirroring settings, and both iPhone Mirroring and AirDrop stopped working from my primary macOS account. The strange part: Apple Support had me create a new macOS user account, and everything worked immediately there. The iPhone appeared correctly, Mirroring worked, and AirDrop worked. When I switch back to my primary account, the iPhone disappears again and neither feature works. My primary account still works normally with my iPad Air M3 and iPhone 12 Pro, so the issue seems specific to the iPhone 16 Pro Max and my original macOS profile. Has anyone else seen this issue or found a fix?

Hi all, I'm hitting a wall trying to enroll my personal Apple ID in the Apple Developer Program. My company Apple ID has been enrolled and active in the program for over a year. I now want to enroll my personal account as well so I can ship side projects under my own name. Both accounts belong to me. Both use the same iPhone, mac and the same phone number for 2FA. I'm not trying to run both signed in simultaneously, I just want both Apple IDs enrolled so I can switch between them when needed. Every time I try to enroll the personal account, it's rejected. The rejection doesn't give a specific reason (Your enrollment could not be completed.), but I'm fairly sure the conflict is around the shared phone number or device. I've reached out to Developer Support but haven't had luck getting through: Email support: over 10 days with no reply on my ticket Phone support: on hold for 3 hours before the call dropped automatically Posting here in case someone has been through the same setup. Specifically: Has anyone successfully enrolled two Apple IDs in the Developer Program where both accounts belong to the same person on the same device? Is the shared phone number actually the blocker, or could it be something else? Is there a recommended way to escalate Developer Support when tickets go unanswered? Any pointers appreciated.

I will be in Beijing on a tour overlapping with the last 3 days of WWDC. There are likely to be at least a couple of 1-1 labs I'd like to attend as well as group forum sessions. I suddenly had the horrified thought that the Great China Firewall may interfere with either of these. Does anyone know how likely this is? Does the Developer app work there? Will be in a reasonable hotel and have Vodafone roaming on my phone. thanks

Hi, I am unable to enroll to the Apple Developer Program. After submitting my basic information a messaged appears stating "Your enrollment in the Apple Developer Program could not be completed at this time." Please help me. Thank you, The World Simpler

I have received this installation error attempting to upgrade from MacOS 26.4 beta 2 to beta 3 on my Intel 2020 27” iMac, and now trying to install beta 4 from beta 3 on my M1 Max MBP. I have seen from a sprinkling of post that some others have had the same issue. I was able to successfully perform the 2 to 3 upgrade on the iMac in safe boot, suggesting possible compatible, third-party app. But that did not work for beta 4 on either device. I have submitted feedback for each episode. Any others have this issue? Unusual for Apple, I have never had any issues installing beta software before.

I applied for the Apple Developer Program on January 31, 2026, and as of today (February 5, 2026), my enrollment is still showing as Pending. The payment was completed successfully at the time of application. Since then: I have not received any requests for additional documents or verification. I have contacted Apple Developer Support twice, but have not received any response so far. I understand processing times can vary, but the lack of response from support is concerning. Has anyone else experienced similar delays recently? Is there any recommended escalation path or alternative way to reach the Developer Support team? Any guidance would be greatly appreciated, as this delay is impacting my app release timeline. Thank you.

I dont understand why it is so hard to develop an app on the Apple Watch. The watch never stays connected. The song and dance is just stupid: Go to Settings on the watch Tap on Privacy & Security Scroll down to Developer Mode Toggle developer mode off then on Tap on Restart After watch restarts Enter your pin Turn on Developer Mode Trust your dev laptop Enter your pin again Hope your watch connects Which works most of the time. If it doesnt restart XCode. Why cant Apple fix this?

I have the issue with simply trying to ssh to any other host on the LAN since Tahoe 26.5. last entries from ssh -v answer are debug1: Host 'answer' is known and matches the ED25519 host key. debug1: Found key in /Users/dgerman/.ssh/known_hosts:5 debug1: rekey out after 134217728 blocks debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS sent debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS received debug1: rekey in after 134217728 blocks debug1: SSH2_MSG_EXT_INFO received debug1: kex_ext_info_client_parse: server-sig-algs= debug1: kex_ext_info_check_ver: publickey-hostbound (AT) openssh.com=<0> debug1: SSH2_MSG_SERVICE_ACCEPT received debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey,password debug1: Next authentication method: publickey No problem from older MacBooks This worked before the update.

Hello, I am trying to enroll in the Apple Developer Program, but I cannot complete the payment. During the purchase process, I receive the following error: We are unable to complete your order. There was an issue when we processed your order. An invalid value '1549' was provided for State, Province, or Region. My details: Country: Kosovo State/Province/Region: Kosovo Region (selected from the available option) I have verified my information multiple times, but the error appears every time. I have contacted Apple Developer Support multiple times over the past month.I have not received any response (positive or negative). I need to complete enrollment to publish my apps, and this delay is blocking my work.

I am a huge techie person. I love programming, Macs and PC. my all of my codebase and projects use open source software. I am also been a fan of the environment. With the changes in climate in the past and lately I have been moderately conservative on my tech purchases. Because of this I have a pulsing question on what is Apple's end game for EOL Apple silicon? I mean if you look at the power packed Apple Silicon Macs and its enclosure it looks environmentally friendly, recyclable and sustainable. The enclosure is recyclable. the hardware interface looks minimal to the sense that the waste is just the PCB that the interface is laid out on. Think of the current iPhone it looks really recyclable and sustainable. But because I changed drastically and the price of tech right now is not buyable or viable to me I would like to ask what is Apple's end game on EOL Apple Silicon Macs. Price and sustainability? I am an avid watcher of current recycling break throughs and believe me it gave me solutions not just recycling but it also gave me a mission. The primary solution I want to solve and ask you guys if is there effort to put OpenBSD on apple silicon? I like Linux on my x86 machine but for Apple Silicon since it is unix based I want to work on BSD based projects. Any input from Apple developers out there would be nice. I just to find a way to repurpose Apple Silicon Macs because its has a great hardware and from the looks of it I would like to keep it and run it with an OS close to macOS. Please put your input. I/O peace out.

Videos recorded on older iOS versions (including beta builds) play choppily in the Photos gallery preview layer, appearing to drop frames or have incorrect frame pacing. The same video plays perfectly smoothly when opened in Edit mode, and also plays smoothly after trimming even 1 frame and saving as a new clip — suggesting the source file is intact. The issue appears to be stale or incompatible preview proxy data / frame timing metadata (likely elst/ctts box mismatches) generated by older or beta AVFoundation versions, which the current PLPlaybackView fast-path renderer cannot handle correctly — while the full AVAsset decoder used in Edit mode tolerates these gracefully. No workaround exists to bulk-rebuild video proxies on iOS without manually trimming each clip. A “Rebuild Video Previews” option (similar to the Mac Photos library repair tool) would resolve this globally. Steps to reproduce: Open any video recorded on iOS 16 beta or earlier in the Photos gallery. Observe stuttering. Open same video in Edit mode — stuttering gone. Trim 1 frame, save — new clip plays smoothly in gallery too. Expected: Gallery preview plays at the same smoothness as Edit mode. Actual: Gallery preview stutters; Edit mode is smooth. HDR off. Most Compatible format enabled. Issue persists after reboot.

It would be really helpful to know which iOS major versions are security supported by Apple. As developers, we use this information to determine how many hours, we put into backwards compatibility. As owners of iPhones, we use this information to determine when we need to upgrade. And to valuate used iPhones. Sites such as https://endoflife.date/ios and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IOS_version_history#Overview are used a lot in giving an overview of support. I have tried to argue that Apple still supports iOS 26, 18, 16, 15 and 12 https://github.com/endoflife-date/endoflife.date/issues/9852#issuecomment-4312532484, but it is hard, when Apple does not publish any such statement. Please consider publicly documenting which iOS versions are supported. It does not necessarily have to set a future date for how long they will be supported. I am aware of the pages https://developer.apple.com/news/releases/ and https://support.apple.com/en-us/100100, but these are just presented as lists of previous releases, with no statement that the versions are considered supported by Apple. As BiNZGi wrote on https://github.com/endoflife-date/endoflife.date/issues/9852#issuecomment-4413680961 Hm, that is an interessting link, but unfortunately it does not state about support status or dates. I checked previous versions of the page in web archive and on 9th jan version they only have iOS 26 & 18: https://web.archive.org/web/20260109033359/https://developer.apple.com/news/releases/ I would be very helpful, if that page https://developer.apple.com/news/releases/ would have a headline saying supported releases, or similar. Clearly Apple is not communicating clearly enough that those versions are supported, since wikipedia and https://endoflife.date/ios says they are not supported. https://github.com/endoflife-date/endoflife.date/issues/9852#issuecomment-4409020504 this matters beyond classification accuracy: regulators (BSI in Germany, others) cite endoflife.date directly, and security-relevant app developers, including in regulated domains like medical software, are being forced to drop iOS 18 support based on endoflife.date

Hi. I’d appreciate any advice regarding the issue described below. Steps to reproduce the problem: Access iCloud.com from Safari on my Mac mini using my account. Create and save a Numbers spreadsheet. Access iCloud.com from Safari on an iPhone SE (2nd generation) using the same Apple account. Tap the file icon of the saved Numbers spreadsheet. Safari navigates to “about:blank” and displays an error message. Error message: **This spreadsheet is unavailable. The owner stopped sharing, or you do not have permission to open this spreadsheet. ** I used to be able to view these files, but now none of the spreadsheets will open. Environment: Intel Mac mini (2018) macOS Sequoia 15.7.7 Safari 26.3 iPhone SE (2020) iOS 26.5 Beta 4 What I’ve tried: Suspecting a Safari issue, I installed Google Chrome on the iPhone and tried accessing iCloud.com, but encountered the same error. Installed the Numbers app on the iPhone and accessed the files on iCloud — they open successfully. Created and saved a new file using the Numbers app on the iPhone, then tried accessing it via Safari and Chrome through iCloud — the same error occurs. Additional information: Other files on iCloud (such as Notes) can be opened across devices without any issues. Installing the Numbers app on the iPhone allows me to view the files, but since I only need to view them (not edit or create new ones), I’d prefer not to install it if possible. This might be related to participating in the beta program (I’ve already submitted a report via Feedback Assistant). Would downgrading be advisable?

I just filed a bug report for the Notes app as follows:Area: Notes Summary: When opening Notes with content that is larger than the open Notes App window, and attempting to edit the note, the entire note content scrolls automatically to the top although the cursor remains where text editing was inserted. Typing on the Smart Keyboard will allow text entry however the note insistently keeps scrolling to the top regardless of how often or how much text is entered into the note. Scrolling the note manually with your touch will stop the action from occurring, however that is intermittent and sometimes will scroll automatically as well. This issue will occur on both iPad and iPhone and regardless of the app is used full screen on the iPad or in Split Screen. When the Notes window is not focused and the user is engaging an app in the other split screen window, the Note window does not scroll, only when it is the focused App. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Open Notes2. Begin to edit the note by scrolling down and selecting text or placing your cursor to enter text.3. More likely to happen with a note which has enough text to enable scrolling of the note.Expected Results: The note body of text should not scroll while editing or entering text and should remain where placed either by scrolling to the place of entry with using touch or with moving the cursor with the direction keys of the Smart Keyboard. Actual Results: The note scrolls on its own without intervention. Version: IOS Beta 10.0(14A5261v) Configuration: iPad Pro 12.9" and iPhone 6S both with iOS beta 10.0

Hi everyone, I need help because I'm currently in a dead end: I cannot even start the enrollment process for the Apple Developer Program, and I've been stuck like this for 45+ days. Current Status: Completely Blocked When I open the Apple Developer app on my iPhone or Mac, the "Enroll Now" button is either missing or shows this message: "Enrollment through the Apple Developer app is not available for this Apple Account. Visit developer.apple.com/programs/enroll/" When I follow that link and try to enroll via the website, I hit another wall: the only payment option offered is credit card. My payment situation: I fund my Apple Account balance (this works perfectly for iCloud+, App Store purchases, subscriptions, etc.) I have sufficient funds in my Apple Account balance specifically for the Developer Program membership However, Apple Account balance is not accepted as a payment method for Developer Program enrollment on the web And the app won't even let me reach the payment step Result: I have no working pathway to enroll. App = disabled. Web = doesn't accept my Apple Account balance. How I Got Here Initially, the "Enroll" button in the app was active, but at the payment step I received "Unknown Error. Please try again." Apple Support reset my enrollment status to allow app-based enrollment (Case #102843620484). After multiple attempts (and a failed web enrollment attempt due to payment method), the app now shows the "not available for this Apple Account" message. I've submitted all requested documentation: screen recording, SEID, device info (iPhone 15 Pro, MacBook Air M1), government ID. Case escalated to senior advisor - only generic "we're still reviewing" responses for weeks. My Situation Region: Russia Apple ID: Personal account (long-standing, verified) Payment method: Apple Account balance (funded via mobile carrier) — works for all consumer Apple services Goal: Enroll as an individual developer to publish personal apps Questions Has anyone seen the message "Enrollment through the Apple Developer app is not available for this Apple Account" after a failed enrollment attempt? Is this a permanent block or a temporary glitch? Is there a way to reset or restore the "Enroll" button in the app without creating a new Apple ID? Is Apple Account balance officially supported for Developer Program enrollment in any region? If yes, how can it be enabled for my account? If Apple Account balance is unsupported: what legitimate alternatives exist for developers in Russia who don't have access to international credit cards? Has Apple Support ever resolved this specific combination of issues (app disabled + payment method restriction)? What I'm NOT Looking For "Just use a credit card" (not available to me) Workarounds that violate Apple's terms or regional policies Advice to create a new Apple ID (I need to use my primary, verified account) I'm committed to joining the program legally - I just need a working path to do so. Any insights, similar experiences, or official guidance would be incredibly helpful. Thank you in advance. — Sergey Case ID: #102843620484 (for reference)

with the latest updates on two of our iPhones run running 26.4 and the other 26.5 developed beta we have lost the ability to use CarPlay functionality via the Apple certified cable. Both phone showed the phone is connected and it is charging however functionality are greyed out on display in the 2022 Nissan rogue. Bluetooth still function properly as you could send and receive calls. However, functionality via the cable does not work. You cannot play music either. this feature also greyed. A trip to the Nissan dealer for more troubleshooting provided the following. A version 15 iPhone Connect via usb-c cable and functioned properly. As well as an android device. But again, hook up two iPhones one with version 26.5 DB and the other 26.4 both iPhone 14 would not work. After we left the dealership, I had a hunch that the issue with the latest update that both of these phones received over last week. I came home and connected an iPhone 6S which has a much older software version and it connected to CarPlay displayed maps and played music. Hopefully we can get another update soon that will resolve the issue via the lightning cable connection.