APNs cert expired. Will devices resume receiving notifications once new APNS is in place?

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jkies00 OP

Created Feb ’16

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Hi All,

We have an app that scans in a schedule of actions via qr code.

When the schedule is scanned onto the device, the user can view the schedule, and - relevant to this discussion - they receive Push Notifications to remind them to perform the actions.

On Feb 16, our APNs cert expired. We created a new APNs, created a new p12 file, and uploaded that to our server. We scanned a schedule, and received notifications as expected. This was good.

The question we are struggling with is this:

If a schedule was scanned BEFORE our old cert expired, will that schedule resume receiving notifications once our new APNs and p12 is in place?

We don't have a schedule that fits that criteria. I think they should resume receiving notifications in this scenario, but I have no way to verify it at this point.

Has anyone experienced a scenario like this? What have been some of your experiences when your APNs cert has expired?

Any input welcome!

Thanks,

~jeff

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junkpile OP

Feb ’16

Yes everything should be fine - that certificate is used only to identify your server when connecting to Apple's server at the time you send the notification. How your internal server logic decides when to send a notification is irrelevant. The only thing that matters is that you have a valid certificate when you go to send it to Apple's server.

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