Hi, I set up a Sandbox Tester account in my company’s Apple Developer Program and signed in on my iPhone under Settings → App Store → Sandbox Account. When I go to Wallet → Add, I only see options for Credit or Debit Card or Travel Card. The option to add an Apple Pay Sandbox Card is missing, and when I try entering the test card numbers from Apple’s documentation (developer.apple.com/apple-pay/sandbox-testing), the card is not valid. Has anyone experienced this and found a solution? Thanks! PS: I can't post this to Wallet Category, I keep getting error that it contains sensitive text.

Hello, We are working on integrating billing into our dating app, targeted at the Russian market. Our main requirement is to support subscriptions with automatic renewal and cancellation. We understand that, according to App Store Review Guideline, all digital subscriptions should use Apple In-App Purchase (IAP). However, we are unsure how this applies in Russia, where some local regulations may limit the use of non-Russian payment processors, and where not all Russian bank cards are accepted by Apple. Our question is: -For iOS apps in Russia, is it strictly required to use Apple IAP for subscriptions? -Are there any approved exceptions allowing integration with local processors such as Robokassa or YooKassa? -How are other developers currently handling subscriptions for the Russian market? We want to ensure full compliance and avoid any risk of rejection or removal. Thank you in advance for any clarification. Best regards, Dan

Hi - I have a question. I am trying to understand when Apple Pay will be available on non-IOS desktop devices (specifically Google Chrome). I was hoping to understand better the process, specifically the following: How can I get the Apple Pay QR code installed on my desktop checkout page on Google Chrome? How long does this process usually take? If I work with Stripe, do I need to get approval from them to install the Apple QR code onto my Google Chrome checkout page? Is this readily available to all merchants (i.e., installing Apple Pay on Google Chrome)/ I have not seen this on any other checkout pages yet. Are there any examples you could point me to of merchants that have installed Apple Pay onto non-IOS desktop so I could trial the process (i.e., a list of existing merchants that have put the QR code onto their Google Chrome checkout pages)?

We are working with a large fintech org on project connected with provisioning payment cards to Apple Wallet. When we add a previously provisioned card to the Wallet (using the Wallet UI, Add card -> Previous card). It adds the card on one device showing the Express Travel card screen after the card is added allowing the user to set the card as an express travel card during the provisioning flow but never on our other devices. All of the test devices are clean and have only the same single card provisioned. What triggers the Express Travel Card screen to be shown during the add previous card flow? (Why is it showing on one device and not another).

We are integrating iOS 16 recurring payments in our app, everything works fine but we have a few questions Question 1 let recurringPaymentRequest = PKRecurringPaymentRequest(         paymentDescription: "Pro Membership",         regularBilling: regularBilling,         managementURL: url       ) we assume managementURL is supposed to come in the user's wallet where he/she can tap to change the recurring payment option to our backend, but in the wallet, the transaction appears without this URL and have no indication that it is a recurring payment, Can someone guide what we missed Question 2 For apps that only have apple pay on mobile, managementURL can open the app as a deep link from the Wallet app and the user can update or delete the payment method for the automatic reload payment from the app directly, Question 3 For cancellation, the recurring payment app should have some UI where the user can tap which hit our backend and remove the apple pay merchant token from our system and apply cancellation business logic, no apple API involves in the cancellation of recurring payment

We have been informed by a third-party subscription tracking service(Adjust) that, due to the following specification of App Store Connect, it is not possible to connect an STG app (a non-published testing app) with their server: Specification: Since Apple’s API only allows access for apps that are already published, it is not possible to enable subscription tracking for iOS apps that are not yet published. Could you please confirm if our understanding of this specification is correct? Additionally, is there any method or recommended approach to verify subscription tracking behavior with an STG (non-published) app before the app is released? Thank you very much for your support.

Hi Apple Team and Developers, I’ve been testing the Top-up flow in our app via the TestFlight environment. Across multiple devices (around 10 tested), everything works fine with no issues. However, on one specific device — iPhone 14 Pro Max running iOS 18.6.2 — I’ve noticed an intermittent issue: When performing a Top-up, the Apple UI first shows a successful purchase confirmation. Immediately afterward, another UI prompt appears asking the player to re-enter their Apple ID password. At the same time, Apple returns a ghost string that we cannot use to verify the user’s package bundle ID. This creates potential confusion for users, as they see both a success confirmation and an unexpected password prompt. I’m unsure if this behavior is expected or if there’s a recommended way to handle or prevent this issue. Has anyone else encountered something similar, or does Apple have a suggested fix/workaround for this? For reference, here’s a short video of the issue in action: \🔗 https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Ml-QpEu4ocoxn-W3wEMsFMbXy2QdwbHB/view?usp=sharing Any guidance would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for your support!

We’re building a usage-based rental flow. The final charge is only known after the session ends (like gas pumps). We want the same Apple Pay UX that gas stations like at a gas station has: the user does not see a pre-authorization amount up front; they only see “approved” and later the final posted amount on the statement. What we observe (gas stations / desired UX) When paying at gas station with Apple Pay (card-present), the user confirms their card (double-tap) but no pre-auth amount is shown in Wallet/notification UI. The small notification is from the bank (not the merchant) and shows only bank + merchant name, no total. After fueling ends, the final amount appears on the statement from the merchant. What happens in our flow (current behavior) Platform: Apple Pay via Stripe (Apple Pay on the Web with QR → mobile Safari Wallet sheet). When a user confirms payment, the pre-authorization amount is shown immediately to the user (appears like a charge from the user’s perspective). We want to avoid showing that amount, matching the pay-at-pump experience.

We have finished integrating Apple Pay in our app and our payment processor is requiring us to send the 3dSecure version used for apple pay (2.1,2.2,2.3,etc.). I believe this only applies to mastercard but would appreciate if anyone has run into something similar and what you specified. I have not been able to find anything in Apple's documentation specifying the version that is used.

Does anyone have info about the Retention Messaging API. We've requested access to it, but there's no answer.

Description: I’m integrating Apple Pay JS (version 3) into an Angular application. Here are the key details: Environment: Angular (latest) Apple Pay JS v3 Chrome (confirmed window.ApplePaySession is available) application region is in US. I'm in Taiwan and using my iPhone Taiwan account to scan the QR Code/ Implemented Handlers: onvalidatemerchant onpaymentmethodselected onpaymentauthorized oncancel Observed Behavior: When I click the Apple Pay button, the console logs: Failed to execute 'postMessage' on 'DOMWindow': The target origin provided ('https://applepay.cdn-apple.com') does not match the recipient window's origin ('https://{our-domain-name}') Despite this, the QR code still appears. Scanning the QR code with an iPhone 13 Pro running iOS 18.4.1 brings up the Apple Pay sheet with the correct amount, but payment never completes. In the browser, none of my Angular event handlers fire except oncancel. Questions: What causes the postMessage origin mismatch with Apple’s CDN frame, and how should my application handle it? Why doesn’t onpaymentauthorized ever fire, and how can I complete the payment flow so that session.completePayment() succeeds? Any guidance or sample code snippets for a proper merchant-validation and payment-completion sequence in this setup would be greatly appreciated. my code onApplePayButtonClicked() { if (!ApplePaySession) { console.error('[ApplePay] ApplePaySession is not supported'); return; } // Define ApplePayPaymentRequest const request : ApplePayJS.ApplePayPaymentRequest = { countryCode: this.currencyCode, currencyCode: Constants.CountryCodeUS, merchantCapabilities: this.merchantCapabilities, supportedNetworks: this.supportedNetworks, total: { label: this.label, type: "final" as ApplePayJS.ApplePayLineItemType, amount: this.orderAmount.toString(), }, }; // Create ApplePaySession const session = new ApplePaySession(3, request); session.onvalidatemerchant = async event => { console.info('[ApplePay] onvalidatemerchant', event); try { const merchantSession = await fetch(`${this.paymentUrl}/api/applepay/validatemerchant`, { method: 'POST', headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json', }, body: JSON.stringify({ PKeyCompany: this.paymentAppleMerchantId, ValidationUrl: event.validationURL }) }).then((r) => r.json()); session.completeMerchantValidation(merchantSession); } catch (error) { console.error('[ApplePay] onvalidatemerchant MerchantValidation error', error); session.abort(); } }; session.onpaymentauthorized = (event) => { console.info('[ApplePay] paymentauthorized', event); const token = event.payment.token; this.paymentTokenEmitted.emit({ token: JSON.stringify(token), paymentType: PaymentOptionType.ApplePay }); session.completePayment(ApplePaySession.STATUS_SUCCESS); }; session.onpaymentmethodselected = (event) => { console.info('[ApplePay] paymentmethodselected', event); const update: ApplePayJS.ApplePayPaymentMethodUpdate = { newTotal: request.total }; session.completePaymentMethodSelection(update); }; session.oncancel = (event) => { console.error('[ApplePay] oncancel', event); this.errorEmitted.emit({ error: 'Apple Pay cancel' }); }; session.begin(); }

Hi Team, For last 24 hours one of our team members is unable to login to apple dev portal due to two factor authentication not being sent. Error we are getting is "Verification codes can't be sent to this phone number at this time. Please try again later"

Hey everyone, hoping someone here has run into this before. I have a fully functional App Clip (com.didyoucatchit.app.Clip) linked to my main app (com.didyoucatchit.app). The Clip builds and runs perfectly, but I’m seeing issues trying to enable Apple Pay for it. When I try to link my Merchant ID under the “On Demand Install Capable” capability in the Apple Developer portal, I get this error: A relationship in the provided entity is not allowed for this request. The relationship 'undefined' can not be included in a 'bundleIdCapabilities' request. Here’s what I have already configured and confirmed: App Clip capabilities in Xcode include: Apple Pay Payment Processing Associated Domains (appclips:app.didyoucatchit.com) Provisioning profile includes: Apple Pay Payment Processing Associated Domains In-App Purchase On-Demand Install Capable Entitlements file for the Clip: <key>com.apple.developer.associated-domains</key> <array> <string>appclips:app.didyoucatchit.com</string> </array> <key>com.apple.developer.in-app-payments</key> <array> <string>merchant.com.didyoucatchit.app</string> </array> <key>com.apple.developer.parent-application-identifiers</key> <array> <string>$(AppIdentifierPrefix)com.didyoucatchit.app</string> </array> Merchant ID (merchant.com.didyoucatchit.app) is active and connected to Stripe Stripe Apple Pay configuration matches the same merchant ID and certificate Both provisioning profiles have been refreshed and downloaded However: The portal still throws the “relationship 'undefined'” error anytime I try to modify the Clip’s capabilities In testing, Apple Pay doesn’t show up as a payment option in the Clip (using Stripe’s Payment Element integration) Questions: Is this a known issue with the Developer portal when linking App Clips to merchant IDs? Is there a specific way to re-establish the parent–child relationship between the main app and the App Clip so the bundleIdCapabilities request includes the proper relationship JSON? Are there any additional configuration steps required when using Stripe for Apple Pay inside an App Clip? System Setup: Xcode: 16.2 (build 16C5032a) macOS: Sequoia 15.3.1 iOS: 18.5 (testing on physical device) Merchant ID: merchant.com.didyoucatchit.app Main App ID: com.didyoucatchit.app App Clip ID: com.didyoucatchit.app.Clip Any help or insight would be hugely appreciated Thanks in advance!

Hi, We have app in which we take donations from people and send to non-profit organisations. I have read that Apple Pay can be integrated on non profit platforms to take donations, but we are middle man, we are not non profit .. we take donations, cut our platform fees and then sent to donations to non profit orgs. My question is can we integrate Apple Pay in our iOS app to take donations from apple? as we have integrated Apple Pay on the web.

Hey, Please help us to know how to get our payments of sales with iOS app we have, since beginning, our amount is pending with them and despite sevarel attempts they are providing the real issue and solutions for matter. Please suggest how to fix this issue.

Hello. we are looking in adding an additional verification method as part of our in app provisioning to apple wallet. the method is called app to app verification method where basically when the customer adds their card (debit or credit) on apple wallet they can be verified through a third party app. does apple support this? where can i find any material related to this?

I am working on implementing merchant token notifications. When calling this endpoint https://developer.apple.com/documentation/merchanttokennotificationservices/merchant-token-event-retrieval, the result contains a CardMetadata object with an expirationDate field (see https://developer.apple.com/documentation/merchanttokennotificationservices/cardmetadata). What is the format of this field? The spec only mentions that it has a maximum length of 8 characters.

Hi, we are implementing ID&V and there is a requirement regarding the flow for Apple Pay. In order to clarify the case I will describe the use case scenario or steps to reproduce first: add a card to the iPhone wallet app (yellow path verification required). Do not complete the ID&V process. add a card to the Watch via the Wallet inside the iPhone Watch app (yellow path verification required). Same as before, do not complete the ID&V complete ID&V process using the Issuer App either from iPhone or Watch. the Issuer app receives the application:openURL:options: callback on its AppDelegate. In the options dictionary, we can not see the UIApplicationOpenURLOptionsSourceApplicationKey populated (it is nil). At this moment, for the card we are adding there are now two tokens, both to be verified via ID&V process. One is on the iPhone and one is on the Apple Watch associated with the same iPhone. The url received at step 4 contains the serial number which identifies the digitized card and matches with both the tokens in the iPhone and in the Apple Watch. We need something to detect programmatically if the digitization process started from the iPhone Wallet app or from the wallet inside the Watch app. Could you please help us to identify how we could discriminate if the ID&V process has been started for the iPhone token or for the Apple Watch token? Thanks

Hi , This is regarding the ApplePayRecurringPayment Request and Apple Pay on Web functionality. Does Apple Pay on web providing functionality that collects payments from the stored credit card issuer bank (or) it only provides secured wallet functionality that provides a token which then has to be utilized to send a seperate payment request through a third party payment gateway to collect the payments from the credit card issuer bank. thanks

We rely on ApplePaySession.applePayCapabilities() to decide whether to show the Apple Pay button. We use two different merchant IDs for non-prod/prod environments, and encountered a change in behavior where this API now returns different results. These merchant IDs are generated from a third-party provider Adyen. However, Adyen has informed us that they are unable to identify the root cause of the issue and advised us to seek assistance directly from Apple Pay support. Timeline Last known working date: 13/08/2025 Issue first noticed: 18/08/2025 Environment Details Apple Pay JS API version 1.latest Browsers Tested: Third party browsers including Chrome/139.0.0.0, Firefox/141.0 Browsers with ApplePaySession built-in (like iOS Chrome, iOS Safari, and macOS Safari) are working fine Framework Stack: Angular v18.1.3 (important) no configuration setup in Apple dev account, merchantId is generated from a third-party provider Adyen. Current Execution Flow: Apple Pay JS API script element is injected <script type="text/javascript" async="" src="https://applepay.cdn-apple.com/jsapi/1.latest/apple-pay-sdk.js"></script> Triggers below to check apple pay readiness, different ${merchantId_credential} is used: await window.ApplePaySession.applePayCapabilities(`${merchantId_credential}`); (**ApplePaySession is a valid object at this point) Observed that different paymentCredentialStatus is returned // nonprod env { "paymentCredentialStatus": "applePayUnsupported" // unexpected } // prod env { "paymentCredentialStatus": "paymentCredentialStatusUnknown" } The same code is executed in each environment and the behaviour was also the same, but has changed since then. Side notes By checking the SDK’s internal code, we saw that in third-party browsers it makes an extra call to the following endpoint. Responses from this call also come back differently depending on the merchantId. When invoking below: curl -X POST \ https://smp-paymentservices.apple.com/paymentservices/v3/checkStatus/merchant/{merchantId} \ -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \ -d '{ "initiative": "web", "initiativeContext": "env_specific_domain" }' Our non-prod environment returns {"registered":false} while using prod's merchantId and domain it returns {"registered":true}. We thought the issue might be domain-related since the environments are on different domains, but so far, no luck. The main questions we're looking to resolve are: Why did the behavior change at a certain point despite no code changes? How should we approach this investigation, and what specific requests should we be making to the Adyen team? Why does the response from the call to https://smp-paymentservices.apple.com/paymentservices/v3/checkStatus/merchant/{merchantId} return different results? Perhaps this could provide a clue regarding the question above? We noticed that canMakePayments() is returning true, so we could consider using that as a workaround. Would it be safe to change the source of truth relying on canMakePayments() for displaying Apple Pay? There is a concern that this issue may also occur in our production environment, so we would appreciate assistance in understanding what is happening and finding a resolution.