Hello, I am developing a macOS Launch Daemon (packaged as a bundle) that acts as an XPC server. For debugging purposes, I am trying to run the daemon's executable directly from the terminal via sudo ./mydaemon.app/Contents/MacOS/myexecutable. Initially, I added the com.apple.security.application-groups entitlement to the daemon. However, when starting the process, it failed to create the XPC service with the following errors: Unsatisfied entitlements: com.apple.security.application-groups Soft-restriction provisioning profile validation failure: Error Domain=AppleMobileFileIntegrityError Code=-413 "No matching profile found" UserInfo={NSURL=, unsatisfiedEntitlements=, NSLocalizedDescription=No matching profile found} listener failed to activate: xpc_error=[1: Operation not permitted] To resolve the profile validation failure, I registered a new App Group in the Apple Developer Portal, generated a new provisioning profile for the daemon that includes this group, and embedded it into the bundle (Contents/embedded.provisionprofile). Now, the previous profile error is gone, but I am getting a new identity conflict error, and the XPC listener still fails: Two equal instances have unequal identities. <anon<myproc_name>(501) pid=2818 AUID=501> and <anon<myproc_name>(501)(262) pid=2818 AUID=262> listener failed to activate: xpc_error=[1: Operation not permitted] My questions are: What exactly causes the Two equal instances have unequal identities error? I noticed the Audit UID difference (AUID=501 vs AUID=262). Why does NSXPCListener still fail with Operation not permitted? What is the recommended workflow for debugging a Launch Daemon that requires an App Group provisioning profile for XPC communication? Thank you in advance!

We are trying to implement the the tokenNotificationUrl in a deferredBilling request so that we can get MPAN tokens (when supported) back from ApplePay. We want to be able to test that the events are working and firing. I have tried creating a deferred billing request, and then unlinked my test card from my test account and did not receive any event at my token notification endpoint. What is the best way to approach this from a lower environment perspective? We are trying to simulate the UNLINK EventType in the MerchantTokenEventResponse. Also can you confirm that providing this URL is what determines if we get an MPAN vs a DPAN (when MPAN is supported) or is there a different mechanism that turns that on?

I'm integrating AccessorySetupKit for BLE earbuds discovery and running into an issue with ASDiscoveryDescriptor configuration. Our earbuds don't have a fixed Bluetooth SIG company identifier. So I'm trying to use bluetoothNameSubstring + bluetoothServiceUUID instead. However, this combination never discovers any devices. The picker appears but stays empty. As soon as I add a bluetoothCompanyIdentifier, the device is found instantly. I reproduced this with my Bose QC35 II as well, so it's not specific to our hardware. My configuration: bluetoothServiceUUID: set to our custom UUID bluetoothNameSubstring: set to a substring matching the advertised device name NSAccessorySetupBluetoothServices + NSAccessorySetupBluetoothNames both set in Info.plist supportedOptions: .bluetoothPairingLE iOS 26.3.1, iPhone 11 The documentation doesn't mention that bluetoothCompanyIdentifier is required. Is bluetoothCompanyIdentifier actually required for BLE discovery? If so, is there a recommended approach for devices that don't have a fixed company identifier?

After update to ipad OS 26.4 or latest 26.3., we’ve been experiencing issues with focusing. We have an app that scans 1x1 cm QR or DataMatrix codes from a distance of 10–20 cm, and users across different devices (ipad 9 and 10) are reporting problems. I didn’t find anything related to the camera in the version changelog, but users from various places are reporting problem with camera.

Hello dear Apple Platform Engineers, I'm working on an iOS App that connects to a Bluetooth Low Energy Peripheral in the foreground. Whenever the App moves into Background, we want to continue syncing data & therefore implemented State Restoration to be informed about Discovery, Connect, Disconnect or Characteristic changes in the Background in order to wake the App up whenever it was "Terminated due to memory issue". I consulted https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/documentation/NetworkingInternetWeb/Conceptual/CoreBluetooth_concepts/CoreBluetoothBackgroundProcessingForIOSApps/PerformingTasksWhileYourAppIsInTheBackground.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40013257-CH7-SW1 for this & assigned: CBCentralManagerOptionRestoreIdentifierKey Reinstantiate the dedicated CentralManager & implemented the centralManager(_ central: CBCentralManager, willRestoreState dict: [String : Any]) Delegate Additionally, I assigned the following keys on connect(_ peripheral: CBPeripheral, options: [String : Any]? = nil) CBConnectPeripheralOptionNotifyOnConnectionKey CBConnectPeripheralOptionNotifyOnDisconnectionKey CBConnectPeripheralOptionNotifyOnNotificationKey However, from my experience the App gets woken up, but neither the willRestoreState nor the didDiscover, didConnect or didDisconnectPeripheral is called even though launchOptions?[UIApplication.LaunchOptionsKey.bluetoothCentrals] as? [String] is not empty. What might I be missing when trying to make this approach work? Thanks a lot for any insights & support!

Prerequisites We plan to sell non-consumable items via in-app purchases. The app includes a restore button. We understand that after a payment is completed on a smartphone, the server must verify the receipt and activate the item in the database, and the app must then execute the transaction finish process. Due to our app’s constraints, there are specific cases where we must execute the transaction finish process on the app side without first performing the item activation process in the database. We do not know exactly what the transaction finish process entails. Questions What are the implications in the following cases? The payment was completed, but the product activation process in our database failed, and the transaction finish process was not executed on the app side. After restarting the app, an OS notification indicating an incomplete transaction appeared, and only the finish process was executed. In this scenario, we assume that the OS notification will not appear next time, and the user can simply activate the purchase by starting a transaction recovery. Are there any potential concerns or bugs that might occur? What are the implications if the product activation process in our database succeeds, but the finish operation fails to complete normally due to the user exiting the app or similar circumstances? Our assumption is that since the product is activated in our database, we can provide value for the charge without issue, and there is no deterioration in UX, such as the inability to process refunds in the app store. Are there any potential concerns or bugs that might arise? Regarding this inquiry, if you have any information—such as whether this scenario would result in a rejection during the app review process—we would appreciate it if you could share it with us.

Hi, I’m seeing a reproducible issue with local StoreKit testing on the iOS 26.4 Simulator. Environment: Xcode 17E192 iOS 26.4 Simulator StoreKit Testing in Xcode using a .storekit configuration file attached to the Run scheme SubscriptionStoreView StoreKit 2 What happens: Tapping a subscription purchase button starts the flow, but the purchase immediately returns: StoreKit.Product.PurchaseResult.userCancelled No purchase dialog appears. No transaction is created. Debug > StoreKit > Manage Transactions remains empty. Transaction.updates, Transaction.unfinished, and Transaction.currentEntitlements do not produce any new purchase-related events. Important detail: This happens not only in my app, but also in Apple’s sample: Implementing a store in your app using the StoreKit API I tested the sample with its own .storekit file and shared scheme. The sample shows the same behavior on iOS 26.4 Simulator. On iOS 26.2 Simulator: The purchase flow does react differently. I see the warning: Making a purchase without listening for transaction updates risks missing successful purchases. Create a Task to iterate Transaction.updates at launch. So 26.2 does not appear completely broken in the same way. What I already checked: The .storekit file is attached to the active Run scheme. Simulated failures are disabled: _disableDialogs = false _failTransactionsEnabled = false _storeKitErrors = [] I tried both SubscriptionStoreView(groupID:) and SubscriptionStoreView(productIDs:) I erased app data, reinstalled, and tested on a fresh simulator. Manage Transactions has no records at all. My own app and Apple’s sample both reproduce the issue on 26.4 Simulator. This makes me suspect a simulator/runtime regression in local StoreKit testing on iOS 26.4 rather than an app-specific bug. Has anyone else seen this on iOS 26.4 Simulator? Is this a known issue with StoreKit Testing in Xcode on the 26.4 runtime? If needed, I can provide the exact simulator/Xcode versions and a minimal repro using Apple’s sample project.

Hello, Because our app package size is relatively large, part of our resources needs to be delivered through Apple-hosted asset packs. If we use the Background Assets framework to download these Apple-hosted packs, our app would only be able to support devices running iOS 26 or later. To maintain compatibility with a broader range of iOS versions, we chose to use iOS On-Demand Resources instead. However, during actual use, we found that even when these packs are marked with the initial install tag, there is still a fairly high probability (around 40%) that they are not available on the first screen after the app is launched for the first time. When we try to access them through conditionallyBeginAccessingResourcesWithCompletionHandler, the resources are unavailable, which forces us to download them again. During testing, we added event tracking and found that out of 22 users who downloaded the app, 9 had to re-download these resource packs on first launch. Each of these packs marked with the initial install tag is about 300 MB in size. We have also made sure to follow the NSBundleResourceRequest limitation that no more than 2000 × 1000 × 1000 bytes of resources should be accessed at the same time. We would like to understand why these packs, even though they are marked as initial install, still have such a high probability (around 40%) of being unavailable on the first screen at first launch.

I've submitted a couple of pieces of feedback regarding broken WPA3 support on iOS 26 for the iPhone 17 Pro Max, and I've seen various access point vendors report that the GCMP256 cypher is not working. If you use WPA2, there is no issue. The problem I'm running into comes down to WPA3 being mandatory on 6 GHz. Some vendors have reported that disabling GCMP256 on Cisco Meraki hardware solves the problem. No other major vendor exposes this level of options. Does anyone know if it's possible to get more verbose diagnostic information out of the WiFi stack? I need actual information about why the negotiation fails, the technician-level stuff.

Hi team: I recently update to Xcode 26.4, and I encountered crash when running to < iOS 26.4 both for physical device and Simulator with this log: dyld[1257]: Symbol not found: _$s9MetricKit10mxSignpost_3dso3log4name10signpostID__ySo03os_H7_type_ta_SVSo03OS_j1_F0Cs12StaticStringV0J0010OSSignpostI0VALSays7CVarArg_pGtF Referenced from: <164CCEB0-E1F8-3CE2-A934-2096C19C0A9A> /private/var/containers/Bundle/Application/EA709A68-F76F-4D97-85C6-B71D61D68389/xxx.app/xxx.debug.dylib Expected in: <9E5EC9BB-5828-329C-A2BC-038B67060298> /System/Library/Frameworks/MetricKit.framework/MetricKit Symbol not found: _$s9MetricKit10mxSignpost_3dso3log4name10signpostID__ySo03os_H7_type_ta_SVSo03OS_j1_F0Cs12StaticStringV0J0010OSSignpostI0VALSays7CVarArg_pGtF Referenced from: <164CCEB0-E1F8-3CE2-A934-2096C19C0A9A>x /private/var/containers/Bundle/Application/EA709A68-F76F-4D97-85C6-B71D61D68389/xxx.app/xxx.debug.dylib Expected in: <9E5EC9BB-5828-329C-A2BC-038B67060298> /System/Library/Frameworks/MetricKit.framework/MetricKit dyld config: DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib/system/introspection DYLD_INSERT_LIBRARIES=/usr/lib/libLogRedirect.dylib:/usr/lib/libBacktraceRecording.dylib:/usr/lib/libMainThreadChecker.dylib:/usr/lib/libRPAC.dylib:/usr/lib/libViewDebuggerSupport.dylib but iOS 26.4 works well. Env: Xcode: 26.4 Simulator/Physical Device: < 26.4 macOS: 26.3 Thanks for giving any help.

When using DateFormatter with the Atlantic/Azores timezone, calling date(from: formattedString) for the date 2026-03-29 returns nil unexpectedly. codes： let dateFormatter = DateFormatter() dateFormatter.dateFormat = "yyyyMMdd" // 年月日格式 dateFormatter.timeZone = TimeZone(identifier: "Atlantic/Azores") dateFormatter.locale = Locale(identifier: "en_US_POSIX") var now = Date() now -= 60 * 60 * 13 let formattedString = dateFormatter.string(from: now) let dateWithTimeZone = dateFormatter.date(from: formattedString) print(formattedString) //20260329 print(dateWithTimeZone) // nil

I have a few feasibility questions regarding health data processing on iOS, related to HealthKit and system capabilities: Background Health Data Collection Can an iOS app continuously collect and process health data in the background, including: Collecting health data from the Health app while the device is locked or in sleep mode Triggering user notifications when anomalies are detected in health data processing Are there any technical limitations? Do these capabilities require specific enterprise qualifications or additional fees? 2. Emergency Contacts Integration Can an app write or modify the system’s built-in Emergency Contacts (Medical ID)? If a user updates Emergency Contacts in iOS Settings, can the app receive a change notification or access the updated data? 3. Automated Alerting for Health Metrics Beyond Apple’s fall detection, can abnormal health metrics (heart rate, irregular rhythm, blood oxygen, etc.) trigger automated alerts such as SMS to preset emergency contacts—without requiring the user to manually open the app or only receive on-device notifications? This is a feasibility inquiry about API and system behavior, not a bug report. Any official guidance or documentation references would be greatly appreciated.

Hello, I am starting work on adding AlarmKit to an existing project. During testing, I ran into an issue that if I hit Deny during the authorization request, I can't find any way to turn the alarm back on in settings. The only way I can get an authorization request again is by uninstalling the app and installing it again. I would like to be able to prompt my users where they can turn the Alarm back on if they accidentally hit Deny. Am I just not seeing the settings to change this somewhere?

I’m building an iOS app that uses FamilyControls + ManagedSettings + DeviceActivity. Goal: temporarily “unlock” a shielded app for N minutes, then automatically re-apply the shield when the timer expires. What I do: In the main app, when user picks an expiry (e.g. 15 min, 30 min). I start a non-repeating DeviceActivity schedule and remove the app’s ApplicationToken from ManagedSettingsStore().shield.applications. I also store activeUnlockBundleID etc. in an App Group so the DeviceActivityMonitor extension can re-lock at the end. Expected: DeviceActivityMonitor.intervalDidEnd(for:) is invoked when the non-repeating interval ends, and I re-add the token to the shield set. Actual: The app does not re-lock when the interval expires. I added OS logs as well as “debug local notifications” from the DeviceActivityMonitor extension in: init() intervalDidStart intervalDidEnd eventDidReachThreshold None of these logs or notifications ever appear, which suggests the extension is never invoked (or cannot schedule local notifications or OS logs). Environment: Device: iPhone 17 Pro iOS 26.3.1 Xcode 26.4 Running on a physical device Notification permissions for the app: granted App + extensions are in the same App Group entitlement. Extension Info.plist has: NSExtensionPointIdentifier = com.apple.deviceactivity.monitor NSExtensionPrincipalClass = $(PRODUCT_MODULE_NAME).DeviceActivityMonitorExtension Questions: Are there known limitations/requirements for DeviceActivityMonitor callbacks where intervalDidEnd doesn't to fire? Is posting local notifications / OS Logs from a DeviceActivityMonitor extension supported/reliable? If not, what’s the recommended way to verify the extension is invoked? If this looks like a platform bug, should I file Feedback Assistant? If so, what logs/artifacts are most useful?

Shouldn't it be supported? Also is there a way to disable spotlight indexing on a mounted folder? mds_stores is going wild on fskit volumes. mount -o nobrowse -t passthrough ~/Downloads ~/mnt alexf@MacBook-Pro-3 build % mount file:///Users/alexf/Downloads/ on /Users/alexf/mnt (passthrough, local, nodev, nosuid, noowners, noatime, fskit, mounted by alexf)```

Many times the device totally lost connectivity, WIFI is completely down, no ip was assigned after device wakeup. From system log I can see BPF socket for DHCP was closed and detached right after attached to en0 in DHCP INIT phase, as result even the DHCP server sent back OFFER(I see server sent OFFER back from packet capture), but there is no persistent BPF socket since it is closed reception during the entire INIT phase. It is definitely an OS issue, is it a known issue? Please help understand Why BPF socket was close right after sending DISCOVER? Default 0x0 0 0 kernel: bpf26 attached to en0 by configd:331 2026-03-25 14:06:33.625851+0100 0x31dea Default 0x0 0 0 kernel: bpf26 closed and detached from en0 fcount 0 dcount 0 by configd:331 System log and packet capture attach, please check.

I’m running into a hardware reality. MEMS sensor thermal drift. If a user zeroes out the tilt indoors at 20°C and then takes the phone outside in the cold, the accelerometer baseline shifts just enough as the device cools to throw off the readings. I want to apply a simple thermal compensation curve to the CoreMotion data to keep the "zero" perfectly level regardless of the weather. However, ProcessInfo.thermalState only gives broad buckets (nominal, fair, etc.) which doesn't help me calculate a continuous offset for a phone cooling down degree by degree. Is there any public API, or even a proxy metric, that can give me a rough battery or internal temperature integer? I don’t need high resolution decimals. Just a general device temp to offset the hardware drift. Any undocumented tricks or proxy metrics anyone has used to handle this?

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.

Hi, I’m looking for clarification on TN3134: Network Extension provider deployment, specifically iOS deployment requirements for: packet tunnel provider DNS proxy provider From the documentation: Packet Tunnel Provider App extension (min iOS 9.0): per-app mode requires a managed device DNS Proxy Provider App extension (min iOS 11.0): supervised devices only App extension (min iOS 11.0): per-app mode requires managed devices Issue I implemented a DNS proxy using NEDNSProxyManager. Works as expected in debug builds on a local device Fails to configure when distributed via TestFlight Console Output (TestFlight build) error 10:05:39.872258-0500 nehelper The production version of *** is not allowed to create DNS proxy configurations. Use MDM to create DNS Proxy configurations for the production version of ***. Question Is it possible to distribute a DNS proxy provider for use on non-MDM / non-supervised devices? If not: Is the limitation strictly enforced at distribution/runtime? Is a packet tunnel provider the only viable alternative for App Store distribution? There is a lot of different VPN apps on the App Store that appear to work out of the box without MDM or supervision, which suggests they are using a different deployment model. Thank you for any clarification or guidance!

I'm building an app that integrates with Reminders using EventKit, but I can't find a way to access two important structures from EventKit: The groups that contain reminder lists The sections inside each reminder list (available since iOS 17) Any help or guidance would be appreciated.