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I recently had my app Spark Matched: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/spark-matched/id6786071027 accepted to the Apple Store but when I try to launch promptly closes and the icon I added isn’t displaying

The Apple Music Recently Played API appears to have changed its behavior on 2026-08-05/2026-08-06. The endpoint no longer reports songs that are saved in a user's library. This impacts music tracking applications that rely on this API to retrieve listening history. Currently, tracks only appear in the Recently Played response when users stream them directly from the Apple Music catalog. If a user plays a song from their personal library, the playback is not reported by the endpoint and cannot be tracked. This is a breaking change that significantly affects existing integrations, but we could not find any announcement in the release notes or updates to the documentation regarding this behavior change. Could you please confirm whether this change is intentional? If so, we would appreciate updated documentation or guidance on how apps should handle tracking playback from a user's library.

Five of my sites are flagged by Safari's Deceptive Website Warning. They are legitimate and none of them collect credentials, imitate another brand or contain social engineering content: store-api.ru — paid access to third-party AI APIs (clearly states it is not affiliated with OpenAI, Anthropic or Google) cenwise.ru — price comparison service kirillportfolio.ru — personal developer portfolio (no login, no forms, no data collection at all) 3021.ru — habit tracking app animegenai.ru — AI image generation service All five are clean in Google Safe Browsing, Google Transparency Report, Google Search Console and Yandex Webmaster. Safari is the only place showing a warning. The flag appears to be inherited from a previous hosting provider whose IP ranges had reputation problems, and it seems attached to the domain names rather than to the current infrastructure. This is directly testable: On 20 July 2026 all sites were migrated to a new host — a single server, single IP (152.53.119.191). On that exact same server and IP, the domains created AFTER the migration are NOT flagged: filelama.com (live since 28 July, fully indexed), novelisstory.ru (25 July) and store-api.com (4 August). Only the domains that already existed under the previous host are still flagged. Same server, same IP, same certificates, same kind of content. The only variable is whether the domain existed before 20 July. store-api.ru and store-api.com are the clearest case: both are literally the same application behind the same nginx on the same IP, differing only in the domain name. The .ru is flagged, the .com is not. I submitted requests through websitereview.apple.com on 20 July and again on 11 August 2026. Neither produced a response or an acknowledgement, which as I understand is expected behaviour for that form. My questions: Is websitereview.apple.com still the correct — and only — channel for a site owner to dispute a false positive? Is there any way to confirm that a submission was received, or a typical review timeframe I should expect? Would a Feedback Assistant report under Safari add anything here, or would it simply duplicate the request?

Hi, I have deployed my app on Test Flight, I have two subscriptions, monthly and yearly. User can have one of them at a time and upgrade, downgrade to the other. Upgrade, downgrade, cancel from the Apple Settings worked fine in the sandbox environment when testing locally. Now when I have deployed the app on TestFlight, I was able to purchase the subscription successfully from my app. Now when I want to cancel my subscription from the Apple Settings it gives me the following error after confirming cancellation, 'Your request is temporarily unable to be processed. Please try again later.' Also the other subscription offer (yearly) is also not shown to which I could upgrade, even though in the sandbox I was able to upgrade downgrade from the settings. Another thing I have noticed is that the app Icon or name is not shown anywhere in settings with the subscription. Instead of app icon only empty square is shown. Even though app icon shows fine everywhere else. Can someone please help me figure out this issue?

Feedback ID: FB23086400 On iOS 27 beta 1, .scrollEdgeEffectStyle(.soft, for: .top) on a List underneath a custom .safeAreaBar(edge: .top) no longer renders the progressive fade-blur. The top edge is fully transparent — scrolled rows pass under the bar with no visual treatment at all, as if scrollEdgeEffectDisabled() had been applied. What I've verified so far: .hard renders correctly in the exact same hierarchy; only .soft is affected. The same binary works correctly on iOS 26.x Xcode preview. I'm building with Xcode 26.3 (iOS 26 SDK). Minimal reproduction: import SwiftUI struct EdgeEffectRepro: View { enum Style: String, CaseIterable, Identifiable { case automatic, soft, hard var id: Self { self } var value: ScrollEdgeEffectStyle { switch self { case .automatic: .automatic case .soft: .soft case .hard: .hard } } } @State private var style: Style = .soft @State private var useSystemBarOnly = false var body: some View { NavigationStack { List(0..<60, id: \.self) { i in Text("Row \(i)") .frame(maxWidth: .infinity, alignment: .leading) .listRowBackground( i.isMultiple(of: 2) ? Color.orange.opacity(0.45) : Color.teal.opacity(0.45) ) } .scrollIndicators(.hidden) .scrollEdgeEffectStyle(style.value, for: .top) .safeAreaBar(edge: .top) { if !useSystemBarOnly { VStack(spacing: 8) { HStack { Text("Custom Top Bar") .font(.system(size: 28, weight: .bold)) Spacer() } HStack { Text("Second row (e.g. date range picker)") .font(.caption) .foregroundStyle(.secondary) Spacer() } } .padding(.horizontal) } } .safeAreaInset(edge: .bottom) { VStack(spacing: 8) { Picker("Edge effect style", selection: $style) { ForEach(Style.allCases) { Text($0.rawValue).tag($0) } } .pickerStyle(.segmented) Toggle("System bar only (control group)", isOn: $useSystemBarOnly) .font(.caption) } .padding() .background(.regularMaterial) } .navigationTitle("EdgeEffect Repro") .navigationBarTitleDisplayMode(.inline) } } } Steps: run on iOS 27 beta 1, set the picker to soft, scroll rows under the bar. Expected: fade-blur as on iOS 26. Actual: fully transparent. Switch to hard: renders fine.

I would like to see the old design of the battery indicator panel (top right) that was in ios 18-26. Right now, this one, which is currently available in iOS 27, looks too boring. I also mean the Home panel (bottom bar). It could be switched. So that you can keep it on all the time. (In iOS 26, it disappears after a couple of seconds) In my opinion, it betrays its sophistication, and I liked it when constantly displayed. Fight overheating when performing simple tasks, it also eats up your phone, which is not a good thing.

I've just created my first IOS app, it's a simple library catalog app that creates a library of your books, scans ISBN to add/search to see if you already have the book etc and purely optionally allows you to setup a self hosted web app to sync your library to .... after I did all of my testing with several real users I was ready to actually submit and it said "most reviews are complete within 24-48 hours" but now I'm going on 2 full weeks of still sitting in "waiting for review" status. I've tried creating a support ticket with apple to ask if I had done something wrong, etc and get no response and I've also tried calling their support number, I sat on hold while I worked for over an hour and never got a response. Where do I go from here? My app Apple ID is 6796224627

In a sheet, the gaze hover effect stops working after interacting with a button, until the sheet is closed and re-opened. As a result, I have no visual feedback on what UI elements are selected until I interact with them or until the sheet is re-opened. I'm using visionOS 27 beta 5 and Xcode 27 beta 5. I've submitted feedback as FB24299285 Video demonstrating the issue: https://youtu.be/l-t1ZEHDSzo

I keep getting the following error message when trying to upload a build to TestFlight using Xcode 27 Beta 5 (running under macOS 27 Beta 5): This bundle is invalid. Apple is not currently accepting applications built with this version of Xcode. n/a (ID: 5CFNDXXPXFP2H4DVQPPGHA2YUE) Is anyone else running into this?

Hi everyone, I’m currently experiencing unusually long review waiting times and wanted to ask if others see the same behavior this week. My situation: • App Store update has been in “Waiting for Review” significantly longer than usual • A newly submitted build also seems stuck • TestFlight processing is slower than I normally see • Expedited review request and contact attempts didn’t change the status so far What confuses me is that I still see other apps receiving updates, so I’m unsure whether this is a broader review delay or something submission-specific. I’m not trying to escalate anything — just looking to understand if this is currently affecting more developers. Would really appreciate hearing about your recent experiences. Thanks and good luck to everyone waiting 🙂

Hi my app is still "Waiting for Review" since almost a week now. Is it normal? Thank you!

Player Bash iOS 1.2.0 stuck in “Waiting for Review” for 10 days Hi Apple Developer Community, Our app, Player Bash, iOS version 1.2.0, was submitted for App Review on August 3, 2026 at 6:33 PM and has remained in “Waiting for Review” since then. Submission Details App: Player Bash Platform: iOS Version: 1.2.0 Submission ID: 19334d6c-3717-4d80-aebb-f6bce43bd68f Submitted: August 3, 2026 at 6:33 PM Current Status: Waiting for Review Support Case ID: 20000132723383 The submission has not moved to “In Review”, and there are no messages or requests for additional information in App Store Connect or the Resolution Center. We have already contacted Apple Developer Support regarding the delayed review and are still waiting for a response. We have also checked App Store Connect, and there do not appear to be any outstanding issues or actions required from our side. Could someone from Apple please confirm whether there is currently an App Review backlog or whether there is anything we should do from our side to help move this submission forward? We would really appreciate any guidance or assistance. Thank you.

您好，我们是中国的一家软件开发公司。我们应用程序的底层框架基于美国开源社区的 XMPP 协议框架。它是一个国际开源项目，许多中国软件公司以开源框架为基础，在美国开源社区框架之上开发 UI 和替换功能。但是当我们需要将应用上传到应用商店时，会收到提示（拒绝 4.3A 应用垃圾邮件），因为中国目前没有独立开发这个框架的能力。因此，我们不得不承认，我们的 app 使用了美国开源社区的框架，因为中国的很多其他公司也都使用了美国开源社区的框架。这导致我们在将应用程序上传到应用商店时出现提示 （reject 4.3A application spam），因为其他公司在将其上传到应用商店时也使用相同的底层开源框架。这会导致我们公司在将此应用程序上传到应用商店时收到提示（拒绝 4.3A 应用程序垃圾邮件）。我们公司在这个 App 上花费了大量的精力和金钱，如果不允许中国公司上传到 App Store，就会被拒绝。使用来自美国的开源框架，这导致很多中国公司在后期无法使用美国的开源框架作为开发的基础。我们恳请贵公司为中国的小企业提供指导，并就我们未来的发展提供建议。谢谢。

In the old simulator you were able to simply drag a photo or video from your desktop into the photos app within the simulator in order to use it for testing. That doesn't seem to be working yet in Device Hub. Is there a workaround or are we just waiting on this to be fixed?

In Xcode 27 Beta 4 (27A5228h), building a project that has a SwiftPM binary target (xcframework) linked directly from both an app target AND a framework target that is embedded in that app fails with "Multiple commands produce" errors. The same project and pbxproj builds successfully in Xcode 27 Beta 3 (27A5218g), so this is a regression introduced in Beta 4. Steps to Reproduce Create a new iOS App project. Add a Framework target (e.g. "SampleCommon") and embed it into the app. Add a SwiftPM dependency for a package that vends a binary xcframework product. Confirmed with airbnb/lottie-spm 4.6.1 (https://github.com/airbnb/lottie-spm). In "Frameworks, Libraries, and Embedded Content" of the app target, add the SwiftPM product (Lottie) with "Embed & Sign". In "Frameworks and Libraries" of the framework target, add the same SwiftPM product (Lottie). Build the app scheme for iOS Simulator. Expected result Build succeeds. The xcframework is embedded exactly once into the .app bundle. This is the behavior in Xcode 27 Beta 3 and Xcode 26. Actual result Build fails with: error: Unexpected duplicate tasks error: Multiple commands produce '.../<App>.app/Frameworks/Lottie.framework/Lottie' error: Multiple commands produce '.../<App>.app/Frameworks/Lottie.framework' Two Copy tasks are emitted for the same output path in the app target: Copy from Build/Products/Debug-iphonesimulator/PackageFrameworks/Lottie.framework Copy from SourcePackages/artifacts/lottie-spm/Lottie/Lottie.xcframework/ios-arm64_x86_64-simulator/Lottie.framework Additionally, an auto-generated target named "Lottiedynamic-product" emits duplicate MkDir / ProcessInfoPlistFile tasks for PackageFrameworks/Lottie.framework, which suggests the packaging path for binary xcframework products has been duplicated in Beta 4. Regression Xcode 27 Beta 3 (27A5218g): builds successfully Xcode 27 Beta 4 (27A5228h): fails with the above errors Xcode 26.x: builds successfully Minimal reproduction The issue reproduces on a 2-target Xcode project (app + framework) with airbnb/lottie-spm added and linked from both targetstory captures the smallest triggering diff: pattern1: app links Lottie only -> BUILD SUCCEEDED pattern2: framework links Lottie only -> BUILD SUCCEEDED pattern3: both app and framework link Lottie -> BUILD FAILED (only on Beta 4) Only the framework target's packageProductDependencies and Frameworks build phase entries differ between the succeeding and failing states. Workaround Link the SwiftPM binary product from only one target (either the app or the framework, not both). If only the framework tarl gets the framework transitively at runtime. Impact Any project that uses a SwiftPM binary xcframework and organizes code across multiple linked targets (a very common pattern for larger apps) is blocked from adopting Xcode 27 Beta 4. Environment Xcode 27.0 Beta 4 (27A5228h) macOS 26.5.2 Package: airbnb/lottie-spm 4.6.1 Destination: iOS Simulator (iPhone 17, latest)