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Apple Music partial outage affects sync and playback

Minor Apple outage August 11, 2026

Outage timeline

Aug 11, 6:17 AM

by Apple status page
Outage officially acknowledged

Warn

Some users may be experiencing issues with certain features of the music service.

Affected components:
- Apple Music
  
  Up
  
  Warn
Aug 11, 5:07 PM

by Apple status page
Outage resolved

Up

Affected components:
- Apple Music
  
  Warn
  
  Up

Incident summary

Users experienced degraded Apple Music features beginning around 5:30 AM UTC, with library sync failures, playback problems, and unresponsive Apple Music apps reported across several regions. The issue was acknowledged on Aug 11, 2026 6:17 AM UTC as a music service issue affecting Apple Music, and the service gradually improved through the day, returning to normal by Aug 11, 2026 5:07 PM UTC.

Status page updates described the progression of the incident: the Apple Music component moved to a degraded state at Aug 11, 2026 6:17 AM UTC and then recovered by Aug 11, 2026 5:07 PM UTC. The impact was felt by users across multiple regions, including the United States, the United Kingdom, Greece, and Venezuela, with experiences ranging from library sync failures and playback errors to unresponsive Apple Music apps.