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Apple outage briefly disrupts all services; Volume Purchase Program down

Major Apple outage August 25, 2026

Outage timeline

Aug 25, 9:07 PM

by Apple status page
Outage officially acknowledged

Down

Users may be experiencing a problem with all services. We are investigating this issue.

Affected components:
- Volume Purchase Program
  
  Up
  
  Down
Aug 25, 9:32 PM

by Apple status page
Outage resolved

Up

Affected components:
- Volume Purchase Program
  
  Down
  
  Up

Incident summary

Apple experienced a brief outage that affected all services, with the Volume Purchase Program listed as the impacted component. Users faced service interruptions during the outage window while Apple investigated the issue. The outage began at 9:07 PM UTC and was resolved by 9:32 PM UTC.

According to Apple's System Status page, the Volume Purchase Program transitioned from down to up at 9:32 PM UTC as services returned to normal. The incident appeared to be short in duration but impacted a broad set of Apple services during the window, with a small number of user reports noting the disruption.