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Apple outage disrupts Apple TV, Music, and App Store services

Major Apple outage September 30, 2026

Outage timeline

Sep 30, 9:07 PM

by Apple status page
Outage officially acknowledged

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We are performing routine maintenance, with no expected user impact., This service may be slow or unavailable., and Apple TV may be unavailable due to scheduled maintenance.

Affected components:
- Apple Music
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- Apple Music Subscriptions
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- App Store
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- Apple Fitness+
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Sep 30, 9:22 PM

by Apple status page
Outage update

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We are performing routine maintenance, with no expected user impact., This service may be slow or unavailable., and Apple TV may be unavailable due to scheduled maintenance.

Affected components:
- Mac App Store
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  Down
Sep 30, 9:47 PM

by Apple status page
Outage update

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We are performing routine maintenance, with no expected user impact., This service may be slow or unavailable., Apple TV may be unavailable due to scheduled maintenance., and AppleCare purchase is temporarily unavailable.

Affected components:
- AppleCare on Device
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Sep 30, 10:22 PM

by Apple status page
Outage update

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We are performing routine maintenance, with no expected user impact., This service may be slow or unavailable., and Apple TV may be unavailable due to scheduled maintenance.

Affected components:
- AppleCare on Device
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  Up
Oct 1, 11:02 PM

by Apple status page
Outage resolved

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Affected components:
- Apple TV
  Warn
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Incident summary

Apple faced a broad outage across multiple services beginning around 9:07 PM UTC. The incident affected Apple Music, Apple Music Subscriptions, App Store, Mac App Store, and Apple Fitness+ with Apple TV noted as unavailable during the maintenance window. Despite initial notices of no expected user impact, users across devices reported widespread disruptions—Apple TV could display errors or remain unavailable, podcasts failed to update, and subscription access and purchases were intermittently affected—indicating a multi-service impact affecting media, app storefronts, and device services. The disruption continued through the night as components shifted between degraded and maintenance states.