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Apple services outage disrupts media access and sign-in

Major Apple outage July 26, 2026

Outage timeline

Jul 26, 10:28 PM

Detected by StatusGator

Possible outage detected

1 hour and 31 minutes earlier

Issues accessing and playing purchased media and purchases.

StatusGator detected a possible Apple outage while their official status page still reported no problems. An Early Warning Signal was sent to StatusGator users 1 hour and 31 minutes before Apple acknowledged it.
Jul 27, 12:00 AM

by Apple status page
Outage officially acknowledged

Down

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 Some users may be experiencing issues with this service.

Affected components:
- App Store
  
  Up
  
  Down
- Apple Music
  
  Up
  
  Down
- Apple Music Subscriptions
  
  Up
  
  Down
- Podcasts
  
  Up
  
  Down
- Apple TV
  
  Up
  
  Down
Jul 27, 12:12 AM

by Apple status page
Outage update

Down

We are performing routine maintenance, with no expected user impact., Apple Business and Apple School Manager: Users may be experiencing a problem with this service. , This service may be slow or unavailable., Apple TV may be unavailable due to scheduled maintenance., and Some users may be experiencing issues with this service.

Affected components:
- Apple School Manager
  
  Up
  
  Down
- Apple Business
  
  Up
  
  Down
Jul 27, 12:22 AM

by Apple status page
Outage update

Down

We are performing routine maintenance, with no expected user impact., Apple Business and Apple School Manager: Users may be experiencing a problem with this service. , This service may be slow or unavailable., Apple TV may be unavailable due to scheduled maintenance., AppleCare purchase is temporarily unavailable., and Some users may be experiencing issues with this service.

Affected components:
- AppleCare on Device
  
  Up
  
  Down
Jul 27, 12:52 AM

by Apple status page
Outage update

Down

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., AppleCare purchase is temporarily unavailable., and Some users may be experiencing issues with this service.

Affected components:
- Apple Business
  
  Down
  
  Up
- Apple School Manager
  
  Down
  
  Up
Jul 27, 1:32 AM

by Apple status page
Outage resolved

Up

Affected components:
- AppleCare on Device
  
  Down
  
  Up

Incident summary

Apple experienced a broad outage that degraded or interrupted access to core media and account services, impacting App Store, Apple Music, Apple Music Subscriptions, Podcasts, and Apple TV. StatusGator detected issues with purchased media at Jul 26, 2026 10:28 PM UTC, about 1h31m before Apple publicly acknowledged the problem on their status page. Early communications from Apple initially framed the issue as routine maintenance with no expected user impact, even as users reported sign-in failures, inability to play content, and other service interruptions across multiple apps.

1 hour and 31 minutes earlier

StatusGator detected this outage before Apple posted it on their status page.

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