GoKawiilApple TV and App Store hit by outages affecting multiple services
Apple's System Status page listed eight active issues Tuesday evening, including Apple TV, App Store, Fitness+, Apple Music, Mac App Store and Subscription Purchase. Apple attributed most disruptions beginning around 4:22 p.m. ET to routine maintenance, though Apple TV's outage at 4:43 p.m. ET was described as scheduled maintenance that could leave the service unavailable. Some apps also briefly showed internal localization text instead of normal interface labels shortly before the outages began.
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Downdetector reports suggest user-facing impact had already peaked and was trending downward, indicating the disruption may be temporary rather than a major systemic failure. The near-simultaneous glitches across unrelated services, including stray localization strings appearing in apps, could point to a shared backend issue, though Apple has not confirmed any connection between them.
- Apple listed eight services with active issues, including Apple TV, App Store and Apple Music.
- Apple attributed several outages to routine or scheduled maintenance rather than a broader failure.
- Downdetector data suggests the Apple TV outage was already subsiding as of the report.
Source: 9to5mac.com — Marcus Mendes, 2026-09-30
Published there as: “Apple TV is currently down for some users, as other Apple services also face issues”
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