Outage · High impact
The two-line cleanup that crashed iOS apps on launch
DEV · By Kashif Manzer ·
The Brief
- On Monday evening, September 28, 2026, iPhone apps began crashing on launch.
- The crashes affected many apps, not a single one, according to the source.
- The source attributes the crashes to a two-line cleanup change.
Why it matters
iOS apps that crash at launch lose users immediately, and developers need to know whether their own apps were affected by the same change.
Who’s affected
- iOS developers
- iPhone app users
On Monday evening, September 28, 2026, iPhone apps started crashing the moment people opened them. Not one app. Not a flaky update. App after app, open, crash, gone. If you were an iOS developer that night, your phone was a crime scene and your users were the witnesses. The first…
Timeline
iPhone apps start crashing on launch after a two-line cleanup change
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The two-line cleanup that crashed iOS apps on launch