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Apple Outage History

Every past Apple outage tracked by IsDown, with detection times, duration, and resolution details.

There were 269 Apple outages since December 2022. The 78 outages from the last 12 months are summarized below, with incident details, duration, and resolution information.

Major April 16, 2026

April 2026: Outage in Apple Music

Detected Apr 16, 2026 5:15 PM EDT · Resolved Apr 17, 2026 12:02 PM EDT · Duration about 19 hours

Apple Music experienced a major outage lasting 6.6 hours where the service was unavailable or slow for some users. The incident affected Apple Music's core functionality, preventing users from accessing the streaming service normally. The service was restored after approximately 6.6 hours of disruption.

Major April 16, 2026

April 2026: Outage in iTunes Store

Detected Apr 16, 2026 2:07 PM EDT · Resolved Apr 16, 2026 2:27 PM EDT · Duration 20 minutes

Apple's iTunes Store experienced a major outage affecting some users for 20 minutes. Users were unable to access the iTunes Store service during this period. The service has since been restored to normal operation.

Minor April 16, 2026

April 2026: Outage in Apple School Manager

Detected Apr 16, 2026 2:17 AM EDT · Resolved Apr 16, 2026 2:49 AM EDT · Duration 32 minutes

Apple School Manager experienced a service outage affecting some users for 32 minutes. The issue was classified as minor and has been resolved. Apple investigated and addressed the problem that was impacting user access to the education management platform.

Major April 16, 2026

April 2026: Outage in Volume Purchase Program

Detected Apr 16, 2026 1:25 AM EDT · Resolved Apr 16, 2026 2:45 AM EDT · Duration about 1 hour

Apple's Volume Purchase Program experienced a major outage lasting 1.3 hours, causing the service to be slow or unavailable for some users. The incident affected the program that allows organizations to purchase apps and content in bulk for distribution to their users. The service has since been restored to normal operation.

Minor April 13, 2026

April 2026: Outage in iCloud Mail

Detected Apr 13, 2026 2:00 PM EDT · Resolved Apr 13, 2026 2:48 PM EDT · Duration about 1 hour

Apple's iCloud Mail service experienced an outage affecting some users for 48 minutes. The incident was classified as minor, with users unable to access their email service normally. The service was restored after 48 minutes of disruption.

Minor April 5, 2026

April 2026: Outage in Apple Business Essentials, Apple Business Manager, Apple School Manager

Detected Apr 5, 2026 12:54 PM EDT · Resolved Apr 5, 2026 1:02 PM EDT · Duration 8 minutes

Apple experienced an 8-minute outage affecting Apple Business Essentials, Apple Business Manager, and Apple School Manager services. Some users encountered problems accessing these business and education management platforms during the incident. The issue was investigated and resolved within 8 minutes.

Minor April 5, 2026

April 2026: Outage in iCloud Mail, iWork for iCloud

Detected Apr 5, 2026 12:38 PM EDT · Resolved Apr 5, 2026 1:58 PM EDT · Duration about 1 hour

Apple experienced a minor outage affecting iCloud Mail and iWork for iCloud services for 20 minutes. Some users encountered issues accessing these services during the incident. The outage was resolved after the 20-minute duration.

Minor March 18, 2026

March 2026: Outage in Apple Business Essentials, Apple Business Manager, Apple School Manager

Detected Mar 18, 2026 2:29 PM EDT · Resolved Mar 18, 2026 2:41 PM EDT · Duration 12 minutes

Apple experienced a 12-minute outage affecting Apple Business Essentials, Apple Business Manager, and Apple School Manager services. Some users encountered problems accessing these business and education management platforms during the incident. The issue was investigated and resolved within 12 minutes.

Minor March 17, 2026

March 2026: Outage in HomeKit Secure Video

Detected Mar 17, 2026 10:59 PM EDT · Resolved Mar 19, 2026 6:58 AM EDT · Duration 1 day

Apple's HomeKit Secure Video service experienced a minor outage lasting 32 hours, causing the service to be slow or unavailable for some users. The incident affected users' ability to access their secure video recordings and streaming features through the HomeKit platform. The service has since been restored to normal operation.

Minor March 5, 2026

March 2026: Outage in Podcasts

Detected Mar 5, 2026 6:09 PM EST · Resolved Mar 6, 2026 8:26 AM EST · Duration about 14 hours

Apple's Podcasts service experienced a minor outage lasting 14.3 hours, affecting some users' ability to access the service. The incident has been resolved, restoring normal functionality to the Podcasts platform.