ppq.apple.com returning 502 Bad Gateway - Unable to verify developer apps on device

Since this evening (March 10, 2026), I'm unable to launch any developer-signed app on my physical device (iPhone 16 Pro Max, iOS 26.4 beta 23E5223k). The error is:

"Unable to launch [app] because it has an invalid code signature, inadequate entitlements or its profile has not been explicitly trusted by the user."

On the device itself, it shows: "Unable to Verify App - An internet connection is required to verify the trust of the developer."

What I've tried:

  • Created a new Apple Development certificate
  • Deleted and reinstalled the app
  • Restarted the device
  • Tested on both Wi-Fi and cellular
  • Confirmed Developer Mode is enabled
  • Removed all third-party CA certificates from the device
  • Verified the code signature is valid (codesign -dv shows correct Authority chain)

The root cause:
https://ppq.apple.com is currently returning 502 Bad Gateway. I confirmed this both from my Mac (curl -s -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" https://ppq.apple.com → 502) and from Safari on the device.

This affects all developer-signed apps, not just a specific project.

Is anyone else experiencing this? Is there an ETA for the fix?

Environment:

  • Xcode 26.3 (17C519)
  • macOS 26.3.1 (25D2128)
  • iPhone 16 Pro Max, iOS 26.4 (23E5223k)

Same. Started about an hour ago for me. Tried updating devices, restarting Macbook, etc. Same message everytime.

"Unable to Verify App"

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Yep, same here. guessing it's some kind of outage.

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Glad to see it isn't just me.

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I really need some kind of alert system for posts like this so I don’t waste 20 minutes trying to fix something I can’t fix.

ChatGPT (eventually) led me to this thread…thank goodness.

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Same here. Thought it was related to updating to 26.3.1 last night but I guess not?

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Same here, not able to run Firebase AdHoc apps as well as xcode builds on my device

  1. At least Mac Catalyst app dev still works.

  2. I did essentially all you did except probing https://ppq.apple.com. How did you know about that?

Same issue. I constantly get this "Unable to verify app" error, this started happening around an hour ago.

Also tried rebooting my Apple devices, revoking the certificate and creating a new one, cleaning the build cache, trying a different app etc.

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