ppq.apple.com unavailable — developer-signed apps cannot be verified

Hello,

ppq.apple.com appears to be unavailable.

The issue is reproducible from multiple networks/devices. Requests to https://ppq.apple.com fail, preventing iOS from verifying developer-signed applications.

This results in the device displaying an error indicating that an Internet connection is required to verify the developer/app.

The issue appears to be server-side rather than related to the developer certificate or provisioning profile.

Affected: (tested on)

  • ppq.apple.com
  • HTTPS / TCP 443
  • iOS 9.3.4
  • iPhone 5S
  • [07/09/2026/20:07 + Zurich]

Example: curl -I https://ppq.apple.com

Response: HTTP/2 404 server: Apple date: Mon, 07 Sep 2026 18:08:13 GMT content-type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 content-length: 0 x-b3-spanid: bdf368a2edbdbef7 x-b3-traceid: bdf368a2edbdbef7 x-b3-sampled: 1 strict-transport-security: max-age=31536000; includeSubdomains x-frame-options: SAMEORIGIN x-content-type-options: nosniff x-xss-protection: 1; mode=block

Please investigate the availability of the PPQ service.

ppq.apple.com unavailable — developer-signed apps cannot be verified
 
 
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