We’re building a usage-based rental flow. The final charge is only known after the session ends (like gas pumps). We want the same Apple Pay UX that gas stations like at a gas station has: the user does not see a pre-authorization amount up front; they only see “approved” and later the final posted amount on the statement. What we observe (gas stations / desired UX) When paying at gas station with Apple Pay (card-present), the user confirms their card (double-tap) but no pre-auth amount is shown in Wallet/notification UI. The small notification is from the bank (not the merchant) and shows only bank + merchant name, no total. After fueling ends, the final amount appears on the statement from the merchant. What happens in our flow (current behavior) Platform: Apple Pay via Stripe (Apple Pay on the Web with QR → mobile Safari Wallet sheet). When a user confirms payment, the pre-authorization amount is shown immediately to the user (appears like a charge from the user’s perspective). We want to avoid showing that amount, matching the pay-at-pump experience.

Hello everyone. I encountered a problem when integrating Apple Pay. I obtained all the renewal orders through the Apple interface, and their purchaseDate is 8 hours later than the actual payment time. Why is this happening? According to the documentation, the purchaseDate value provided by Apple is a millisecond timestamp that represents the actual payment time of the user, so theoretically there shouldn’t be any timezone issues. This works well in client-initiated subscriptions, but in renewal scenarios, the purchaseDate becomes unreliable. Could this be due to some configuration in the configuration center? For example, I actually received an Apple notification at 1746686911000 (2025-05-08 06:48:31 Etc/GMT). However, the data returned by the Apple interface is as shown below: { "appAccountToken": "xxxx", "bundleId": "xxxx", "currency": "GBP", "environment": "Production", "expiresDate": 1762616831000, "inAppOwnershipType": "PURCHASED", "isUpgraded": false, "offerDiscountType": "", "offerIdentifier": "", "offerType": 0, "originalPurchaseDate": 1746456432000, "originalTransactionId": "320002311698411", "price": 39990, "productId": "xxxx", "purchaseDate": 1746715631000, "quantity": 1, "revocationDate": 0, "revocationReason": 0, "signedDate": 1746687092825, "storefront": "GBR", "storefrontId": "xxxx", "subscriptionGroupIdentifier": "xxxx", "transactionId": "320002315815857", "transactionReason": "RENEWAL", "type": "Auto-Renewable Subscription", "webOrderLineItemId": "320001062124562" } You can see that the purchaseDate is 1746715631000 (2025-05-08 14:48:31 Etc/GMT), which is even later than the current time. Can someone explain this behavior that is inconsistent with the documentation, or did I do something wrong? I would be very grateful for any help anyone can provide.

Hello, We are experiencing a consistent delay when initiating Apple Pay sessions using the https://apple-pay-gateway.apple.com/paymentservices/startSession endpoint. Below is a detailed overview of our setup and the issue. Setup Our web service is hosted in AWS and there is a proxy server between our web service and Apple servers. We are passing the correct domain in the initiativeContext field of the startSession request. The .well-known/apple-developer-merchantid-domain-association file is hosted on a different domain, which is also correctly configured and associated with our merchant ID in the Apple Developer portal. Observed Behavior When the same request is made from a local development environment, Apple responds immediately (under 1 second). When the request is made from our AWS-hosted service, Apple responds with a valid session, but only after a consistent ~15-second delay. The content and response are otherwise identical — only the timing differs. We would appreciate any insights or suggestions from others who have faced similar behavior or from the Apple Pay team. Thank you in advance!

We are a regulated financial institution and Apple Pay issuer seeking clarification on the in-app push provisioning requirement and the January 15, 2026 timeline. Like many community financial institutions: Our mobile banking app is issuer-branded but provided by a third-party vendor Apple Pay enablement and tokenization are handled by a separate card processor While we support Apple’s goals and understand the issuer is ultimately responsible, delivery of in-app provisioning is dependent on third-party vendor roadmaps and cross-vendor integrations that are outside our direct control. Despite active, good-faith efforts with both vendors, current platform constraints make the January 15, 2026 deadline challenging. We would appreciate clarification on: How Apple evaluates compliance when an issuer’s mobile app is built and maintained by a third party Whether any transitional flexibility or phased enforcement is expected for issuers showing documented progress Whether approved web-based provisioning may be acceptable as an interim option How issuers should document due diligence when vendor dependencies delay implementation Additional guidance would help many credit unions and community banks plan appropriately and remain compliant. Thank you for your guidance.

During Apple Pay in-app provisioning (EV_ECC_v2), our iOS app successfully obtains the issuer provisioning certificates and generates cryptographic material. The flow fails when Apple posts the card blob to Apple’s broker (card creation step), returning HTTP 500 from .../broker/v4/devices/{SEID}/cards. Steps: Call issuerProvisioningCertificates?encryptionVersion=EV_ECC_v2 → 200 OK; returns ECC leaf + Apple Root CA chain; nonce=2a831be4. 2. Build {encryptedCardData, activationData, ephemeralPublicKey} 3. POST /broker/v4/devices/{SEID}/cards Expected: 200 OK on /broker/v4/devices/{SEID}/cards, or 5xx with a descriptive error if payload/cryptography is invalid. Observed: 500 Internal Server Error from Apple broker on /cards (labeled “eligibility” in PassKit logs), causing a terminal failure in Wallet UI.

I am adding In-App provisioning to my app. I am able to access the Apple Pay Sandbox and I have successfully tested adding a secure element/payment pass to Apple Wallet. However, once the pass has been added to the wallet, I can not access or retrieve the pass from my app. I have confirmed with the PNO that the PNO Pass Metadata Configuration in the testing environment include the correct metadata for "associatedApplicationIdentifiers" and "associatedStoreIdentifiers". Does anyone know why I am having this issue and how I can resolve it? Steps used to access pass in Apple Wallet I am unable to view the pass when I attempt to access it using the PKPassLibrary function as follows: let library = PKPassLibrary() if #available(iOS 13.4, *) { // This returns an empty array library.passes(of: .secureElement) } else { // This also returns an empty array library.passes(of: .payment) } // This returns an empty array too library.passes() Steps used to add pass to Apple Wallet These are the steps I follow to add the card: I create a PKAddPaymentPassRequestConfiguration I use this config to instantiate a PKAddPaymentPassViewController. I provide the nonce, nonceSignature, and certificates to my PNO along with the card data. I receive the activationData, encryptedPassData, and ephemeralPublicKey from my PNO and create a PKAddPaymentPassRequest using this data. I add the pass to Apple Wallet. In the addPaymentPassViewController callback, I am able to view the pass data from the .didFinishAdding pass: PKPaymentPass? variable. I am also able to see that the pass has been added from Apple Wallet app. I am not able to access the pass using PKPassLibrary().passes() at this point. I am not able to access the pass at any point after adding it either.

Hello, we are experiencing issues with adding VISA cards via In-App Provisioning on iOS using PassKit. The same flow works correctly with Mastercard, but for VISA cards the Apple broker endpoint returns HTTP 500. Details Device: iPhone15,3 (iPhone 15 Pro), iOS 18.6.1 (22G90) Region: CZ App: [REDACTED] (version 0.4.3) Issuer ID: [REDACTED] Merchant ID and entitlements are configured and validated. SEID: [REDACTED] Request flow GET /broker/v4/devices/{SEID}/issuerProvisioningCertificates?encryptionVersion=EV_ECC_v2 Request ID: B61363A8-0BFF-4CD6-92BC-52C461DFFAAD Response: 200 OK Conversation ID: e12c64c9a0b54981adfad8d00800d836 Returned nonce: [REDACTED] Timestamp: 2025.08.21_14-01-46+0200 POST /broker/v4/devices/{SEID}/cards Request ID: F29B73CA-CDDE-4C0C-9F40-B87AE006FDDD Payload fields present (values redacted): encryptedCardData [REDACTED], ephemeralPublicKey [REDACTED], publicKeyHash [REDACTED], nonce [REDACTED], issuerIdentifier [REDACTED], encryptionVersion=EV_ECC_v2 Response: 500 Internal Server Error (latency ~0.41s) Timestamp: 2025.08.21_14-01-47+0200 Observation Provisioning succeeds with Mastercard but consistently fails with VISA. The GET issuerProvisioningCertificates succeeds; the POST …/cards returns 500. Request Could you please: Provide internal error details for Request ID F29B73CA-CDDE-4C0C-9F40-B87AE006FDDD (and/or Conversation ID e12c64c9a0b54981adfad8d00800d836), Confirm whether the 500 originates before or after the broker’s call to VTS (Visa Token Service), and Validate that our app/merchant/issuer configuration is fully enabled for VISA push provisioning in our region. Attached privately: sysdiagnose with full traces (can share via secure channel upon request). Kind regards, Martin

Hi, I set up a Sandbox Tester account in my company’s Apple Developer Program and signed in on my iPhone under Settings → App Store → Sandbox Account. When I go to Wallet → Add, I only see options for Credit or Debit Card or Travel Card. The option to add an Apple Pay Sandbox Card is missing, and when I try entering the test card numbers from Apple’s documentation (developer.apple.com/apple-pay/sandbox-testing), the card is not valid. Has anyone experienced this and found a solution? Thanks! PS: I can't post this to Wallet Category, I keep getting error that it contains sensitive text.

Hi Guys, I am having an issue verifying a card when it is pending verification in the Apple Watch Wallet App and the iPhone Wallet. When the user verifies the card in the wallets, they are redirected to verification in my APP. However, the problem is that I don't know which application is calling, whether it is the Apple Watch or the iPhone, because the URL sends me the same serialNumber from the PKPASS. It is impossible to know if the user wants to verify and activate the card on the watch or the iPhone. Because I only receive the following information in the URL: myapp://app-url? passTypeldentifier=paymentpass.com.apple&action =verify&serialNumber=***** The serialNumber is the same from the iPhone Wallet and the Watch Wallet. func application(_ app: UIApplication, open url: URL, options: [UIApplication.OpenURLOptionsKey : Any] = [:]) -> Bool { let source = options[.sourceApplication] I try to retrieve the source, but it comes back null. It would be the only way to know the originating App. Can someone help me solve this problem?

Hi, I understand that it's possible to add a virtual debit or credit card from a mobile app into the iOS Wallet using PassKit from the Apple SDK. However, I haven't come across documentation on how to achieve this directly from a web app. I found this article on Apple's support site (https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/security/secdc2567239/web), which mentions adding cards from a card issuer’s website, but it doesn’t provide details on the process. Could you please confirm if it's possible to add a card directly from a web app without using a mobile app? If so, could you guide me to the relevant documentation? Thanks in advance!

I tried to test In-App Provisioning in Production for our whitelisted app through TestFlight (Internal Testing Track) and we received the following error response from PassBook during the provisioning attempt, Could you please guide us? Error Response from sysdiagnose PassBookUIService during In-App Provisioning attempt: { statusCode = 500; statusMessage = "Broker Service Response exception"; } I reported the error in Feedback Assistant: ID: FB16112348 (500 Broker Service Response exception during Apple Pay In-App Provisioning ). Note:- I am reffering to Getting Started with Apple Pay: In-App Provisioning, Verification, Security, and Wallet Extensions

Hello, we are developing in app provisioning of our American Express network cards. After clicking add to apple wallet in our app, I launch the PKAddPaymentPassViewController and click next. It loads for a few seconds and then I get: [<private>] ProvisioningOperationComposer: Step '<private>' failed with error Error Domain=PKProvisioningErrorDomain Code=5 UserInfo={PKErrorHTTPResponseStatusCodeKey=500} Does anyone have any insight on what this error means?

I am trying to play around on the Apple Pay demo page (https://applepaydemo.apple.com) and I am getting the following error response. PaymentRequest AbortError: The operation was aborted. I am using the Payment Request API

I'm currently working on an AppIntent in my app to import Apple Pay transactions via Transaction triggers in Shortcuts. While I can access the transaction name with the following code: @Parameter(title: "Transaction") var transaction: String I'm not sure how to retrieve the full details of the transaction, including: Card or Pass Merchant Amount Name At the moment, transaction only provides the name as a string, but I need access to the complete transaction data. I know that by selecting specific fields like Amount, Merchant, etc., I can retrieve each piece of data individually, but it would be much easier and more user-friendly to simply retrieve the entire transaction object at once. Has anyone successfully retrieved all details of an Apple Pay transaction in this context, and if so, could you share how to do so?

Apple pay on checkout in iframe is working with test cards while in Private window. However when we go into normal browsing the Apple Pay button is greyed out. Real cards will ask for fingerprint and then decline with "Payment Not Completed". What is the issue?

Hello, Please help. We have been experiencing what appears to be a TLS handshake error in our Apple Pay merchant validation requests (2-way TLS) since June 25, 2025. We are aware of the encryption algorithm changes made in February 2025, and our system was functioning correctly at that time. However, the error started occurring suddenly and only recently. Could you please clarify the following points? Have there been any changes to the TLS configuration (cipher suites, certificates, protocol versions, etc.) on the Apple Pay server side since June 2025? Have there been any updates to the specifications or recommended settings for merchant validation requests? Is there any way to contact Apple for technical support regarding this issue other than through the Developer Forums? Our Merchant Identity Certificate has already been renewed and is confirmed to be valid.

please bear with me, i am NOT a developer. we have third party developer creating a banking app that is throwing an error when trying to provision MasterCard for Apple Pay. MasterCard says they do not see the request come in at all. our developer says the issue is between mastercard and apple - and asked us to reach out to Apple. Information provided from our developer: “Error code 2 is 'system cancelled' from the PKAddPaymentPassError enum. Basically, there is an issue between Apple and Mastercard (using the encrypted card info from...” Response from Mastercard Connect: Upon further research with the examples you shared we are not seeing any attempt that reached to MC

We have been using ApplePay on the web for years, but we are running into a problem since today in sandbox where domainName is missing from the create payment sessions request. We haven't changed anything related to this request any time recently. Static payment sessions url being hit in sandbox: https://apple-pay-gateway-cert.apple.com/paymentservices/paymentSession request format: "merchantIdentifier": "merchant.com.identifier", "displayName": "Test Store", "initiative": "web", "initiativeContext": "test.example.com", "domainName": "test.example.com" response format: { "epochTimestamp": 1763533367972, "expiresAt": 1763536967972, "merchantSessionIdentifier": "<merchantSessionIdentifier>", "nonce": "<nonce>", "merchantIdentifier": "<merchantIdentifier>", "displayName": "Test Store", "signature": "<signature>", "initiative": "web", "initiativeContext": "test.example.com", "signedFields": [ "merchantIdentifier", "merchantSessionIdentifier", "initiative", "initiativeContext", "displayName", "nonce" ], "operationalAnalyticsIdentifier": "Test Store:<identifier>", "retries": 0, "pspId": "<pspId>" } Production create session request to https://apple-pay-gateway.apple.com/paymentservices/paymentSession is behaving as expected, sending the following fields as response: epochTimestamp, expiresAt, merchantSessionIdentifier, nonce, merchantIdentifier, domainName, displayName, signature, operationalAnalyticsIdentifier, retries, pspId Claude seems to suggest this is a response when Messages for Business is enabled, but this ApplePay Payment Processing merchant is only configured for Apple Pay on the Web. Any ideas or pointers to check for? We are worried this will spill over in production as well, which will break our ApplePay integration. Thanks in advance!

Hi Team, I have merchant session object - {"epochTimestamp":1748333121032,"expiresAt":1748336721032,"merchantSessionIdentifier":"SSH7CCD205FEEDD45AD84B77374D098B335_916523AAED1343F5BC5815E12BEE9250AFFDC1A17C46B0DE5A943F0F94927C24","nonce":"2d18eab4","merchantIdentifier":"8535F497EC92999BAD63C6F213F0F32DEEB5DBF8A0A91007F6C1128537B6FB19","domainName":"f7071159c1tst-store.occa.ocs.oraclecloud.com","displayName":"DDF Test","signature":"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","operationalAnalyticsIdentifier":"DDF Test:8535F497EC92999BAD63C6F213F0F32DEEB5DBF8A0A91007F6C1128537B6FB19","retries":0,"pspId":"8535F497EC92999BAD63C6F213F0F32DEEB5DBF8A0A91007F6C1128537B6FB19"} After sending this to session.compleMerchant I am getting the invalid access error. Regards, Varsha

I have a problem generating the domain certificate for a merchant id it gives me an error but when using the URL that Apple uses to validate said within the .well-known if the file can be loaded