I have three questions about verify receipt
I use this api (https://buy.itunes.apple.com/verifyReceipt)to verify receipt is success or not. But since last month, this interface has started to return an error(21002). I see this document (https://developer.apple.com/documentation/appstorereceipts/verifyreceipt) say its Deprecated. My question is, is the error suddenly returned recently because the interface has been deprecated or for some other reason? (I haven't modified my code about this recently)
I can not understand this document: (https://developer.apple.com/documentation/appstorereceipts/validating_receipts_on_the_device) Does this mean that in the new version, as long as the app returns a payment success (purchaseDetails.status == PurchaseStatus.purchased), the payment is guaranteed to be successful, and my server does not need to request payment result verification from Apple's server?
I try to use this (https://github.com/apple/app-store-server-library-java) to get TransactionInfo, but I dont konw to get Transaction status to know is success or not.
my java server code :
AppStoreServerAPIClient client = new AppStoreServerAPIClient(encodedKey, keyId, issuerId, bundleId, environment); TransactionInfoResponse response = client.getTransactionInfo(transactionId);
(bug i can note get transaction status, how do i konw this Transaction is success or not)
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I had a standalone python application (created with pyinstaller) which was working perfectly alone. This macOS application was created in VS. I later decided to improve the application by implementing some Swift features (Subscription Manager). This required me to write a brief Swift file (Subscription Management) in XCode which the Python file called on.
Python Standalone Application Calling Swift :
# Function to check if the user has a valid subscription
def check_subscription():
subscription_manager_path = "/Users/isseyyohannes/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/SubscriptionManager2-ezwjnnjruizvamaesqighyoxljmy/Build/Products/Debug/SubscriptionManager2" # Adjust path
try:
result = subprocess.run([subscription_manager_path], capture_output=True, text=True, check=True)
return "VALID_SUBSCRIPTION" in result.stdout # Return True if valid, False otherwise
except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
print(f"Error checking subscription: {e}")
return False # Return False if there's an issue
However, when I try to run xcrun altool --validate-app ... I get the following error message.
The error reads as follows
Running altool at path '/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/SharedFrameworks/ContentDeliveryServices.framework/Frameworks/AppStoreService.framework/Support/altool'...
2025-02-16 11:02:21.089 *** Error: Validation failed for '/Users/isseyyohannes/Desktop/ALGORA Performance.app'.
2025-02-16 11:02:21.089 *** Error: Could not find the main bundle or the Info.plist is missing a CFBundleIdentifier in ‘/Users/isseyyohannes/Desktop/ALGORA Performance.app’. Unable to validate your application. (-21017)
{
NSLocalizedDescription = "Could not find the main bundle or the Info.plist is missing a CFBundleIdentifier in \U2018/Users/isseyyohannes/Desktop/ALGORA Performance.app\U2019.";
NSLocalizedFailureReason = "Unable to validate your application.";
I located the Info.plist file which had everything correct (my Bundle ID, etc.) for the python file. I am successfully able to notarize the application, just having issues submitting it.
**It is worth noting I currently have a python executable calling on a file written in swift code and created in xcode.
I created the python application with the following command on VS.
pyinstaller --onefile --noconsole \
--icon="/Users/isseyyohannes/Downloads/E0BWowfbDkzEiEAckjsHAsYMzpdjjttT.icns" \
--codesign-identity "Developer ID Application: Issey Yohannes (GL5BCCW69X)" \
--add-binary="/Users/isseyyohannes/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/SubscriptionManager2-ezwjnnjruizvamaesqighyoxljmy/Build/Products/Debug/SubscriptionManager2:." \
--osx-bundle-identifier com.algora1 \
/Users/isseyyohannes/Desktop/ALGORA\ Performance.py
Note : All steps on Apple Developer site are done (ex. Creating identifier, secret password etc)
Is there an App Store Server API available that allows cancellation of specific subscriptions by specifying transaction_id or similar identifiers?
Background of these questions:
We occasionally suspend user accounts due to violations of our service terms and conditions. In such cases, we would like to forcibly cancel their subscriptions if possible. However, we could not find relevant information in the documentation, which is why we are reaching out with these questions.
Please let us know.
I remember when I called Apple Support, they told me that they can only assist with refunds for orders within the last two months.
Topic:
App & System Services
SubTopic:
StoreKit
Hello!
We are tryign to test refund notifications and we've implemented a debug button trigger the refund of a purchase done with a sandbox account. The problem is that the refund view displays a Cannot Connect message and nothing happens. No error messages appear in the console. Anything we are doing wrong?
I set both production and sandbox App Store Notification server.
In sandbox, my server can receive all kinds of app store notification, including subscription and non-consumable in-app-purchase.
But in production, my server only receive subscription notification.
I can see some non-consumable in-app-purchase done in log, but the server didn't receive expected notification.
Anyone know why?
I really need the notification cause I need to know who made refund.
I have implemented IAP. The purchases are successful. The refresh receipt is working fine, which then calls the requestDidFinish(_ request: SKRequest) delegate. I'm fetching the receipt url through 'Bundle.main.appStoreReceiptURL'. When I convert the receipt data in base64 string and send it to app store's sandbox api and try to validate the receipt, it fails giving status code : 21002.
Hi everyone,
I'm an indie developer and recently noticed some odd behavior in my app's subscription metrics. There’s been a sudden spike in annual subscriptions, which is very unusual for my app — historically, users rarely choose that option.
What’s more concerning is that these subscriptions are almost immediately canceled and refunded. Upon checking analytics (RevenueCat + App Store Connect), I also noticed inconsistencies in user location data: users appear to be from one region (like Singapore), but deeper tracking shows actual usage from Vietnam, a market I’ve never targeted and where I do no advertising.
This behavior seems coordinated and is affecting my app’s refund rate, which I worry could raise red flags on the App Store side.
Has anyone experienced anything similar? Is there a recommended way to report suspicious subscription/refund activity to Apple or prevent potential abuse like this?
Any advice would be really appreciated.
Thanks!
My server is able to receive notifications for successful purchases. However, we are experiencing an issue where we do not receive any server notifications when a consumable product is refunded.
Could you please help us verify if this behavior is expected? Also, is there a way to trigger a test refund notification for consumable products in the sandbox environment, so we can ensure our server is correctly set up to handle it?
Topic:
App & System Services
SubTopic:
StoreKit
Hi everyone,
I am working on a Unity iOS app. I am adding in-app purchasing in my app. I have added Unity IAP to the Unity project, as well as the code for initialising and purchasing a subscription with the product ID. I have also added my certificates and provisioning profile in Xcode with in-app purchasing capabilities. Also, I have set up an App Store Connect page with a non-renewing subscription with a unique product ID and all required information. The subscription status is ready to submit. I have added a sandbox tester account in it. In unity editor, it is working fine with fake purchase receipt.
While testing in an iOS device, apple ID is logged out. But there is an error occurs everytime : IAP not initialized.
Also I have uploaded a newer version of app on app store connect, it is in waiting for review status.
Is there any step or something I am missing that it is not working in iOS device?
Please help
Topic:
App & System Services
SubTopic:
StoreKit
Tags:
Subscriptions
App Store Connect
In-App Purchase
Apple Unity Plug-Ins
We use the Transaction Info API for Apple Pay verification, but due to a surge in player payment requests during major game version updates, we've encountered a large backlog of orders and are unable to process all verifications in time. We're wondering if anyone knows the process for requesting an increase in the QPS limit? QAQ
Topic:
App & System Services
SubTopic:
StoreKit
I am testing the subscription flow in my iOS app. Initially, everything was working fine when following the official StoreKit and sandbox testing documentation. After a successful subscription, the “You’re all set” popup always displayed the environment as “sandbox.” However, after some changes, possibly upgrading macOS to the latest version, upgrading Xcode, or regenerating certificates, I can no longer connect to the sandbox testing environment. The subscription success popup now always shows the environment as “xcode.”
By default, the iOS app should run in the sandbox on macOS, so I didn’t set the “Enable App Sandbox” option to “Yes” in the Xcode build settings. When I try enabling it, Xcode throws the following error:
“Failed to verify code signature of /var/installd/Library/Caches/com.apple.mobile.installd.staging/temp.n3J0tr/extracted/Payload/XXXX.app : 0xe8008015 (A valid provisioning profile for this executable was not found.) Please ensure that your app is signed by a valid provisioning profile.”
Additionally, if “Enable App Sandbox” is set to “No,” the app installs successfully on a real device, but there is no prompt to trust an untrusted developer certificate, which usually appears for such certificates.
I’m not sure if this information will be useful to others, but I’ve been stuck on this issue for a while, and it’s preventing me from moving forward with my work. Any help to resolve this would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!
Topic:
App & System Services
SubTopic:
StoreKit
Hey everyone,
I'm currently preparing an older iOS app for App Store release that includes a non-consumable In‑App Purchase using StoreKit 2. Everything works perfectly in the StoreKitTest environment inside Xcode – the product loads, the purchase flow runs, the transaction verifies.
However, when I run the same app through TestFlight, I always get the error:
❌ Product not available - mapped to
Here’s what I’ve already checked:
✅ The product ID is correct and matches what’s in App Store Connect (case-sensitive).
✅ The IAP is created in App Store Connect and includes:
Title
Product ID
Price Tier
Screenshot for review
✅ The App Store "Paid Applications" agreement is active.
✅ The app is using the correct bundle ID.
✅ I'm using Product.products(for: [productID]) from StoreKit 2.
✅ I’ve implemented fallback and retry logic (e.g. reload after delay).
✅ All IAP logic is wrapped in @MainActor and async-safe.
As the App got Rejected on Review, the IAP is also now in the Rejected Status.
Now the IAP shows status:
🟠 "Developer Action Required"
And App Review rejected the IAP with the message:
"Your first In‑App Purchase must be submitted together with a new app version."
But if I add the App to the Test again and therefore the IAP, then the app will get Rejected again for App Completeness, IAP does not work...
What am I doing wrong here? :)
Thanks a lot in advance
Cheers,
Niklas
Topic:
App & System Services
SubTopic:
StoreKit
Tags:
StoreKit Test
App Review
StoreKit
In-App Purchase
Our app offers auto-renewable subscriptions using StoreKit Original API for In-App Purchase and App Store Server Notifications V1.
Starting around 2025-03-15, we found some cases where original_transaction_id which was associated to web_order_line_item_id of already purchased subscription had changed in the receipt information of verifyReceipt response or App Store Server Notifications V1.
The detailed steps are:
Around February 2025, re-purchase from the app the same subscription product which was canceled and expired some time ago, using StoreKit Original API for In-App Purchase
Receive the following 2 notifications from App Store Server Notifications V1 almost at the same time
INITIAL_BUY
DID_CHANGE_RENEWAL_STATUS
In both notifications, latest_receipt_info contains the receipt for the re-purchased subscription period with new original_transaction_id and web_order_line_item_id
pending_renewal_info contains both new original_transaction_id and original one which was generated at first purchase, and original one has "is_in_billing_retry_period": "1"
Starting around 2025-03-15, the following happens
When we receive another "DID_CHANGE_RENEWAL_STATUS" notification from App Store Server Notifications V1, original_transaction_id which is associated to web_order_line_item_id of the re-purchased subscription period has changed back to the original one (the one which was generated at first purchase) in latest_receipt_info.
When we call verifyReceipt with the receipt obtained from appStoreReceiptURL, the response does not seem to contain new original_transaction_id which was generated at re-purchase
We have some questions regarding this original_transaction_id behavior.
When a user re-purchase the same subscription product which was canceled and expired some time ago, it seems that new original_transaction_id is generated. Is this an expected behavior?
If yes, it seems that, at some point, original_transaction_id which is associated to web_order_line_item_id of the re-purchased subscription changed back to the original original_transaction_id which had been generated at first purchase. Is this an expected behavior?
What triggers the original_transaction_id change to the original one? Is it related to some user actions or subscription status change?
Topic:
App & System Services
SubTopic:
StoreKit
Tags:
StoreKit
App Store Server Notifications
App Store Receipts
I am currently using StoreKit2 to set up the in-app purchase subscription flow, and I have already configured the subscription products in App Connect. I created a StoreKit Configuration file in Xcode and used it in the scheme. However, after completing the purchase, the transaction.jsonRepresentation data returns a transactionId of 0. After checking the documentation, I found that I need to disable the StoreKit Configuration and enable Sandbox Testing. But after disabling the StoreKit Configuration, I can't retrieve the real product data using Product.products(for: productIds). I can confirm that the ProductId I provided is real and matches the data configured in App Connect. Could you please help me identify the issue?
I am currently using StoreKit2 to set up the in-app purchase subscription flow, and I have already configured the subscription products in App Connect. I created a StoreKit Configuration file in Xcode and used it in the scheme. However, after completing the purchase, the transaction.jsonRepresentation data returns a transactionId of 0. After checking the documentation, I found that I need to disable the StoreKit Configuration and enable Sandbox Testing. But after disabling the StoreKit Configuration, I can't retrieve the real product data using Product.products(for: productIds). I can confirm that the ProductId I provided is real and matches the data configured in App Connect. Could you please help me identify the issue? Thank you
Topic:
App & System Services
SubTopic:
StoreKit
Tags:
Subscriptions
Developer Tools
StoreKit Test
StoreKit
FB19377002
I am looking to improve and review my subscription purchase handling logic, for the best user experience.
Considering that StoreKit2 caches local raw transactions (in case user is offline), is it really necessary to persist "unlocked status" in UserDefaults or SwiftData Model or AppStorage? Are there significant delays when reading Transaction.currentEntitlements from locally stored cache, versus reading it from UserDefaults; or, as in the latest SKDemo example, even reading it from stored in SwiftData ?
https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/706450
I only have subscriptions ( I don't have noncosumable or consubale products). Do I still need to persist subscription status?
Cannot retrieve products for iap or subscription on simulator iPhone 16 and real device iPhone XR also.
lutter: IAPError(code: storekit2_products_error, source: app_store, message: The operation couldn’t be completed. (NSURLErrorDomain error -1009.), details: The operation couldn’t be completed. (NSURLErrorDomain error -1009.))
flutter: Error fetching IAP products: IAPError(code: storekit2_products_error, source: app_store, message: The operation couldn’t be completed. (NSURLErrorDomain error -1009.), details: The operation couldn’t be completed. (NSURLErrorDomain error -1009.))
In the app we're distributing, we've identified a user where the Get All Subscription Statuses API returns two original transaction IDs in the data response. This user has gone through cancellations and re-subscriptions since their initial purchase.
Meanwhile, despite maintaining a continuous subscription, a notification suddenly arrives on the renewal date with original_transaction_id2.
+---------------------------+---------------------------+---------------------+
| original_transaction_id | notification_type | subtype |
+---------------------------+---------------------------+---------------------+
| original_transaction_id1 | SUBSCRIBED | INITIAL_BUY |
~ Repeated cancellations and re-subscriptions ~
| original_transaction_id1 | SUBSCRIBED | RESUBSCRIBE |
| original_transaction_id2 | SUBSCRIBED | INITIAL_BUY |
+---------------------------+---------------------------+---------------------+
Although it can be inferred from the interface definition of the API itself that multiple original transaction IDs may be returned, what causes multiple original transaction IDs to be returned?
Furthermore, is it possible to reproduce the case where multiple original transaction IDs are returned in the sandbox environment provided by Apple?
As for this app, it:
Uses subscriptions through in-app purchases.
Does not offer upgrades, downgrades, or crossgrades, having only one product.
Has never undergone price increases or decreases.
Is distributed exclusively in Japan.
Topic:
App & System Services
SubTopic:
StoreKit
Some of my users reported they can not completed the purchase .
According to the logs and screen captures . Their purchase progress's last status are "purchasing"
func paymentQueue(_ queue: SKPaymentQueue, updatedTransactions transactions: [SKPaymentTransaction]) {
....
....
case .purchasing:
// 处理正在购买的情况
//print("购买中");
AppDelegate.log.debug("paymentQueue purchasing");
LoadingAlert.shared.setText(text: "购买中".localized())
....
After this ,It neither entered any error branch nor prompted the user to confirm the purchase or enter a password, but simply stopped here. There are no other purchase-related logs, and the program is still running normally.
At the same time, other users are able to complete their purchases without any issues. However, there have been 4-5 users recently who reported problems with purchasing. What could be the possible reasons?
In my local environment, I repeated the test many times, including using sandbox users from different regions and real Apple IDs, and everything worked fine.
//
// Payment.swift
// RadialMenu
//
// Created by pat on 2023/6/26.
//
import Foundation
import StoreKit
class Payment:NSObject,SKProductsRequestDelegate,SKPaymentTransactionObserver{
func paymentQueue(_ queue: SKPaymentQueue, updatedTransactions transactions: [SKPaymentTransaction]) {
for transaction in transactions {
AppDelegate.log.debug("paymentQueue transaction product = \(transaction.payment.productIdentifier) state = \(transaction.transactionState)");
//let productID = transaction.payment.productIdentifier
switch transaction.transactionState {
case .purchased,.restored:
if(transaction.transactionState == .purchased){
AppDelegate.log.debug("paymentQueue purchased");
LoadingAlert.shared.setText(text: "已购买".localized())
}
if(transaction.transactionState == .restored){
LoadingAlert.shared.setText(text: "已恢复".localized())
AppDelegate.log.debug("paymentQueue restored");
}
//}
break;
case .failed:
AppDelegate.log.debug("paymentQueue failed ");
if let error = transaction.error as? NSError {
// 获取错误代码和描述
let errorCode = error.code
let errorDescription = error.localizedDescription
AppDelegate.log.debug("paymentQueue Transaction failed with error code: \(errorCode), description: \(errorDescription)")
}
queue.finishTransaction(transaction)
LoadingAlert.shared.hideModal();
// 处理购买失败的情况
// 提供错误信息给用户
//print("购买失败");
alertRetry();
break;
case .deferred:
AppDelegate.log.debug("paymentQueue deferred");
LoadingAlert.shared.setText(text: "购买延迟".localized())
// 处理交易延迟的情况(仅限家庭共享)
break;
case .purchasing:
// 处理正在购买的情况
//print("购买中");
AppDelegate.log.debug("paymentQueue purchasing");
LoadingAlert.shared.setText(text: "购买中".localized())
break;
@unknown default:
AppDelegate.log.debug("paymentQueue nknown default\(transaction.transactionState)");
break
}
}
}