# Expo: Major incident: Elevated rate of failed iOS submissions

**Summary:** Expo reported a major incident affecting iOS submissions through EAS Submit, with logs pointing to App Store Connect API 502 errors. It started at 2026-09-21 21:18 UTC and was resolved at 2026-09-22 06:42 UTC, lasting 9 h 23 min; Expo reported submissions looked healthy at 09-21 21:32 UTC. _(machine-written, sol)_
- Kind: Major incident · Label: outage (model (Jev))
- Changed: 2026-09-21 21:18 UTC · Detected: 2026-10-17 18:22 UTC
- [Source: https://stspg.io/gkch7hnr7m46](https://stspg.io/gkch7hnr7m46)
- [Company: Expo](https://rewindex.com/company/expo.md)
- Versions: before (none: first archived) → after incident\_version:185/70jnyzrmmcyl@a24f906c6422
- Change 1 of 1 for this incident

## What changed

**1. Added: Title**

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+ Elevated rate of failed iOS submissions
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**2. Added: Impact**

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+ major
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**3. Added: Status**

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+ resolved
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**4. Added: Start time**

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+ 2026-09-21 21:18 UTC
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**5. Added: Resolved time**

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+ 2026-09-22 06:42 UTC
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**6. Added: Affected components**

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+ Apple Developer APIs, EAS Submit, Expo Application Services - EAS Submit, Third-Party Services - Apple Developer APIs
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**7. Added: Update** (identified) · 2026-09-21 21:18 UTC

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+ We're again seeing an elevated rate of iOS submissions failing. Our logs still point to a failing App Store Connect API (502 bad gateway response status code).
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**8. Added: Update** (monitoring) · 2026-09-21 21:32 UTC

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+ The errors from the 3rd party API have stopped. Submissions look healthy!
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**9. Added: Update** (resolved) · 2026-09-22 06:42 UTC

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+ This incident has been resolved.
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## History of this incident

| When (UTC) | Change | Label |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-09-21 21:18 UTC | Major incident: Elevated rate of failed iOS submissions (this change) | outage |

All Expo changes: [timeline](https://rewindex.com/company/expo/changes.md)
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