Apple App Store Shows Internal Labels Across 20 Categories as 2 Other Service Incidents Persist
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Updated · The Apple Post · Sep 30
Apple App Store Shows Internal Labels Across 20 Categories as 2 Other Service Incidents Persist
1 articles · Updated · The Apple Post · Sep 30
Summary
Raw internal labels such as “MZGenre.News” were still appearing across the App Store on iPhone, iPad and Mac hours after first being spotted, with the Mac Categories page showing the issue across 20 app groupings.
Apple has not listed the App Store problem on its System Status page and still marks the store available, suggesting the bug affects storefront presentation rather than app downloads.
User reports across multiple devices and software versions point to a server-side issue, while the spread across Apple’s own category labels weakens the idea that individual developers’ metadata is at fault.
Apple is separately acknowledging 2 active incidents: an Apple TV issue affecting some users since 9:43 p.m. UK time and an AppleCare on Device outage affecting all users since 10:30 p.m.