Expo outage: Elevated iOS submission error rates

Affected components

• Apple Developer APIs
• EAS Submit

1. resolvedOct 16, 2026, 16:44 UTC

   This incident has been resolved.

2. identifiedOct 16, 2026, 14:07 UTC

   We're seeing an increased rate of error response statuses coming from App Store Connect API ("500 Internal Server Error").

What APIStatus.watch saw

• Oct 16, 2026, 14:09 UTCoperational → degraded
• Oct 16, 2026, 16:44 UTCdegraded → operational

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How often does Expo have incidents?

Expo reported 29 incidents in the last 90 days, 8 of them major or critical. A typical incident lasted 2h 22m. See Expo's uptime and incident history