Apple rolls out fix for a bug that could break iCloud syncing

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Apple has identified and is rolling out a fix for the bug that intermittently prevented third-party apps from syncing in iCloud (via 9to5Mac). In a response to a developer on Apple’s community forum, Apple says it has “investigated this issue on the CloudKit backend, and have implemented a fix.”

The company still didn’t specify exactly what went wrong — it said the errors “resemble request-throttling that may be affecting a specific user, or the container as a whole,” and vaguely blamed “an underlying issue” for causing the widespread syncing problems.

Some users received a “Request failed with HTTP status code 503” error code

As 9to5Mac reports, developers have been dealing with this issue since November, which hasn’t been publicly...

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