[Ovmsdev] Urgent server issue: Apple push notification API deprecated

[Michael Balzer]

Thanks, Mark, blazingly fast :-)

Running the new version on my server now as well, and got the "solved" 
confirmation by the user.

Regards,
Michael


Am 20.05.25 um 04:40 schrieb Mark Webb-Johnson via OvmsDev:
> Michael, and others,
>
> I’ve implemented a change to use HTTP/v2 API, based on 
> Net::APNS::Simple perl module:
>
>     https://github.com/openvehicles/Open-Vehicle-Server/issues/33
>
>
> This is now running on api.openvehicles.com 
> <http://api.openvehicles.com> and seems to work ok, but feedback 
> appreciated.
>
> Regards, Mark.
>
>> On 19 May 2025, at 8:20 PM, Mark Webb-Johnson via OvmsDev 
>> <ovmsdev at lists.openvehicles.com> wrote:
>>
>> Michael,
>>
>> Yes, seems I missed this. My other projects use either AWS SNS or 
>> EXPO so abstract this out.
>>
>> It appears that a simple short-term solution is to switch to 
>> Net::APNS::Simple (which says it uses the Apple HTTP/2 interface). It 
>> is blocking, but we could wrap it in a fork_call just like the GCM 
>> implementation does.
>>
>> It is late here now, but I can have a look at it tomorrow (unless 
>> anyone else can have a go at it earlier).
>>
>> Regards, Mark.
>>
>>> On May 19, 2025, at 7:13 PM, Michael Balzer via OvmsDev 
>>> <ovmsdev at lists.openvehicles.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> A user just reported he no longer gets any iOS notifications, seems 
>>> to have begun ~2-3 days ago.
>>>
>>> The log shows:
>>> 2025-05-19 12:50:32.140969 +0200 info  main: - - - msg apns processing queue for gateway.push.apple.com
>>> 2025-05-19 12:50:32.571275 +0200 error main: - - - connection to apns FAILED: EOF during handshake
>>> 2025-05-19 12:50:32.571384 +0200 error main: - - - msg apns processing ABORT for gateway.push.apple.com: connection closed
>>>
>>> I've found this forum entry:
>>> https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/784585?answerId=839840022#839840022
>>>
>>> So it seems Apple has finally adopted the Google way of deprecating 
>>> established services without need.
>>>
>>> Mark, I assume this affects your server as well, if not now then in 
>>> the near future. Probably the iOS App doesn't need an update, but I 
>>> haven't checked that.
>>>
>>> Is anyone able to help with updating the server to the new APNS API? 
>>> I don't have any iOS devices, so testing is difficult for me.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Michael
>>>
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