Urgent server issue: Apple push notification API deprecated
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#83984002... 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 -- Michael Balzer * Am Rahmen 5 * D-58313 Herdecke Fon 02330 9104094 * Handy 0176 20698926
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@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#83984002...
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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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@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@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#83984002...
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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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@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@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#83984002...
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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