App Search API Validation Tool is down

Checking those links via OS X in order, only the last one fails.

Smells like a typical trust eval fail, and as Apple's own docs state "In most cases the best way to resolve a server trust evalution failure is to fix the server."

I'd wonder if this is the Apple cert fail from back in Feb. and they just haven't redone this server yet...

Borked too, same as #3.

Thanks!

To follow up on this, the issue has been resolved and the site should be accessible again. Sorry for the interruption!

Good to know, and thanks for the 'just down' warning 😉

While the page itself loads, the validator is extremely slow (takes a few minutes to check a website) and sometimes times out completely. When I first used it in the fall it worked almost instantly.

Thanks for the followup, we're working on it.

The tool seems to be down again for me.

Specfically it seems there's no DNS entry for search.developer.apple.com so https://search.developer.apple.com/appsearch-validation-tool/ gives an error in Safari on macOS. (Or more specifically it CNAMEs to rd4.orchard.apple.com and the latter doesn't exist, at least in any public DNS server.)

(Not 100% sure if it's considered best to reuse an old thread or post a new one, apologies if I got the wrong option.)

The tool seems to be down again for me.

Indeed.

Or more specifically it

CNAME

s to

rd4.orchard.apple.com

and the latter doesn't exist, at least in any public DNS server.

Yep, I’m seeing the same. I’ve reported it internally but I don’t yet have any info about when it’ll be fixed.

Not 100% sure if it's considered best to reuse an old thread or post a new one, apologies if I got the wrong option.

Honestly, it’s not a big deal either way but new threads are certainly easier to spot.

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Quinn “The Eskimo!”
Apple Developer Relations, Developer Technical Support, Core OS/Hardware

let myEmail = "eskimo" + "1" + "@apple.com"

It’s back up now (although I must stress that I can’t claim any credit for that).

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Quinn “The Eskimo!”
Apple Developer Relations, Developer Technical Support, Core OS/Hardware

let myEmail = "eskimo" + "1" + "@apple.com"

Thank you Quinn!

Unfortunately although the site itself does now seem to be up, I can't get the validator to work - eg. if I try inputing https://www.apple.com and hit 'Test URL' it says something like wait a few second, then after a fairly long time says "Unable to parse your webpage url at this time.". Other URLs given similar results.

Unfortunately although the site itself does now seem to be up, I can't get the validator to work …

Likewise )-: I have re-escalated this.

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Quinn “The Eskimo!”
Apple Developer Relations, Developer Technical Support, Core OS/Hardware

let myEmail = "eskimo" + "1" + "@apple.com"

And now have a handle to hang it on (r. 34835686).

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Quinn “The Eskimo!”
Apple Developer Relations, Developer Technical Support, Core OS/Hardware

let myEmail = "eskimo" + "1" + "@apple.com"

And now have a handle to hang it on (r. 34835686).

This is now fixed. Yay! And sorry that this took so long.

Share and Enjoy
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Quinn “The Eskimo!”
Apple Developer Relations, Developer Technical Support, Core OS/Hardware

let myEmail = "eskimo" + "1" + "@apple.com"