Apple's CDN has only partially rolled out the changes made to the AASA file two weeks ago

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We updated the apple-app-site-association file two weeks ago and we are only seeing the new content from Apple's CDN serving certain regions such as Texas and Canada. Regions such as Colorado intermittently sees the old content and California has been receiving the old content all the time.

Is this a known issue? If yes, when can we expect this to be fixed and where to check the status? If not, can someone in charge of CDN please look into this? Let me know if there is a better place to report this issue and get the support ASAP though.

Thank you in advance and happy new year!

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DTS Engineer OP

Apple

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Thank you for bringing this important issue to our attention. I understand the frustration this must be causing.

Could you please provide a link to your AASA file in the following format: https://example.com/.well-known/apple-app-site-association? Additionally, could you please provide the application link itself for me to verify? It should be in the format: ABCD123.com.example.app.

I would appreciate it if you could provide a more detailed explanation of your testing process from various locations. This would be very helpful in understanding the methodology you are employing.

Furthermore, I recommend referring to the following troubleshooting guide for Universal Links, which you may have already utilized? Apologies if you already used it https://developer.apple.com/documentation/technotes/tn3155-debugging-universal-links

Albert Pascual   Worldwide Developer Relations.

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wchenIOSDeveloper OP

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Hi Albert,

Is this the link you are looking for https://staging.fieldwire.com/apple-app-site-association? It should show you the information that you asked for.

For testings from various locations, we have people physically in those regions (except for Canada which I had to use VPN to appear as if I am there on the internet). They would simply download the app, launch it, and then tap the link outside of the app which would then bring them back to the app. In comparison, people in California or even sometimes Colorado would be presented with the options to visit the link via web browsers.

I am not sure how helpful it would be at this stage to troubleshoot on our end as we clearly see that browsing https://app-site-association.cdn-apple.com/a/v1/staging.fieldwire.com from various regions gets different content and that's making the user experience inconsistent. Let me know what you think and if you can share more insights from your investigation.

Thank you!

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