Update: Apple says all service interruptions have been resolved.
Apple has acknowledged the outage on its System Status webpage, showing that it the issues began around 3:30PM ET and are not yet resolved. Apple says that “some users are affected by the issue.”
According to affected users, the App Store and iTunes Store are presenting an error that reads “Service Unavailable” across multiple devices.
We’ll keep tracking the outage and update this post when it appears to be resolved. Apple generally has the issues fixed sooner rather than later, though it doesn’t offer an explanation as to what went wrong or how many users were affected.
Are you experiencing issues with the iTunes Store and/or App Store? Let us know in the comments.
@9to5mac So this is happening pic.twitter.com/dNXCDOU5v3
— InfiniteResistance (@INFINITEAB1LITY) December 12, 2016