iOS Privacy Manifest & Required Reasons APIs: A Compliance Checklist

There's a specific kind of frustration that comes from an App Store rejection you didn't see coming. Not a crash. Not a guideline violation. Not a metadata problem. Just a cold rejection email with an error code — ITMS-91053 — and a list of APIs your app called without declaring a reason for calling them. APIs you've used for years. APIs that work perfectly. APIs like UserDefaults . What Changed and Why It Matters Starting May 1, 2024, Apple began enforcing a requirement that had been announced