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iOS 17.7

Full article
Public release
Recorded milestones
1
Beta cycle
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Average interval
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Public release
Sep 16, 2024

Release notes

Overview

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Release overview

iOS 17.7 was publicly released on September 16, 2024. iOS 17.7 was a security-focused maintenance branch released alongside the next major iOS generation.[1][2]

Apple’s advisory documents fixes involving locked-device accessibility state, crafted files and archives, user-data access, WebKit, and other system components. The consumer note does not advertise new features.[1][2]

Source ledger

References

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  1. About the security content of iOS 17.7 and iPadOS 17.7

    Apple Support · Apple · 2025-03-03T00:00:00.000Z · iOS 17.7 and iPadOS 17.7 — Released September 16, 2024

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  2. About iOS 17 Updates

    Apple Support · Apple · 2025-05-13T00:00:00.000Z · iOS 17.7

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Release changes

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Milestones

Release history

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  1. Public release

    Public

    Full articleEditorially verified

    iOS 17.7 reached the public release channel on September 16, 2024. The public event is treated as a security release for devices remaining on iOS 17, without inferring undocumented product changes.

    Availability
    available
    Sources
    3 linked
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Historical context

Cycle comparison

Pace, intervals, and duration compared with earlier releases on the same platform.

Historical avg for .7 releases

6 days, 2.0 milestones

Based on 2 previous iOS .7 releases

Previous .7 releases (iOS)

Previous comparable iOS releases
VersionYearCycleMilestonesAvg. Interval
iOS 15.72022—25d
iOS 13.720206d26d

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Official release notes