Release record

iOS 7.1

Full article
Public release
Recorded milestones
6
Beta cycle
112d
Average interval
22d
Public release
Mar 10, 2014

Release notes

Overview

Editorial synthesis with inline references and a source ledger when citations are available.

iOS 7.1 introduced CarPlay and expanded Siri, iTunes Radio, Calendar, accessibility, Camera, iCloud Keychain, and cross-device FaceTime behavior.[1][2]

It also improved Touch ID recognition and iPhone 4 performance, continued interface refinements, corrected several reliability issues, and delivered a broad security set spanning device boundaries, document and image parsing, networking, the kernel, Safari, and WebKit.[3][4][5]

Source ledger

References

Sources are linked to the claims they support. Publication and access dates are shown when available.

  1. Apple Rolls Out CarPlay Giving Drivers a Smarter, Safer & More Fun Way to Use iPhone in the Car

    Apple Newsroom · 2014-03-03T00:00:00Z · CarPlay capabilities and iOS 7 availability

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  2. About iOS 7 Updates

    Apple Support · Apple · 2013-09-18T00:00:00.000Z · iOS 7.1

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  3. Apple security updates (2014)

    Apple Support · Apple · 2023-08-10T00:00:00.000Z · iOS 7.1 — 10 Mar 2014

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  4. About iOS 7 Updates

    Apple Support · Apple · 2013-09-18T00:00:00.000Z · iOS 7.1 — additional improvements and fixes

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  5. About the security content of iOS 7.1

    Apple Support · 2026-07-30 · iOS 7.1 security content

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  6. Apple Rolls Out CarPlay Giving Drivers a Smarter, Safer & More Fun Way to Use iPhone in the Car

    Apple Newsroom · 2014-03-03T00:00:00Z · CarPlay availability as an iOS 7 update

Documented & observed

Changes in this version

Source-linked features, fixes, known issues, removals, and community-observed behavior recorded across this version’s appearances and verified builds.

Release changes

Changed in this release

Features, fixes, removals, and regressions first observed in this release record.

bugFix · fixed

MCSession peer initializer

documentedcorroborated

The retained evidence supports this bounded bugFix occurrence at this milestone without assigning it to a different route.

Recorded at Beta 1

  1. [1] iOS 7.1: Erste Beta verbessert iPad-Geste · Multipeer Connectivity — session initializer — MCSessioninitWithPeer: method has now been implemented properly
  2. [2] Apple releases iOS 7.1 beta to developers w/ UI tweaks and new Yahoo! logo, speed improvements, more · Release notes — Multipeer Connectivity initializer — MCSessioninitWithPeer: method has now been implemented properly

enhancement · introduced

Burst photos could upload to Photo Stream

undocumentedcorroborated

The retained evidence supports this bounded enhancement occurrence at this milestone without assigning it to a different route.

Recorded at Beta 1

  1. [1] iOS 7.1: Erste Beta verbessert iPad-Geste · Observed — burst photographs in Photo Stream — Foto-Reihenaufnahmen können im Fotostream nun direkt
  2. [2] Apple releases iOS 7.1 beta to developers w/ UI tweaks and new Yahoo! logo, speed improvements, more · Observed — burst-mode Photo Stream option — option to upload ‘burst mode photos’ to Photo Stream

knownIssue · knownIssue

Large music-library loading delay

documentedcorroborated

The retained evidence supports this bounded knownIssue occurrence at this milestone without assigning it to a different route.

Recorded at Beta 1

  1. [1] iOS 7.1: Erste Beta verbessert iPad-Geste · iTunes — large library loading — may take much longer than expected, especially on larger libraries
  2. [2] Apple releases iOS 7.1 beta to developers w/ UI tweaks and new Yahoo! logo, speed improvements, more · Release notes — iTunes Match loading delay — may take much longer than expected, especially on larger libraries

enhancement · introduced

Dark Keyboard accessibility control

undocumentedcorroborated

The retained evidence supports this bounded enhancement occurrence at this milestone without assigning it to a different route.

Recorded at Beta 1

  1. [1] iOS 7.1: Erste Beta verbessert iPad-Geste · Observed — dark keyboard accessibility control — Bedienungshilfen erlauben zudem das Setzen einer dunklen Tastatur
  2. [2] Apple releases iOS 7.1 beta to developers w/ UI tweaks and new Yahoo! logo, speed improvements, more · Observed — Dark Keyboard accessibility option — new toggle for ‘dark keyboard’ in the accessibility settings

enhancement · changed

Yahoo and Flickr marks were refreshed

undocumentedreported

The retained evidence supports this bounded enhancement occurrence at this milestone without assigning it to a different route.

Recorded at Beta 1

  1. [1] Apple releases iOS 7.1 beta to developers w/ UI tweaks and new Yahoo! logo, speed improvements, more · Observed — Flickr flatter logo — Flickr now features a gradient-less logo throughout the system
  2. [2] Apple releases iOS 7.1 beta to developers w/ UI tweaks and new Yahoo! logo, speed improvements, more · Observed — Yahoo logo surfaces — new Yahoo! logo that appeared in Settings in iOS 7.0.4

bugFix · fixed

GLKTextureLoader alpha handling

documentedcorroborated

The retained evidence supports this bounded bugFix occurrence at this milestone without assigning it to a different route.

Recorded at Beta 1

  1. [1] iOS 7.1: Erste Beta verbessert iPad-Geste · GLKit fixed — alpha texture loading — pngcrush images that have alpha were not unpremultiplied
  2. [2] Apple releases iOS 7.1 beta to developers w/ UI tweaks and new Yahoo! logo, speed improvements, more · Release notes — GLKTextureLoader alpha — pngcrush images that have alpha were not unpremultiplied

bugFix · fixed

High-precision timer delay

documentedcorroborated

The retained evidence supports this bounded bugFix occurrence at this milestone without assigning it to a different route.

Recorded at Beta 1

  1. [1] iOS 7.1: Erste Beta verbessert iPad-Geste · High Precision Timers — fixed delay — timers were delayed by up to 1 millisecond
  2. [2] Apple releases iOS 7.1 beta to developers w/ UI tweaks and new Yahoo! logo, speed improvements, more · Release notes — precision timer delay — timers were delayed by up to 1 millisecond

compatibility · introduced

Compressed-response length compatibility

documentedcorroborated

The retained evidence supports this bounded compatibility occurrence at this milestone without assigning it to a different route.

Recorded at Beta 1

  1. [1] iOS 7.1: Erste Beta verbessert iPad-Geste · CFNetwork note — gzip content length — Content-Length value exactly matches the expanded gzip’d content
  2. [2] Apple releases iOS 7.1 beta to developers w/ UI tweaks and new Yahoo! logo, speed improvements, more · Release notes — compressed response compatibility — Content-Length value exactly matches the expanded gzip’d content

bugFix · fixed

Empty HTTP responses stopped appearing successful

documentedcorroborated

The retained evidence supports this bounded bugFix occurrence at this milestone without assigning it to a different route.

Recorded at Beta 1

  1. [1] iOS 7.1: Erste Beta verbessert iPad-Geste · CFNetwork fixed — empty server response — request will result in an error instead of a successful load
  2. [2] Apple releases iOS 7.1 beta to developers w/ UI tweaks and new Yahoo! logo, speed improvements, more · Release notes — empty HTTP response — request will result in an error instead of a successful load

knownIssue · knownIssue

BTServer attachment from 32-bit apps

documentedcorroborated

The retained evidence supports this bounded knownIssue occurrence at this milestone without assigning it to a different route.

Recorded at Beta 1

  1. [1] iOS 7.1: Erste Beta verbessert iPad-Geste · Bluetooth — 32-bit application attachment — 32-bit apps running on a 64-bit device cannot attach to BTServer
  2. [2] Apple releases iOS 7.1 beta to developers w/ UI tweaks and new Yahoo! logo, speed improvements, more · Release notes — Bluetooth known issue — 32-bit apps running on a 64-bit device cannot attach to BTServer

behavior · knownIssue

On-device crash-log visibility

documentedcorroborated

Beta 1 did not show crash reports in the on-device diagnostics list, although a later synchronization still retrieved them.

Recorded at Beta 1

  1. [1] iOS 7.1: Erste Beta verbessert iPad-Geste · Crash Logs — missing from Diagnostics settings — Crash logs will not appear in Diagnostics & Usage Data in Settings
  2. [2] Apple releases iOS 7.1 beta to developers w/ UI tweaks and new Yahoo! logo, speed improvements, more · Release notes — crash-log visibility — Crash logs will not appear in Diagnostics & Usage Data in Settings

enhancement · changed

iPad app-closing gesture animation

undocumentedcorroborated

The retained evidence supports this bounded enhancement occurrence at this milestone without assigning it to a different route.

Recorded at Beta 1

  1. [1] iOS 7.1: Erste Beta verbessert iPad-Geste · Observed — iPad closing-gesture transition — weicheren Übergang zur Icon-Ansicht des Homescreens
  2. [2] Apple releases iOS 7.1 beta to developers w/ UI tweaks and new Yahoo! logo, speed improvements, more · Observed — iPad pinch-to-close animation — tweaked closing animation in the pinch-to-close gesture

bugFix · fixed

Core Text paragraph spacing

documentedcorroborated

The retained evidence supports this bounded bugFix occurrence at this milestone without assigning it to a different route.

Recorded at Beta 1

  1. [1] iOS 7.1: Erste Beta verbessert iPad-Geste · Core Text fixed — paragraph spacing — did not correctly place lines to account for the paragraphSpacing attribute
  2. [2] Apple releases iOS 7.1 beta to developers w/ UI tweaks and new Yahoo! logo, speed improvements, more · Release notes — Core Text frame drawing — did not correctly place lines to account for the paragraphSpacing attribute

knownIssue · fixed

Large music-library loading delay

documentedreported

Beta 2’s notes say especially large Match libraries should no longer incur the earlier extended wait.

Recorded at Beta 2

  1. [1] iOS 7.1 Beta 2 (11D5115d) Released · iTunes fixed — large Match library — should no longer take an especially long time to load

enhancement · removed

Dark Keyboard accessibility control

undocumentedreported

The Dark Keyboard switch seen in Beta 1 was no longer present in the second seed.

Recorded at Beta 2

  1. [1] Apple Seeds iOS 7.1 Beta 2 to Developers [Updated] · Observed — Dark Keyboard option removed — dark keyboard option appears to have been removed

feature · introduced

Safari minimal-ui viewport property

documentedreported

The retained evidence supports this bounded feature occurrence at this milestone without assigning it to a different route.

Recorded at Beta 2

  1. [1] iOS 7.1 Beta 2 (11D5115d) Released · Safari note — minimal-ui viewport property — minimal-ui, has been added for the viewport meta tag key

bugFix · fixed

Selected tones stopped reverting to the default

undocumentedreported

The retained evidence supports this bounded bugFix occurrence at this milestone without assigning it to a different route.

Recorded at Beta 2

  1. [1] Apple Seeds iOS 7.1 Beta 2 to Developers [Updated] · Observed — tone-selection correction — caused all tones to sound like the default

feature · introduced

Early iOS in the Car settings references

undocumentedreported

The evidence supports an early settings and resource preview, not the later public CarPlay feature boundary.

Recorded at Beta 2

  1. [1] Apple Seeds iOS 7.1 Beta 2 to Developers [Updated] · Observed update — Car Display restriction and references — Car Display” toggle in the Restrictions Settings panel, along with additional iOS in the Car references

enhancement · changed

System animations ran faster

undocumentedreported

The retained evidence supports this bounded enhancement occurrence at this milestone without assigning it to a different route.

Recorded at Beta 2

  1. [1] Apple Seeds iOS 7.1 Beta 2 to Developers [Updated] · Observed — faster interface animation — Animations appear to be faster in iOS 7.1 beta 2

enhancement · introduced

Calendar event-list control

undocumentedreported

The retained evidence supports this bounded enhancement occurrence at this milestone without assigning it to a different route.

Recorded at Beta 2

  1. [1] Apple Seeds iOS 7.1 Beta 2 to Developers [Updated] · Observed — Calendar list-view toggle — Calendar has a new list view toggle

enhancement · changed

Control Center motion and source labels

undocumentedreported

The retained evidence supports this bounded enhancement occurrence at this milestone without assigning it to a different route.

Recorded at Beta 2

  1. [1] Apple Seeds iOS 7.1 Beta 2 to Developers [Updated] · Observed — Control Center bounce and audio labels — new bounce animation and music labels that show the audio source

behavior · fixed

On-device crash-log visibility

documentedreported

Beta 2 made crash reports visible in the device’s Diagnostics and Usage Data list.

Recorded at Beta 2

  1. [1] iOS 7.1 Beta 2 (11D5115d) Released · Crash Logs fixed — Diagnostics visibility — Crash logs now appear in Diagnostics & Usage Data in Settings

knownIssue · knownIssue

Audiobook playback

documentedreported

The retained evidence supports this bounded knownIssue occurrence at this milestone without assigning it to a different route.

Recorded at Beta 2

  1. [1] iOS 7.1 Beta 2 (11D5115d) Released · Music App known issue — audiobooks — Audiobooks fail to play

enhancement · introduced

Button Shapes accessibility option

undocumentedreported

The retained evidence supports this bounded enhancement occurrence at this milestone without assigning it to a different route.

Recorded at Beta 2

  1. [1] Apple Seeds iOS 7.1 Beta 2 to Developers [Updated] · Observed — Button Shapes accessibility setting — new “Button Shapes” option that can be turned on

enhancement · changed

Touch ID and Passcode moved up one settings level

undocumentedreported

The retained evidence supports this bounded enhancement occurrence at this milestone without assigning it to a different route.

Recorded at Beta 2

  1. [1] Apple Seeds iOS 7.1 Beta 2 to Developers [Updated] · Observed — Touch ID and Passcode location — moved from General settings to the main settings menu

knownIssue · knownIssue

iCloud Keychain during account setup

documentedreported

The retained evidence supports this bounded knownIssue occurrence at this milestone without assigning it to a different route.

Recorded at Beta 2

  1. [1] iOS 7.1 Beta 2 (11D5115d) Released · iCloud known issue — Keychain during setup — encounter an error when trying to enable iCloud Keychain

enhancement · changed

Shutdown screen controls were redrawn

undocumentedreported

The retained evidence supports this bounded enhancement occurrence at this milestone without assigning it to a different route.

Recorded at Beta 3

  1. [1] Apple Releases iOS 7.1 Beta 3 to Developers · Observed update — shutdown confirmation design — new look for the confirmation screen when powering down the device
  2. [2] iOS 7.1 Beta 3 Tidbits: Revamped Keyboard, Darker Icons, New Phone Look, and More · Shut down — power and cancel controls — power button icon at the top and a cancel icon at the bottom

enhancement · introduced

Reduce White Point accessibility control

undocumentedreported

The retained evidence supports this bounded enhancement occurrence at this milestone without assigning it to a different route.

Recorded at Beta 3

  1. [1] iOS 7.1 Beta 3 Tidbits: Revamped Keyboard, Darker Icons, New Phone Look, and More · Accessibility — white-point reduction — allowing users to reduce iOS 7’s white point
  2. [2] Apple Releases iOS 7.1 Beta 3 to Developers · Observed update — Reduce White Point — reduce white point (new in iOS 7.1 beta 3)

knownIssue · knownIssue

Immediate false iMessage failure

documentedreported

The retained evidence supports this bounded knownIssue occurrence at this milestone without assigning it to a different route.

Recorded at Beta 3

  1. [1] Apple Releases iOS 7.1 Beta 3 to Developers · Messages known issue — immediate send failure — indicates iMessage send failure immediately after sending

enhancement · introduced

Wallpaper parallax control

undocumentedreported

The retained evidence supports this bounded enhancement occurrence at this milestone without assigning it to a different route.

Recorded at Beta 3

  1. [1] Apple Releases iOS 7.1 Beta 3 to Developers · Observed update — wallpaper parallax switch — new option to turn parallax on or off when setting wallpapers
  2. [2] iOS 7.1 Beta 3 Tidbits: Revamped Keyboard, Darker Icons, New Phone Look, and More · Wallpaper — parallax control — choose to turn the parallax effect on or off

enhancement · changed

Keyboard contrast and key artwork

undocumentedreported

The retained evidence supports this bounded enhancement occurrence at this milestone without assigning it to a different route.

Recorded at Beta 3

  1. [1] iOS 7.1 Beta 3 Tidbits: Revamped Keyboard, Darker Icons, New Phone Look, and More · Keyboard — contrast, labels, Shift, and Delete — slight boldness to the font and a new design to the delete and shift keys
  2. [2] Apple Releases iOS 7.1 Beta 3 to Developers · Observed update — keyboard and Delete key — new look for the delete key

knownIssue · fixed

Audiobook playback

documentedreported

The third seed restored expected playback for the audiobook items affected in Beta 2.

Recorded at Beta 3

  1. [1] Apple Releases iOS 7.1 Beta 3 to Developers · Music App fixed — audiobook playback — Audiobooks now play as expected

enhancement · changed

Phone call controls became circular

undocumentedreported

The retained evidence supports this bounded enhancement occurrence at this milestone without assigning it to a different route.

Recorded at Beta 3

  1. [1] Apple Releases iOS 7.1 Beta 3 to Developers · Observed update — Phone dialer and incoming call — round “call” and “end” buttons rather than large rectangular ones
  2. [2] iOS 7.1 Beta 3 Tidbits: Revamped Keyboard, Darker Icons, New Phone Look, and More · Phone — circular call controls — replaced with a black background and two round Accept and Decline icons

knownIssue · fixed

iCloud Keychain during account setup

documentedreported

Beta 3’s notes report that the Keychain activation error from Beta 2 no longer occurred during new-account setup.

Recorded at Beta 3

  1. [1] Apple Releases iOS 7.1 Beta 3 to Developers · iCloud fixed — Keychain during account setup — should no longer give you an error when you enable iCloud Keychain

enhancement · changed

Green app icons used a darker palette

undocumentedreported

The retained evidence supports this bounded enhancement occurrence at this milestone without assigning it to a different route.

Recorded at Beta 3

  1. [1] iOS 7.1 Beta 3 Tidbits: Revamped Keyboard, Darker Icons, New Phone Look, and More · Icons — toned-down green treatment — green color in the Phone, Messages, and FaceTime apps has been toned down
  2. [2] Apple Releases iOS 7.1 Beta 3 to Developers · Observed update — green app-icon color — green color of the Phone, FaceTime, Messages app icons has been toned down

enhancement · changed

Unlock and power-off slides became brighter

undocumentedreported

The retained evidence supports this bounded enhancement occurrence at this milestone without assigning it to a different route.

Recorded at Beta 4

  1. [1] Apple Releases iOS 7.1 Beta 4 to Developers · Observed — shinier Slide to Unlock — tweak to the Slide to Unlock animation to make it “shinier”
  2. [2] iOS 7.1 Beta 4 Tidbits: New Slide to Unlock/Power Off Animation, Dialer Updates · Slide controls — brighter, slower animation — more prominent, with a brighter, slower animation

enhancement · changed

Shift and Caps Lock states became clearer

undocumentedreported

The retained evidence supports this bounded enhancement occurrence at this milestone without assigning it to a different route.

Recorded at Beta 5

  1. [1] iOS 7.1 Beta 5 Tidbits: Redesigned Shift and Caps Lock, Public Launch Expected Soon · Keyboard — revised Shift and Caps Lock states — tweaked the keys once again to make it clearer
  2. [2] Apple Releases iOS 7.1 Beta 5 to Developers With Siri Language Improvements · Observed update — Shift and Caps Lock redesign — redesigned shift and caps lock keys on the keyboard

knownIssue · knownIssue

Wi-Fi Sync re-pairing prompt could be absent

documentedcorroborated

The retained evidence supports this bounded knownIssue occurrence at this milestone without assigning it to a different route.

Recorded at Beta 5

  1. [1] iOS 7.1 beta 5 now available for download · Sync known issue — missing USB prompt — Connect to iTunes over USB to re-enable Wi-Fi Sync” prompt is not shown
  2. [2] Apple begins testing new Siri voices in latest iOS 7.1 beta · Wi-Fi Sync prompt and reconnection — prompt is not shown after an update in some situations

enhancement · introduced

Siri listening control and voices

documentedcorroborated

Beta 5 specifically introduced the regional voice packages and their compact-to-higher-quality download path; the global definition also covers the final release’s listening control.

Recorded at Beta 5

  1. [1] Apple begins testing new Siri voices in latest iOS 7.1 beta · New Siri voices and compact package — new voices downloaded after the device connects to Wi-Fi
  2. [2] Apple Releases iOS 7.1 Beta 5 to Developers With Siri Language Improvements · Release notes — new Siri language voices — new natural-sounding Siri voices for English (Australia)
  3. [3] iOS 7.1 Release Notes · Siri — regional natural voices — adds new natural-sounding Siri voices for English (Australia)
  4. [4] iOS 7.1 beta 5 now available for download · Siri — regional voices and staged download — initially uses a compact voice for Siri

enhancement · changed

Siri listening control and voices

documentedconfirmed

Holding the Home button let a user determine exactly when Siri listened, and additional male and female voices arrived for Mandarin Chinese, UK English, Australian English, and Japanese.

Recorded at Public

  1. [1] About iOS 7 Updates · iOS 7.1 — Siri

enhancement · changed

Accessibility display and motion controls

documentedconfirmed

Bold styling extended to the keyboard, calculator, and icons; motion reduction reached Weather, Messages, and multitasking; and additional visual contrast controls became available.

Recorded at Public

  1. [1] About iOS 7 Updates · iOS 7.1 — Accessibility

enhancement · changed

iTunes Radio discovery and purchasing

documentedconfirmed

A search field supported station creation from an artist or song, albums could be bought directly from the playback view, and users could subscribe to iTunes Match for ad-free listening.

Recorded at Public

  1. [1] About iOS 7 Updates · iOS 7.1 — iTunes Radio

security · fixed

Device-boundary protections

documentedconfirmed

Apple blocked a failed lock-screen FaceTime call from exposing contacts, restricted IOKit monitoring of actions in other apps, required improved Find My iPhone state handling, and hardened activation error handling.

Recorded at Public

  1. [1] About the security content of iOS 7.1 · FaceTime — CVE-2014-1274; IOKit HID Event — CVE-2014-1276; Settings - Accounts — CVE-2014-2019; Springboard — CVE-2014-1285

enhancement · changed

Camera, Keychain, and FaceTime refinements

documentedconfirmed

A new Camera setting could enable HDR automatically on iPhone 5s, more countries and regions received iCloud Keychain, and answering a FaceTime call elsewhere cleared the corresponding notification.

Recorded at Public

  1. [1] About iOS 7 Updates · iOS 7.1 — Camera, iCloud Keychain, and FaceTime

enhancement · changed

Calendar month events and holidays

documentedconfirmed

The month presentation gained visible events, while holiday calendars were added automatically for many countries and regions.

Recorded at Public

  1. [1] About iOS 7 Updates · iOS 7.1 — Calendar

security · fixed

Content parsing and kernel security

documentedconfirmed

Representative repairs added validation or safer memory handling for JPEG2000, TIFF, JPEG, and Word content and fixed an out-of-bounds kernel memory access path.

Recorded at Public

  1. [1] About the security content of iOS 7.1 · ImageIO, Kernel, and Office Viewer entries

bugFix · fixed

Touch ID, performance, and reliability improvements

documentedconfirmed

Apple improved Touch ID matching and iPhone 4 performance, repaired an occasional home-screen crash and Mail unread counts above 10,000, and continued general interface refinements.

Recorded at Public

  1. [1] About iOS 7 Updates · iOS 7.1 — Touch ID through continued user interface refinements

security · fixed

Store and Safari transport protections

documentedconfirmed

Enterprise App Download added SSL use and redirect prompts to reduce spoofed delivery, while Safari tracked frame origins more carefully before autofilling site credentials.

Recorded at Public

  1. [1] About the security content of iOS 7.1 · iTunes Store — CVE-2013-3948; Safari — CVE-2013-5227

Release changes

Cumulative context

Broader context included for understanding, not claimed as new in this release.

knownIssue · knownIssue

UIKit baseline-alignment constraints

documentedreported

Beta 2 continued to list the baseline-alignment limitation first preserved in Beta 1.

Recorded at Beta 2

  1. [1] iOS 7.1 Beta 2 (11D5115d) Released · UIKit known issue — baseline-aligned controls — baseline aligned with constraints has attributes that change

knownIssue · knownIssue

Navigation back-indicator transition mask

documentedreported

Beta 2 continued to list the interface-file transition-mask limitation first preserved in Beta 1.

Recorded at Beta 2

  1. [1] iOS 7.1 Beta 2 (11D5115d) Released · UIKit known issue — back-indicator transition mask — will not be interpreted correctly at runtime

compatibility · introduced

Compressed-response length compatibility

documentedreported

Beta 2 retained the narrow compressed-response compatibility behavior introduced in Beta 1.

Recorded at Beta 2

  1. [1] iOS 7.1 Beta 2 (11D5115d) Released · CFNetwork note — gzip content length — Content-Length value exactly matches the expanded gzip’d content

knownIssue · knownIssue

BTServer attachment from 32-bit apps

documentedreported

Beta 2 continued to list the Bluetooth attachment limitation first recorded in Beta 1.

Recorded at Beta 2

  1. [1] iOS 7.1 Beta 2 (11D5115d) Released · Bluetooth known issue — 32-bit application attachment — 32-bit apps running on a 64-bit device cannot attach to BTServer

knownIssue · knownIssue

UIKit baseline-alignment constraints

documentedreported

Beta 3 continued to list the baseline-alignment limitation first preserved in Beta 1.

Recorded at Beta 3

  1. [1] Apple Releases iOS 7.1 Beta 3 to Developers · UIKit known issue — baseline-aligned controls — baseline aligned with constraints has attributes that change

knownIssue · knownIssue

Navigation back-indicator transition mask

documentedreported

Beta 3 continued to list the interface-file transition-mask limitation first preserved in Beta 1.

Recorded at Beta 3

  1. [1] Apple Releases iOS 7.1 Beta 3 to Developers · UIKit known issue — back-indicator transition mask — will not be interpreted correctly at runtime

feature · introduced

Safari minimal-ui viewport property

documentedreported

Beta 3 continued to document the Safari viewport behavior introduced in Beta 2.

Recorded at Beta 3

  1. [1] Apple Releases iOS 7.1 Beta 3 to Developers · Safari note — minimal-ui viewport property — minimal-ui, has been added for the viewport meta tag key

compatibility · introduced

Compressed-response length compatibility

documentedreported

Beta 3 retained the compressed-response compatibility behavior introduced in Beta 1.

Recorded at Beta 3

  1. [1] Apple Releases iOS 7.1 Beta 3 to Developers · CFNetwork note — gzip content length — Content-Length value exactly matches the expanded gzip’d content

knownIssue · knownIssue

BTServer attachment from 32-bit apps

documentedreported

Beta 3 continued to list the Bluetooth attachment limitation first recorded in Beta 1.

Recorded at Beta 3

  1. [1] Apple Releases iOS 7.1 Beta 3 to Developers · Bluetooth known issue — 32-bit application attachment — 32-bit apps running on a 64-bit device cannot attach to BTServer

knownIssue · knownIssue

UIKit baseline-alignment constraints

documentedcorroborated

The baseline-alignment limitation recorded at Beta 1 remained present in Beta 5 and in Apple’s final notes.

Recorded at Beta 5

  1. [1] iOS 7.1 Release Notes · UIKit known issue — baseline alignment — baseline aligned with constraints has attributes that change
  2. [2] iOS 7.1 beta 5 now available for download · UIKit known issue — baseline-aligned controls — baseline aligned with constraints has attributes that change

knownIssue · knownIssue

Navigation back-indicator transition mask

documentedcorroborated

The interface-file transition-mask problem remained documented after Beta 4 and in the final SDK notes.

Recorded at Beta 5

  1. [1] iOS 7.1 beta 5 now available for download · UIKit known issue — back-indicator mask image — will not be interpreted correctly at runtime
  2. [2] iOS 7.1 Release Notes · UIKit known issue — transition mask image — will not be interpreted correctly at runtime

feature · introduced

Safari minimal-ui viewport property

documentedcorroborated

Beta 5 continued to document the viewport behavior introduced in Beta 2; this occurrence does not move its first appearance.

Recorded at Beta 5

  1. [1] Apple begins testing new Siri voices in latest iOS 7.1 beta · Safari minimal-ui behavior — new beta brings a minimal-ui property for Safari
  2. [2] iOS 7.1 Release Notes · Safari note — minimal-ui — minimal-ui, has been added for the viewport meta tag key
  3. [3] iOS 7.1 beta 5 now available for download · Safari note — minimal-ui viewport property — minimal-ui, has been added for the viewport meta tag key

compatibility · introduced

Compressed-response length compatibility

documentedcorroborated

Beta 5 and Apple’s final developer notes retained the compressed-response compatibility behavior first indexed at Beta 1.

Recorded at Beta 5

  1. [1] iOS 7.1 beta 5 now available for download · CFNetwork note — gzip content length — Content-Length value exactly matches the expanded gzip’d content
  2. [2] iOS 7.1 Release Notes · CFNetwork note — gzip content length — Content-Length value exactly matches the expanded gzip’d content

knownIssue · knownIssue

Bordered bar-button background images

documentedcorroborated

The bordered-style image limitation introduced in the Beta 4 record remained documented in Beta 5 and the final SDK notes.

Recorded at Beta 5

  1. [1] iOS 7.1 beta 5 now available for download · UIKit known issue — bordered bar-button image — Bar button background images are ignored in apps built and deployed to iOS 7.1
  2. [2] iOS 7.1 Release Notes · UIKit known issue — bordered bar-button image — Bar button background images are ignored in apps built and deployed to iOS 7.1

knownIssue · knownIssue

BTServer attachment from 32-bit apps

documentedcorroborated

The Bluetooth attachment limitation first indexed at Beta 1 remained listed in Beta 5 and in Apple’s final developer notes.

Recorded at Beta 5

  1. [1] Apple begins testing new Siri voices in latest iOS 7.1 beta · Bluetooth issue on 64-bit hardware — Bluetooth remains an issue for 32-bit apps running on 64-bit devices
  2. [2] iOS 7.1 beta 5 now available for download · Bluetooth known issue — 32-bit application attachment — 32-bit apps running on a 64-bit device cannot attach to BTServer
  3. [3] iOS 7.1 Release Notes · Bluetooth known issue — BTServer — 32-bit apps running on a 64-bit device cannot attach to BTServer

Milestones

Release history

Every recorded channel appearance in chronological order. Open an appearance for any available build, scope, notes, and sources.

  1. Developer beta

    Beta 1

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    iOS 7.1 introduced CarPlay, expanded Siri, media, calendar, and accessibility controls, improved performance and reliability, and delivered extensive security repairs.

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Historical context

Cycle comparison

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

Historical avg for .1 releases

44 days, 5.2 milestones

Based on 20 previous iOS .1 releases

Cycle vs. platform average

112d (avg: 57d)

55 days longer than the iOS average

Longest gap in this cycle

34 days

Between Beta 5 and Public

Previous .1 releases (iOS)

Previous comparable iOS releases
VersionYearCycleMilestonesAvg. Interval
iOS 26.1202542d68d
iOS 18.1202491d1010d
iOS 17.1202328d75d
iOS 16.1202240d77d
iOS 15.1202134d67d
iOS 14.1202027d

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