Release appearance
iPadOS 26.5 Public
Recorded context
About this appearance
The public iPadOS 26.5 release added Pride and Maps features while concentrating its technical changes on StoreKit subscription and testing behavior.
- Date
- May 11, 2026
- Availability
- available
- Revision
- No
- Build
23F77
Chronology evidence
Appearance sources
These sources support the recorded date, channel, or availability. A researched release-notes article has not been added.
- About iPadOS 26 Updates
Apple Support · 2026-07-29 · iPadOS 26.5 — Maps
- About iPadOS 26 Updates
Apple Support · 2026-07-29 · iPadOS 26.5 — Pride Luminance
- iPadOS 26.5 (23F77)
Apple Developer · 2026-07-29 · iPadOS 26.5; build 23F77
- About iPadOS 26 Updates
Apple Support · 2026-07-29 · iPadOS 26.5
- iOS & iPadOS 26.5 Release Notes
Apple Developer · 2026-07-29 · StoreKit — New Features
- iOS & iPadOS 26.5 Release Notes
Apple Developer · 2026-07-29 · StoreKit — Resolved Issues
- iOS & iPadOS 26.5 Release Notes
Apple Developer · 2026-07-29 · StoreKit Testing
Release changes
Changed in this release
Features, fixes, removals, and regressions first observed in this release record.
developerApi · changed
StoreKit Testing configuration fix and price-observation limit
A test-session configuration problem was fixed; Apple still documented a limitation when observing some subscription price changes in tests.
- [1] iOS & iPadOS 26.5 Release Notes · StoreKit Testing
feature · introduced
Pride Luminance wallpaper
The Pride Luminance wallpaper was added to the iPad wallpaper gallery.
- [1] About iPadOS 26 Updates · iPadOS 26.5 — Pride Luminance
developerApi · introduced
StoreKit commitment pricing and metadata
Developers gained APIs and metadata for annual-commitment subscriptions billed monthly.
- [1] iOS & iPadOS 26.5 Release Notes · StoreKit — New Features
feature · introduced
Suggested Places in Maps
Suggested Places added recommendations intended to make destination discovery easier in Maps.
- [1] About iPadOS 26 Updates · iPadOS 26.5 — Maps
bugFix · fixed
StoreKit receipt-version correction
Receipt version decoding was corrected for supported StoreKit flows.
- [1] iOS & iPadOS 26.5 Release Notes · StoreKit — Resolved Issues
bugFix · fixed
Non-Gregorian entitlement correction
StoreKit current-entitlement queries now handle the documented non-Gregorian calendar case correctly.
- [1] iOS & iPadOS 26.5 Release Notes · StoreKit — Resolved Issues