HTTP2 based APNS request response is success despite uninstalling the app

Question

I was able to get the right info after a successful APNS request, whether the device token is invalid or not.

Lately, I realized that even though the user uninstalled the app, I get a "200 success" response from the APNS server.

Did something change or am I missing something?

Answer 1

It's depened on Apple side. See here for more details:

APNs will eventually report that the push token is invalid after an app has been uninstalled. The time between an uninstall and the invalidation is dependent on various factors, and the details of when this will happen is not documented.

The guidance here is to send the puhes to devices until you receive an error response from APNs. Sending pushes to non-existent apps does not cause any harm.

We have no recommendations for determining when users uninstall apps. Our current implementation is indeed designed to avoid such detection by developers, and as such, we have no services, API, or code samples to have alerts sent when an app is uninstalled.

See also this answer for more ideas: apns http2 api not returning status 410 after uninstalling app