iOS rejects profile installation via MDM when "com.apple.weather" is provided as blacklisted App ID

Originator:taylor
Number:rdar://34612124 Date Originated:23-Sep-2017 10:17 AM
Status:Open Resolved:
Product:iOS + SDK Product Version:iOS 11.0
Classification:Serious Bug Reproducible:Always
 
Summary:
When installing a profile via MDM with payload of type ‘com.apple.applicationaccess’ and key ‘blacklistedAppBundleIDs’ defined with an array containing value ‘com.apple.weather’, iOS rejects the profile install.

Steps to Reproduce:
Define the above payload and install via MDM.

Expected Results:
A successful installation response from the device.

Actual Results:
An error response with the following chain:

[{
	"ErrorCode" => 1000,
	"ErrorDomain" => "MCProfileErrorDomain",
	"LocalizedDescription" => "The profile “Group: Wandera Test” is invalid.",
	"USEnglishDescription" => "The profile “Group: Wandera Test” is invalid."
}, {
	"ErrorCode" => 2000,
	"ErrorDomain" => "MCPayloadErrorDomain",
	"LocalizedDescription" => "The payload “Group: Wandera Test” is invalid.",
	"USEnglishDescription" => "The payload “Group: Wandera Test” is invalid."
}, {
	"ErrorCode" => 2004,
	"ErrorDomain" => "MCPayloadErrorDomain",
	"LocalizedDescription" => "The field “blacklistedAppBundleIDs” contains the invalid value “com.apple.weather”.",
	"USEnglishDescription" => "The field “blacklistedAppBundleIDs” contains the invalid value “com.apple.weather”."
}]

Version:
iOS 11.0

Notes:
We were not able to reproduce this error on a supervised iPhone 6 running iOS 11. This issue was not observed before iOS 11.

Comments

Might only happen on iPads running iOS 11 - see also rdar://34979308

By jum at Oct. 13, 2017, 4:44 p.m. (reply...)

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