Apple is closing bug reports without fixing them, demanding developers verify issues in betas they never addressed. Jeff Johnson details how his 2023 privacy bug report, FB12088655, was ignored for three years before Apple asked for verification in macOS 26.4 beta 4. Johnson, who doesn't run betas, refused.

Apple then threatened to close the report if not verified within two weeks. MacOS 26.4 public release still failed to fix the leak. Bug FB22057274 about Safari tabs was marked 'Investigation complete' despite being reproducible. Johnson suspects Apple artificially lowers open bug counts to appear more reliable. The public beta's purpose seems to annoy developers, not improve software.