HomeKit Home Invitation not delivered

When I invite another member of my family to my HomeKit Home, an invitation is issued but never received by the intended recipient. This has worked in the past, but not at present. The invitation remains in "pending" status indefinitely. The recipient's account is active and functional. For instance, it has access to family calendars and family iCloud, but the problem appears to be user (account) specific somehow. This problem was first seen with both iPhones (issuer and invitee) at IOS version 16.2. We have upgraded both iPhones to the latest IOS release (16.3), to no avail. We have called in to Apple Support, and they tried to help us, but they were not able to.


So it appears we have a family member who cannot receive HomeKit invitations even though that family member interacts perfectly normally with IOS messaging, calendars, iCloud, etc.


Any suggestions?

Posted on Jan 27, 2023 4:31 PM

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Sep 27, 2023 7:54 AM in response to kaweah

This worked for us:


1. delete the invitation

2. delete the Home app on the recipient's device

3. re-send the invitation

4. re-download the Home app on the recipient's device

5. if the recipient has a "home" or "my home" device already set up in their Home app, and hopefully it's not needed, go to the 3 Dot Menu > home settings > remove home

6. force quit the recipient's Home app

7. open the recipient's Home app

8. the invitation appears

9. if that doesn't work: keep trying some combination of removing the invitation, force quitting their Home app, re-installing the Home app and it should work

10. yes it's a bug, but you can win this battle

HomeKit Home Invitation not delivered

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