iOS 17 Storage Space Bug / Issue

I’m having the same issue with my iPhone and iPad after upgrading to iOS 17.0.0 and iPadOS 17.0.0. Every app I’m using is constantly increasing its data like after watching youtube for 30 mins it increased by 600 mb without downloading anything.

Same problem for me. A long with my phone randomly shutting down, all apps glitching out and closing, and cannot take any photos due to the sudden lack of storage. I've deleted all my photos, and multiple apps but that didn't help at all. I am unable to even update it to 17.01 now because I do not have any storage available.

SYNCED CONTENT - Can i just confirm. This thread is all about a very repeatable problem whereby we're losing storage because Apple are duplicating the SYNCED CONTENT with anything that is synced to the phone (most notible music, via iTunes) So as an example settings/general/iphone storage/music/all songs is duplicated with Settings/general/iphone storage/SYNCED CONTENT and the storage available does not match when you compare the settings/about/available with settings/general/iphone storage. They report two different values!! Still not fixed in 17.0.2

I had the same problem on my gen 8 ipad. Had 31.98 of memory used and 5.21 available. I backed it up, restored the ipad to factory (received error message that there was a problem, but the restore continued and worked), and then restored the back up. After doing this, I was using 14.57 and had 17.43 available. Problem solved.

Clearly, I should not have had to do this, and hopefully Apple fixes the bug(s).

I’m having the same issue. Contacted Apple support today. They acted like they’ve never heard of this before. Also tried to tell me it was normal. I sent screen shots as well. Told me to download update to my Mac then to devices. Said it will correct the issue. I haven’t tried that yet.

I called up Apple on 24 September and want me to take screen shot etc and promised me that they will let me know the probem. After talking to 3 senior advisors, they stills do not have the answer for me until today (29 September) and told me they are still investigating. Take note that teh reason why I need to talk to 3 senior advisors because every time the seniot advisor promised to call and update me but they did not, just a lip service.

After updating my iPad to the latest version it gave me about 4GB back. My system data now only is 1.76GB, but the phone app is still growing every time I am opening a contact. Now it is at 6.02GB. The synchronized content folder is 0kB. Also the pics are more than the double the size of what it was with iOS16, 12GB instead of 5.22GB.

I have spoken to someone at Apple today and they have told me that the Engineers have now asked them not to escalate any more cases relating to this as "we have enough now to be able to work on it". Expect a patch/update at some point. Allegedly.

I’ve been working with a senior escalation person since Sunday. An engineer (or engineers) have gathered data and they are on the case. I’m sure they have enough info now with all of the complaints. Now we wait for the 17.0.3 fix and I hope that my 128GB capacity phone, formerly at 57GB, and after transfer now at 90GB and growing about 1GB/day, can hold out until the fix. I have about 30 days it seems…

Suggestion: check your iPhone storage daily and take screenshots.

Very helpful thread. THank you all. - was about to upgrade before reading this. iOS and MacOS are phenomenally complex programs. Debugging is an integral part of the process. Your thread indicates the diligence of the community to enable other users to benefit. Kudos to the group. PAB (PS I date back to 1988 with Apple)

I have the same issue in my iPhone. After i have updated to IOS 17, I can see a bug in storage. It is loading unnecessary storages. Even though I optimise my storage everytime, still the storage is loading more. Then i installed to IOS 17.0.2, But no fixes. I request APPLE to fix this bug as soon as possible in the coming update.

I have similar problem after upgrading iPadmini5 to ios17. My problem is the available free space in the iPad mini never synchronized with iMazing even I have tried to uninstall (removing all contents) and to reinstall the iPadmini (and also iMazing).

Hi! I have been reading through the various replies to your original post(and I truly am not the most Tech savvy) but in downloading the latest iOS 17 to date, I too realized this particular software is using over 20 GB of my iPhone storage space…

why question being… should I notify/report Apple as well(or is it something that’s still in the throes of being rectified?)

Just wondering if there’s anything I personally can do to be proactive re the resolution of the bug/issue…

thanks so much for your time!