iOS 17 Storage Space Bug / Issue

I recently bought the iPhone 15 pro (256GB) and updated to iOS 17.1.1

And the system data is through the roof

System data is taking up 34.21 GB of on my phone! (Same was the case in iOS 17.1)

I seriously hope I this gets resolved in iOS 17.2

I'm still having issues with 17.1.2 on 13 Pro Max. I actually went in and deleted a ton of messages and photos and the available storage decreased. Instead of making more space it actually did the opposite and took more space. that makes zero sense.

I'm saying I stalled at the 17.1.1 update because of the storage problem. On a iPhone 13 Max Pro with 250 gig, I installed update 17.1.2 and the storage issue never manifested. My usage never changed, it was 37.5 gig before and 38 gig after.

My son has an iphone 11 pro and we just updated him to ios 17.1.2 from ios 16 and now his phone is stating it has no storage and he cannot do anything without it locking up on him. He went in and deleted many apps and music saved on his phone, and it worked for a few hours, but then this morning, the same thing happened all over again. This is very frustrating because he basically cannot use the phone and if he does it takes a VERY long time to get anything done and most of the time nothing is sent or saved. He cannot even get his text messages to go through.

This has now become a safety issue because he cannot rely on his phone to work and be able to communicate with anyone. He is a teenager and him not being able to communicate with me is very worrying.

APPLE PLEASE DO SOMETHING TO CORRECT THIS ISSUE ASAP!!!

This is precisely what is happening to me. In the mornings, my storage shows it is at or near capacity. I can then reboot but it takes 15-20 mins for that to occur and then my storage info "resets" to around 114GB (out of 256GB). I guess it's "good" that I can seemingly "fix" it each day by rebooting but come on, this is nuts!

I did yesterday and it didn’t do a thing but add some new journaling app. I still have to reboot to keep the storage down to stop my phone from freezing up.

Additionally, I’m having a ton of issues with CarPlay now too.

I keep trying to find my previous responses in this thread but haven't been successful with that either.

So, the latest....fun.... I mentioned recently that after doing all the updates (currently on 17.2) AND wiping my phone and doing a completely new install, I still got no joy! But I was able to function each day (app bugs aside) with the storage issue by rebooting my phone each morning. Again, somewhere in here there are before/after photos that show that - it would be nearly full and then after a reboot it would drop to normal size.

This morning, I did my usual morning reboot and the storage did NOT drop down like usual. I rebooted 4 more times with no joy. So, I went to the gym prepared for my phone to "brick" sometime before lunch. When I got back out to my car, I was going to try and schedule my appt to have it looked at after work today so I double checked the storage.

Miraculously, as it sat in a locker, on silent, with do not disturb on, the storage dropped back to the normal level.

No idea if something happens between 8am and 9am ET that does this or if today was a fluke.....

Will continue to monitor to see how it goes....

I'm having the same issue with my iPad. My phone did fine with the update, but my iPad did not. I've deleted pretty much everything that I can including: text messages, all internet history, photos that I could live without, numerous apps, etc. (I only have about a 1/2 page of apps now. There's really nothing else to delete.) It'll work "ok" after I delete something, but it's like ios 17.3.1 update continues to eat up the storage. I only have 64 GB on my iPad & the ios 17.3.1 is taking up 10.28 GB alone. My systems data is taking up 5.8 & the iPad is showing 63.87 GB of data is being stored. I never had this problem until the newest update. Please help, my iPad is pretty new & I use it daily. Turning it off & on does not help either. Very frustrating.

Big big issue, a few days ago I cleared out some junk from photos and got my phone down to 60gb and again today I cleared down and when I go to check storage it’s up to 94gb… Almost all social media apps are 5-10gb all of a sudden. So frustrating I hope this issue is actually addressed.

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.

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.