Apps randomly ask for my Apple ID password and close if not given

Hey guys, I'm writing in the hopes that somebody can help me because I'm frustrated beyond belief and I don't know what else to do at this point. Ever since I restored my iPhone a month ago I keep getting this incredibly annoying issue...


Basically at what seems to be completely random times opening an app will present me with a dialog to enter my AppleID password; cancelling this request will immediately close the app.

This can happen with any app that's downloaded from the store (it doesn't happen with Safari or Mail for example, but it does happen to Apple apps like Pages or iBooks), an app will not do this as is currently in memory, but it's not tied to a specific app either as when this happens every app I try to open that's not suspended in RAM will ask me for my password.

If I go into Airplane mode and try opening the apps iOS will say that it was "Unable to verify the app" and I need to go online to verify it.


I have absolutely no idea what to do... I have seen other people around the net with the same issue but nobody has any idea how to fix this.


Inspecting the console with Xcode will give me a generic "bootstrap error" (I don't have a log at this moment but I will update this thread if I manage to reproduce the error while I'm at home)


I have already tried restoring my phone, even without using a backup (in fact this all started after I scrapped my previously backed up iOS and opted for a clean install instead)


Logging into the App Store (for example to check for existing purchases) will net the same result as giving the app my password.


Seriously, what's wrong with my iPhone? I have never met an issue so hard to find any evidence of it even existing, that can persist a full wipe and doesn't provide any kind of explicit error code on the Console.


EDIT: I have found a tweet mentioning this exact same issue, so I'm positive it's not just my iPhone

Tashen on Twitter: "Finally. This week on @_connectedfm, @viticci talked about something on iOS 11 that’s been really bo…

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Posted on Aug 6, 2018 6:26 PM

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Aug 7, 2018 5:27 PM in response to iDarbert

I was able to spot something on my console that I didn't notice the first time I tried investigating

"Process exited: <FBApplicationProcess: 0x1166e6780; com.agilebits.onepassword-ios; pid: -1> -> <FBApplicationProcessExitContext: 0x1d1c46a50; exitReason: fairPlay; terminationReason: (none)> {

stateAtExit = <FBProcessState: 0x1d142bf00; pid: -1; taskState: Unknown; visibility: Unknown>;

}"

Aug 8, 2018 9:49 AM in response to iDarbert

Another update, I have noticed that download a free app from the App Store so that the iPhone asks me to use Face ID to log in also fixes the issue. So it's definitely that my account gets invalidated somehow

I also noticed yesterday that iTunes on my Mac said that my session has expired and I had to log in again and sure enough trying to open an app on my iPhone would show me the dreaded password prompt.

Sep 2, 2018 9:00 PM in response to theologis

I don't have a solution, but I am getting closer to the source of the problem...

Basically what happened is I left for vacation and ever since I did my iPhone never had any issues whatsoever.


What this tells me is whatever is causing this is not actually on my iPhone but on my iMac instead.

Unfortunately I don't know exactly what inside my Mac is causing it...

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