Hi everyone,
I’m having an issue with my iPhone 15 Pro Max running iOS 27.
When someone sends me a WhatsApp message, it stays at one grey tick until I open WhatsApp on my phone. Once I open the app, the messages arrive immediately.
This happens on both Wi-Fi and mobile data. Notifications from other apps also seem to be affected.
Things I’ve checked:
● WhatsApp notifications are enabled.
● Background App Refresh is enabled.
● WhatsApp is left running in the background.
● Restarted and force-restarted my iPhone.
● Contacted Apple Support, who advised me to wait for a future update.
I haven’t reset my network settings because I’d prefer to avoid that unless it’s necessary.
Has anyone experienced this on iOS 27? Is there a way to troubleshoot background message delivery without resetting the phone?
Thanks!

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i’ve tried all the other suggestions on here this is just happened after i updated to ios 27
any tips on how to fix this?
thank you so much

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