Apple randomly closes bug reports unless you "verify" the bug remains unfixed

The author describes frustration with Apple's Feedback Assistant process, where a privacy-related bug report (FB12088655) filed in March 2023 received no response for three years until Apple demanded the author 'verify' the issue in a beta—without confirming whether it was actually fixed. Despite Apple's threat to close the report, the bug remains reproducible in the publicly released macOS 26.4, suggesting Apple knowingly sent the reporter on a futile verification errand. The author also highlights another fully reproducible bug that Apple closed as 'unable to diagnose' without requesting additional information.