CoreMediaErrorDomain -15628 playback failure in iOS 26 (React Native / AVPlayer, HLS stream)

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Created Sep ’25

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Hi, After updating to iOS 26, our app is facing playback failures with AVPlayer. The same code and streams work fine on iOS 18 and earlier.

Error - Domain[CoreMediaErrorDomain]:Code[-15628]:Desc[The operation couldn’t be completed.]:Underlying Error Domain[(null)]:Code[0]:Desc[(null)]

Environment: iOS version: ios 26 React Native: 0.69 Video library: react-native-video (AVPlayer under the hood) Stream type: HLS (m3u8) with segment (.ts) files

Observed behaviour: Playback works initially on iOS 26. On iOS 26, the stream fails at runtime after a few seconds/minutes (not on first load). Network logs show 307 redirects on some segment requests. After this, AVPlayer throws the above error. Playback fails intermittently on slow/unstable networks.

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dev.team-in@synamedia.com OP

Sep ’25

@RahulNainwal107 Did u get any solution for this issue. We are also facing same issue intermittent..

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ST_JoeyChappel OP

Nov ’25

Did you find anything out on this?

We are experiecinging a similar issue with hls playback not starting right away on iOS 26, but it will start immediately on iOS 18.

This is on a local network so internet speed is not an issue.

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xxaadi OP

Nov ’25

We're experiencing the same issue. It seems like the newer versions handle network issues way worse than previous versions (<= 18.x). It tends to be preceded by a CoreMediaErrorDomain -12889.

For older iOS versions, it would buffer where the newer version failed.

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vraxiza OP

2w

Has anyone found a solution to this error?

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EmileHayMC OP

2w

My company is currently experiencing the same issue. This error was not present on iOS & tvOS 18 but is now our most frequent error on iOS & tvOS 26.

Any updates regarding this matter would be greatly appreciated.

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flpyben OP

1w

We are currently experiencing the same issues for all ios 21.1 devices. They are failing to play when using AirPlay with DRM HLS streams.

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