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L_Guapo
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429 Too Many Requests

iOS27.2, iPhone 17 Pro Max, Apple Intelligence enabled:


Ask Siri “Add eggs to the groceries list”:


Siri responds that it can’t find a groceries list in the Reminders app, even though there definitely is one in the Reminders app.


Deleting the groceries list and allowing Siri to create a new one does not help since Siri cannot find the list it created. Siri will add a seemingly infinite number of lists, one for every request to add an item.


This seems like the #1 thing an AI assistant should be able to do.


(Works fine on older devices like M1 iPad Pro, original HomePod, and Series 7 Watch)



Posted on Oct 27, 2026 9:16 PM

5 replies

L_Guapo Author
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Oct 27, 2026 10:22 PM in response to L_Guapo

The issue seems to be that having Reminders App protected with FaceID makes AI Siri lose its mind. So for anyone else experiencing this, make sure Reminders isn’t set to require FaceID to open.

Mac Jim ID
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Oct 27, 2026 9:36 PM in response to L_Guapo

Mine is called Shopping List and it works just fine. The Groceries is a List Type for any given name to organizer the items in that list by Grocery categories. I just say "Siri, add eggs to my shopping list" and since I previously have set that List Type as Groceries, the eggs are added in the Refrigerated category.


[Siri AI on iPhone 17e with iOS 27.2]

L_Guapo Author
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Oct 28, 2026 10:09 AM in response to Mac Jim ID

It actually doesn’t make sense, though. Siri will add things to a FaceID protected Reminders app default list, even when the app is not unlocked (as long as you don’t use the name of the default list in the request.) But Siri fails to work with named lists even if the app is unlocked and open. Also, HomePods and Watch can access the lists via Siri just fine. It seems to me it’s just very, very buggy.

L_Guapo Author
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Oct 27, 2026 9:48 PM in response to Mac Jim ID

I tried that. Doesn’t work. Same issue. Siri says, “I couldn’t find a shopping list. Do you want to create it?” Even though the list is named “Shopping”. So I don’t think the name of the reminders list is the problem.

Mac Jim ID
User level: Level 10 (105,996 points)

Oct 28, 2026 5:47 AM in response to L_Guapo

Great troubleshooting and thanks for the update!


I guess it makes sense that if you require authenticated access to an app, you would not want someone to be able to bypass that protection by using Siri. It would be more helpful if the response was you have to unlock the app first, similar to the one for unlocking your phone at times for personal information.

Originally posted at discussions.apple.com/thread/256384288