[BUG] LiveContainer does not refresh even though built in SideStore says it did

[samuelc02]

Describe the bug

LiveContainer, and any apps installed through it, still expires 7 days from the initial sideloading from pc, despite the built in SideStore saying it is refreshed and the 7 day period extended. Other apps sideloaded using the built in SideStore (NOT with LiveContainer) is refreshed correctly and remains available after LiveContainer expires.

I sideloadded LC+SS on the 20th. Here you can see the built in SideStore says there is 7 days left for SideContainer on 25th March, after I refreshed it.

But on 27th it has expired.

The Duolingo installed using built in SideStore remains available (so the refresh for it was actually successful)

Instructions to reproduce

Install using impactor following the guide on https://livecontainer.github.io/docs/installation/lc_sidestore. Configure localdev vpn and import certificate as instructed in setup after installing section. Refresh it during the week, and it still expires even though it shows the refresh is successful. Install an app through the built in SideStore to see it does not expire with LiveContainer.

What version of LiveContainer and iOS are you using?

LiveContainer + SideStore 3.7.2; iPadOS 18.7.2

Verify steps

• I downloaded LiveContainer from releases / actions section or LiveContainer's AltStore source.
• I have the latest LiveContainer.
• I installed LiveContainer through AltStore/SideStore/Impactor/iloader/TrollStore or I'm confident that I signed LiveContainer correctly with all required entitlements.

Crash Log

No response

Other info

I also used a short cut to automatically refresh but when I took the screenshot I manually refreshed. I don’t think the short cut should affect any of this however, as the refresh shows successful but the expiration date was never pushed back, whether it’s refreshed by short cut or manually should not matter.

[RegLoiD]

I'm having exactly the same issue. It started happening a few weeks ago, prior to that it was working fine(it happened once or twice, but after that it was working correctly until now). I have a shortcut for it to auto refresh the apps, so it's not me "forgetting" to refresh them. Apps installed via SS work fine(Apollo and YT in my case), but LC itself and apps installed via it can no longer be booted unless I manually refresh LC using PC.

LC+SS Nightly build: Version 3.7.3-Release (main/d4354b0)

iPhone 17 Pro (MG864J/A), 26.3.1(a)

And we aren't the only one, here's a reddit thread where multiple people report the same issue: https://reddit.com/r/sideloaded/comments/1rtgumv/livecontainer_is_no_longer_available/

[butfr0g]

I have the same issue but the apps I installed through it still open end work fine untile they expire

[samuelc02]

@hugeBlack Do you mean this is a duplicate of #1152 (#1152)?
I opened a new thread because

1. It's not iOS 26.xx.
2. In that thread people are unable to refresh having the not connected to wifi/vpn error. But that is not the case here, for me it shows it's refreshed with no problems but turns out that is false, and other apps installed by the built in SideStore is refreshed correctly, only LiveContainer is not refreshed.

I felt that it is sufficiently different to warrant a new thread, but perhaps I should just copy the full bug report and paste it into that thread?

[RegLoiD]

I really don't understand the devs, we're literally having a TOTALLY different issue, yet it's being closed 'as a dupliate of blah blah' when it's not the case.

It's really annoying, and I don't know how else to put it, but the issues with people that can't refresh apps AT ALL with StosVPN and people who can refresh apps but the LC itself expires after a week is a completely different problem...

[hugeBlack]

It is the same as 1243, not 1152. Read the solution here #1243 (comment) @samuelc02 @RegLoiD

[andytang637]

It is the same as 1243, not 1152. Read the solution here #1243 (comment) @samuelc02 @RegLoiD

I really don't understand the devs, we're literally having a TOTALLY different issue, yet it's being closed 'as a dupliate of blah blah' when it's not the case.

It's really annoying, and I don't know how else to put it, but the issues with people that can't refresh apps AT ALL with StosVPN and people who can refresh apps but the LC itself expires after a week is a completely different problem...

How are you guys doing right now, for me in the sidestore in side container ( which said 7 days expired ), download directly the file LiveContainer + Sidestore using the plus button on top, then choose delete all extensions, as I remember, and it will fix the problem. Remember to download in the sidestore where it said expired, not the livecontainer outside.