iPad Mail Not Downloading Attachments (PDFs) After iOS 18 Update

Yes, I’m having the same problem of not seeing a pdf file that was attached to a email sent from my iPad with iOS 18 though it shows up fine on my computer. Anyone figure out a fix to this?

I have the same problem on iPad en iPhone on iOS 18.0.1.

Yes, I am having the same issue on my iPad Pro iOS 18.0.1

when i tap the document to load the PDF if just blinks and says tap to download again.

Yes, I’m having the same problem. It’s beyond annoying. I’ve tried restarting, switching internet connections, closing and reopening the app. Does anyone know of a fix? The really frustrating thing is that sometimes the files will then randomly go ahead and download almost instantly. Then the mail app will revert back to where no attachments will download for an indefinite period of time.

Has anyone got to the bottom of this or found a fix?

We have upgraded to 18.1 and the same issue continues.

Our observations is its not all attachments and appears to be ones that are a few mb rather than kb.

I’ve updated to 18.1 also and the issue still continues. For me it is PDF’s that are 150KB to 200KB that will not load. They do just the same as they did before. I’ve tried erasing the account and reinstalling it too and nothing has changed.

In my case Protect Mail Activity was already off. And it’s still not functioning. I have set up and am using another Email program for my main emails but I still have accounts in Mail and keep hoping it will work again.

Have you check your setting in Mail. It might be that you have Protect Mail Activity enabled.

We have tried turning off Protect Mail Activity with no luck.

As a work around we have had to setup Outlook on our iOS devices.