`purchase` failed

[kekhuai]

Configuration

mas ▁▁▁▁ 2.3.0
arch ▁▁▁ arm64
from ▁▁▁ homebrew/core/mas
origin ▁ https://github.com/mas-cli/mas.git
rev ▁▁▁▁ c93a4fca67cc56585bea1650ba268503ea1883a6
driver ▁ 1.120.5
swift ▁▁ 6.1 (swiftlang-6.1.0.110.21 clang-1700.0.13.3)
region ▁ TH
macos ▁▁ 26.0.1 (25A362)
mac ▁▁▁▁ Mac15,7
cpu ▁▁▁▁ Apple M3 Pro

Bug description

I tried to install the free app with this command and got the following error (see image).

$ mas purchase 6736710502

Steps to reproduce

$ mas purchase 6736710502

[rgoldberg]

@kekhuai I was able to purchase that app from the US App Store with the same software versions as you.

Can you try again using the App Store you originally tried (presumably TH), as maybe the app is no longer being modified?

If that doesn't work, can you try the US App Store (or some other regions)?

My config:

mas ▁▁▁▁ 2.3.0
arch ▁▁▁ arm64
from ▁▁▁ homebrew/core/mas
origin ▁ https://github.com/mas-cli/mas.git
rev ▁▁▁▁ c93a4fca67cc56585bea1650ba268503ea1883a6
driver ▁ 1.120.5
swift ▁▁ 6.1 (swiftlang-6.1.0.110.21 clang-1700.0.13.3)
region ▁ US
macos ▁▁ 26.0.1 (25A362)
mac ▁▁▁▁ Mac16,9
cpu ▁▁▁▁ Apple M4 Max

Thanks.

[kekhuai]

@rgoldberg It was still failing before I changed my region. But after switching to the US region, it worked perfectly. I'm not sure if this is expected behavior, though — even after changing my App Store region to the US, the mas config command still shows the region as TH.

[rgoldberg]

@kekhuai Thanks for the info.

MAS region detection is flawed & needs to be fixed. See #782.

Do you know anyone else with another TH App Store account that can try to purchase the same app using the App Store GUI instead of using mas?

Maybe the GUI suffers the same problem as mas.

[kekhuai]

@rgoldberg My friend was able to successfully download the app via the App Store GUI in the TH region.

[rgoldberg]

@kekhuai thanks for the info. If you know a third person who can try mas with the TH store now, then we could see if the problem also went away for mas, or if it's still persisting.

I don't know if you can open up multiple Apple Accounts with the same credit card, but, if so, it might be best for you to make 2 temporary Apple Accounts, delete the folder for the app (you can leave it in your trash to restore later), then try to get/purchase the app in one of the new accounts via mas, then from the other account via the App Store (deleting any successful installs after they occur).

That would let us know if the error is transient, or only for mas.

Also, when getting/purchasing, ensure that the region is TH both for your macOS user & inside the App Store GUI (the region reported by mas config & mas region isn't always correct, so look in the App Store GUI).

Thanks again for all the help.