After a recent macOS update to Tahoe, all of my Apple Mail rules stopped working

Is there a way to get apple mail rules working again? After a recent OS update to Tahoe, all of my apple mail rules stopped working. I've tried deleting and re-creating the most important ones with all the others disabled, and they don't sort according to the rules unless I select all the messages and choose "apply rules". I've also removed the account and re-added it, but clearly there's some caching happening because the rules come back when I re-add the account and they still don't work.


About my mac:

MacBook Pro

Chip: Apple M3 Max

macOS 26.1 (25B78)


An example of a rule that won't run automatically, but does work when I select the messages and select "Apply rules" or CMD+OPT+L


Description: tech@domain.com

If any of the following conditions are met:

To contains tech@domain.com

Perform the following actions:

Move Message to mailbox: tech@domain.com


Additional details: This is a gmail controlled account, but it is in it's stock configuration and I don't have any tagging or sorting rules in gmail itself. It's important to remember that these rules worked perfectly prior to the OS update, and now no longer automatically apply. The only change was the macOS.



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Original Title: Get Apple Mail rules working

MacBook Pro 14″

Posted on Dec 22, 2025 6:57 AM

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After a recent macOS update to Tahoe, all of my Apple Mail rules stopped working

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