I need to create an Apple account since yesterday. At first I got the error message “Your account cannot be created at this time.” right away. So I waited until the Cloudflare outage was over.
After that, I could submit the request, received codes via email and text message. But when I enter the code from the text message, the error message “Your account cannot be created at this time.” appears again.
The service “Apple Account” is marked green on Apple’s status page. The email address and phone number are working, as they both received the codes.
Update
I described to an AI that the problem couldn’t be with my email address or phone number because I received the verification codes.
The AI agreed.
That’s why I ditched this email address and created a new one. Everything worked on the first try today. But I can’t tell you if changing the email address was the solution or waiting another day. Apple’s error messages are just not helpful.