General: DevForums tags: Code Signing, Signing Certificates, Provisioning Profiles, Entitlements Developer Account Help — This document is good in general but, in particular, the Reference section is chock-full of useful information, including the names and purposes of all certificate types issued by Apple Developer web site, tables of which capabilities are supported by which distribution models on iOS and macOS, and information on how to use managed capabilities. Developer > Support > Certificates covers some important policy issues Entitlements documentation TN3125 Inside Code Signing: Provisioning Profiles — This includes links to other technotes in the Inside Code Signing series. WWDC 2021 Session 10204 Distribute apps in Xcode with cloud signing Certificate Signing Requests Explained DevForums post --deep Considered Harmful DevForums post Don’t Run App Store Distribution-Signed Code DevForums post Resolving errSecInternalComponent errors during code signing DevForums post Finding a Capability’s Distribution Restrictions DevForums post Signing code with a hardware-based code-signing identity DevForums post Mac code signing: DevForums tag: Developer ID Creating distribution-signed code for macOS documentation Packaging Mac software for distribution documentation Placing Content in a Bundle documentation Embedding Nonstandard Code Structures in a Bundle documentation Embedding a Command-Line Tool in a Sandboxed App documentation Signing a Daemon with a Restricted Entitlement documentation Defining launch environment and library constraints documentation WWDC 2023 Session 10266 Protect your Mac app with environment constraints TN2206 macOS Code Signing In Depth archived technote — This doc has mostly been replaced by the other resources linked to here but it still contains a few unique tidbits and it’s a great historical reference. Manual Code Signing Example DevForums post The Care and Feeding of Developer ID DevForums post TestFlight, Provisioning Profiles, and the Mac App Store DevForums post For problems with notarisation, see Notarisation Resources. For problems with the trusted execution system, including Gatekeeper, see Trusted Execution Resources. Share and Enjoy — Quinn “The Eskimo!” @ Developer Technical Support @ Apple let myEmail = "eskimo" + "1" + "@" + "apple.com"

I faced thta issue 2 days ago and today. The distribution certificat is installed in thekeychain and provision profiles gives no error when I'mm builing the arhive. But when I select App Store Connect as distribution. method it gives me an error that "App Store Connect access for ___ is required. What is the reason of that? Did someone face the same issue recently? Restart XCode and laptop did not help. I used to distribute the builds for individual account this way many times, but. now smth seems. to be changed or broken.

I have added an additional capability called "User Assigned Device Name" into my application(The provisions for Development, Ad hoc & App Store Connect etc already received from Apple). Since then we are facing issues on code signing. We are trying to Sign in Automatically and getting the below error always. /.xcodeproj Provisioning profile "iOS Team Provisioning Profile: com..*******" doesn't include the com.apple.developer.contacts.notes entitlement. Contact notes entitlements are not a part of our additional capabilities as we requested separately with Apple and received it in the provisioning profile long back. Actually that time the same(contacts notes entitlements) was not a part of the additional capabilities. Please advise if any one has gone through such a conflict and resolved.

Hello everyone, I am encountering a persistent issue with Xcode where I’m unable to install my app on a testing device due to the following error message: Failed to verify code signature of /var/installd/Library/Caches/com.apple.mobile.installd.staging/temp.SznYNY/extracted/iForC.app : 0xe8008018 (The identity used to sign the executable is no longer valid.) Here’s what I have tried so far to resolve this issue: 1. Ensured that all my certificates and provisioning profiles are current and valid. 2. Removed all related certificates from my Keychain and reinstalled new ones. 3. Cleaned and rebuilt the project multiple times. 4. Unpaired the device and paired it again. 5. Reinstalled the latest version of Xcode. 6. Performed a complete restore of my Mac. Despite these troubleshooting steps, I am still facing the same issue. I would greatly appreciate any insights or experiences related to this error from anyone who has overcome similar challenges. Thank you in advance for your help!

I am developing a suite of apps/helpers that get built into an installer package for deployment (outside The App Store). We have that release process ± working, except that most of the development team members are not admins/privileged on the team. They don't really need to publish on behalf of the team, and so we don't want to have debug builds also depend on being signed as "Developer ID Application". But that is running into problems… If I select instead "Sign to Run Locally" this results in an error for some of the build products along the lines of: [Build Target] requires a provisioning profile. Enable development signing and select a provisioning profile in the Signing & Capabilities editor. If I select "Apple Development" as the Code Signing Identity it leaves me with basically the same error as "Developer ID Application" does: Provisioning profile [Name of App/Helper] doesn't include signing certificate "Apple Development: [Name of Developer] ([TEAMID])" And finally, if simply set the Debug value for Provisioning Profile to "None" for the problematic products I get errors like: "[Name of app]" requires a provisioning profile. Select a provisioning profile in the Signing & Capabilities editor. I believe perhaps because some of the targets have an entitlements file granting access to various things (their own XPC services, their own shared preferences, as well as Outgoing Network Connections and com.apple.security.smartcard access…). In older versions of Xcode and/or macOS we didn't have trouble like this, local development could be done by basically any team member. Now it seems like maybe all developers need to have release-signing privileges to test/debug even on their own machines? Or is there a combination I'm missing, that would allow anyone on the team (or perhaps not even on the team) to build and debug the code locally, while still limiting who is able to actually sign notarized release builds on behalf of the team?

Trying to install a mobile provision on my iPad from Windows 10 using iTunes. The error message is as above. I've checked and rechecked the mobile provision. The UUID of my device is contained within my mobile provision. I also tried on MacOS with the same error code. I'm not sure what else to try. I tried making a new mobile provision, I tried readding my device (which isn't possible since it's just the same UUID as an already existing device. I updated iTunes to the latest verison, I've upgraded my iPad OS to the latest version (17.5)

I've been developing a solution that has an embedded USB driver. I can build and run my solution just fine but I cannot pass verification for uploading to App Store Correct and TestFlight The problem is that the provisioning profile I am using (for development) does not have the explicit Vendor ID (idVendor) but is using the development value of asterisk "*". I've created a release version of my entitlements file with the proper Vendor ID and I have a distribution certificate for iOS. Further, I've created a provisioning profile for app-store distribution (not development) and imported it via Xcode. When I select this provisioning profile, I get the following errors from Xcode: Xcode 14 and later requires a DriverKit development profile enabled for iOS and macOS. Visit the developer website to create or download a DriverKit profile. Provisioning profile "MyProvisioningProfile - App Store" doesn't match the entitlements file's value for the com.apple.developer.driverkit.transport.usb entitlement. If I create and use a DriverKit profile, The Xcode UI errors go away on the "Signing & Capabilities" page. However, these profiles seem to be for development only. I then get an error, during compilation, telling me that the app and extension have two different signers, one for development (DEXT) and one for distribution (App). To sum up, using a DriverKit profile fails during the build process and using a distribution profile is a non-starter for Xcode. I can't even build. What do I need to do to get this to work?

I've added my Vendor ID to the appropriate entitlement files but my binary fails validation when trying to upload it to the store for distribution. The embeded.mobileprovision file in the generated archive shows an asterisk instead of my approved Vendor ID. How can I make sure the embedded provisioning file has my Vendor ID?

I'm looking to automate device provisioning using App Store Connect API. Two things are snagging me: Updating Profiles API: Adding a new device seems clunky (read-all-devices, save, delete profile, recreate with a new device). Is there a simpler way to do it? I looked over the documentation and it seems like there's no streamlined way to do it, am I correct? Entitlements API: Not public yet? Does anyone know about any plans to open it up soon? I asked Apple Support and they didn't provide any information on this. Specifying entitlements during provisioning is an important step. Thanks for any help!

I create two Extensions in my continer app. Do I need create diffierent provisoning profiles for these Extensions ?

I've added my iPhone's correct UDID in the "Devices" section in Apple Developer account, and I created a Development Profile. I then downloaded it (as a .mobileprovision file) and am trying to add it to my connected iPhone via XCode. I'm getting this error message: Failed to install one or more provisioning profiles on the device. Please ensure the provisioning profile is configured to this device. If not, please try to regenerate a new profile. I have ensured the provisioning profile is configured to this device and have tried regenerating it. Same result. My iPhone has "Developer Mode" turned on. How do I troubleshoot this further?

Hello, Can anybody help me with some info about the following situation? We have an app that is published in the store and it is used by the users. We want implement in the app the In App Provisioning flow and we are analyzing all the steps the we need to check. One of the steps is the request for a special entitlement from apple. Let's say that we've checked the following: Request In App Provisioning entitlement Receive the entitlement Create a new provisioning profile with the received entitlement Start the development of In App Provisioning flow in the app At some point a bug is identified in production and we need the develop a hotfix that needs to be published before finishing the In App Provisioning feature. Wil it be possible to publish a new version of the app that doesn't contain the In App Provisioning functionality even though we have received the entitlement from apple? Should we create a new provisioning profile without the entitlement for this new release? Please let me know if you need more info.

Hello. I have a problem while im trying to archive my application throw the xcode. I follow instructions about certificates, profiles etc. (i create distributions because i don't have an iphone and while i create the distribution i don't have an option to select a devices) i'm working throw my macBook. After installing certificates and setting up my xcode, i build the app and the trying to archive but i get the following error: Communication with Apple failed Your team has no devices from which to generate a provisioning profile. Connect a device to use or manually add device IDs in Certificates, Identifiers & Profiles. https://developer.apple.com/account/ (i tried manually and automatic throw xcode) (i already added my mac device to devices the developer account.) What the problem is?

I have an app already uploaded to app store and its bundle id is service id not app id and i have an update with this app and when i tried to upload a new versions i found errors with bundle id registration and that is no Provisioning Profiles found for this bundle id so i tried to create new Provisioning Profiles with the service id that already connected with my app on app store connect and no luck to create Provisioning Profiles for service id and i cannot now upload a new updates

In 2016 we have to paid 99$ to test on a device. in 2017 we don't need to paid this taxe,if we test with a single device. Now is it possible, I don't see it ? if no since ? Thanks

Everything is ok util upgrade to xcode15.3 and macos14.0. When I usexcodebuild to build my app, some error occured: error: "ShopAssistant" requires a provisioning profile with the Associated Domains, Push Notifications, and Sign in with Apple features. Select a provisioning profile in the Signing & Capabilities editor. (in target 'ShopAssistant' from project 'ShopAssistant') But, just use Xcode menu Product/Archive is ok. I need to use command line in our CI/CD system. Hope somebody can help me. Terminal Log Details: xcodebuild -project ShopAssistant.xcodeproj -scheme ShopAssistant -sdk iphoneos -configuration Release archive Command line invocation: /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr/bin/xcodebuild -project ShopAssistant.xcodeproj -scheme ShopAssistant -sdk iphoneos -configuration Release archive User defaults from command line: IDEPackageSupportUseBuiltinSCM = YES Build settings from command line: SDKROOT = iphoneos17.4 --- xcodebuild: WARNING: Using the first of multiple matching destinations: { platform:iOS, id:dvtdevice-DVTiPhonePlaceholder-iphoneos:placeholder, name:Any iOS Device } { platform:macOS, arch:arm64, variant:Designed for [iPad,iPhone], id:00008103-0009489814FB001E, name:My Mac } { platform:iOS Simulator, id:dvtdevice-DVTiOSDeviceSimulatorPlaceholder-iphonesimulator:placeholder, name:Any iOS Simulator Device } { platform:iOS Simulator, id:E06C0B90-67C7-449D-981E-0BFEEDF77160, OS:17.4, name:iPad (10th generation) } { platform:iOS Simulator, id:E06C0B90-67C7-449D-981E-0BFEEDF77160, OS:17.4, name:iPad (10th generation) } { platform:iOS Simulator, id:35BC8560-1097-4751-A0F5-F6DC0B4C84DE, OS:17.4, name:iPad Air (5th generation) } { platform:iOS Simulator, id:35BC8560-1097-4751-A0F5-F6DC0B4C84DE, OS:17.4, name:iPad Air (5th generation) } { platform:iOS Simulator, id:1150700F-45CA-42E4-8D8B-8E70C849886E, OS:17.4, name:iPad Pro (11-inch) (4th generation) } { platform:iOS Simulator, id:1150700F-45CA-42E4-8D8B-8E70C849886E, OS:17.4, name:iPad Pro (11-inch) (4th generation) } { platform:iOS Simulator, id:5BA4C379-2462-449F-9D93-5D64DED7422E, OS:17.4, name:iPad Pro (12.9-inch) (6th generation) } { platform:iOS Simulator, id:5BA4C379-2462-449F-9D93-5D64DED7422E, OS:17.4, name:iPad Pro (12.9-inch) (6th generation) } { platform:iOS Simulator, id:F2F80E23-7C33-4965-806D-EC56962ECE54, OS:17.4, name:iPad mini (6th generation) } { platform:iOS Simulator, id:F2F80E23-7C33-4965-806D-EC56962ECE54, OS:17.4, name:iPad mini (6th generation) } { platform:iOS Simulator, id:C5A161D8-1D8B-499A-BB27-3B630002CE25, OS:17.4, name:iPhone 15 } { platform:iOS Simulator, id:C5A161D8-1D8B-499A-BB27-3B630002CE25, OS:17.4, name:iPhone 15 } { platform:iOS Simulator, id:995C11EA-5ACF-4A1A-9FFC-DF0A0AEE63F2, OS:17.4, name:iPhone 15 Plus } { platform:iOS Simulator, id:995C11EA-5ACF-4A1A-9FFC-DF0A0AEE63F2, OS:17.4, name:iPhone 15 Plus } { platform:iOS Simulator, id:3A444CC6-16B1-4F79-8144-7A5BB23FD1BA, OS:17.4, name:iPhone 15 Pro } { platform:iOS Simulator, id:3A444CC6-16B1-4F79-8144-7A5BB23FD1BA, OS:17.4, name:iPhone 15 Pro } { platform:iOS Simulator, id:D30229CD-1D9E-4206-980E-70A5208E5193, OS:17.4, name:iPhone 15 Pro Max } { platform:iOS Simulator, id:D30229CD-1D9E-4206-980E-70A5208E5193, OS:17.4, name:iPhone 15 Pro Max } { platform:iOS Simulator, id:3C53C988-D93B-4E38-AC9F-BE8B8F111280, OS:17.4, name:iPhone SE (3rd generation) } { platform:iOS Simulator, id:3C53C988-D93B-4E38-AC9F-BE8B8F111280, OS:17.4, name:iPhone SE (3rd generation) } Prepare packages ComputeTargetDependencyGraph note: Building targets in dependency order note: Target dependency graph (1 target) Target 'ShopAssistant' in project 'ShopAssistant' (no dependencies) GatherProvisioningInputs CreateBuildDescription ExecuteExternalTool /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin/clang -v -E -dM -arch arm64 -isysroot /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/Developer/SDKs/iPhoneOS17.4.sdk -x objective-c -c /dev/null ExecuteExternalTool /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin/clang -v -E -dM -isysroot /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/Developer/SDKs/iPhoneOS17.4.sdk -x c -c /dev/null ExecuteExternalTool /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr/bin/ibtool --version --output-format xml1 ExecuteExternalTool /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr/bin/actool --print-asset-tag-combinations --output-format xml1 /Users/es/ShopAssistant_3.7.9/shopassistant_native_ios_pure/930714_0_4.9.3/Assistant/Images.xcassets ExecuteExternalTool /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr/bin/actool --version --output-format xml1 ExecuteExternalTool /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin/swiftc -v ExecuteExternalTool /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin/clang -v -E -dM -arch arm64 -isysroot /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/Developer/SDKs/iPhoneOS17.4.sdk -x c -c /dev/null ExecuteExternalTool /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin/ld -version_details Build description signature: xxxxxxx Build description path: /Users/es/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/ShopAssistant-cmrxpudshqxyfcgqsharjobmjuxt/Build/Intermediates.noindex/ArchiveIntermediates/ShopAssistant/IntermediateBuildFilesPath/XCBuildData/xxxxxx.xcbuilddata /Users/ShopAssistant.xcodeproj: warning: The iOS deployment target 'IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET' is set to 9.0, but the range of supported deployment target versions is 12.0 to 17.4.99. (in target 'ShopAssistant' from project 'ShopAssistant') /Users/ShopAssistant.xcodeproj: error: "ShopAssistant" requires a provisioning profile with the Associated Domains, Push Notifications, and Sign in with Apple features. Select a provisioning profile in the Signing & Capabilities editor. (in target 'ShopAssistant' from project 'ShopAssistant') ** ARCHIVE FAILED **

Hello, after migrating one of our apps, APP, from the one developer account to another, we are experiencing an issue with provisioning profiles. In the provisioning profile of APP (com.SOME.APP), we have a wrong value for the com.apple.developer.ubiquity-kvstore-identifier key used for iCloud KVS. The value is OLDTEAMID.com.SOME.APP.EXTENSION while it should be just OLDTEAMID.com.SOME.APP. The previous value must be instead present in the provisioning profiles for the EXTENSION (OLDTEAMID.com.SOME.APP.EXTENSION) for the com.apple.developer.ubiquity-kvstore-identifier key. Please let me know if you know something about this issue. This is blocking us from releasing the application. Thank you!

Hello, We currently have an IOS Mobile app using the ad-hoc provisioning profile with a distribution certificate. We are wanting to renew the ad-hoc provisioning profile BEFORE it expires. How do i do this without causing the application to break AND prevent the user from having to re-trust the. Can i simply create a new ad-hoc provisioning profile associated with the old certificate, rebuild the app, and send the link to the user?

Hello . Currently, only the ios version is on sale on the App Store. The application is offering an icloud-linked, auto-renewable subscription. I want to sell to the app store connect with the same identifier, AppID at the same time. I simply added visionos to the existing app project to provide the visionos version early, but the existing UI-related code and the location-related code are not compatible. We used the same identifier with the same name, duplicated and optimized only what could be implemented, and created it without any problems on the actual device. However, when I added the visionos platform to the App Store cennect and tried to upload it through the archive in the app for visionos that I created as an addition, there was an error in the identifier and provisioning, so the upload was blocked. The result of looking up to solve the problem App Group -I found out about the function, but it was judged that a separate app was for an integrated service, so it was not suitable for me. Add an APP to an existing app project via target and manually adjust the platform in Xcode -> Build Phases -> Compile Soures -> Archive upload success?( I haven't been able to implement this stage of information yet.) I explained the current situation. Please give me some advice on how to implement it.visionos has a lot of constraints, so you need to take a lot of features off.

Currently, I'm reducing the ios version being sold on the App Store with the same app id and identifier to visionos, and I'm trying to upload it using the same identifier, developer id, and icloud, but I can't upload it because of an error. I didn't know what the problem was, so I updated the update of the ios version early, but I uploaded the review without any problems. Uploading the visionos single version has a profile problem, so I would appreciate it if you could tell me the solution. In addition, a lot of the code used in the ios version is not compatible with visionos, so we have created a new project for visionos.

When I try to copy existing provision profile from our onprem mac mini to aws mac mini it is disappeared from the folder . /Users/ec2-user/MobileDevice/Provisioning Profiles/ Not sure whats going here .