How can I read a dataless file from within the same or another FileProvider extension? When I pass the visible URL to AVAsset from AVFoundation, it throws the following error: Error Domain=AVFoundationErrorDomain Code=-11800 "The operation could not be completed" UserInfo={NSUnderlyingError=0x15b01b1e0 {Error Domain=NSPOSIXErrorDomain Code=11 "Resource deadlock avoided"}, NSLocalizedFailureReason=An unknown error occurred (11), AVErrorFailedDependenciesKey=( "assetProperty_Tracks" ), NSURL=file:///Users/<<username>>/Library/CloudStorage/<<file-path>>, NSLocalizedDescription=The operation could not be completed} The code snippet works fine if executed as a separate Swift process. I'm using AVAsset with AVAssetExportSession to export a subset of the file being read. So I can't use NSFileProviderManager.requestDownloadForItem(withIdentifier:, requestedRange:) because I don't know the offset range required by the AVFoundation library.

When capturing materialized information from materializedItemsDidChange in NSFileProviderReplicatedExtension, the isDownloaded property of NSFileProviderItem is not set during the call to enumerate items (NSFileProviderEnumerationObserver:enumerateItems(for:startingAt:)). Both the IsDownloaded and isMostRecentVersionDownloaded properties are returning false, even though the item is fully materialized How to capture this information from file provider extension ? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

I am currently developing an app based on a file provider extension and intermittently encounter the error: No valid file provider found with identifier. Usually, I can mount (addDomain) successfully after building the app, but occasionally this error appears and then disappears after 10-15 minutes I see these errors from log stream: 2024-07-28 01:01:46.644401+0530 0x1abf0 Default 0x0 6654 0 fileproviderd: (FileProviderDaemon) [com.apple.FileProvider:default] [WARNING] No provider found with identifier (null) for calling bundle <private> on second attempt. 2024-07-28 01:01:47.099043+0530 0x1aac7 Error 0x0 6926 0 mdbulkimport: (FileProvider) [com.apple.FileProvider:default] [ERROR] Cannot query for providers. Error: NSError: Cocoa 4099 "<private>" 2024-07-28 01:01:47.099203+0530 0x1aac7 Error 0x0 6926 0 mdbulkimport: (FileProvider) [com.apple.FileProvider:default] [ERROR] received an error when listing providers, attempting again: Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=4099 UserInfo={NSDebugDescription=<private>} (count: 3) 2024-07-28 01:01:47.100009+0530 0x1aac7 Error 0x0 6926 0 mdbulkimport: (FileProvider) [com.apple.FileProvider:default] [ERROR] Cannot query for providers. Error: NSError: Cocoa 4099 "<private>" 2024-07-28 01:01:47.100141+0530 0x1aac7 Error 0x0 6926 0 mdbulkimport: (FileProvider) [com.apple.FileProvider:default] [ERROR] received an error when listing providers, attempting again: Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=4099 UserInfo={NSDebugDescription=<private>} (count: 2) 2024-07-28 01:01:47.100898+0530 0x1aac7 Error 0x0 6926 0 mdbulkimport: (FileProvider) [com.apple.FileProvider:default] [ERROR] Cannot query for providers. Error: NSError: Cocoa 4099 "<private>" 2024-07-28 01:01:47.101112+0530 0x1aac7 Error 0x0 6926 0 mdbulkimport: (FileProvider) [com.apple.FileProvider:default] [ERROR] received an error when listing providers, attempting again: Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=4099 UserInfo={NSDebugDescription=<private>} (count: 1) 2024-07-28 01:01:47.101951+0530 0x1aac7 Error 0x0 6926 0 mdbulkimport: (FileProvider) [com.apple.FileProvider:default] [ERROR] Cannot query for providers. Error: NSError: Cocoa 4099 "<private>" 2024-07-28 01:01:47.102510+0530 0x1aac7 Error 0x0 6926 0 mdbulkimport: (FileProvider) [com.apple.FileProvider:default] [ERROR] can't get the list of providers: NSError: Cocoa 4099 "<private>" When the issue occurs, the following command does not list my provider: fileproviderctl dump Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!