notarizing "unable to create an authentication session"

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Created Feb ’20

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I am using the same command-line to notarize a package installer that I have been using all day as well as the past month. Suddenly I started getting a failure

Unable to validate your application. We are unable to create an authentication session.

$ xcrun altool --notarize-app --primary-bundle-id ...
2020-02-27 15:09:48.488 altool[48387:2691346] *** Error: Unable to validate your application. We are unable to create an authentication session.

I couldn't find any problems on the "Apple Status" page.

Any suggestion what I am doing wrong? Is there an issue with my account?

Thanks,

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PianoBench OP

Mar ’20

I experienced the same error today. It was odd because, earlier in the day, I had success notarizating another dmg.

Apparently, I bungled things. I had inadvertantly revoked the application-specific password. Unfortunately, the error that I received in Terminal did not let me know that this was the problem. Once I created and implemented a new password, everything worked for me.

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