Spotlight keeps crashing after last update (iOS 14)

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VitorMach OP
Created Sep ’20
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After the latest update today, I keep getting Spotlight crashes:

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Process:               Spotlight [1045]
Path:                  /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/Library/Developer/CoreSimulator/Profiles/Runtimes/iOS.simruntime/Contents/Resources/RuntimeRoot/Applications/Spotlight.app/Spotlight
Identifier:            Spotlight
Version:               1.0 (1)
Code Type:             X86-64 (Native)
Parent Process:        launchd_sim [795]
Responsible:           SimulatorTrampoline [608]
User ID:               501
Date/Time:             2020-09-16 17:41:37.406 -0300
OS Version:            Mac OS X 10.15.6 (19G2021)
Report Version:        12
Bridge OS Version:     4.6 (17P6610)
Anonymous UUID:        260183B2-AF37-5945-6F4E-5B564D139345

Appears to be related to the Simulator, which I have to use constantly during development. This is quickly getting annoying.

Anyone else experiencing this? Any fix?

This is a Mac Mini 2018.
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VitorMach OP
Sep ’20
Definitely related to opening the Simulator. Happens every time immediately after it.

Already tried
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sudo mdutil -E /


Should I reinstall Xcode entirely?
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VitorMach OP
Sep ’20
Reinstalling Xcode did NOT work.
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Redafillali OP
Sep ’20
Having the same issue here after updating xcode to the latest version

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shawnbierman OP
Sep ’20
I think this started for me after installing Xcode from the developer portal. I was previously using Xcode from the App Store, but it was crashing when I tried to open the developer documentation; the fix for that was downloading Xcode from the dev portal.

I think this is worse and I may reinstall from the App Store.
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edo1493 OP
Sep ’20
I have the same.

Kernal_task bumps to 300% when the simulator opens and nothing seems to work properly.
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HenriqueOrmonde OP
Sep ’20
For me, this started to happen after I updated to macOS 10.15.7
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Crenna OP
Sep ’20
This started happening for me after I updated to Xcode 12 (using Xamarin and Visual Studio for Mac) and the latest Xamarin and After I changed the application icon via Assets.xcassets. I do see this in my screen dump farther down:

11 dyld_sim 0x00000001071ea14c ImageLoader::recursiveLoadLibraries(ImageLoader::LinkContext const&, bool, ImageLoader::RPathChain const&, char const*) + 346

I wonder if it has something to do with the spotlight icon for my app?

Edit: I just went to spotlight on the simulator - I see blank icons for my app (underneath the spotlight entry box). I clicked on one of them and my app opened. Then I closed all the running apps and went to spotlight again and I now see my apps icon. I then started my app in the debugger again and so far (about 10 minutes) no spotlight error.


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CWwichan OP
Sep ’20
I am getting the same issue. Very annoying!
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ViktorEvil OP
Sep ’20
same here simulator crashes spotlight and has terrible performance
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medidia OP
Sep ’20
:( I have the same issue

Xcode 12.0.1
catalina 10.15.7

MacBook 2018 13" 4 thunderbolt
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apaganuchi OP
Oct ’20
Same issue here with MacBook Pro 16" 2019, macOS 10.15.6 and Xcode 12.0.1. Spotlight keeps crashing and causing terrible performance.
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robertfromnanits OP
Oct ’20
Same issue here
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jbty OP
Oct ’20
same issue
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Gabriel Martins OP
Oct ’20
Same here
MacBook Pro 13 2018
MacOS 10.15.7
Xcode Version 12.0.1 (12A7300)

My Mac fans runs loud on 6k+ rpm and has a terrible performance while spotlight crashes 1 time per 20 seconds
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ttttrhf OP
Oct ’20
same issue
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FilipAltDelete OP
Oct ’20
Same issue here

macbook pro 16"
OSX 10.15.6
xCode: 12.0.1
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2h4u OP
Oct ’20
having the same issue
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dmalicke OP
Oct ’20
same here. reinstalling Xcode did not work.
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vuongpt OP
Oct ’20
Same problem with me. There seems to be no workaround.

Mac mini (2018)
Android Studio
Simulator
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esorensen OP
Oct ’20
Same here :\
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skeppstedt OP
Oct ’20
Same issue for me.

  • macOS Catalina 10.15.6

  • xcode 12.0.1

  • Macbook Pro 15" 2017 with 3.1ghz i7 and 16gb 2133mhz LPDDR3.

When I use the preview-feature in SwiftUI, or run the simulator, fans start to run full speed until Spotlight eventually crashes. If I restart spotlight it just keeps crashing every once in a while.
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levidavis OP
Oct ’20
Still a problem. Particularly when I use the canvas preview in SwiftUI.
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Alan-Zhang OP
Oct ’20
Same here, every time I open iOS simulator, this problem appears.
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jforward5 OP
Oct ’20
I was having the same issue. I thought that removing and reading the simulators would help, it didn't

  1. Open Xcode

  2. Expand the simulator list

  3. Click "Add additional Simulators"

  4. Delete all the simulators from the list

  5. Close and reopen Xcode

  6. Expand the simulator list

  7. Click "Add additional Simulators"

  8. Click the "+" to add each Simulator back

And on top of spotlight crashing, the simulator is EXTREMELY SLOOOWWWWW

This is making it really hard to work on my apps :(
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vuongpt OP
Oct ’20
This error no longer appears after updating xcode to version 12.1
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