Hi,
We have an enterprise program account, and we have deployed an app over-the-air (adhoc/inhouse). If the distribution certificate expires, will the app continue running on devices?
Thank you.
Not forever, no.
Keep in mind the dist cert more directly affects creating/distributing apps (dev side), where the individual app's provisioning profile controls how long it runs (user side). This assumes the program account is still active as well.
From the docs:
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Managing Expiring Certificates and Provisioning Profiles
You are responsible for managing your team’s certificates and provisioning profiles. Apple Developer Enterprise Program certificates expire after three years and provisioning profiles expire after one year.
Before a distribution certificate expires, create an additional distribution certificate, described in Creating Additional Enterprise Distribution Certificates. You cannot renew an expired certificate. Instead, replace the expired certificate with the new certificate, described in Replacing Expired Certificates.
If a distribution provisioning profile expires, verify that you have a valid distribution certificate and renew the provisioning profile, described in Renewing Expired Provisioning Profiles.
Xcode manages your development certificates and team provisioning profiles for you.
