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A signing certificate is a digital identity used for code signing during the build and archive process.

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When I accessed the page "Certificates, IDs, & Profiles", it shows "Unable to find a team with the given Team ID 'XXXXXXXXXX' to which you belong. Please contact Apple Developer Program Support. https://developer.apple.com/support". I confirmed my developer account was paid in 6 months and should be valid. I accessed 2 weeks ago without any problem. This is the screenshot.
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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?
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I'm trying to compile my project to upload to the Apple Store, but I'm encountering the following error and I'm not finding a solution. Target release_unpack_ios failed: Exception: Failed to codesign /Users/projetos03/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/Runner-fawumbalfprcejfqeukpogdffliw/Build/Intermediates.noindex/ArchiveIntermediates/Runner/BuildProductsPath/Release-iphoneos/Flutter.framework/Flutter with identity 8AEA2F49955A0 9A7CD98E041ABA46E18BAE7745E . /Users/projetos03/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/Runner-fawumbalfprcejfqeukpogdffliw/Build/Intermediates.noindex/ArchiveIntermediates/Runner/BuildProductsPath/Release-iphoneos/Flutter.framework/Flutter: replacing existing signature Warning: unable to build chain to self-signed root for signer "Apple Development: Flavio Alves (36WNMDQCH4)"
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I registered as a developer with Apple. Since I work alone, I have an individual developer account. Unfortunately, I am unable to create an iOS distribution certificate from Visual Studio (for Windows). The option is grayed out even though my role in App Store Connect is "Admin". Visual Studio also shows me that my user is an admin - yet I don't seem to have rights to create iOS distribution certificates. I can create iOS development certificates without any problems.
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Hi everyone! We use to have an intel Mac machine where we generate the Developer ID Installer & Application certs for signing and notarization process. This process works sweet. Now, we move from an intel to a m1 Mac machine, where we want to do the same process as before. I had try two different approaches, but ending up with the same result. I export the cert with the private key from my intel to the m1 machine, but when I try to sign, I get: Invalid signature. (Not sure what this error means in this case as everything works on the intel machine. I am guessing the cipher for creating either the private key or the signature differs between the architecture) I try to generate new certs for this m1 machine, but I get the following error: You already have a current Developer ID installer certificate or a pending certificate request. I try with the same account, but also with a different account. In both cases got the same error. I create a ticket for apple, where they said to expect a reply between one and two business days, but no luck yet.
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I'm trying to build my Expo app. I already built it for Android, but now I'm struggling to create a release on iOS to upload on TestFlight. I have the apple developer account of my university, and they added our bundle ID there(I'm not an admin). When I try to build with EAS, it requires a p12 file. So, I tried to generate it in this way: From Keychain Access I created a CSR(by adding my mail and name) and then on Apple Developers I uploaded it(Certificates > +), so I downloaded a .cer file I opened the .cer on Keychain Access and I dragged it under "login" section From there I exported the p12 file But that p12 gives me always this error when I run npx eas build --platform ios : Provided Distribution Certificate is no longer valid on Apple's server after submitting the p12 file on eas console. Can someone help us? Thanks in advance for your availability :)
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An error occurred. Unable to import “Apple Development: Name ()”. Error: -25294 Mac mini M1 macOS Sonoma Version 14.4.1
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How to change Bundle ID in "Certificates, Identifiers & Profiles" (Edit your App ID Configuration) ? Which certificate is needed for a free Mac application (.app) ? The application need only save\restore disk data (no extension, no wifi, no In-App Purchase, etc). A very simple basic 3 windows application (type math Calculator). Do I need set some "Capabilities" (App Services) ?
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Hi, I have been using a Developer ID Installer Certificate to sign my installer packages since a long time now. Recently, the sign command started giving me error, Error - Certificate is expired or not yet valid. Please check certificate validity. The certificate itself is valid till 2025, so I am confused on the issue. To get a clearer understanding, I created a new certificate by following instructions in the link, https://developer.apple.com/help/account/create-certificates/create-developer-id-certificates However, when I try to use this to sign my installer package, I get the following error, Unable to build a valid certificate chain. Please make sure that all certificates are included in the certificate file. I am using ZXPSignCmd to sign the installers. Hoping for guidance to a quick resolution.
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hi, just to know: when i, download certificates and install by doble click appear and error. when choos icloud... here a pictureof theerror any comment or. help will be apreciatesomuch. .thanks . https://ibb.co/7rGbKr4
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Hi Team, Need your help on solving the errSecInternalComponent error which is getting generated while doing a xcode archive command from jenkins jobs. Currently using Sonoma-14.4, Xcode-15.2, in local it's working well both build and archive but in case of jenkins i am unable to get that, i already given security-unlock commands also before the archive stage but no use, Commands passed: security unlock-keychain -p xxxx /Users/ec2-user/Library/Keychains/login.keychain-db; \ security set-key-partition-list -S apple-tool:,apple:,codesign: -s -k xxxxx Please let me know if i have missed any configuration thing. Error Signing Identity: "iPhone Distribution: " Provisioning Profile: "Notification Content Dist Profile" (ffb7be92-3e65-4be4-b161-07c7f75723f0) /usr/bin/codesign --force --sign 1FD10D04940E92C7A212E4A27C1E11D5C3DB12E9 --preserve-metadata\=identifier,entitlements,flags --generate-entitlement-der /Users/ec2-user/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/ReferenceApp-CardAppSDK-bwgchbllhpzevwgvnuwqvjywfeju/Build/Intermediates.noindex/ArchiveIntermediates/ReferenceApp-CardAppSDK/IntermediateBuildFilesPath/UninstalledProducts/iphoneos/NotificationContentExtension.appex/Frameworks/PushNotificationExtensions.framework Warning: unable to build chain to self-signed root for signer "iPhone Distribution: " /Users/ec2-user/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/ReferenceApp-CardAppSDK-bwgchbllhpzevwgvnuwqvjywfeju/Build/Intermediates.noindex/ArchiveIntermediates/ReferenceApp-CardAppSDK/IntermediateBuildFilesPath/UninstalledProducts/iphoneos/NotificationContentExtension.appex/Frameworks/PushNotificationExtensions.framework: errSecInternalComponent please help on this ASAP
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I have an Xcode project (generated from Qt) which is signed by a post-processing script. It uses the invocation: codesign -o runtime --sign "$(CODE_SIGN_IDENTITY)" CODE_SIGN_IDENTITY is set to "Apple Development" in the Build Settings for the target. The signing step fails with this complaint Apple Development: ambiguous (matches "Apple Development: <my name> (an ID)" and "Apple Development: <my company email> (another ID)" in login.keychain-db) It is true, I do have two Apple Development certificates. I thought one is for personal development (when you pick the personal team) and the other for company development (when I pick the company team). I have other Xcode projects (built "by hand") which have CODE_SIGN_IDENTITY set to "Apple Development" and with Automatic signing turned on, and they build just fine, even though I have two certificates with common names beginning "Apple Development". However, when I look at the build log of those regular Xcode projects, which are signed by Xcode rather than in a post-processing script, the Signing step logs this: Signing Identity: Apple Development: (an ID) not simply "Apple Development". Xcode seems to have resolved the ambiguity all on its own before calling codesign. It then calls codesign using the hash of the certificate as its identifier. How can I emulate Xcode's behavior here? The postprocessing script runs on different developer's machines - they all have multiple "Apple Development" certificates, and they are all different from one another.
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Since 2023 Apple have strongly suggested signing XCFrameworks to verify their origins. This has worked perfectly fine for the last year. Seeing that our certificate was about to expire, we revoked it and created a new one which we will use to sign all future releases. However, because that first certificate has been revoked, all previous releases of our XCFramework now have invalid signatures because the certificate they used no longer exists. While an update to the latest XCFramework would solve the issue, that's not always a possibility for people with lower minimum deployment targets that can only run an older version of our XCFramework. In the wwdc video on the topic it states: When the xcframework author's signing certificate expires, Xcode is able to automatically validate that a new certificate for Apple Developer Program identities is from the same developer. Does this mean that if we had not pre-empted the expiry and instead let the certificate expire, we wouldn't have this backwards compatibility issue? The course of action we've had to take is to manually go through all of our releases for the last year and re-sign them with the latest certificate. This doesn't seem like a tenable solution each year. Looking for guidance on how to manage this situation each year.
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I made some changes to my MAUI app in VS 2022 on Windows 11. I had no trouble testing my app on a locally connected iPhone before, but now when I try to debug the same app (with changes), on the same iPhone, and the same Windows machine, with the same valid certificates in the VS Apple Accounts Details, I get this error: iOS code signing key 'Apple Development: B... (...)' not found in keychain. Why is it even referring to the keychain when I'm on a Windows machine using VS2022 valid certificates in the VS Apple Accounts Details Also, I'm getting "MSB6006: 'codesign' exited with code 3." error when trying to test/debug on a remote mac machine.
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I know there is a quite a few costs and licenses required for post apps to the App Store. I am interested in only developing apps for my own phone to see if this is something I want to venture into. Is there a way (or online resources) that allow me to develop just for myself and install on my phone to experiment with? It does not make much sense if I have to purchase a developer license and all the other requirements if I am just experimenting, and being limited solely to the Xcode simulator is only half the experience. Thoughts? and any help would be appreciated.
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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.
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Hi I have had severe malware issues recently and need to factory reset my Mac. I may have to reinstall the OS as well in case it has a root-kit. This means I cannot use any standard backups ( Time Machine etc.) and will manually recreate my user setup on the Mac. Will reinstalling Xcode and downloaded signing certificates from my developer account work ? Are there other things to consider ? I will recreate my user ( assuming the uid will be the same as well ) Has anyone tried this before? What is your experience with it?
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Hi, I created a developer id certification from my apple developer account a couple of year ago and downloaded it as .cer file into my Laptop. Now I want to use this certificate to sign my application, but unfortunately Xcode shows an error message like 'Missing Private Key" and I can also see that there is no private key under my developer id certificate(there is no grey arrow to expand to see private cer) in keychain access. Moreover my developer account is expired and I do not want to extend it yet so unfortunately no solutions with apple developer account will work like creating a new certification etc. Do you have any other solutions like using Keychain Access or Xcode to link my private key again into my developer id certificate? Note: 1-.cer file was created on my laptop by me, which I am using now. So I would expected that the related private key should already exist in my Keychain Access(if I did not delete it mistakenly.) but I do not know which private key is the relevant one, I have several of them. 2-I have also a CertificateSigningRequest.certSigningRequest file which was copied near my .cer file. Maybe it could be useful for a solution? 3-No! unfortunately I do not have any .p12 file. 4-I had already installed current AppleWWDRCAG3 file before I import my .cer file into my Keychain Access Tool. 5-Get Info shows that my cer file is still valid till sep 2025. 6- I have already restarted my Xcode and laptop. 7-I tried all solutions here: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/12867878/missing-private-key-in-the-distribution-certificate-on-keychain 8-https://developer.apple.com/account/resources/ shows me no certificate with the reason that my membership expired 9-I removed and re-added my apple account into Xcode. the same error occurred. XCODE:Version 15.3 (15E204a) OSX:macOS Sonoma 14.2.1 Thanks a lot in advance.
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