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I've recently installed Xcode 26.4, and it seems like all of our libraries now give multiple linker error when building of the format libtool: warning: 'Foo.o' has no symbols Most of these errors come from extensions over objc types written in objc. (for instance we have some extensions over NSArray in the file NSArray+NSSet.mm) Is that a new feature of some stricter libtool invocation? or a bug? should I do anything about it?

Hi Apple team, Could you please let us know the estimated timeline for approval of our OHTTP relay request? We’d appreciate any updates on the current status or next steps from your side. My request number is GZ8425KHD9. Thanks in advance.

Hi all, I'm building an iOS app extension using ExtensionKit that works exclusively with its containing host app, presenting UI via EXHostViewController. I'd like the extension to have read-only access to the host's task for process introspection purposes. I'm aware this would almost certainly require a special entitlement. I know get-task-allow and the debugger entitlement exist, but those aren't shippable to the App Store. I'm looking for something that could realistically be distributed to end users. My questions: Does an entitlement exist (or is one planned) that would grant an extension limited, read-only access to its host's task—given the extension is already tightly coupled to the host? If not, is this something Apple would consider adding? The use case is an extension that needs to inspect host process state without the ability to modify it. Is there a path to request such an entitlement through the provisioning profile process, or is this fundamentally off the table for App Store distribution? It seems like a reasonable trust boundary given the extension already lives inside the host's app bundle, but I understand the security implications. Any insight appreciated. Thanks!

While going through the documentation for NWConnection, there seems to be state known as .waiting which means that the connection is waiting for a path change. For TCP, the state is understandable and can occur under some scenarios. But for the case of UDP, I have following queries: Why do we need .waiting state for the case of UDP? Even if we do need .waiting state for UDP, when all does this state occurs?

I am looking for a way to get customer ratings without reviews via the App Store Connect API. The customerReviews resource seems to only return ratings which are accompanied by a review. Is there maybe another way I am missing?

HI All I ve registered for a developer account almost a week ago. they said it takes 48h. nothing yet. I have logged a ticket at support 2 days ago, still no reply. How long does it take? I need to start publishing my app. Android is ready for more than a week

Hello, I'm looking for guidance on a submission that appears to be awaiting re-review following my response to a "2.1 Information Needed" message. App: Markets: Global Trading 24/7 App ID: 6756673679 Version: 1.0.6 Timeline (all times ET): Apr 17, 10:45 AM: Submission entered "Waiting for Review" Apr 17, 9:25 PM: Moved to "In Review" Apr 17, 10:14 PM: Received "2.1 Information Needed" message regarding the OTP demo account flow Apr 17, 10:45 PM: Replied in Resolution Center clarifying the OTP behavior Apr 20, 9:10PM: Still awaiting response, and in "Waiting for Review" status The App Review FAQ notes that messages in Resolution Center are generally responded to within 24 hours. My reply has now been pending for approximately 3 full days, so I wanted to check in here in case it would be helpful to surface this. Our prior two updates to our published app were approved quickly, and the 2.1 message concerned the demo account OTP flow, which I responded to in detail in Resolution Center. If anyone from App Review is able to take a look, I would very much appreciate it. Happy to provide any additional information that would help. Thank you, Chuck Bradford Dexari Inc.

I’m encountering a persistent issue with my Network Extension (specifically NEFilterDataProvider) and would really appreciate any insights. The extension generally works as expected, but after some time — especially after sleep/wake cycles or network changes — a global network outage occurs. During this state, no network traffic works: pings fail, browsers can’t load pages, etc. As soon as I stop the extension (by disabling it in System Preferences), the network immediately recovers. If I re-enable it, the outage returns instantly. I’ve also noticed that once this happens, the extension stops receiving callbacks like handleNewFlow(), and reinstalling the app or restarting the extension doesn’t help. The only thing that resolves the issue is rebooting the system. After reboot, the extension works fine again — until the problem reoccurs later. I asked AI about this behavior, and it suggested the possibility that the kernel might have marked the extension as untrusted, causing the system to intentionally block all network traffic as a safety mechanism. Has anyone experienced similar behavior with NEFilterDataProvider? Could there be a way to detect or prevent this state without rebooting? Is there any logging or diagnostic data I should collect when it happens again? Any guidance or pointers would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!

HI there, ive registered Apple ID for distrobution Apps, enrollment was not completed properly and ive interested in cashback for enrollment to start enrollment again, but in second time there was written "complete your enrollment" and it requested from me second payment. QUestion is: can I cashback my first enrollment and why devpayment@apple.com dont awnsered me for a week?P.S. I was mailed from Apple ID, marked with "Your order has been canceled."

Is there a way to view the opt-in rate via the API? I have been unsuccessful in finding one.

I'm experiencing a persistent issue where my app uploads successfully to TestFlight and appears in App Store Connect, but internal testers (including myself) receive the following error when attempting to install: "Could not install xxxxxxxxx. The requested app is not available or doesn't exist." What works: The build archives and exports successfully via Xcode (local build, Release configuration) The IPA uploads to App Store Connect without errors via eas submit The build appears in TestFlight and passes processing I can add the build to my Internal Testing group Testers receive the TestFlight notification and can see the app What fails: When any tester taps "Install" or "Update," the download begins briefly, then fails with the "not available or doesn't exist" error This affects all internal testers on the account, not just one device Troubleshooting already completed: Verified code signing is correct: Release configuration uses CODE_SIGN_STYLE = Manual, CODE_SIGN_IDENTITY = "iPhone Distribution", with a valid App Store distribution provisioning profile (UUID: 39bc4c63-bc64-403a-a2a6-6737b3d33115) 2. Distribution certificate is valid: Serial 4838CD7571DE5361B98A5FB2F769F74D, not expired (expires 2027-04-16) 3. Regenerated provisioning profile via EAS credentials, removed stale profiles, and rebuilt — same result 4. Incremented build numbers correctly across multiple submissions (3004 → 3005 → 3006) 5. Previously resolved a signing misconfiguration (build 3005 was incorrectly signed with "Apple Development" instead of "iPhone Distribution" due to expo prebuild reverting settings) — this was corrected for build 3006, but the install error persists 6. Confirmed the build is not stuck in processing — it shows as ready for testing in App Store Connect 7. Tested on multiple devices running current iOS versions 8. Cleared TestFlight app cache and reinstalled TestFlight on test devices Why I believe this is a server-side issue: Multiple developers in the Apple Developer Forums have reported the identical symptom — valid builds that upload and process correctly but fail to install with this exact error message. In those cases, Apple Support resolved the issue on their end within 48 hours with no action required from the developer. The signing, provisioning, and build configuration were not the cause. This one is very specific to what I am dealing with https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/778597 One developer stated you fixed it on your side, without any real reasoning which also leads me to believe this is not something I can fix on my end https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/778597?answerId=884241022#884241022 I've exhausted all client-side troubleshooting and believe this may require intervention on Apple's side. Has anyone been able to fix this on their end and not only when App Development called? I went through tons of the feedback and tried it all and it doesn't seem to be fixed. It's been a month or so like this. I can't get any info on who to call. I sent in a report to feedback assistant and through app developer support

Hello, I created an app using the latest version of Xcode (16.2), and I'm having a problem testing this app on my iPhones. I created this app just like all the others I've made for my clients, including one on (03/24/25), but when I went to upload another App to App Store Connect on (03/26/25) I couldn't test it on my phone. Points to consider: The app runs perfectly on the Emulator. All my terms and agreements with Apple are up to date. I tried to download the apps through Testflight on 2 different devices, iPhone 7 Plus (iOS 15.8.1) and iPhone 15 Pro Max (iOS 18.3.2), and I was unsuccessful in neither attempt. I can send my app to the internal testers, but when I click download, the following message appears: Could not install [APP NAME]. The requested App is not available or doesn't exist. I imagine this problem is with Apple itself, I have already contacted support, but I need to resolve this urgently for my customers. Has anyone experienced this and resolved it?

I have an IME for Indic languages that I currently distribute outside of the Mac App Store because it does not seem to be supported. IMEs needs to be installed under /Library/Input Methods/ which I believe is not allowed for App Store apps. I could distribute it as an embedded helper app within my larger distribution app that I then install on start up - but I believe even that is not allowed. Is there a sanctioned way to distribute IMEs via the Mac App Store? The iOS store has support which I was able to use effectively.

After updating to macOS 26.5 Beta 3, all applications report no internet connection, even though the system is connected and internet works in browsers. App Store shows “No Internet Connection” Other apps (non-browser) also cannot connect to the internet Web browsers (Chrome) work normally Web browsers safari. not work Internet connectivity is confirmed (websites load correctly)

I am facing errors in running ROOT on my M4 Air below is the terminal output can you please help me akshatsharma@akshats-MacBook-Air ~ % root /Users/akshatsharma/Applications/ROOT_v6.36.06/etc/cling/std_darwin.modulemap:73:64: error: header '__type_traits/add_lvalue_reference.h' not found module add_lvalue_reference { header "__type_traits/add_lvalue_reference.h" } ^ input_line_1:1:10: note: submodule of top-level module 'std' implicitly imported here #include <new> ^ Warning in cling::IncrementalParser::CheckABICompatibility(): Failed to extract C++ standard library version. Warning in cling::IncrementalParser::CheckABICompatibility(): Possible C++ standard library mismatch, compiled with _LIBCPP_ABI_VERSION '1' Extraction of runtime standard library version was: '' ------------------------------------------------------------------ | Welcome to ROOT 6.36.06 https://root.cern | | (c) 1995-2025, The ROOT Team; conception: R. Brun, F. Rademakers | | Built for macosxarm64 on Dec 27 2025, 07:23:39 | | From tags/6-36-06@6-36-06 | | With Apple clang version 17.0.0 (clang-1700.6.3.2) | | Try '.help'/'.?', '.demo', '.license', '.credits', '.quit'/'.q' | ------------------------------------------------------------------ root [0] new TBrowser IncrementalExecutor::executeFunction: symbol '_ZN5cling7runtime6gClingE' unresolved while linking [cling interface function]! You are probably missing the definition of cling::runtime::gCling Maybe you need to load the corresponding shared library? root [1] .q akshatsharma@akshats-MacBook-Air ~ % xcode-select --install xcode-select: note: Command line tools are already installed. Use "Software Update" in System Settings or the softwareupdate command line interface to install updates akshatsharma@akshats-MacBook-Air ~ % xcode-select -p /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools akshatsharma@akshats-MacBook-Air ~ % sudo xcode-select --reset akshatsharma@akshats-MacBook-Air ~ % sudo xcodebuild -license accept xcode-select: error: tool 'xcodebuild' requires Xcode, but active developer directory '/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools' is a command line tools instance akshatsharma@akshats-MacBook-Air ~ % unset DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH unset LD_LIBRARY_PATH source /Users/akshatsharma/applications/ROOT_v6.36.06/bin/thisroot.sh root -l /Users/akshatsharma/Applications/ROOT_v6.36.06/etc/cling/std_darwin.modulemap:73:64: error: header '__type_traits/add_lvalue_reference.h' not found module add_lvalue_reference { header "__type_traits/add_lvalue_reference.h" } ^ input_line_1:1:10: note: submodule of top-level module 'std' implicitly imported here #include <new> ^ Warning in cling::IncrementalParser::CheckABICompatibility(): Failed to extract C++ standard library version. Warning in cling::IncrementalParser::CheckABICompatibility(): Possible C++ standard library mismatch, compiled with _LIBCPP_ABI_VERSION '1' Extraction of runtime standard library version was: '' root [0] new TBrowser IncrementalExecutor::executeFunction: symbol '_ZN5cling7runtime6gClingE' unresolved while linking [cling interface function]! You are probably missing the definition of cling::runtime::gCling Maybe you need to load the corresponding shared library? root

Hello Apple Developer Support, I would like to follow up regarding my Apple Developer Program enrollment. I have two order numbers: D004762197 (failed payment attempt on Tuesday, April 14, 2026) D004767639 (successful payment on Thursday, April 16, 2026, invoice received) Currently, my account is still showing "Pending" and asking to complete the purchase, even though the second payment was successful. It seems my account might still be linked to the failed order. Could you please help link the successful payment and activate my account? Thank you very much.

For a simple, resourceless cocoa apps I used to manually setup the application lifecycle (mimicking what's documented here: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/appkit/nsapplication), so my main.swift would look like: import Cocoa let delegate = SomeDelegate() _ = NSApplication.shared NSApp.delegate = delegate NSApp.run() This triggers a warning in Xcode 26.2: "Main actor-isolated conformance of SomeDelegate cannot be used in nonisolated context; this is an error in Swift 6 language mode". so what is the recommended way to refactor above so that it is Swift 6 compliant?

We are evaluating various AI frameworks to use within our code, and are hoping to use some of the build-in frameworks in macOS including CoreML and Vision. However, we need to use these frameworks in a background process (system extension) that has no user session attached to it. (To be pedantic, we'll be using an XPC service that is spawned by the system extension, but neither would have an associated user session). Saying the daemon-safe frameworks list has not been updated in a while is an understatement, but it's all we have to go on. CoreGraphics isn't even listed--back then it part of ApplicationServices (I think?) and ApplicationServices is a no go. Vision does use CoreGraphics symbols and data types so I have doubts. We do have a POC that uses both frameworks and they seem to function fine but obviously having something official is better. Any Apple engineers that can comment on this?

Apple's submission for FIPS140-3 (https://support.apple.com/guide/certifications/macos-security-certifications-apc35eb3dc4fa/web) has no mention of review for Intel or Intel T2 in FIPS Compliance on Tahoe. Is there any effort for this or will there be any effort? Has there any been any word that Intel as an architecture is completely out of the picture for FIPS140-3?

Hello, For the past few days I have been working on integrating a Crash Reporter called "BugSplat" to our macOS desktop app and it got me thinking, how do crash reporters work on macOS ? After days of trial and error (and claude's help) I managed to integrate it but with a different behavior than windows. On Windows: When the app crashes, the BugSplat crash report window opens and allows you to write your details and message to be sent with the crash report (along with a log file) On macOS: It displays the normal macOS' "App exit unexpectedly", to which I click dismiss. But then when I re-open the app the BugSplat crash report window appears. I asked claude if I can avoid the normal macOS dialog entirely, to which it replied: "This is by design — BugSplat macOS is a next-launch crash reporter, not an in-process one. Here's why that's intentional and unavoidable: When a process crashes (SIGSEGV, SIGBUS, etc.), macOS's ReportCrash daemon independently monitors all processes and shows the "quit unexpectedly" dialog — there's no API to suppress it. Meanwhile, BugSplat's Mach exception handler captures the crash data to disk. On the next launch, BugSplat finds that crash data and shows its dialog. This is the same model used by every macOS crash reporter (PLCrashReporter, Firebase Crashlytics on macOS, etc.). The process heap is in a corrupted state at crash time, so showing UI from inside the crashed process is unreliable." LLMs sometimes speak confidently even when they're wrong so that's why I'm asking: Is it really true that that's the normal behavior for every crash reporter? And is it really that huge of a change to overwrite the macOS dialog entirely ? Thank you in advance and sorry for the long paragraph