It is a bit strange what Xcode Cloud has implemented on how they manage the Build Numbers https://developer.apple.com/documentation/xcode/setting-the-next-build-number-for-xcode-cloud-builds
Intead of just looking at the project configuration as the source of truth, they run their own build number and totally ignore the project config value. Also, interesting that instead of solving it they have a "Set Build Number" menu in the settings which is a pain to manually manage everytime they got out of sync.
Is there any way to turn this madness off and consider the project config as the source of truth?
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Recently, I’ve noticed that the Archive workflow on Xcode Cloud frequently fails randomly with the following error:
❌ Exporting for App Store Distribution failed. Please download the logs artifact for more information
I’m not sure if this issue is on my side or if it’s related to Xcode Cloud itself. Has anyone encountered a similar problem?
Last year I used the iOS Distribution Managed Certificate (Enterprise Program) to sign an App and to distribute it internally. The Cert is still valid until May 2026. But its associated Provisiong Profile (which is not visible in the Apple Portal, but within Xcode when you export your archive) expired last week. Until then it was impossible for me to somehow force renew the profile and that lead to the fact that my app was not usable for a day, because the renewal was done after the expiration of the old one.
Whats the whole point of the managed signing if can't influence the provisioning update. To be clear: I don't speak about the certificate - just about the profile.
Or am I using it wrong?
I am trying to find answers to the following questions about the XCode Cloud infrastructure for compliance purposes, but could not find it in the documentation.
Where is the Xcode Cloud infrastructure hosted?
Is there any way to specify that your builds happen in the US only?
Does Xcode Cloud infra have any SLA on uptime?
Does XCode Cloud meet any kind security compliance standards?
Hello,
I uploaded a new build to TestFlight, and it has been about an hour since the processing was completed.
However, the update is still not showing up in the TestFlight app.
From my experience, the update usually appears within 10 to 30 minutes, but this time it is taking unusually long.
I’m wondering if anyone else has experienced a similar issue and found a solution.
Any advice or guidance would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you!
Hello!
I'm trying to build my flutter app through xcode cloud, but im getting following error:
Command exited with non-zero exit-code: 65
Run command: 'xcodebuild archive -workspace /Volumes/workspace/repository/ios/Runner.xcworkspace -scheme Runner -destination generic/platform=iOS -archivePath /Volumes/workspace/build.xcarchive -derivedDataPath /Volumes/workspace/DerivedData -resultBundleVersion 3 -resultBundlePath /Volumes/workspace/resultbundle.xcresult -resultStreamPath /Volumes/workspace/tmp/resultBundleStream97053cd8-9db9-41c6-9dc8-a9fc142bacb6.json -IDEPostProgressNotifications=YES CODE_SIGN_IDENTITY=- AD_HOC_CODE_SIGNING_ALLOWED=YES CODE_SIGN_STYLE=Automatic DEVELOPMENT_TEAM={development_team_here} COMPILER_INDEX_STORE_ENABLE=NO -hideShellScriptEnvironment'
When i build locally, it works fine, tried both debug/release modes, but in the cloud archive fails.
Also have following message in xcode cloud:
`'Flutter/Flutter.h' file not found
GeneratedPluginRegistrant.h:10`
failed to emit precompiled header '/Volumes/workspace/DerivedData/Build/Intermediates.noindex/ArchiveIntermediates/Runner/PrecompiledHeaders/Runner-Bridging-Header-swift_2QGFV1FVTQX2Z-clang_IX5TH88559CY.pch' for bridging header '/Volumes/workspace/repository/ios/Runner/Runner-Bridging-Header.h'
My application is in flightTest mode.
I received my first two crash reports in XCODE /Organizer. The context is well described, and I was able to isolate the locations where very serious errors occurred.
My application is connected. I'm missing one piece of data in this crash report: the time of the crash.
This will help me see what (in my case) static data was being read on the data server at that time. This will help me investigate.
Is it possible to obtain this information?
Hey everyone,
We’re running into a frustrating issue with Xcode Cloud builds submitted to App Store Review. After every build, we must manually delete all code signing certificates generated by Xcode Cloud; otherwise, the reviewers can’t open the exported App Store app.
When they try to open it, they see the error:
“Apple Information Security: A process was blocked from running and moved to Trash: [Our App Name]”
Oddly enough, if we delete all Xcode Cloud-generated certificates and then trigger a new Xcode Cloud build, the problem temporarily disappears—until the next submission, where we have to repeat the process.
Has anyone else encountered this issue? Any recommendations on how to prevent this from happening? We’d rather not keep trashing certificates after every build.
Thanks!
Topic:
Developer Tools & Services
SubTopic:
Xcode Cloud
Tags:
Signing Certificates
Xcode Cloud
Code Signing
App Review
Hi,
I'm trying to use the change url functionality to switch my Xcode Cloud setup from Gitlab.com to my self hosted Gitlab instance. The setup process completes successfully, however, Xcode Cloud does not create any web hooks in my repo and also is not able to fetch any branch/tag information from the Gitlab instance.
There is also no error displayed on Xcode Cloud UI. I even tried to debug by looking at requests on my server to see if there are any clues, to no avail.
The only clue seems to be that in my repositories page, I see the instance listed but the row is highlighted red (which I assume means there's an issue with the connection). The last accessed date is also empty. The call to the /repos-v3 endpoint from App Store Connect seems to indicate there's an authentication issue:
{
"primary_repos" : [ {
"repo" : {
"id" : "xxxxxxxxxxx",
"http_clone_url" : "xxxxxxxxxxx",
"owner_name" : "xxxxxxxxxxx",
"repo_name" : "xxxxxxxxxxx-ios",
"repo_id" : "7",
"provider" : "gitlab-hosted",
"ssh_clone_url" : "ssh://xxxxxxxxxxx",
"scp_clone_url" : "git@xxxxxxxxxxx",
"default_branch" : "master"
},
"authorization_state" : "unauthorized"
} ],
"additional_repos" : [ ],
"unauthorized_repos" : [ ],
"revoked_repos" : [ ]
}
On my end, when I try to add the repository to Xcode Cloud, I see a few requests to my GitLab instance, all of which succeed with 200:
{"time":"2025-03-11T21:10:26.217Z","severity":"INFO","duration_s":0.05674,"db_duration_s":0.00567,"view_duration_s":0.05107,"status":200,"method":"GET","path":"/api/v4/user",....
{"time":"2025-03-11T21:10:26.797Z","severity":"INFO","duration_s":0.16682,"db_duration_s":0.02024,"view_duration_s":0.14658,"status":200,"method":"GET","path":"/api/v4/projects/xxxxxx%2Fxxxxxx-ios",....
{"time":"2025-03-11T21:10:28.298Z","severity":"INFO","duration_s":0.06617,"db_duration_s":0.00835,"view_duration_s":0.05782,"status":200,"method":"GET","path":"/api/v4/user",....
{"time":"2025-03-11T21:10:28.867Z","severity":"INFO","duration_s":0.21071,"db_duration_s":0.03075,"view_duration_s":0.17996,"status":200,"method":"GET","path":"/api/v4/projects/xxxxxx%2Fxxxxxx-ios",....
{"time":"2025-03-11T21:10:30.621Z","severity":"INFO","duration_s":0.15613,"db_duration_s":0.01842,"view_duration_s":0.13771,"status":200,"method":"GET","path":"/api/v4/projects/7",....
{"time":"2025-03-11T21:10:31.239Z","severity":"INFO","duration_s":0.1672,"db_duration_s":0.01828,"view_duration_s":0.14892,"status":200,"method":"GET","path":"/api/v4/projects/7",.....
At this point I'm sure this is some sort of a bug with Xcode Cloud since the requests do succeed but Xcode Cloud is unable to process the responses and identify the correct branches and tags, as well as set the web hook for the repo.
Topic:
Developer Tools & Services
SubTopic:
Xcode Cloud
Tags:
App Store Connect
App Store Connect API
Xcode Cloud
There seems to be a problem to a specific Apple Developer Account regarding Xcode Cloud Distribution (Signing).
The Xcode Cloud Error
Invalid Signature. Code failed to satisfy specified code requirement(s). The file at path “XcodeCloudTest.app/XcodeCloudTest” is not properly signed. Make sure you have signed your application with a distribution certificate, not an ad hoc certificate or a development certificate. Verify that the code signing settings in Xcode are correct at the target level (which override any values at the project level). Additionally, make sure the bundle you are uploading was built using a Release target in Xcode, not a Simulator target. If you are certain your code signing settings are correct, choose “Clean All” in Xcode, delete the “build” directory in the Finder, and rebuild your release target. For more information, please consult https://developer.apple.com/support/code-signing.
Investigation
Apple Developer Forums
This issue seems to be known:
https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/746210
Debugging by ourselves
We setup an example Xcode project from a default iOS Xcode app template to rule out any project issues. This example project failed with the same error as stated above. In the next step we tried the same example project with a different Apple Developer Account and it successfully distributed the example App through Xcode Cloud.
Conclusion
It seems like there is no setup issue on developer-side, because our example project works out-of-the-box on a different Apple Developer Account. Our only hope is that Apple will have a look on our Developer Account. Maybe there is some internal setting.
Topic:
Developer Tools & Services
SubTopic:
Xcode Cloud
Tags:
TestFlight
Signing Certificates
Xcode Cloud
Code Signing
We are transferring ownership of an app from one org to another. Most things seem to be transferring as expected thus far according to this page, with the exception of our Xcode Cloud configuration and workflows. I understand that they are connected to source code (Github in this case), so those would probably need to be reconnected, but is there any way to get some of the configuration/workflows transferred?
Topic:
Developer Tools & Services
SubTopic:
Xcode Cloud
Tags:
App Store
App Store Connect
Xcode
Xcode Cloud
Hi,
I'm having a really hard time figuring out why I cannot perform cloud signing via Developer ID with xcodebuild.
I have a macOS application, which I can perfectly cloud sign the following way:
Sign into Xcode with my Admin + Account Holder Apple ID.
Delete my Developer ID Application certificate from Keychain Access.
In Xcode, click Archive.
When archived, click "Distribute App" in Xcode Organizer.
The app is cloud signed. I prove this by extracting the certificate codesign --extract-certificates -- /path/to/app.app then locate the 1.2.840.113635.100.6.1.32 bit mentioned by Quinn in this post. I however do it by simply opening the certifiacte with Keychain Access, where I can investigate the content of the certificate, rather than use that tool he does.
Then, I do the following to attempt to cloud sign via xcodebuild:
Create an API Key for the whole team in Users and Access > Integrations > App Store Connect with the "Admin" role selected.
Download the private key .p8 file to ~/Downloads.
Sign out of my Apple ID in Xcode by removing the account in Settings > Accounts.
Create an archive:
xcodebuild archive -scheme "<redacted scheme name>" -archivePath ~/Downloads/archive.xcarchive -authenticationKeyIssuerID <redacted issuer id> -authenticationKeyID <redacted key id> -authenticationKeyPath ~/Downloads/AuthKey_<redacted key id>.p8 -allowProvisioningUpdates
The archive is successfully created, with a new "Apple Development: Created via API (TEAM ID)" naming.
Export the archive:
xcodebuild -exportArchive -archivePath ~/Downloads/archive.xcarchive -authenticationKeyIssuerID <redacted issuer id> -authenticationKeyID <redacted key id> -authenticationKeyPath ~/Downloads/AuthKey_<redacted key id>.p8 -allowProvisioningUpdates -exportOptionsPlist ~/Downloads/exportOptions.plist -exportPath ~/Downloads
which then fails:
2025-03-07 10:27:58.706 xcodebuild[2152:40704] [MT] IDEDistribution: -[IDEDistributionLogging _createLoggingBundleAtPath:]: Created bundle at path "/var/folders/tn/yy7ynz3d0yb4p3sd_5q_wl0h0000gn/T/<redacted app name> macOS_2025-03-07_10-27-58.706.xcdistributionlogs".
error: exportArchive Cloud signing permission error
error: exportArchive No signing certificate "Developer ID Application" found
** EXPORT FAILED **
Opening the distribution logs, I find this in the Provisioning Log:
2025-03-07 09:09:58 +0000 2025-03-07 09:09:58 +0000 IDEProvisioningRepair(<redacted app name>.app): 2025-03-07 09:09:58 +0000 IDEProvisioningRepair(<redacted app name>.app): Sending request 84E57539-BC1D-407A-8402-7BCE9F2FD100 to <https://appstoreconnect.apple.com/xcbuild/v1/certificates> for session DVTServicesTeamBasedSession <issuer: <redacted issuer id>; key identifier: <redacted key id>>.
Method: POST
Headers:
{
Accept = "application/vnd.api+json";
"Accept-Encoding" = "gzip, deflate";
Authorization = "Bearer <redacted bearer token>";
"Content-Length" = 116;
"Content-Type" = "application/vnd.api+json";
"User-Agent" = Xcode;
"X-HTTP-Method-Override" = GET;
"X-Xcode-Version" = "16.2 (16C5032a)";
}
Payload:
{"urlEncodedQueryParams":"teamId=<redacted team id>&filter%5BcertificateType%5D=DEVELOPER_ID_APPLICATION_MANAGED&limit=200"}
2025-03-07 09:09:59 +0000 2025-03-07 09:09:59 +0000 IDEProvisioningRepair(<redacted app name>.app): 2025-03-07 09:09:59 +0000 IDEProvisioningRepair(<redacted app name>.app): Received response for 84E57539-BC1D-407A-8402-7BCE9F2FD100 @ <https://appstoreconnect.apple.com/xcbuild/v1/certificates>. Code = 0
2025-03-07 09:09:59 +0000 2025-03-07 09:09:59 +0000 IDEProvisioningRepair(<redacted app name>.app): 2025-03-07 09:09:59 +0000 IDEProvisioningRepair(<redacted app name>.app): Response payload: {
"errors" : [ {
"id" : "3d09690a-e26f-497f-b576-25104064387e",
"status" : "403",
"code" : "FORBIDDEN_ERROR",
"title" : "This request is forbidden for security reasons",
"resultCode" : 7495,
"detail" : "You haven't been given access to cloud-managed distribution certificates. Please contact your team's Account Holder or an Admin to give you access. If you need further assistance, contact Apple Developer Program Support at https://developer.apple.com/contact/."
} ]
}
Which is really weird, since I am using an API key with Admin rights. If I create a new key, and use it only for this command, App Store Connect does show the "Last Used" date as today after running the command.
I thought some time might need to pass, but the issue has been persisting since yesterday.
What could be wrong here? I do have a managed Developer ID Application certificate showing in my account but I still can't retrieve it with an Admin right imbued API key.
Topic:
Code Signing
SubTopic:
Certificates, Identifiers & Profiles
Tags:
Signing Certificates
Xcode Cloud
Developer ID
I want to create test flight for my unity project. But every time I create test flight for internal testing its say couldn't install your app.
Please help
My project uses a local swift package of my own, which uses SwiftGenPlugin to generate image resources. I can archive the project locally, but Xcode Cloud doesn't work and reports an error: "SwiftGenPlugin" is disabled.
Since yesterday, Xcode cloud no longer seems to be successful in building our workflows. We're relying on Xcode Cloud for our CI, and the downtime is hindering us greatly.
I've seen there is an issue on https://developer.apple.com/system-status/.
Any indication of progress on this issue would be appreciated.
We are getting unreliable results on XCode Cloud tests. I'm not sure if it's related to the current service outage.
I'm running a very simple XCTest UI suite, on some devices it succeds and it others it fails to start. I'm not getting a userful error message.
MyApp-Runner encountered an error (Failed to prepare device 'iPhone 16 Pro Max' for impending launch. (Underlying Error: Unable to boot the Simulator. launchd failed to respond. (Underlying Error: Failed to start launchd_sim: could not bind to session, launchd_sim may have crashed or quit responding)))
Hi,
I want to write a workflow in XCode cloud which will perform analysis on the PRs. PRs will be dynamic, so my workflow must get the name of branch from the PR and perform sonar analysis on it. It must check the unit tests coverage on new lines. The scope of the workflow will be only inside the PR not on the complete develop branch.
I am experimenting with Swift Testing and Xcode Cloud and would like to write some tests that require to use MusicKit functionality. For example I'd like to fetch an album via MusicCatalogRessourceRequest to test an initializer of another struct.
However this test fails because the permission to access the music library is not granted. Once the permission is granted, the test works as expected.
Things I have tried:
Add NSPrivacyAccessedAPITypes to the Info.plist. This did not show any effect. Below is the corresponding snippet
Trying to tap the button programmatically. Once again this did not show any effect.
The Info.plist snippet:
<key>NSPrivacyAccessedAPITypes</key>
<array>
<string>NSPrivacyAccessedAPIMediaLibrary</string>
</array>
The code snippet to tap the button:
let systemAlerts = XCUIApplication(bundleIdentifier: "com.apple.springboard")
let allowButton = systemAlerts.buttons["Allow"]
if allowButton.exists {
allowButton.tap()
}
What am I doing wrong here? I need access to MusicKit functionalities to write meaningful tests. Thank you
A local build will take ~2 minutes to build. But the same build will take 15 min at least on Xcode Cloud. Can anything be done here?