Always allow always forgets

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Created Sep ’18

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For the past 6 months or so, I've been having to re-enter my passwords about once a week, even though I click "Always Allow" or save password or similar options.

This affects Xcode both when I sign apps and when I use version control. It also affects other apps on my Mac as well.

The situation has been driving me crazy. I can't figure out why my Mac started doing this or how I can get it to actually remember my passwords for longer than a week.

Has anyone else had this problem? What's the solution?

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Answer 1

Claude31 OP

Sep ’18

If you click on the identifier, don't you get a pop up to select automatically the password ?

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Answer 2

KMT OP

Sep ’18

Using two-step verification? iCloud?

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Answer 3

flarosa OP

Sep ’18

I'm not sure what you mean by "click on the identifier", but no, I haven't noticed a way to autofill the password.

When I select Always Allow, Xcode stops asking me for the password for 1-2 weeks, but after that asks me again.

My certificates are all in my Login keychain. I know that some people have reported this problem when their certificates are in the System keychain, but that is not the case with mine.

I can inspect the private keys and notice that they are set to "Confirm before allowing access" and also that Xcode, codesign and productbuild appear in the "Always allow access by these applications" list. At the moment I cannot find any examples where this is not the case, but I suspect that after a certain amount of time, the access list is cleared.

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