Xcode Distribute App action fails with iPhoneOS required

Hi Apple Developer Forums, I am experiencing the following error message after pressing the Distribute App button within the Archives window for my iOS project since migrating to a new Mac; the old Mac was running Big Sur and could submit builds to TestFlight but due to SDK changes is now too old.

An error was encountered: Distribution of "AppName" requires the "iPhoneOS" platform to be installed. Please install the required platform to distribute "AppName".

I can prepare Debug and Release builds and run them on my phyiscal iOS devices as well as prepare achives successfully but cannot proceed any further after pressing the Distribute App button from the Archives window in Xcode 14.3; also tested in 14.2 and 14.1 after changing the xcodebuild path via command line as well as in-app and restarting the Mac.

What information can I provide to help resolve this app distribution issue?

Supporting information: MacBook Air M2 2022 Xcode 14.3 (14E222b) Installed platforms in Xcode:

macOS 13.3 (Built-in)iOS 16.4 (Built-in)

Default Derived Data and Archives, Command Line Tools is set to Xcode 14.3 (/Applications/Xcode.app)

Xcode Distribute App action fails with iPhoneOS required
 
 
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