I think there is a problem changing the application rules using 'socketfilterfw'.

My Situation:

I use the process 'socketfilterfw' related to the firewall. However, in macOS 15, the result message was different from previous versions. Some messages have only a few changes. However, the option '--listapps' has many changes. In previous version, the option showed results, including the path of each application. However, this is not the case with macOS 15. It only shows the name and status of the application.

The list only shows the name and current status of the application. The results of this list alone cannot change the policy. I think this is a bug. I think we should let them know the absolute path of the application in the list, or we should be able to change the policy just with the name of the application.

My Question: I wonder if these changes are intentional, and I want to get an absolute path for each application additionally, so I wonder what method to take.

Terminal input : $ /usr/libexec/ApplicationFirewall/socketfilterfw --listapps

Previous macOS result —————————————————————————————— ALF: total number of apps = 5 1 : /Applications/Google Chrome.app ( Block incoming connections )

2 : /usr/sbin/smbd ( Block incoming connections )

3 : /Applications/FaceTime.app ( Block incoming connections )

4 : /Applications/Safari.app ( Allow incoming connections )

5 : /usr/sbin/cupsd ( Allow incoming connections )

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In macOS 15, result —————————————————————————————— 2024-06-24 16:21:15.599 socketfilterfw[2988:52866] ApplicationFirewall::AFGetAllApplications() processing response dictionary Total number of apps = 5 Google Chrome.app (state: 4) smbd (state: 4) FaceTime.app (state: 4) Safari.app (state: 1) cupsd (state: 1) ——————————————————————————————

On macOS 15 —————————————————————————————— Terminal input: % /usr/libexec/ApplicationFirewall/socketfilterfw --unblockapp FaceTime.app —————————————————————————————— 2024-06-24 16:51:59.091 socketfilterfw[3185:69041] ApplicationFirewall::AFSetAppStateByPath() result: 1 response: { Result = 1; } ——————————————————————————————

Terminal input: % /usr/libexec/ApplicationFirewall/socketfilterfw --unblockapp /System/Applications/FaceTime.app —————————————————————————————— 2024-06-24 16:52:34.093 socketfilterfw[3186:69310] ApplicationFirewall::AFSetAppStateByPath() result: 1 response: { ErrorMessage = "vendor config update success"; Result = 1; } ——————————————————————————————