dumb move - I deleted my developer id private keys

Can you please revoke my developer id application and installer certs? So i may recreate.

I deleted the private key by mistake before realizing i cannot recreate everything using the developer website portal. I dont have macos backup or did i backup my certs with attached pkey.

I just did not realize this was important until now.

Please help as Im now blocked. I opened a case too but i have not yet got a response. its been 3 days now. case id: 20000093632858

Answered by DTS Engineer in 825817022
Written by causr in 774847021
Can you please revoke my developer id application and installer certs?

DevForums isn’t the right channel for that. If, after reading the following, you want to continue down this path, you should seek seek help via formal channels.

Developer ID signing identities are precious. I talk about this in some detail in The Care and Feeding of Developer ID.

Written by causr in 774847021
So i may recreate.

Developer ID signing identities work differently than, say, Apple Distribution ones. An Apple Distribution code-signing identity only needs to be valid at the time you submit your app to the App Store. Thus it’s fine to revoke and re-create its certificate at will. Revoking Developer ID certificates is much more impactful, which is why you can’t do it from the Developer website.

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Written by causr in 774847021
Can you please revoke my developer id application and installer certs?

DevForums isn’t the right channel for that. If, after reading the following, you want to continue down this path, you should seek seek help via formal channels.

Developer ID signing identities are precious. I talk about this in some detail in The Care and Feeding of Developer ID.

Written by causr in 774847021
So i may recreate.

Developer ID signing identities work differently than, say, Apple Distribution ones. An Apple Distribution code-signing identity only needs to be valid at the time you submit your app to the App Store. Thus it’s fine to revoke and re-create its certificate at will. Revoking Developer ID certificates is much more impactful, which is why you can’t do it from the Developer website.

Share and Enjoy

Quinn “The Eskimo!” @ Developer Technical Support @ Apple
let myEmail = "eskimo" + "1" + "@" + "apple.com"

thanks i did read your article after i had deleted. I now realize the care needed. To unblock myself, have created a case and emailed product-security. Its been almost 4 days now and I dont have a reply from anyone at Apple. What should I do?

hi can anyone from devsupport help me and respond to my case id 20000093632858? It's been 5 days now. Thank you.

Written by causr in 825859022
To unblock myself, have created a case and emailed product-security.

Were those two different actions? Because mailing product-security shouldn’t be necessary in this case, right? Because you don’t think that the case has been leaked, but rather that it’s been lost, right?

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Quinn “The Eskimo!” @ Developer Technical Support @ Apple
let myEmail = "eskimo" + "1" + "@" + "apple.com"

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