Apps won't upload after XCode update.

Hello. I work on Windows with Visual Studio 2026 Insider , .Net 10 rc1, MAUI , wifi connected to Mac Mini , XCode 16 and upload to App Store to the public. This was all working fine.

Yesterday Apple forced me to update XCode to 26.0.1. Now I cannot publish to the Store like I used to.

I do not get any errors , instead I get "Publishing project 'Referee' completed." , but the app never shows up in App Store Connect like it usually does. I tried this many times with two different apps that were fine last week.

After the XCode update, do I need to reconnect something to somewhere?

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Validating Mac operating system version compatibility...

Checking Xcode version compatibility...

Validating Xcode license state...

Verifying installed Xcode tools...

Initializing Build agent...

Checking Build 26.0.10970-net10-rc.2 installation...

Starting Build 26.0.10970-net10-rc.2 in port 59237...

Agent Build 26.0.10970-net10-rc.2 is running

Build 26.0.10970-net10-rc.2 started successfully

Checking installed iOS runtimes...

Checking for compatible simulators...

Performing server validations against 'Ray’s Mac mini'...

Connection to 'Ray’s Mac mini' completed successfully

Build properties for C:\TCR\TCR Referee\Referee.csproj: VisualStudioProcessId: 17564, SolutionPath: C:\TCR\TCR MAUI Mar 24.sln, SolutionName: TCR MAUI Mar 24, RunConfiguration: Default, ArchiveOnBuild: False, ArchivePath: , IsAppDistribution: False, DeviceSpecificBuild: false, TargetiOSDevice: , _iOSRuntimeIdentifier: ios-arm64, KeepLocalOutputUpToDate: False, MessagingVersion: 26.0.10970-net10-rc.2, _DotNetRootRemoteDirectory: /Users/Library/Caches/maui/PairToMac/SDKs/dotnet/, LocalBasePath: C:\Users\maui\iOS\PairToMac, BasePath: /Users/raybrennan/Library/Caches/maui/PairToMac, LogsPath: /Users/Library/Logs, DotNetRuntimePath: /Users/maui/PairToMac/Runtimes/dotnet/dotnet, ServerSshPort: 22, ServerTcpPort: 59237, ServerUser: RB, ContinueOnDisconnected: False, ServerAddress: 10.101.101.101 Archiving App Bundle 'Referee'...

Build properties for C:\TCR\TCR Referee\Referee.csproj: VisualStudioProcessId: 17564, SolutionPath: C:\TCR\TCR MAUI Mar 24.sln, SolutionName: TCR MAUI Mar 24, RunConfiguration: Default, ArchiveOnBuild: False, ArchivePath: , IsAppDistribution: False, DeviceSpecificBuild: false, TargetiOSDevice: , _iOSRuntimeIdentifier: ios-arm64, KeepLocalOutputUpToDate: False, MessagingVersion: 26.0.10970-net10-rc.2, _DotNetRootRemoteDirectory: /Users/raybrennan/Library/Caches/maui/PairToMac/SDKs/dotnet/, LocalBasePath: C:\Users\mrray\AppData\Local\maui\iOS\PairToMac, BasePath: /Users/raybrennan/Library/Caches/maui/PairToMac, LogsPath: /Users/raybrennan/Library/Logs, DotNetRuntimePath: /Users/raybrennan/Library/Caches/maui/PairToMac/Runtimes/dotnet/dotnet, ServerSshPort: 22, ServerTcpPort: 59237, ServerUser: Ray Brennan, ContinueOnDisconnected: False, ServerAddress: 10.101.101.101 App archive 'Referee' completed successfully. Begining distribution, 23/10/2025 15:36:09 Channel: App Store App Bundle Id: com.theclubreferee.referee, Version: 0.3 Publishing to 'C:\Users\mrray\AppData\Local\maui\iOS\Archives\2025-10-23\Referee 10-23-25 3.33 PM.xcarchive\Published\Referee0.3.ipa'

Build properties for C:\TCR\TCR Referee\Referee.csproj: VisualStudioProcessId: 17564, SolutionPath: C:\TCR\TCR MAUI Mar 24.sln, SolutionName: TCR MAUI Mar 24, RunConfiguration: Default, ArchiveOnBuild: False, ArchivePath: , IsAppDistribution: False, DeviceSpecificBuild: false, TargetiOSDevice: , _iOSRuntimeIdentifier: ios-arm64, KeepLocalOutputUpToDate: False, MessagingVersion: 26.0.10970-net10-rc.2, _DotNetRootRemoteDirectory: /Users/raybrennan/Library/Caches/maui/PairToMac/SDKs/dotnet/, LocalBasePath: C:\Users\mrray\AppData\Local\maui\iOS\PairToMac, BasePath: /Users/raybrennan/Library/Caches/maui/PairToMac, LogsPath: /Users/raybrennan/Library/Logs, DotNetRuntimePath: /Users/raybrennan/Library/Caches/maui/PairToMac/Runtimes/dotnet/dotnet, ServerSshPort: 22, ServerTcpPort: 59237, ServerUser: Ray Brennan, ContinueOnDisconnected: False, ServerAddress: 10.101.101.101

Build properties for C:\TCR\TCR Referee\Referee.csproj: VisualStudioProcessId: 17564, SolutionPath: C:\TCR\TCR MAUI Mar 24.sln, SolutionName: TCR MAUI Mar 24, RunConfiguration: Default, ArchiveOnBuild: False, ArchivePath: , IsAppDistribution: False, DeviceSpecificBuild: false, TargetiOSDevice: , _iOSRuntimeIdentifier: ios-arm64, KeepLocalOutputUpToDate: False, MessagingVersion: 26.0.10970-net10-rc.2, _DotNetRootRemoteDirectory: /Users/raybrennan/Library/Caches/maui/PairToMac/SDKs/dotnet/, LocalBasePath: C:\Users\mrray\AppData\Local\maui\iOS\PairToMac, BasePath: /Users/raybrennan/Library/Caches/maui/PairToMac, LogsPath: /Users/raybrennan/Library/Logs, DotNetRuntimePath: /Users/raybrennan/Library/Caches/maui/PairToMac/Runtimes/dotnet/dotnet, ServerSshPort: 22, ServerTcpPort: 59237, ServerUser: Ray Brennan, ContinueOnDisconnected: False, ServerAddress: 10.101.101.101

Validating bundle...

Build properties for C:\TCR.csproj: VisualStudioProcessId: 17564, SolutionPath: C:\TCR.sln, SolutionName: TCR , RunConfiguration: Default, ArchiveOnBuild: False, ArchivePath: , IsAppDistribution: False, DeviceSpecificBuild: false, TargetiOSDevice: , _iOSRuntimeIdentifier: ios-arm64, KeepLocalOutputUpToDate: False, MessagingVersion: 26.0.10970-net10-rc.2, _DotNetRootRemoteDirectory: /Users/raybrennan/Library/Caches/maui/PairToMac/SDKs/dotnet/, LocalBasePath: C:\Users\maui\iOS\PairToMac, BasePath: /Users//maui/PairToMac, LogsPath: /Users/Logs, DotNetRuntimePath: /Users/maui/PairToMac/Runtimes/dotnet/dotnet, ServerSshPort: 22, ServerTcpPort: 59237, ServerUser: Ray Brennan, ContinueOnDisconnected: False, ServerAddress: 10.101.101.101 Uploading 'C:\Users\maui\iOS\Archives\2025-10-23\Referee 10-23-25 3.33 PM.xcarchive\Published\Referee0.3.ipa'

Build properties for C:\TCR.csproj: VisualStudioProcessId: 17564, SolutionPath: C:\TCR.sln, SolutionName: TCR, RunConfiguration: Default, ArchiveOnBuild: False, ArchivePath: , IsAppDistribution: False, DeviceSpecificBuild: false, TargetiOSDevice: , _iOSRuntimeIdentifier: ios-arm64, KeepLocalOutputUpToDate: False, MessagingVersion: 26.0.10970-net10-rc.2, _DotNetRootRemoteDirectory: /Users/maui/PairToMac/SDKs/dotnet/, LocalBasePath: C:\Users\iOS\PairToMac, BasePath: /Users/raybrennan/Library/Caches/maui/PairToMac, LogsPath: /Users/raybrennan/Library/Logs, DotNetRuntimePath: /Users/maui/PairToMac/Runtimes/dotnet/dotnet, ServerSshPort: 22, ServerTcpPort: 59237, ServerUser: Ray Brennan, ContinueOnDisconnected: False, ServerAddress: 10.101.101.101

Publishing project 'Referee' completed.

Thank you for sharing your experience. It appears that you are utilizing the MAUI tool and that your publishing issues began after downloading the latest version of Xcode.

You should check with the support resources provided by the 3rd party to get assistance with their software as I am sure they are aware of the issue?

Unless another developer in the forums has experience with the third-party and can provide assistance.

Wish you good luck,

Albert Pascual
  Worldwide Developer Relations.

I got this particular update to post , I messed around with the version/build numbers and away it went eventually after 4 days of trying. It seems like I had to bump up both the version and the build number to get it to work?!

But now I have hit the problem again.

So I feel my understanding of the rules around version/build numbers must be faulty.

Is it possible that once a version is sent into Production that you may not use that version anymore?

Apps won't upload after XCode update.
 
 
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