In Simulator on status bar red banner with rdar:45025538

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Out of nowhere I got some red banner on top of my iPhone 13 mini / iOS 17.5. I cannot pin point the root cause of this. What I can say is that it only happens to Simulators of a certain type, e.g. iPhone 12 and 13 mini, but not iPhone 14 for example.

I have installed Xcode 26.1.0 and 26.1.1, out of which 26.1.0 is selected:

$ xcode-select -p
/Applications/Xcode-26.1.0.app/Contents/Developer

And following runtimes:

$ xcrun simctl runtime list
== Disk Images ==
-- iOS --
iOS 17.5 (21F79) - CF933623-A258-44F8-B248-C0F25C0C343B (Ready)
iOS 26.1 (23B80) - D11C3CDC-EE3D-44CC-8B92-9B7D00B54B0B (Ready)

Total Disk Images: 2 (14.6G)

Installing the newer 26.1 23B86 runtime doesn't help either.

Screenshot 2025-11-13 at 19.15.19.png

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Answer 1

DTS Engineer OP

Apple

2d

Thanks so much for the post.

It appears that you are utilizing a beta version. Occasionally, inconsistencies are indicated by a red color in this instance. These inconsistencies will be rectified upon the release. Is the visual aspect causing you to encounter difficulties in testing your application? Have you attempted using the latest Xcode version to ascertain whether this resolves your issue? If you are operating a release version, did you configure the status bar appropriately within the simulator? Does this issue persist on the physical device?

In your screenshot, it appears that you are not currently running your app. Are you simply running the simulator?

Thanks for this.

Albert Pascual   Worldwide Developer Relations.

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johannes-plunien-kleinanzeigen OP

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Hi Albert,

thank you for your reply!

It appears that you are utilizing a beta version.

I'm quite sure I'm not at this point. At some point I had installed the 26.2 Beta, but I have removed it again. Right now I don't have any Xcode Beta installed.

When I check for Simulator processes running, this one shows up: /Library/Developer/CoreSimulator/Volumes/iOS_21F79

I'm not familiar with these build numbers - is that a final version?

Is the visual aspect causing you to encounter difficulties in testing your application?

It is. The whole simulator is running on an unexpected screen size, causing my Unit Test to fail. I also found this in the Simulator logs:

No status bar visual provider for screen <UIScreen: 0x104c04880; bounds: {{0, 0}, {360, 780}}; mode: <UIScreenMode: 0x600000239ae0; size = 1080.000000 x 2340.000000>> (width: 360.00, scale: 3.00, idiom: 0, cornerRadius: 33.33). Please see rdar://45025538.

Have you attempted using the latest Xcode version to ascertain whether this resolves your issue?

I've tried that already. I have 26.1.1 and 26.1.0 installed, also tried reinstalling Xcode, reinstalling runtimes, nothing helped so far. I've also deleted everything from /Library/Developer/, didn't help either. I'm really looking desperately for any solution :(.

If you are operating a release version, did you configure the status bar appropriately within the simulator?

I didn't change any of the status bar configuration. I have also tried deleting all my simulators and creating a new one from scratch, but the issue is there for any new 12/13 mini Simulator.

Does this issue persist on the physical device?

I have not tried on the physical device, I need to get the Simulator working for running the Unit Tests.

In your screenshot, it appears that you are not currently running your app. Are you simply running the simulator?

That's correct.

What else could I try to start from a clean slate, except for wiping/reinstalling macOS?

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Answer 3

DTS Engineer OP

Apple

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Thank you for your prompt response and comprehensive answers to my inquiries. I greatly appreciate your assistance. This issue is of particular interest to me.

May I kindly request that you file a bug report and provide me with the FB number? I would like the team to review the issue. Upon filing the bug report, we may have additional questions, but at this time, it appears that the simulator should not display that item on the task bar.

If you have any questions about filing a bug report, take a look at Bug Reporting: How and Why?

Once you open the bug report, please post the FB number here for my reference.

Albert Pascual   Worldwide Developer Relations.

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johannes-plunien-kleinanzeigen OP

2d

Thank you for your help, I've submitted FB21021964.

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Answer 5

Claude31 OP

2d

Seems to be a known issue. See this, they say they have a fix: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uVb8haTdeo

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Answer 6

DTS Engineer OP

Apple

1d

Thanks so much for the FB number. The team is reviewing it right now and they'll contact you using Feedback Assistant.

You can see the status of your feedback in Feedback Assistant. There, you can track if the report is still being investigated, has a potential identifiable fix, or has been resolved in another way. The status appears beside the label "Resolution." We're unable to share any updates on specific reports on the forums.

For more details on when you'll see updates to your report, please see What to expect after submission.

Albert Pascual   Worldwide Developer Relations.

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