Xcode 26.6 immediately terminates with SIGKILL (Code Signature Invalid) during SDK initialization on Apple Silicon (M4)

I'm experiencing a reproducible issue that completely blocks Xcode on an Apple Silicon Mac.

Environment

• MacBook Air (M4) • macOS 26.5.2 (25F84) • Xcode 26.6 (17F113) • Also reproduced with Xcode 26.5 (17F42)

Issue

Xcode terminates immediately before the main window appears.

Instruments also terminates immediately.

The command:

xcodebuild -version

works normally.

However, any command that requires SDK initialization immediately terminates, for example:

xcodebuild -showsdks

The process is killed instantly.

Crash reports consistently show:

SIGKILL (Code Signature Invalid) Termination Reason: Namespace CODESIGNING, Code 2, Invalid Page

The crash occurs during dyld page authentication:

dyld4::fixupPageAuth64()

What I have already tried

• Reinstalled Xcode • Reinstalled macOS • Reinstalled Command Line Tools • Reinstalled Rosetta • Tested in Safe Mode • Tested with a newly created macOS user • Removed caches and DerivedData • Verified Xcode signatures

The behavior is identical in every case.

Interestingly, xcodebuild -version succeeds, but every SDK-related command is killed immediately, suggesting the failure occurs during SDK/framework initialization rather than Xcode startup itself.

I have already submitted:

Feedback Assistant: FB23586800

DTS Case: 20879405

Has anyone else seen the same issue on Apple Silicon (especially M4)?

Any known workaround or confirmation that this may be a macOS 26.5.x / Xcode 26.5–26.6 regression would be greatly appreciated.

Xcode 26.6 immediately terminates with SIGKILL (Code Signature Invalid) during SDK initialization on Apple Silicon (M4)
 
 
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