Hello,
We have a critical, release-blocking issue with the StoreKit External Purchase Link entitlement (com.apple.developer.storekit.external-purchase-link) and would appreciate an engineer's help.
We submitted a request for the External Purchase Link entitlement earlier this year. After no updates since February, we followed up with Apple Developer Support. Support confirmed the entitlement has already been granted to our account, but advised that Xcode is unable to display/select it and directed us to Feedback Assistant / the Developer Forums. However, the capability still does not appear as enabled on our App ID, and it is not included in our provisioning profiles. Current impact We cannot build or sign the app. Automatic signing fails because the provisioning profile is missing the entitlement, which blocks both development builds and release.
What we're seeing
Xcode – Signing & Capabilities Automatic signing fails with:
Provisioning profile "iOS Team Provisioning Profile: ...." doesn't include the StoreKit External Purchase Link capability. StoreKit External Purchase Link capability needs to be assigned to your team and bundle identifier by Apple in order to be included in a profile.
And:
Entitlement com.apple.developer.storekit.external-purchase-link requires approval from Apple to include in a profile. Please request access to the associated capability. To continue building for device during request processing, remove entitlement and add upon approval.
Provisioning profile detail (Xcode) The managed profile shows: Capabilities: 4 Included, 1 Missing → Missing StoreKit External Purchase Link, and Entitlements: 7 Included, 1 Missing → Missing com.apple.developer.storekit.external-purchase-link.
Local entitlement configuration The entitlement is correctly added in our Xcode project, but builds fail due to the missing support in the provisioning profile.
Apple Developer Portal – Edit App ID Configuration In the capability list, "StoreKit External Purchase Link" shows "No Requests" and cannot be selected/enabled. (The separate "StoreKit External Purchase" entry shows "No Status".) So the capability is not actually attached to the App ID on the portal, despite Support confirming the grant at the account level.
What we've already tried
Confirmed the entitlement is present in the app's .entitlements file. "Try Again" / regenerating the automatically managed provisioning profile in Xcode. Verified with Apple Developer Support, who confirmed the grant but could not enable it in Xcode/portal and referred us here. Question / request Since Support confirms the entitlement is granted at the account level but it does not appear as an assignable capability on the App ID or in the provisioning profiles, could an engineer please:
Confirm whether the External Purchase Link entitlement is actually associated with our Team and this specific App ID, and Assign/enable the capability so it can be selected on the App ID and included in the provisioning profile? Environment:
Xcode version: 27.0 macOS version: 26.6.2 Screenshots of the Xcode signing error, the provisioning profile detail, the local entitlement configuration, and the Developer Portal capability list are attached.
Thank you very much for any assistance.