Hi, We've created a new version of our macOS version of our app, but when I now try to upload the generated .pkg to App Store Connect via Xcode or Transporter we get this error message: ITMS-90286: Invalid code signing entitlements - Your application bundle’s signature contains code signing entitlements that aren’t supported on macOS. Specifically, the “AppIDPrefix.my.bundle.name” value for the com.apple.application-identifier key in “my.bundlename.pkg/Payload/appname.app/Contents/MacOS/appname” isn’t supported. This value should be a string that starts with your Team ID, followed by a dot (“.”), followed by the bundle ID. Setting the code signing to automatic or does not make a difference. Our app has a different App ID Prefix as our Team ID and when I try to upload the app to App Store Connect I get this error message, does anyone know how we can fix this issue? We used to be able to upload the apps without issues.

Hi All, Really weird one here... I have two bundle ids with the same reverse dns name... com.company.app1 com.company.app2 app1 was installed on the device a year ago. app2 was also installed on the device a year ago but I released a new updated version and pushed it to the device via Microsoft InTunes. A year ago the vendor Id's matched as the bundle id's were on the same domain of com.company. Now for some reason the new build of app2 or any new app I build isn't being recognised as on the same domain as app1 even though the bundle id should make it so and so the Vendor Id's do not match and it is causing me major problems as I rely on the Vendor Id to exchange data between the apps on a certain device. In an enterprise environment, does anyone know of any other reason or things that could affect the Vendor Id? According to Apple docs, it seems that only the bundle name affects the vendor id but it isn't following those rules in this instance.

I have recently enrolled in the Apple Developer to get my app notarized, and submitted an Archive for notarization, but it is taking forever. It has almost been a whole day, but the status is still in progress, whereas I have seen other developers say that the same takes 10-15 mins to an hour for them. Am I doing anything wrong? Please guide me through this.

Okay, I just pushed a release and notarized. Works great on my test laptop (macOS 26.2) and my test desktop (macOS 14.x) But it seems to fail for a friend who's running macOS 15. I've been using the same GitHub actions successfully for months. How can notarization work for macOS 14 and 26, but not for macOS 15? I think everything looks okay as far as the signing? I've checked codesign -dvv Executable=/Applications/Avogadro2.app/Contents/MacOS/Avogadro2 Identifier=cc.avogadro Format=app bundle with Mach-O thin (arm64) CodeDirectory v=20500 size=11607 flags=0x10000(runtime) hashes=352+7 location=embedded Signature size=8986 Authority=Developer ID Application: Geoffrey Hutchison (…..) Authority=Developer ID Certification Authority Authority=Apple Root CA Timestamp=Feb 5, 2026 at 8:47:21 PM Info.plist entries=24 TeamIdentifier=….. Runtime Version=15.5.0 Sealed Resources version=2 rules=13 files=3306 Internal requirements count=1 size=172 And from spctl -a -vv /Applications/Avogadro2.app: accepted source=Notarized Developer ID origin=Developer ID Application: Geoffrey Hutchison (….)

I have two apps - say A and B in my AppStore account, deployed in the AppStore. App A has obtained the com.apple.developer.usernotifications.filtering entitlement and this is added to my AppStore account by Apple after approval. Note that this is added for the account, and not for the specific app. Now, my app B also wants this functionality. Followed all the steps as done for app A - adding the already approved entitlement to my app B's identifier, regenerating the profiles, adding the key in the entitlements file, calling the completion handler with empty content like - contentHandler(UNNotificationContent()) Still the notifications show, the filtering is not working. Do I have to request the entitlement for App B separately? Even if I do request again, I am not sure if there is going to be any difference in the steps already done. The difference can only be if Apple has a mapping with the app id internally in their system, for the filtering to work? If I have white-labelled versions of apps A or B, do I have to request again then? Or does Apple restrict only one app to have this entitlement from one AppStore account? Please guide on the next steps here.

I am distributing a macOS application outside the App Store using Developer ID and need to provide provisioning profiles to customers for installation during the package installation process. I have two questions: How can I package and provide the provisioning profile(s) so that the customer can install them easily during the application installation process? Are there any best practices or tools that could simplify this step? In my case, there are multiple provisioning profiles. Should I instruct the customer to install each profile individually, or is there a way to combine them and have them installed all at once? Any guidance on the best practices for this process would be greatly appreciated.

Hello, I'm currently developing an iOS app that uses SensorKit. Everything works fine in development and testing — the app correctly requests and receives SensorKit permissions on test devices. In my App ID configuration, the SensorKit Reader Access entitlement (com.apple.developer.sensorkit.reader.allow) is included and visible in Xcode under the project’s entitlements list. However, when I try to archive and distribute the app, I get the following errors in Xcode: Provisioning profile failed qualification Profile doesn't support SensorKit Reader Access. Provisioning profile failed qualification Profile doesn't include the com.apple.developer.sensorkit.reader.allow entitlement. Even though my provisioning profile includes this entitlement, Xcode still refuses to distribute the app. Here’s what I’ve confirmed so far: The provisioning profile lists com.apple.developer.sensorkit.reader.allow in its entitlements. SensorKit works perfectly in debug and development builds. The issue only occurs when attempting to distribute (Archive → Distribute App). Could this be because my account has only development entitlement for SensorKit and not the distribution entitlement? If so, how can I verify or request the proper distribution entitlement for SensorKit Reader Access? Thank you for any guidance or confirmation from Apple regarding this entitlement behavior.

Hi guys, I am new to the Apple Developer Program (enrolled a few days ago) and this is my first app notarization attempt. I've been experiencing significant delays - all submissions have been stuck at "In Progress" for over 24 hours. Details: macOS app signed with Developer ID Application certificate Using xcrun notarytool with app-specific password Hardened runtime enabled codesign --verify --deep --strict passes Team ID: QVHM976XC5 Submission IDs (all stuck "In Progress"): 5f494a89-0db0-4cc6-944f-ca2fe399e870 (latest - 8+ hours) 938f6b8d-0d00-45f5-861d-68fe470df6c2 d0edcbfe-8464-455f-b077-bebaa5b9aab7 I understand new developers may experience longer initial processing, but 24+ hours seems excessive. Is there anything I should check or any additional steps required for new accounts? Any guidance appreciated.

id: a6f37169-19a7-4abc-b086-3f298866f65d id: 596e3ca4-e8a6-4ba9-9ac7-cf07a430eebb In Progress from 2026-01-21T05:56:24.160Z、2026-01-21T05:55:45.032Z for 30 hours

Code signing uses various different identifier types, and I’ve seen a lot of folks confused as to which is which. This post is my attempt to clear up that confusion. If you have questions or comments, put them in a new thread, using the same topic area and tags as this post. Share and Enjoy — Quinn “The Eskimo!” @ Developer Technical Support @ Apple let myEmail = "eskimo" + "1" + "@" + "apple.com" Code Signing Identifiers Explained An identifier is a short string that uniquely identifies a resource. Apple’s code-signing infrastructure uses identifiers for various different resource types. These identifiers typically use one of a small selection of formats, so it’s not always clear what type of identifier you’re looking at. This post lists the common identifiers used by code signing, shows the expected format, and gives references to further reading. Unless otherwise noted, any information about iOS applies to iOS, iPadOS, tvOS, visionOS, and watchOS. Formats The code-signing identifiers discussed here use one of two formats: 10-character This is composed of 10 ASCII characters. For example, Team IDs use this format, as illustrated by the Team ID of one of Apple’s test teams: Z7P62XVNWC. Reverse-DNS This is composed of labels separated by a dot. For example, bundle IDs use this format, as illustrated by the bundle ID of the test app associated with this post: com.example.tn3NNNapp. The Domain Name System has strict rules about domain names, in terms of overall length, label length, text encoding, and case sensitivity. The reverse-DNS identifiers used by code signing may or may not have similar limits. When in doubt, consult the documentation for the specific identifier type. Reverse-DNS names are just a convenient way to format a string. You don’t have to control the corresponding DNS name. You can, for example, use com.<SomeCompany>.my-app as your bundle ID regardless of whether you control the <SomeCompany>.com domain name. To securely associate your app with a domain, use associated domains. For more on that, see Supporting associated domains. IMPORTANT Don’t use com.apple. in your reverse-DNS identifiers. That can yield unexpected results. Identifiers The following table summarises the identifiers covered below: Name | Format | Example | Notes ---- | ------ | ------- | ----- Team ID | 10-character | `Z7P62XVNWC` | Identifies a developer team User ID | 10-character | `UT376R4K29` | Identifies a developer Team Member ID | 10-character | `EW7W773AA7` | Identifies a developer in a team Bundle ID | reverse-DNS | `com.example.tn3NNNapp` | Identifies an app App ID prefix | 10-character | `Z7P62XVNWC` | Part of an App ID | | `VYRRC68ZE6` | App ID | mixed | `Z7P62XVNWC.com.example.tn3NNNNapp` | Connects an app and its provisioning profile | | `VYRRC68ZE6.com.example.tn3NNNNappB` | Code-signing identifier | reverse-DNS | `com.example.tn3NNNapp` | Identifies code to macOS | | `tn3NNNtool` | App group ID | reverse DNS | `group.tn3NNNapp.shared` | Identifies an app group | reverse DNS | `Z7P62XVNWC.tn3NNNapp.shared` | Identifies an macOS-style app group As you can see, there’s no clear way to distinguish a Team ID, User ID, Team Member ID, and an App ID prefix. You have to determine that based on the context. In contrast, you choose your own bundle ID and app group ID values, so choose values that make it easier to keep things straight. Team ID When you set up a team on the Developer website, it generates a unique Team ID for that team. This uses the 10-character format. For example, Z7P62XVNWC is the Team ID for an Apple test team. When the Developer website issues a certificate to a team, or a user within a team, it sets the Subject Name > Organisational Unit field to the Team ID. When the Developer website issues a certificate to a team, as opposed to a user in that team, it embeds the Team ID in the Subject > Common Name field. For example, a Developer ID Application certificate for the Team ID Z7P62XVNWC has the name Developer ID Application: <TeamName> (Z7P62XVNWC). ### User ID When you first sign in to the Developer website, it generates a unique User ID for your Apple Account. This User ID uses the 10-character format. For example, UT376R4K29 is the User ID for an Apple test user. When the Developer website issues a certificate to a user, it sets the Subject Name > User ID field to that user’s User ID. It uses the same value for that user in all teams. Team Member ID When you join a team on the Developer website, it generates a unique Team Member ID to track your association with that team. This uses the 10-character format. For example, EW7W773AA7 is the Team Member ID for User ID UT376R4K29 in Team ID Z7P62XVNWC. When the Developer website issues a certificate to a user on a team, it embeds the Team Member ID in the Subject > Common Name field. For example, an Apple Development certificate for User ID UT376R4K29 on Team ID Z7P62XVNWC has the name Apple Development: <UserName> (EW7W773AA7). IMPORTANT This naming system is a common source of confusion. Developers see this ID and wonder why it doesn’t match their Team ID. The advantage of this naming scheme is that each certificate gets a unique name even if the team has multiple members with the same name. The John Smiths of this world appreciate this very much. Bundle ID A bundle ID is a reverse-DNS identifier that identifies a single app throughout Apple’s ecosystem. For example, the test app associated with this post has a bundle ID of com.example.tn3NNNapp. If two apps have the same bundle ID, they are considered to be the same app. Bundle IDs have strict limits on their format. For the details, see CFBundleIdentifier. If your macOS code consumes bundle IDs — for example, you’re creating a security product that checks the identity of code — be warned that not all bundle IDs conform to the documented format. And non-bundled code, like a command-line tool or dynamic library, typically doesn’t have a bundle ID. Moreover, malicious code might use arbitrary bytes as the bundle ID, bytes that don’t parse as either ASCII or UTF-8. WARNING On macOS, don’t assume that a bundle ID follows the documented format, is UTF-8, or is even text at all. Do not assume that a bundle ID that starts with com.apple. represents Apple code. A better way to identify code on macOS is with its designated requirement, as explained in TN3127 Inside Code Signing: Requirements. On iOS this isn’t a problem because the Developer website checks the bundle ID format when you register your App ID. App ID prefix An App ID prefix forms part of an App ID (see below). It’s a 10-character identifier that’s either: The Team ID of the app’s team A unique App ID prefix Note Historically a unique App ID prefix was called a Bundle Seed ID. A unique App ID prefix is a 10-character identifier generated by Apple and allocated to your team, different from your Team ID. For example, Team ID Z7P62XVNWC has been allocated the unique App ID prefix of VYRRC68ZE6. Unique App ID prefixes are effectively deprecated: You can’t create a new App ID prefix. So, unless your team is very old, you don’t have to worry about unique App ID prefixes at all. If a unique App ID prefix is available to your team, it’s possible to create a new App ID with that prefix. But doing so prevents that app from sharing state with other apps from your team. Unique app ID prefixes are not supported on macOS. If your app uses a unique App ID prefix, you can request that it be migrated to use your Team ID by contacting Apple > Developer > Contact Us. If you app has embedded app extensions that also use your unique App ID prefix, include all those App IDs in your migration request. WARNING Before migrating from a unique App ID prefix, read App ID Prefix Change and Keychain Access. App ID An App ID ties your app to its provisioning profile. Specifically: You allocate an App ID on the Developer website. You sign your app with an entitlement that claims your App ID. When you launch the app, the system looks for a profile that authorises that claim. App IDs are critical on iOS. On macOS, App IDs are only necessary when your app claims a restricted entitlement. See TN3125 Inside Code Signing: Provisioning Profiles for more about this. App IDs have the format <Prefix>.<BundleOrWildcard>, where: <Prefix> is the App ID prefix, discussed above. <BundleOrWildcard> is either a bundle ID, for an explicit App ID, or a wildcard, for a wildcard App ID. The wildcard follows bundle ID conventions except that it must end with a star (*). For example: Z7P62XVNWC.com.example.tn3NNNNapp is an explicit App ID for Team ID Z7P62XVNWC. Z7P62XVNWC.com.example.* is a wildcard App ID for Team ID Z7P62XVNWC. VYRRC68ZE6.com.example.tn3NNNNappB is an explicit App ID with the unique App ID prefix of VYRRC68ZE6. Provisioning profiles created for an explicit App ID authorise the claim of just that App ID. Provisioning profiles created for a wildcard App ID authorise the claim of any App IDs whose bundle ID matches the wildcard, where the star (*) matches zero or more arbitrary characters. Wildcard App IDs are helpful for quick tests. Most production apps claim an explicit App ID, because various features rely on that. For example, in-app purchase requires an explicit App ID. Code-signing identifier A code-signing identifier is a string chosen by the code’s signer to uniquely identify their code. IMPORTANT Don’t confuse this with a code-signing identity, which is a digital identity used for code signing. For more about code-signing identities, see TN3161 Inside Code Signing: Certificates. Code-signing identifiers exist on iOS but they don’t do anything useful. On iOS, all third-party code must be bundled, and the system ensures that the code’s code-signing identifier matches its bundle ID. On macOS, code-signing identifiers play an important role in code-signing requirements. For more on that topic, see TN3127 Inside Code Signing: Requirements. When signing code, see Creating distribution-signed code for macOS for advice on how to select a code-signing identifier. If your macOS code consumes code-signing identifiers — for example, you’re creating a security product that checks the identity of code — be warned that these identifiers look like bundle IDs but they are not the same as bundle IDs. While bundled code typically uses the bundled ID as the code-signing identifier, macOS doesn’t enforce that convention. And non-bundled code, like a command-line tool or dynamic library, often uses the file name as the code-signing identifier. Moreover, malicious code might use arbitrary bytes as the code-signing identifier, bytes that don’t parse as either ASCII or UTF-8. WARNING On macOS, don’t assume that a code-signing identifier is a well-formed bundle ID, UTF-8, or even text at all. Don’t assume that a code-signing identifier that starts with com.apple. represents Apple code. A better way to identify code on macOS is with its designated requirement, as explained in TN3127 Inside Code Signing: Requirements. App Group ID An app group ID identifies an app group, that is, a mechanism to share state between multiple apps from the same team. For more about app groups, see App Groups Entitlement and App Groups: macOS vs iOS: Working Towards Harmony. App group IDs use two different forms of reverse-DNS identifiers: iOS-style This has the format group.<GroupName>, for example, group.tn3NNNapp.shared. macOS-style This has the format <TeamID>.<GroupName>, for example, Z7P62XVNWC.tn3NNNapp.shared. The first form originated on iOS but is now supported on macOS as well. The second form is only supported on macOS. iOS-style app group IDs must be registered with the Developer website. That ensures that the ID is unique and that the <GroupName> follows bundle ID rules. macOS-style app group IDs are less constrained. When choosing such a macOS-style app group ID, follow bundle ID rules for the group name. If your macOS code consumes app group IDs, be warned that not all macOS-style app group IDs follow bundle ID format. Indeed, malicious code might use arbitrary bytes as the app group ID, bytes that don’t parse as either ASCII or UTF-8. WARNING Don’t assume that a macOS-style app group ID follows bundle ID rules, is UTF-8, or is even text at all. Don’t assume that a macOS-style app group ID where the group name starts with com.apple. represents Apple in any way. Some developers use app group IDs of the form <TeamID>.group.<GroupName>. There’s nothing special about this format. It’s just a macOS-style app group ID where the first label in the group name just happens to be group Starting in Feb 2025, iOS-style app group IDs are fully supported on macOS. If you’re writing new code that uses app groups, use an iOS-style app group ID. This allows sharing between different product types, for example, between a native macOS app and an iOS app running on the Mac. Revision History 2026-01-06 First posted.

I want to help contribute a feature in a virtual-machine app in macOS that supports PCIe device passthrough over thunderbolt. I have a question about the entitlements. Since I do not represent the GPU vendors, would I be allowed to get a driver signed that matches GPU vendor IDs? Is there such a thing as wildcard entitlement for PCIDriverKit? I don't want end-users to have to disable SIP to be able to use this. Any suggestions/leads? Thank you.

When submitting my new build to app store connect directly from dreamflow, I get this error: Failed Step: Flutter build ipa and automatic versioning Building com.pinpictu for device (ios-release)... ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════ No valid code signing certificates were found You can connect to your Apple Developer account by signing in with your Apple ID in Xcode and create an iOS Development Certificate as well as a Provisioning Profile for your project by: 1- Open the Flutter project's Xcode target with open ios/Runner.xcworkspace 2- Select the 'Runner' project in the navigator then the 'Runner' target in the project settings 3- Make sure a 'Development Team' is selected under Signing & Capabilities > Team. You may need to: - Log in with your Apple ID in Xcode first - Ensure you have a valid unique Bundle ID - Register your device with your Apple Developer Account - Let Xcode automatically provision a profile for your app 4- Build or run your project again 5- Trust your newly created Development Certificate on your iOS device via Settings > General > Device Management > [your new certificate] > Trust For more information, please visit: https://developer.apple.com/library/content/documentation/IDEs/Conceptual/ AppDistributionGuide/MaintainingCertificates/MaintainingCertificates.html Or run on an iOS simulator without code signing ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════ No development certificates available to code sign app for device deployment Build failed :| Step 10 script Flutter build ipa and automatic versioning exited with status code 1 Please not I am on a windows pc, not a mac. I'm not sure how to clear this error and I am not an experinced coder, so any advice would be greatly appreciated, especially if it is simple and easy to follow.

Hi everyone, I'm trying to add the Side Button Access entitlement to my voice-based conversational app following the documentation, but I'm unable to find it in Xcode. Steps I followed: Selected my app target in Xcode project navigator Went to the Signing & Capabilities tab Clicked the + Capability button Searched for "Side Button Access" Problem: The "Side Button Access" option does not appear in the capabilities list at all. Environment: I'm developing and testing in Japan (where this feature should be available) Xcode version: Xcode 26.2 beta 3 iOS deployment target: iOS 26.2 Questions: Is there any pre-registration or special approval process required from Apple before this entitlement becomes available? Are there any additional requirements or prerequisites I need to meet? Is this feature already available, or is it still in a limited beta phase? Any guidance would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

Hi All, I am building my own MDM server. It seems that in order for the MDM commands to function an MDM Push Certificate for the APNS framework. And in order to get the MDM Push Certificate from the Apple Push Certificates Portal (https://identity.apple.com/pushcert/) you need to upload your CSR usually provided and sign by the MDM Vendor of your choosing. I am familiar with this process. But now that I am the MDM Vendor, I am not sure where to get this MDM Vendor CSR Signing Certificate. I've already submitted a formal request via the "contact us" form. Apple's response pointed me to the documentation on Setting Up Push Notifications and the MDM Vendor CSR Signing Certificate help page (which I had already reviewed): https://developer.apple.com/documentation/devicemanagement/setting-up-push-notifications-for-your-mdm-customers https://developer.apple.com/help/account/certificates/mdm-vendor-csr-signing-certificate/ The issue is that these documents describe using the signing certificate, but not the process for obtaining it as a new, independent vendor. So does anyone know of a portal or method of generating this “MDM Vendor Certificate”? or maybe I'm going about this all wrong and there is a simpler way… the again, its apple, so I’m probably on the right path just beed a little direction please. (I am not sure where to get this MDM Vendor CSR Signing Certificate.)

Hi, I was sent here by Apple developer account, it seems here is the only option for me, so your help is very much appreciated! Basically we are building a chromium based browser on iOS, we applied the "com.apple.developer.web-browser" entitlement, and it shows up in our identifier, profile etc. The app is signed with the new entitlement and published to the app store. However it is not listed as an option for default browser, doesn't matter which device I tried. I did verified that the Info.plist contains http/https urlschemes as required. In fact a few of us checked all available documents multiple times and still couldn't see why.

Hi there, I am trying to build the Apple SimpleAudioDriver example but fail with codesign and/or provisioning. I would be ok for now with the local option, but XCode 16.4 doesn't show the option "build to run locally" (SIP is disabled). When using "Automatically manage signing" it ends in a "Please file a bug report". I found that having two different development teams tripped it up, so I deleted all certificates and keys and made sure to be only signed into one account in Xcode. Can anyone give advice? Thanks a ton! Here is the URL to the sample: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/coreaudio/building-an-audio-server-plug-in-and-driver-extension macOS: 15.6.1 XCode: 16.4 Hardware: MacBook Pro M2 Max SIP: disabled

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Hi, I'm currently at 19 hours waiting for notarization. My dev account is new and this is the first time I'm submitting anything to be notarized. I've gathered from my research that this is normal (unfortunately). I figure the only thing I can do is wait, but is there any way for me to know if I'm waiting for a human to manually review it? I was going to file a support request, but I saw that they won't be responding to any support requests until after their Thanksgiving break, and I assume nobody is manually reviewing notary submissions for the next week+. I attached the submission below, thanks! createdDate: 2025-11-21T21:17:10.082Z id: c9746d42-1dc7-4641-aec1-62c6cedff1a2 name: ***********.zip status: In Progress

Can someone please explain why Mac app packaging is so farcically convoluted? Windows app packaging can be picked up in an hour or so. But I've spent longer trying to fathom how to package the Mac version than I did building the app. And it's not done with me yet. Every single line of code requires a deep dive into a new, unrelated skillset. So, it’s sidebar after sidebar. Kafka’s ‘The Trial’ comes to mind. Why does it have to be like this?

Hi everyone, We're experiencing a critical and persistent code signing failure (HTTP 403) after accepting the latest Apple Developer Agreement, blocking our application release. Problem: Despite confirming the new Apple Developer Agreement is signed and active on the portal, code signing attempts return an HTTP 403 error, stating a "required agreement is missing or has expired." Steps Taken: Accepted new Apple Developer Agreement. Verified active developer membership and valid certificates (good for years). Cleared caches, restarted systems. Confirmed Team ID, Apple ID, and provisioning profile validity. Any help is greatly appreciated, its been stuck for more than 2 days now.