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Issue with Universal Links and App Extension (ShieldAction Handler)
Issue with Universal Links and App Extension (ShieldAction Handler) I'm currently working on a POC app using the FamilyControls framework and facing an issue when trying to open a Universal Link from an app extension, specifically from a ShieldAction handler. When I try to open a Universal Link, I encounter the following error: Failed to open URL https://sixteen-server-c008110f8759.herokuapp.com/.well-known/apple-app-site-association: Error Domain=FBSOpenApplicationServiceErrorDomain Code=1 "The request to open 'com.apple.mobilesafari' failed." UserInfo={BSErrorCodeDescription=RequestDenied, NSUnderlyingError=0x14f2d90b0 {Error Domain=FBSOpenApplicationErrorDomain Code=3 "Application com.sixteen.life is neither visible nor entitled, so may not perform un-trusted user actions." UserInfo={BSErrorCodeDescription=Security, NSLocalizedFailureReason=Application com.sixteen.life is neither visible nor entitled, so may not perform un-trusted user actions.}} Context: I’m using a ShieldAction handler as part of an App Extension to trigger the action (e.g., "Break in Shield") in my app. The app extension (ShieldAction handler) is responsible for trying to open the Universal Link. I’m encountering the error because the app is not visible or entitled to perform this action, which seems to be related to security restrictions when using App Extensions. Questions: App Extension and Universal Link Interaction: Is it possible for an App Extension (like ShieldAction handler) to open a Universal Link or trigger an external app, such as Safari, even though it is not the foreground app? Entitlements for App Extensions: Are there any specific entitlements or permissions required to allow an app extension (ShieldAction handler) to open Universal Links or perform actions like opening Safari from the background? App Visibility and State: How can I ensure that my app is in the right state (visible/active) and has the necessary entitlements to trigger these actions when running in the context of an app extension? Workaround: If this behavior is restricted due to app extension limitations, what would be the recommended workaround to handle launching external apps (like Safari) or Universal Links from within an app extension?
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There were problems encountered during the development of core spotlight.
In IOS17 and IOS18, core spotlight can only match app contents by searching for the displayName, but cannot hit the contents by using keywords. Moreover, when matching the app content by searching for the "displayName", it requires inputting four consecutive characters to achieve a match.These issues did not occur in iOS 16. What is the reason for this? Here is my code. func addItemToIndex(_ item: QSpotlightItem) { let attributeSet = CSSearchableItemAttributeSet(contentType: .item) attributeSet.title = item.title attributeSet.displayName = item.title attributeSet.contentDescription = item.contentDescription attributeSet.keywords = item.keywords attributeSet.thumbnailData = item.thumbnailImage attributeSet.contactKeywords = item.keywords attributeSet.supportsNavigation = true let searchableItem = CSSearchableItem(uniqueIdentifier: item.id, domainIdentifier: "xxx", attributeSet: attributeSet) searchableItem.expirationDate = .distantFuture CSSearchableIndex.default().indexSearchableItems([searchableItem]) { error in if let error = error { } else { } } }
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SwiftData: SwiftData.PersistentIdentifierImplementation) was remapped to a temporary identifier during save
I'm seeing a lot of these in my logs: PersistentIdentifier PersistentIdentifier(id: SwiftData.PersistentIdentifier.ID(url: x-swiftdata://Course/BC9CF99A-DE6A-46F1-A18D-8034255A56D8), implementation: SwiftData.PersistentIdentifierImplementation) was remapped to a temporary identifier during save: PersistentIdentifier(id: SwiftData.PersistentIdentifier.ID(url: x-coredata:///Course/t58C849CD-D895-4773-BF53-3F63CF48935B210), implementation: SwiftData.PersistentIdentifierImplementation). This is a fatal logic error in DefaultStore ... though everything seems to work. Does anyone know what this means in this context? Anything I can do to not have this appear?
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CallKit Call Directory database corruption (sqlite Code 11)
Hi everyone, I’ve filed a Feedback report (FB20986470) for a serious issue affecting the Call Directory database when add phone numbers for call blocking. When adding blocking numbers to a Call Directory extension, the system’s CallKit database (/private/var/mobile/Library/CallDirectory/CallDirectory.db) becomes corrupted. The reload call (reloadExtensionWithIdentifier) fails with error code 11 when the system tries to insert blocking entries, and the Console app on macOS shows the following errors: database corruption page 2265525 of /private/var/mobile/Library/CallDirectory/CallDirectory.db at line 81343 of [f0ca7bba1c] database corruption at line 79387 of [f0ca7bba1c] Error Domain=com.apple.callkit.database.sqlite Code=11 "sqlite3_step for query 'INSERT INTO PhoneNumberBlockingEntry (extension_id, phone_number_id) VALUES (?, (SELECT id FROM PhoneNumber WHERE (number = ?))), (?, (SELECT id FROM PhoneNumber WHERE (number = ?))),...)'" After this happens, CallKit becomes fully corrupted on the device and no further numbers can be added, even after: Disabling and re-enabling the extension Restarting the device (either force or soft restart) Reinstalling the app Waiting for a couple of minutes after this issue happens (that CallKit could possibly self-recovered) I also tested other call-blocking apps, and they all fail with the same error. The only thing that recovers the system is a full “Reset All Settings.” This issue has been reported by many users of my app, across multiple iOS versions and devices. Similar related issue reported by another developer: https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/806129 Steps to Reproduce: Enable the Call Directory extension from a call-blocking app. Add and reload blocking numbers (a few thousand entries). Perform multiple reloads between additions. Check the Console, the corruption errors appear. From this point, all insert attempts fail system-wide. Expected Result: Entries should be inserted successfully, or the system should self-recover without persistent corruption. Actual Result: sqlite3_step fails with Code=11, and the Call Directory database remains corrupted until the user resets all settings. Additional Notes: All numbers are sorted and deduplicated before insertion. Happens intermittently after multiple reloads. The system log always shows internal database failure. Environment: Device: iPhone 16 Plus iOS 18.2 Beta (23C5027f) Xcode 16.1 (17B55) Attachments (included in Feedback FB20986470): sysdiagnose captured immediately after the failure (with Phone app General Profile) It seems like a system-level corruption affecting all Call Directory extensions once it occurs.
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MacOS 26 TestFlight SIGKILLs app when updating
We're developing an Electron app for MacOS App Store. When updating our app through TestFlight, TestFlight prompts "Close This App to Update", and when I click "Continue" our app would be "Terminated" for update. Now this is where things go wrong. On MacOS 15 our app seems to be gracefully terminating (We attached it with lldb and it shows that our app returns with 0 when we click "Continue") which is fine. However for MacOS 26 though, it seems that TestFlight just directly SIGKILLs our app (indicated by lldb), which means that all of our app's child processes are left orphaned. Even worse, our app is singleton, which means that when the app relaunches it fails, because the leftover child processes from the previously SIGKILLed session is still alive, and even if we want to kill those orphaned child processes we can't because our app is sandboxed thus cannot kill processes outside of the current sandbox. We captured output from log stream (app name redacted): 12-02 22:08:16.477036-0800 0x5452     Default     0x5a4a7              677    7    installcoordinationd: [com.apple.installcoordination:daemon] -[IXSCoordinatorProgress setTotalUnitsCompleted:]: Progress for coordinator: [com.our.app/Invalid/[user-defined//Applications/OurApp.app]], Phase: IXCoordinatorProgressPhaseLoading, Percentage: 99.454 123: Attempt to set units completed on finished progress: 214095161 2025-12-02 22:08:16.483056-0800 0x53ba     Default     0x5a5c9              167    0    runningboardd: (RunningBoard) [com.apple.runningboard:connection] Received termination request from [osservice<com.apple.installcoordinationd(274)>:677] on <RBSProcessPredicate <RBSProcessBundleIdentifierPredicate "com.our.app">> with context <RBSTerminateContext| explanation:installcoordinationd app:[com.our.app/Invalid/[user-defined//Applications/OurApp.app]] uuid:A3BC0629-124E-4165-ABB7-1324380FC354 isPlaceholder:N re portType:None maxTerminationResistance:Absolute attrs:[ 2025-12-02 22:08:16.488651-0800 0x53ba     Default     0x5a5c9              167    7    runningboardd: (RunningBoard) [com.apple.runningboard:ttl] Acquiring assertion targeting system from originator [osservice<com.apple.installcoordinationd(274)>:677] with description <RBSAssertionDescriptor| "installcoordinationd app:[com.our.app/Invalid/[user-defined//Applications/OurApp.app]] uuid:A3BC0629-124E-4165-ABB7-1324380FC354 isPlaceholder:N" ID:167-677-1463 target:system attributes:[ 2025-12-02 22:08:16.489353-0800 0x53ba     Default     0x5a5c9              167    0    runningboardd: (RunningBoard) [com.apple.runningboard:process] [app<application.com.our.app.485547.485561(501)>:2470] Terminating with context: <RBSTerminateContext| explanation:installcoordinationd app:[com.our.app/Invalid/[user-defined//Applications/OurApp.app]] uuid:A3BC0629-124E-4165-ABB7-1324380FC354 isPlaceholder:N reportType:None maxTerminationResistance:Absolute attrs:[ 2025-12-02 22:10:23.920869-0800 0x5a5a     Default     0x5a4c6              674    14   appstoreagent: [com.apple.appstored:Library] [A95D57D7] Completed with 1 result: <ASDApp: 0xc932a8780>: {bundleID = com.our.app; completedUnitCount = 600; path = /Applications/OurApp.app; installed = 0} 2025-12-02 22:10:32.027304-0800 0x5ae5     Default     0x5a4c7              674    14   appstoreagent: [com.apple.appstored:Library] [BEB5F2FD] Completed with 1 result: <ASDApp: 0xc932a8780>: {bundleID = com.our.app; completedUnitCount = 600; path = /Applications/OurApp.app; installed = 0} 2025-12-02 22:10:36.542321-0800 0x5b81     Default     0x5a4c8              674    14   appstoreagent: [com.apple.appstored:Library] [185B9DD6] Completed with 1 result: <ASDApp: 0xc932a8780>: {bundleID = com.our.app; completedUnitCount = 600; path = /Applications/OurApp.app; installed = 0} The line "Terminating with context" seems suspicious. This line is not seen on MacOS 15, only MacOS 26. Is this documented behavior? If so, how can we handle this?
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Instructions for debugging recent macos kernel versions?
Is there any recent and a bit authoritative documentation which explains how to debug recent versions of macos kernel? I have found some blog posts from other users but those are either outdated or don't work for some other reason. I am guessing kernel debugging is pretty common for developers working on macos itself, so I'm hoping someone in this forum would have some working instructions for that.
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Oct ’25
SwiftData and CloudKit
Recently I've been working on a demo project called iLibrary. The main goal was to learn more about CloudKit and SwiftData. After a while I noticed that there were some hangs/freezes when running the app in debug mode. I first tried this with Xcode 15.4 and iOS 17.5. Here the hang only appears at the beginning, but only for a few seconds. But when I exit debug mode, there are no more hangs. With Xcode 16 beta 4 and iOS 18 it looks completely different. In this case, the hangs and freezes are always present, whether in debug mode or not. And it's not just at the beginning, it's throughout the app. I'm aware that this is still a beta, but I still find this weird. And when I profile this I see that the main thread gets quite overloaded. Interestingly, my app doesn't have that many operations going on. So I guess something with the sync of SwiftData or my CloudKitManger where I fetch some records from the public database is not running fine. Lastly, I wanted to delete the iCloud app data. So I went to Settings and tried to delete it, but it didn't work. Is this normal? Does anyone have any idea what this could be? Or has anyone encountered this problem as well? I'd appreciate any support. My project: https://github.com/romanindermuehle/iLibrary
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Aug ’25
Performance issues when using the Network API used to create a web server
Hello, We use the Network API in our macOS ObjectiveC applications to create a small web server. With macOS Sequoia or Tahoe (not with Sonoma), downloading files from another computer using the built-in ethernet port is way too slow. Steps to reproduce: Computer A (using macOS Tahoe or Sonoma), run an application using the Network APIs to create a webserver Make sure that this computer connects to the network using the Ethernet port, there is no issue when using WiFi On computer B, make an HTTP request to download a 20MB file => it will take about 30 seconds to download => way too slow... We tested with: if on computer A you run a web server using the GCD API instead of Network, it takes 0.2 seconds to download the file => no issue on computer A disable TSO, it improves the results, but that's not a long term solution as it doesn't hold when rebooting I can provide sample code to demonstrate this if needed. This is a new issue as it's been a while we use that code, and only noticed it recently, and macOS Sonoma is not impacted. Thank you for the help you can provide. Pierre
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Oct ’25
IOS app on MacOS 15 local network access
Our app is developed for iOS, but some users also run it on macOS (as an iOS app via Apple Silicon). The app requires local network permission, which works perfectly on iOS. Previously, the connection also worked fine on macOS, but since the recent macOS update, the app can no longer connect to our device. Additionally, our app on macOS doesn't prompt for local network permission at all, whereas it does on iOS. Is this a known issue with iOS apps running on macOS? Has anyone else experienced this problem, or is there a workaround? Any help would be appreciated!
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Oct ’25
SwiftData Inheritance Query Specialized Model
Hi, I am currently experiencing some trouble when using parent model property in a predicate of a child model. I have an Item class that define parent-child relationship: @Model class Item { var timestamp: Date @Relationship(inverse: \Item.children) var parent: Item? var children: [Item] init(parent: Item? = nil, children: [Item] = [], timestamp: Date = .now) { self.parent = parent self.children = children self.timestamp = timestamp } } I subclass this model like that: @available(iOS 26, *) @Model final class CollectionItem: Item { /* ... */ } When i make a Query in my View like that the system crashes: @Query( filter: #Predicate<CollectionItem> { $0.parent == nil }, sort: \CollectionItem.name, ) private var collections: [CollectionItem] CrashReportError: Fatal Error in DataUtilities.swift AppName crashed due to fatalError in DataUtilities.swift at line 85. Couldn't find \CollectionItem.<computed 0x000000034005d4e8 (Optional<Item>)> on CollectionItem with fields [SwiftData.Schema.PropertyMetadata(name: "name", keypath: \CollectionItem.<computed 0x000000034003c120 (String)>, defaultValue: nil, metadata: nil), SwiftData.Schema.PropertyMetadata(name: "icon", keypath: \CollectionItem.<computed 0x000000034003ca04 (Optional<String>)>, defaultValue: nil, metadata: nil), SwiftData.Schema.PropertyMetadata(name: "timestamp", keypath: \Item.<computed 0x0000000340048018 (Date)>, defaultValue: nil, metadata: nil), SwiftData.Schema.PropertyMetadata(name: "parent", keypath: \Item.<computed 0x0000000340048a4c (Optional<Item>)>, defaultValue: nil, metadata: Optional(Relationship - name: , options: [], valueType: Any, destination: , inverseName: nil, inverseKeypath: Optional(\Item.<computed 0x0000000340048fe8 (Array<Item>)>))), SwiftData.Schema.PropertyMetadata(name: "children", keypath: \Item.<computed 0x0000000340048fe8 (Array<Item>)>, defaultValue: nil, metadata: nil)] When I query as Item it works but then i cannot sort on CollectionItem field and must add unnecessary down casting: @Query( filter: #Predicate<Item> { $0.parent == nil && $0 is CollectionItem }, ) private var items: [Item] Am I missing something? Is it a platform limitation or a known issue?
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Aug ’25
"Assertion failed: (false) function _onqueue_rdar53306264_addWaiter file TubeManager.cpp line 1042" Crash
We are experiencing a large number of crashes in our production environment, mainly occurring on iOS 16 systems and iPhone 8 and iPhone X devices. The crash log and stack trace are as follows: Error: Assertion failed: (false) function _onqueue_rdar53306264_addWaiter file TubeManager.cpp line 1042 Crashed: com.apple.CFNetwork.LoaderQ 0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x7198 __pthread_kill + 8 1 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0xd5f8 pthread_kill + 208 2 libsystem_c.dylib 0x1c4b8 abort + 124 3 libsystem_c.dylib 0x70d8c err + 266 4 CFNetwork 0x1eb80 CFURLRequestSetMainDocumentURL + 6288 5 CFNetwork 0x44fd8 CFURLCacheRemoveAllCachedResponses + 22624 6 CFNetwork 0x39460 _CFHostIsDomainTopLevel + 968 7 CFNetwork 0x1f754 CFURLRequestSetMainDocumentURL + 9316 8 CFNetwork 0x233e0 CFURLRequestSetRequestPriority + 8792 9 CFNetwork 0x20d38 CFURLRequestCopyHTTPRequestBodyStream + 1612 10 CFNetwork 0x4f950 CFHTTPCookieStorageCopyCookies + 16276 11 CFNetwork 0x15878 CFURLRequestSetURL + 7600 12 libdispatch.dylib 0x637a8 _dispatch_call_block_and_release + 24 13 libdispatch.dylib 0x64780 _dispatch_client_callout + 16 14 libdispatch.dylib 0x3f6fc _dispatch_lane_serial_drain$VARIANT$armv81 + 600 15 libdispatch.dylib 0x401e4 _dispatch_lane_invoke$VARIANT$armv81 + 432 16 libdispatch.dylib 0x41304 _dispatch_workloop_invoke$VARIANT$armv81 + 1620 17 libdispatch.dylib 0x49f14 _dispatch_workloop_worker_thread + 608 18 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x1bd0 _pthread_wqthread + 284 19 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x1720 start_wqthread + 8 Have you encountered a similar issue before?
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Aug ’25
SwiftData crash when using a @Query sort descriptor with a relationship
I am using SwiftData for storage and have a view that uses the @Query property wrapper with a sort descriptor that points to a relationship on a model. In a release build on device running iOS 18.3, the app crashes. This is the line that crashes: @Query(sort: \Item.info.endDate, order: .reverse) private var items: [Item] Item has a relationship to ItemInfo, which is where the endDate property is defined. This code works in debug and on a simulator. In the project referenced here: https://github.com/lepolt/swiftdata-crash, change the scheme build configuration to “Release” and run on device. The app will crash. Using Xcode Version 16.2 (16C5032a) iPhone 12, iOS 18.3 (22D60)
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Aug ’25
Copying files using Finder and Apple Events
I need my application to copy some files, but using Finder. Now, I know all different methods and options to programmatically copy files using various APIs, but that's not the point here. I specifically need to use Finder for the purpose, so please, let's avoid eventual suggestions mentioning other ways to copy files. My first thought was to use the most simple approach, execute an AppleScript script using NSUserAppleScriptTask, but that turned out not to be ideal. It works fine, unless there already are files with same names at the copying destination. In such case, either the script execution ends with an error, reporting already existing files at the destination, or the existing files can be simply overridden by adding with overwrite option to duplicate command in the script. What I need is behaviour just like when Finder is used from the UI (drag'n'drop, copy/paste…); if there are existing files with same names at the destination, Finder should offer a "resolution panel", asking the user to "stop", "replace", "don't replace", "keep both" or "merge" (the latter in case of conflicting folders). So, I came to suspect that I could achieve such bahaviour by using Apple Events directly and passing kAEAlwaysInteract | kAECanSwitchLayer options to AESendMessage(). However, I can't figure out how to construct appropriate NSAppleEventDescriptor (nor old-style Carbon AppleEvent) objects and instruct Finder to copy files. This is where I came so far, providing srcFiles are source files (to be copied) URLs and dstFolder destination folder (to be copied into) URL: NSRunningApplication *finder = [[NSRunningApplication runningApplicationsWithBundleIdentifier:@"com.apple.finder"] firstObject]; if (!finder) { NSLog(@"Finder is not running."); return; } NSAppleEventDescriptor *finderDescriptor = [NSAppleEventDescriptor descriptorWithBundleIdentifier:[finder bundleIdentifier]]; NSAppleEventDescriptor *dstDescriptor = [NSAppleEventDescriptor descriptorWithString:[dstFolder path]]; NSAppleEventDescriptor *srcDescriptor = [NSAppleEventDescriptor listDescriptor]; for (NSURL *url in srcFiles) { NSAppleEventDescriptor *fileDescriptor = [NSAppleEventDescriptor descriptorWithString:[url path]]; [srcDescriptor insertDescriptor:fileDescriptor atIndex:([srcDescriptor numberOfItems] + 1)]; } NSAppleEventDescriptor *event = [NSAppleEventDescriptor appleEventWithEventClass:kAECoreSuite eventID:kAEClone targetDescriptor:finderDescriptor returnID:kAutoGenerateReturnID transactionID:kAnyTransactionID]; [event setParamDescriptor:srcDescriptor forKeyword:keyDirectObject]; [event setParamDescriptor:dstDescriptor forKeyword:keyAETarget]; NSError *error; NSAppleEventDescriptor *result = [event sendEventWithOptions:(NSAppleEventSendAlwaysInteract | NSAppleEventSendCanSwitchLayer) timeout:10.0 error:&error]; The code above executes without any error. The final result descriptor is a NULL descriptor ([NSAppleEventDescriptor nullDescriptor]) and there's no error returned (by reference). However, nothing happens, Finder remains silent and the application doesn't make macOS/TCC prompt for a permission to "automate Finder". I wonder if the approach above is correct and if I use correct parameters as arguments for all calling method/messages. I'm specially interested if passing keyAETarget is the right value in [event setParamDescriptor:dstDescriptor forKeyword:keyAETarget], since that one looks most suspicious to me. I'd really appreciate if anyone can help me with this. I'd also like to point out that I tried the same approach outlined above with old-style Carbon AppleEvent API, using AECreateDesc(), AECreateAppleEvent(), AEPutParamDesc() and AESendMessage()… All API calls succeeded, returning noErr, but again, nothing happened, Finder remained silent and no macOS/TCC prompt for a permission to "automate Finder". Any help is highly appreciated, thanks! -- Dragan
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Oct ’25
Autogenerated UI Test Runner Blocked By Local Network Permission Prompt
I've recently updated one of our CI mac mini's to Sequoia in preparation for the transition to Tahoe later this year. Most things seemed to work just fine, however I see this dialog whenever the UI Tests try to run. This application BoostBrowerUITest-Runner is auto-generated by Xcode to launch your application and then run your UI Tests. We do not have any control over it, which is why this is most surprising. I've checked the codesigning identity with codesign -d -vvvv as well as looked at it's Info.plist and indeed the usage descriptions for everything are present (again, this is autogenerated, so I'm not surprised, but just wanted to confirm the string from the dialog was coming from this app) &lt;?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?&gt; &lt;!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd"&gt; &lt;plist version="1.0"&gt; &lt;dict&gt; &lt;key&gt;BuildMachineOSBuild&lt;/key&gt; &lt;string&gt;22A380021&lt;/string&gt; &lt;key&gt;CFBundleAllowMixedLocalizations&lt;/key&gt; &lt;true/&gt; &lt;key&gt;CFBundleDevelopmentRegion&lt;/key&gt; &lt;string&gt;en&lt;/string&gt; &lt;key&gt;CFBundleExecutable&lt;/key&gt; &lt;string&gt;BoostBrowserUITests-Runner&lt;/string&gt; &lt;key&gt;CFBundleIdentifier&lt;/key&gt; &lt;string&gt;company.thebrowser.Browser2UITests.xctrunner&lt;/string&gt; &lt;key&gt;CFBundleInfoDictionaryVersion&lt;/key&gt; &lt;string&gt;6.0&lt;/string&gt; &lt;key&gt;CFBundleName&lt;/key&gt; &lt;string&gt;BoostBrowserUITests-Runner&lt;/string&gt; &lt;key&gt;CFBundlePackageType&lt;/key&gt; &lt;string&gt;APPL&lt;/string&gt; &lt;key&gt;CFBundleShortVersionString&lt;/key&gt; &lt;string&gt;1.0&lt;/string&gt; &lt;key&gt;CFBundleSignature&lt;/key&gt; &lt;string&gt;????&lt;/string&gt; &lt;key&gt;CFBundleSupportedPlatforms&lt;/key&gt; &lt;array&gt; &lt;string&gt;MacOSX&lt;/string&gt; &lt;/array&gt; &lt;key&gt;CFBundleVersion&lt;/key&gt; &lt;string&gt;1&lt;/string&gt; &lt;key&gt;DTCompiler&lt;/key&gt; &lt;string&gt;com.apple.compilers.llvm.clang.1_0&lt;/string&gt; &lt;key&gt;DTPlatformBuild&lt;/key&gt; &lt;string&gt;24A324&lt;/string&gt; &lt;key&gt;DTPlatformName&lt;/key&gt; &lt;string&gt;macosx&lt;/string&gt; &lt;key&gt;DTPlatformVersion&lt;/key&gt; &lt;string&gt;15.0&lt;/string&gt; &lt;key&gt;DTSDKBuild&lt;/key&gt; &lt;string&gt;24A324&lt;/string&gt; &lt;key&gt;DTSDKName&lt;/key&gt; &lt;string&gt;macosx15.0.internal&lt;/string&gt; &lt;key&gt;DTXcode&lt;/key&gt; &lt;string&gt;1620&lt;/string&gt; &lt;key&gt;DTXcodeBuild&lt;/key&gt; &lt;string&gt;16C5031c&lt;/string&gt; &lt;key&gt;LSBackgroundOnly&lt;/key&gt; &lt;true/&gt; &lt;key&gt;LSMinimumSystemVersion&lt;/key&gt; &lt;string&gt;13.0&lt;/string&gt; &lt;key&gt;NSAppTransportSecurity&lt;/key&gt; &lt;dict&gt; &lt;key&gt;NSAllowsArbitraryLoads&lt;/key&gt; &lt;true/&gt; &lt;/dict&gt; &lt;key&gt;NSAppleEventsUsageDescription&lt;/key&gt; &lt;string&gt;Access is necessary for automated testing.&lt;/string&gt; &lt;key&gt;NSBluetoothAlwaysUsageDescription&lt;/key&gt; &lt;string&gt;Access is necessary for automated testing.&lt;/string&gt; &lt;key&gt;NSCalendarsUsageDescription&lt;/key&gt; &lt;string&gt;Access is necessary for automated testing.&lt;/string&gt; &lt;key&gt;NSCameraUsageDescription&lt;/key&gt; &lt;string&gt;Access is necessary for automated testing.&lt;/string&gt; &lt;key&gt;NSContactsUsageDescription&lt;/key&gt; &lt;string&gt;Access is necessary for automated testing.&lt;/string&gt; &lt;key&gt;NSDesktopFolderUsageDescription&lt;/key&gt; &lt;string&gt;Access is necessary for automated testing.&lt;/string&gt; &lt;key&gt;NSDocumentsFolderUsageDescription&lt;/key&gt; &lt;string&gt;Access is necessary for automated testing.&lt;/string&gt; &lt;key&gt;NSDownloadsFolderUsageDescription&lt;/key&gt; &lt;string&gt;Access is necessary for automated testing.&lt;/string&gt; &lt;key&gt;NSFileProviderDomainUsageDescription&lt;/key&gt; &lt;string&gt;Access is necessary for automated testing.&lt;/string&gt; &lt;key&gt;NSFileProviderPresenceUsageDescription&lt;/key&gt; &lt;string&gt;Access is necessary for automated testing.&lt;/string&gt; &lt;key&gt;NSLocalNetworkUsageDescription&lt;/key&gt; &lt;string&gt;Access is necessary for automated testing.&lt;/string&gt; &lt;key&gt;NSLocationUsageDescription&lt;/key&gt; &lt;string&gt;Access is necessary for automated testing.&lt;/string&gt; &lt;key&gt;NSMicrophoneUsageDescription&lt;/key&gt; &lt;string&gt;Access is necessary for automated testing.&lt;/string&gt; &lt;key&gt;NSMotionUsageDescription&lt;/key&gt; &lt;string&gt;Access is necessary for automated testing.&lt;/string&gt; &lt;key&gt;NSNetworkVolumesUsageDescription&lt;/key&gt; &lt;string&gt;Access is necessary for automated testing.&lt;/string&gt; &lt;key&gt;NSPhotoLibraryUsageDescription&lt;/key&gt; &lt;string&gt;Access is necessary for automated testing.&lt;/string&gt; &lt;key&gt;NSRemindersUsageDescription&lt;/key&gt; &lt;string&gt;Access is necessary for automated testing.&lt;/string&gt; &lt;key&gt;NSRemovableVolumesUsageDescription&lt;/key&gt; &lt;string&gt;Access is necessary for automated testing.&lt;/string&gt; &lt;key&gt;NSSpeechRecognitionUsageDescription&lt;/key&gt; &lt;string&gt;Access is necessary for automated testing.&lt;/string&gt; &lt;key&gt;NSSystemAdministrationUsageDescription&lt;/key&gt; &lt;string&gt;Access is necessary for automated testing.&lt;/string&gt; &lt;key&gt;NSSystemExtensionUsageDescription&lt;/key&gt; &lt;string&gt;Access is necessary for automated testing.&lt;/string&gt; &lt;key&gt;OSBundleUsageDescription&lt;/key&gt; &lt;string&gt;Access is necessary for automated testing.&lt;/string&gt; &lt;/dict&gt; &lt;/plist&gt; Additionally, spctl --assess --type execute BoostBrowserUITests-Runner.app return an exit code of 0 so I assume that means it can launch just fine, and applications are allowed to be run from "anywhere" in System Settings. 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The documentation for CGColorRef (https://developer.apple.com/documentation/coregraphics/cgcolorref?language=objc) clearly shows that it is a struct. However, when I try to store a cell's border color using CGColorRef originalColor = self.bg.layer.borderColor and inspect what happens in the debugger, both that property and its copy have the same address. And later when I try to restore the border color the copy still has the same address but is no longer valid and causes a crash on assignment (originalColor is actually an instance variable...) This is all object behavior, not struct behavior. If CGColorRef really was a struct, the contents would have been copied, the instance variable would have had its own address that would never have changed, and the value would have remained valid indefinitely and let me copy it back without a problem. Why is this documented wrong? Was this a recent change? I actually had this code working at some point, and now it's broken.
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