I have two apps; one is a subset of functionality of the other. The smaller app has about 170 Swift files. The larger app has these files plus about 120 more. So I would expect the larger app to take around twice as long to build. Instead, the smaller app takes less than a minute to build while the larger app takes over 13 minutes to build; to be exact, it takes 15.3 times longer. While reviewing the build report, I noticed that the smaller app compiles the Swift files in batches, with each batch taking around 10 seconds, but with up to 17 batches running at once. In contrast, the larger app compiles all 290 Swift files in one giant batch, so apparently there is no multithreading of the Swift compilation (see screen shots below). The difference in the number of batches the smaller app compiles at once roughly corresponds to the difference in overall build time. Is there a build setting I can change to make the larger app compile Swift files in multiple smaller batches as the smaller app is doing? I checked SWIFT_COMPILATION_MODE and it's the same in both apps (Incremental for debugging and Whole Module for release) but I don't know what other settings I should check.

A Mac reboot fixed it for a few images, but then it went black again.

I am using Coding Intelligence, powered by Claude, in the first production release of Xcode 27.0 (in MacOS 26.7). Initially it was working ok. But after less than a day, it now crashes every time it needs to ask for permission for any shell command. And each time I restart things, it burns through a ton of tokens. ☹️ Any suggestions? (I'll file a bug report right now…)

Hi, we have a bug report in Cholesky implementation of Accelerate on the LAPACK GitHub. See: https://github.com/Reference-LAPACK/lapack/issues/1408 This is to let you know. This might be a user error but I thought I'd let you know. I did not try out for myself. Julien.

How to get a refund for one of the payments ? Of course the apple invoice from the apple developer program sends me to apple consumer support. They then send me back to the apple developer program.

Hi everyone, I’m posting this to ask for advice and see if anyone has experienced a similar issue with the Apple Developer Program subscription. On July 9th, 2025, I registered for the Apple Developer Program via the Apple Developer app on my iPhone using my main iCloud account (Apple ID). The expected annual fee was 2,299,000 VND (~$99). However, I just checked my billing history and saw that I was charged twice for the same subscription, both under the same Apple ID / iCloud account, on the same day. Key Details: I only enrolled once. Both charges are labeled “Apple Developer Program”, exactly the same amount (2,299,000 ₫). The payments were made through the App Store, not via the website. My account on developer.apple.com/account still shows “Enroll Now” — meaning I haven't been activated yet. I have not received any welcome email either. My questions: Is it possible to request a refund for one of the charges, since both payments came from the same iCloud account and clearly refer to the same subscription? Has anyone else encountered this issue? How long did it take Apple to respond? Was your refund request approved? Should I wait for Apple to activate my account, or should I escalate the issue now? I’ve already submitted a refund request through https://reportaproblem.apple.com, but I’m posting here in case someone has more experience or insights. Thanks in advance!

Has anyone notices persistent UI lockups when attempting to perform even the most basic tasks with Claude Code? I'm at a total loss here. I've noticed that the lockups tend to happen more often when the Claude Agent is asking me a question. I've tried removing stale data, disconnecting / reconnected the agent, force quit and restart. Nothing solves this.

Please can someone bump my support request which has been pending for 1 month. It is for DriverKit access. Thanks

I have done the payment around 12 hours ago, and i got no mail or anything, it asks to do payment again. The process is done via Apple developer app from Iphone. And when i contacted apple team, they are telling we have no payment from your side, check with your bank. From my Bank and UPI side, the payment was successfully sent to apple. Any Indian dev in this situation who got it sorted out ?

I see a lot of posts about things that need fixing and it looks to me like you all need the help if there’s anything I can do please let me know I know what I can do for you so what could you do for me I’m looking to join your team and help you fix some issues your having maybe an internship or even a developer position either way you could get your money with depending on how well you pay

Hello everyone, I am seeking advice, or hopefully the attention of an Apple Community Moderator, regarding a structural loop I am stuck in with my Apple Developer Program enrollment. My independent corporate enrollment is currently being declined due to an automated historical account association, and standard support channels have not been able to resolve it. The Context • Back in 2015: I was added as an Admin or Team Member to a past client’s Apple Developer account to help them set up their environment. That client never ended up publishing any applications, and that account has been completely dormant for years. • In 2024: I officially incorporated my own separate, independent legal entity in the United States. I successfully obtained our IRS EIN, established a clean Dun & Bradstreet (D-U-N-S) profile, and applied for a fresh Apple Developer Organization Account using my company's official credentials. The Issue Our application was completely declined. Through correspondence, it became clear that Apple’s automated enrollment scanners are flagging my personal identity or Apple Account because of that legacy 2015 admin association. The system is treating my new, legitimate corporation as a duplicate or "associated entity" violation. The Roadblock I am the authorized legal signee for my new US company. This is a completely separate legal and financial entity. I have all official corporate documentation ready for verification, including IRS CP-575 EIN assignments, state Articles of Organization, and active D-U-N-S data matching our exact corporate address. Unfortunately, Tier 1 developer support templates are not addressing this backend identity-link issue. I simply need an Account Specialist or Risk Management team member to manually review the file, sever my identity link from that dead 2015 client team ID, and allow our US corporation to proceed with enrollment. Our business operations and product launch timelines are completely stalled. Has anyone successfully broken out of this legacy association loop? If any Apple Dev Forums moderators are reading this, could you please help escalate this ticket internally? Case ID for reference: 102966456983 Thank you for any insight or assistance. Regards Tanveer

Hi, I’m trying to test an independent watchOS app on an Apple Watch Series 6 Cellular that is set up for a child using Apple Watch For Your Kids (Family Setup). My current environment: Apple Watch Series 6 Cellular watchOS 26.6 The Watch is set up for a child using Apple Watch For Your Kids / Family Setup Xcode 26.6 Parent iPhone running iOS 27.0 Developer Mode is enabled on the parent iPhone The Family Setup Watch does not appear as a development device in Xcode/CoreDevice There is no Developer Mode option visible on the Family Setup Watch For comparison, I also have another Apple Watch used for normal development, and that Watch can be detected by the development environment. The issue appears specific to the child’s Family Setup Watch. I would like to understand the Apple-supported development and testing workflow for this configuration. Specifically: Is an Apple Watch set up using Apple Watch For Your Kids / Family Setup expected to be available as a direct Xcode development device? If direct Xcode deployment is not supported, can an independent watchOS app be installed and tested on a Family Setup Watch through TestFlight? If TestFlight is supported, what is the correct workflow for installing the beta on the child’s Family Setup Watch / child Apple Account? Is there another Apple-supported testing or distribution method developers should use for this scenario? I’m specifically asking about an independent watchOS app that can operate without the parent iPhone nearby, rather than a Watch app that depends on an iPhone companion app. I’d also appreciate clarification on the distinction between direct Xcode development deployment and TestFlight/App Store distribution for Apple Watch For Your Kids. Thank you.

Hello, I am playing around with MailKit in Xcode... just created a new App with MailExtension target. When I run it, it's asking if I want to test it with Mail, however, I cannot see the extension in the Mail Settings for enabling it... I a totally newbie here.... what am I missing?

I have been trying to enroll in the Apple Developer Program for seven weeks, and this has become an unacceptable support experience. During this period, I have exchanged multiple emails with Apple Developer Support and have been contacted by at least six different support representatives. Most replies have repeated the same generic instructions, particularly telling me to use the same device, without providing any specific diagnosis or meaningful resolution. I have followed the instructions, used the same iPhone, submitted the requested identity documentation, enabled two-factor authentication, and kept my Apple Account information up to date. Apple Support also withdrew my previous enrollment and instructed me to enroll again. Nevertheless, the process still ends with the same message: “Your enrollment could not be completed.” After seven weeks and at least six support representatives, I still have not been told: the actual reason the enrollment is being rejected; whether there is an account, device, identity-verification, or regional restriction; whether the previous enrollment was fully cleared from Apple’s backend; which team is responsible for manually reviewing or resetting the enrollment; or when I can expect a real resolution. Repeated template responses are not a reasonable substitute for investigating the problem. If Apple’s system is blocking the enrollment, Apple should be able to identify the restriction and explain how it can be resolved. Is it normal for an enrollment issue to remain unresolved for seven weeks after repeated contact with so many support representatives? Has anyone experienced the same problem and successfully had it escalated to an Enrollment Specialist or Senior Advisor? I would particularly appreciate a response from Apple explaining the correct escalation path for a manual backend review, rather than another repetition of the standard enrollment instructions.

Hi, I’m testing the new NowPlaying framework on iOS 27 using Xcode 27 and an iPhone 17 Simulator, and I’m seeing some behavior that I’m trying to determine is a Simulator issue or something incorrect in my implementation. I have a local AVPlayer playing an MP3 and a MediaSession conforming to MediaSessionRepresentable. The session publishes MusicContent with static artwork, AnimatedArtwork using the .tall aspect ratio, a MediaPlaybackSnapshot, and commands for play, pause, previous, next, and seek. The strange behavior is: I start playback and call requestToBecomeApplicationPrimary(). It succeeds and isApplicationPrimary becomes true, but isSystemPrimary remains false. I lock the Simulator for the first time. There is no Now Playing UI or metadata. I unlock it and return to the app. After recreating/re-registering the MediaSession and calling requestToBecomeApplicationPrimary() again, isSystemPrimary sometimes becomes true. When I lock the Simulator a second time, the Now Playing UI finally appears and the animated 3:4 artwork works correctly. However, the Lock Screen card still does not show the expected play/pause/previous/next buttons. It only shows the title, artist, progress bar, and volume control, despite those commands being included in commands. When the second session succeeds, the framework also starts requesting the artwork as expected: applicationPrimary: true systemPrimary: true Animated preview requested: (1206, 1608) ratio: tall Static artwork requested Animated video requested: (1206, 1608) ratio: tall Calling requestToBecomeSystemPrimary() directly has also consistently returned: internalFailure Playback itself continues correctly throughout all of this. So I’m trying to understand whether anyone else is seeing similar behavior with the iOS 27 Simulator: MediaSession becoming application-primary but not system-primary on the initial playback Now Playing metadata only appearing after a lock/unlock/re-registration cycle media commands being supplied but playback buttons missing from the Lock Screen requestToBecomeSystemPrimary() returning internalFailure I have not yet tested the same build on a physical iOS 27 device, so I’m particularly interested in whether this is currently a known Simulator limitation/bug or whether there is another step required when publishing a local playback MediaSession. Thanks!

I'm the Account Holder for a small organization enrolled in the Apple Developer Program with a current paid membership. The organization completed D-U-N-S and Apple's verification, and I need to get back into this account. The Apple Account tied to the membership shows "This account has been locked for security reasons." Every recovery path fails with "This Apple Account is not valid or not supported": Password reset at iforgot.apple.com Unlock and request access at iforgot.apple.com/unlock "Request Access" from the lock alert itself I have also tried to open a case with Apple Support through getsupport.apple.com and the Apple Support app. Both require the affected account's email before continuing, and both reject it with the same error, so I cannot get a case opened. The account owner is ready to verify identity and has the trusted phone number and a signed-in device. I'm asking for one thing: a path to a human at Apple who can look up this account, verify the owner, and restore access. If the Apple Account itself cannot be restored, I need the Account Holder role on our existing organization team reassigned to a different Apple Account so we keep the Team ID, membership, and D-U-N-S verification without re-enrolling. I'm not posting identifiers since this is a public board. I can provide the organization name and the account email through any private channel an Apple staffer can offer. Thanks.

We need guidance regarding the Python runtime bundled with Apple Command Line Tools. Environment: macOS Tahoe 26.5.2 (25F84) Xcode 26.6 (17F113) Device type: Mac Command Line Tools Python path: /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/Library/Frameworks/Python3.framework/Versions/3.9/ Version confirmed locally with: /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/Library/Frameworks/Python3.framework/Versions/3.9/bin/python3 --version Output: Python 3.9.6 Our vulnerability-management platform, Qualys, reports this Apple Command Line Tools Python runtime as vulnerable under QID 387170, referencing CVE-2022-4303 and CVE-2023-0286. The detection points to: /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/Library/Frameworks/Python3.framework/Versions/3.9/Resources/Python.app My understanding is that this runtime is bundled and managed by Apple as part of Command Line Tools, and that manually replacing or modifying this framework is not a supported remediation path. Installing a separate standalone Python version also does not remediate the finding at this Apple-managed path. Could Apple or the community confirm the supported approach for this scenario? Specifically: Is Python 3.9.6 intentionally bundled with the current Command Line Tools release for this macOS/Xcode version? Has Apple applied security fixes or backports to this bundled Python runtime that are not reflected in the upstream Python version number? Is updating Command Line Tools/Xcode the only supported remediation method for this component? Is manually replacing or modifying the bundled Python framework unsupported? Is there any known mitigation or official guidance for vulnerability-management exceptions while waiting for an Apple-provided update? I have also filed this through Feedback Assistant: FB23893693. Any official Apple guidance or reference to existing documentation would be very helpful, as we need to provide an auditable response to our internal security and audit teams.

Whenever I click the blue project button below for my ios application (in an attempt to get to Signing & Capabilities), my Xcode application crashes. I've tried the following: Deleting xcuserdata folder under project.xcworkspace Purging derived data in ~/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData Clearing Xcode preferences with defaults delete com.apple.dt.Xcode

Hello, Since I upgraded my iPad (iPad Pro 11" 2nd generation / A12z) to iPadOS 27 I have the following issue with SwiftPlayground. The preview no longer works and gets stuck on "Preview paused / Restart to continue". If I click on the refresh button, the button becomes disabled a few seconds but preview still remains on "Preview paused". It is quite easy to reproduce : Start SwiftPlayground Click "New playground" Click "App" When "My App n" appears on playground browser click on it I already tried to uninstall / reinstall SwiftPlayground and rebooting my iPad but it didn't help. Thanks for any help

Does anyone know what to do when an enrollment application is stuck? (Enrollment ID 979ZZ5A3BA if anyone from Apple sees this.) We applied back in June, got a quick request for more docs which we gave, and ever since then, we've heard nothing. It's now almost October. I tried filing a support request in August, but they just said it was another dept's responsibility.