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Failed to verify code signature when trying to install on iPad from XCode
Hi, run into this error today: Failed to verify code signature of /var/installd/Library/Caches/com.apple.mobile.installd.staging/temp.QJh2l0/extracted/MyAwesome.app : 0xe8008015 (A valid provisioning profile for this executable was not found.) Project is an AUv3 app + extension. It builds and install fine on MacOS. It builds on iPad but can't install : that's when the error appears. Regarding provisioning files, I use Automatic manage signing and I can see that the Xcode Managed Profile looks fine an includes my iPad. The only thing I see that differ from other projects is that as an AUv3 project, I have both and App (host) and extension projects. Thus the bundle identifier for this extension project is not the same as it seems I have to use different identifiers. So app bundle id is x.y while extension is x.y.z (same x.y base)) Last but not least the project and IPA can be built fine on XCode Cloud. (Although I can't download the artifacts but it seems it's the same problem for many of us today...) macOS Version 15.4 (Build 24E248) Xcode 16.2 (23507) (Build 16C5032a) Thanks in advance for your help :)
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Oct ’25
App Store Connect Upload Fails with Icon Alpha Channel Error in Xcode 26 Beta 4
After updating to Xcode 26 Beta 4, I can no longer upload my app to App Store Connect due to a WatchKit icon validation error. The error states: Invalid Icon. The watch application 'YourApp.app/Watch/YourWatchApp.app' contains an icon file 'Icon Image-AppIcon-watch-1024x1024 @1x.png' with an alpha channel. Icons should not have an alpha channel. • This file name doesn’t exist in the asset catalog or project source. • All icon assets used in the Watch App’s AppIcon set, including the required 1024x1024 icon, were checked with sips -g hasAlpha and confirmed to not contain an alpha channel. • Project was cleaned, derived data cleared, and archive recreated multiple times. • This issue only began after updating to Xcode 26 Beta 4. In the previous versions, everything was ok. Is anyone else experiencing this after upgrading Xcode to Beta 4? Any idea/workaround on how to solve this would be appreciated.
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Jul ’25
Error in gathering code coverage in Xcode16
Fails to gather code coverage and throws this error Showing All Messages Failed to merge raw profiles in directory /Users//Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/Receiver-ekqrbpsaciuxmlfslviajhoecyat/Build/ProfileData/0B0C6B69-FD46-4801-B106-56B7FCD44370 to destination /Users//Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/Receiver-ekqrbpsaciuxmlfslviajhoecyat/Build/ProfileData/0B0C6B69-FD46-4801-B106-56B7FCD44370/Coverage.profdata: Aggregation tool '/Users/shwethamugeraya/Downloads/Xcode 2.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin/llvm-profdata' failed with exit code 1: warning: /Users/shwethamugeraya/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/Receiver-ekqrbpsaciuxmlfslviajhoecyat/Build/ProfileData/0B0C6B69-FD46-4801-B106-56B7FCD44370/2F4EFBF7-1CCF-4E9E-8FD6-482EEDB98B6C-34646.profraw: raw profile version mismatch: Profile uses raw profile format version = 4; expected version = 8 PLEASE update this tool to version in the raw profile, or regenerate raw profile with expected version. error: no profile can be merged
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Oct ’25
UI Tests on Xcode Cloud fail due to Simulator randomly showing Apple logo
Hello everyone! When I run UI Tests on Xcode Cloud, I often encounter unexpected failures. Checking the screen recording, I found that the iOS Simulator could go into a black screen with a white Apple logo and a progress bar for a period after the test starts. This behavior of the Simulator causes my app's UI Tests to fail randomly, which greatly affects the practical use of UI Tests. I suspect this phenomenon is unrelated to my app and test cases, so I'm asking if anyone else has encountered a similar issue. 🤔
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Apr ’25
Xcode 16.2 not seeing iOS 18 devices
Ever since I updated to Xcode 16.2, no device running iOS 18 shows up in Xcode. I can see the devices in Finder and Apple Configurator, but not in Xcode. When I run xcrun devicectl list devices, I also do not see the devices, so I assume the issue is in CoreDevice somewhere. I've tried many things I've seen suggested in similar threads (toggling developer mode, reinstalling Xcode, using a different physical cable, etc) and so far nothing has helped. This same behavior is also happening for my entire development team, which has been as difficult as you might imagine. Any info on how to resolve this would be much appreciated.
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Feb ’25
The identity used to sign the executable is no longer valid
Hi there, When I deploy my app to the iPhone for testing, I get the following error: Failed to verify code signature of /var/installd/Library/Caches/com.apple.mobile.installd.staging/temp.4gpZFc/extracted/c_mll.app : 0xe8008018 (The identity used to sign the Please ensure that the certificates used to sign your app have not expired. If this issue persists, please attach an IPA of your app when sending a report to Apple. executable is no longer valid.) My account was mistakenly deactivated by Apple last month. After appealing, Apple restored it at the end of last month. Currently, my Apple Developer account seems to be working fine. Today, I recreated the developer certificate and identifier, added the account in XCode, everything seemed fine, and I clicked the XCode button (Start the active scheme). The build was successful, but I got the error: Failed to verify code signature of /var/installd/Library/Caches/com.apple.mobile.installd.staging/temp.4gpZFc/extracted/c_mll.app : 0xe8008018 (The identity used to sign the executable is no longer valid.) Both my certificate and identifier were created just a few hours ago and show no issues. Before my account was deactivated, everything was working fine. I used a regular non-Apple developer account in XCode and performed the same steps, and it worked fine. I looked at relevant posts on the forum and tried the suggestions, but none of them solved my problem.
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Xcode 16.3 repeatedly log causing CPU leak
Xcode 16.3 repeatedly logs a same message very frequently, as fast as a single thread can. I use Instruments and Console and find out the log is: Needs flush! by -[DNTBrotliDecoder decodeBytes:length:] in DNTDocumentationSupport. The call is on a single non-main thread. I've tried to clear caches and it seems doesn't change. Yet I don't know exact point when the logging starts since launch. Fortunately, this thread is dispatched at E cores, bringing approximately 2 watts of power load to my Mac. Environments: macOS 15.4 (24E248) Xcode 16.3 (16E140) M4 chip
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May ’25
No screenshot files in XCResult files using Xcode 16.1
Hello, I am using Xcode 16.1 (16B40) on MacOS Sequoia 15.1.0 using a Macbook pro M1 Max I am developing an app for iOS 17 and 18 using SwiftUI I created UITests to take the screenshots for the appStore on the simulator The tests run well and all of them are succeded The problem appears when I try to get the screenshot files from the xcresult files after the test. There is not any screenshot inside it. I found a data folder and a Info.plist file. In the data folder there are a lot of files with this pattern data.03zD4C6IGFFthK14NwA8mNvcwFHT16g6Tl40Tl1YmBC1bNh6d0YIcnWKyUaQPDXoa8fYo6C3Xcv8xvMtE3_NEXA== and other files with this pattern refs.03zD4C6IGFFthK14NwA8mNvcwFHT16g6Tl40Tl1YmBC1bNh6d0YIcnWKyUaQPDXoa8fYo6C3Xcv8xvMtE3_NEXA== Ok, I tryed to use fastlane to automatize the screenshots but the problem is still present. The xcresult files have not any png file. I had no problems doing this action (getting screenshots from a xcresult file) in previous versions of MacOS and Xcode in my current machine. I just updated my machine to MacOS Sequoia 15.1.1 and the problem is still present Honestly I don't know how to fix this situation. With Xcode 15 I had not any problem with that but I am not sure if Xcode 16.0 was runing without problems because I didn't need to use this functionality in those months Here is my code for a UITest: import XCTest final class ScreenshotsUITests: XCTestCase { let app = XCUIApplication() let device = "iPhone16" override func setUpWithError() throws { continueAfterFailure = true } override func tearDownWithError() throws {} @MainActor func testEnglishScreens() throws { let lang = "en" app.launchArguments.append("UITestMode") app.launchArguments += ["-AppleLanguages", "(en)"] app.launchArguments += ["-AppleLocale", "en_US"] app.launch() executeTestsForMenus(lang: lang, backLabel: "Back") executeTestForMatch(lang: lang) } @MainActor func testSpanishScreens() throws { let lang = "es" app.launchArguments.append("UITestMode") app.launchArguments += ["-AppleLanguages", "(es)"] app.launchArguments += ["-AppleLocale", "es_ES"] app.launch() executeTestsForMenus(lang: lang, backLabel: "Atrás") executeTestForMatch(lang: lang) } private func executeTestForMatch(lang: String) { let startButton = app.buttons["start-button"] startButton.tap() let key4 = app.buttons["key-4"] XCTAssertTrue(key4.waitForExistence(timeout: 30), "Key 4 in match screen is not found") key4.tap() let key2 = app.buttons["key-2"] XCTAssertTrue(key2.exists, "Key 2 in match screen is not found") key2.tap() makeScreenShot("playing", lang: lang) let closeButton = app.buttons["close-button"] XCTAssertTrue(closeButton.exists, "Close button in match screen is not found") closeButton.tap() } private func executeTestsForMenus(lang: String, backLabel: String) { let mainHeader = app.staticTexts["Math match"] XCTAssertTrue(mainHeader.exists, "Header in main screen is not found") makeScreenShot("mainMenu", lang: lang) let settingsButton = app.buttons["settings-button"] XCTAssertTrue(settingsButton.exists, "Settings button in main screen is not found") settingsButton.tap() makeScreenShot("Settings", lang: lang) let backButton = app.buttons[backLabel] XCTAssertTrue(backButton.exists, "Back button in match screen is not found") backButton.tap() let helpButton = app.buttons["help-button"] XCTAssertTrue(helpButton.exists, "Help button in main screen is not found") helpButton.tap() makeScreenShot("Help", lang: lang) backButton.tap() let scoreButton = app.buttons["score-button"] XCTAssertTrue(scoreButton.exists, "Scores button in main screen is not found") scoreButton.tap() makeScreenShot("Scores", lang: lang) backButton.tap() let playButton = app.buttons["play-button"] XCTAssertTrue(playButton.exists, "Play button in main screen is not found") playButton.tap() makeScreenShot("matchBuilder", lang: lang) let startButton = app.buttons["start-button"] XCTAssertTrue(startButton.exists, "Start button in match builder screen is not found") } private func makeScreenShot(_ name: String, lang: String) { takeScreenshot(app, named: "\(lang)-\(name)-\(device)") } } import XCTest extension XCTestCase { func takeScreenshot(_ app: XCUIApplication, named name: String, fullScreen: Bool = false) { let screenshot: XCUIScreenshot if fullScreen { screenshot = app.windows.firstMatch.screenshot() } else { screenshot = XCUIScreen.main.screenshot() } let screenshotAttachment = XCTAttachment( uniformTypeIdentifier: "public.png", name: "screenshot-\(name).png", payload: screenshot.pngRepresentation, userInfo: nil) screenshotAttachment.lifetime = .keepAlways add(screenshotAttachment) } } and here is the content of my testplan file: { "configurations" : [ { "id" : "35BC7C0B-9A5A-4027-9F30-36958C4C1AAF", "name" : "Test Scheme Action", "options" : { "preferredScreenCaptureFormat" : "screenshot", "testExecutionOrdering" : "random", "uiTestingScreenshotsLifetime" : "keepAlways", "userAttachmentLifetime" : "keepAlways" } } ], "defaultOptions" : { "targetForVariableExpansion" : { "containerPath" : "container:myAppProject.xcodeproj", "identifier" : "B27D1B022CA00314001A259B", "name" : "MyAppProject" } }, "testTargets" : [ { "parallelizable" : true, "target" : { "containerPath" : "container:MyAppProject.xcodeproj", "identifier" : "B27D1B122CA00315001A259B", "name" : "MyAppProjectTests" } }, { "parallelizable" : true, "target" : { "containerPath" : "container:MyAppProject.xcodeproj", "identifier" : "B27D1B1C2CA00315001A259B", "name" : "MyAppProjectUITests" } } ], "version" : 1 } I made tests with old projects in my machine and those projects have the same problem with screenshot files in the xcresult bundles I don't know if the problem is in my machine, my Xcode, MacOS or other ting. I don't know how to fix this problem Please, can anyone help me? Thanks in advance
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Apr ’25
Error Simulator Download Simulator IOS 18.2 22C5142a
I can't install Simulator 18.2 I reinstalled sometimes Xcode y always return this erro Download failed. Domain: DVTDownloadableErrorDomain Code: 41 User Info: { DVTErrorCreationDateKey = "2025-02-15 15:41:39 +0000"; } Download failed. Domain: DVTDownloadableErrorDomain Code: 41 Failed fetching catalog for assetType (com.apple.MobileAsset.appleTVOSSimulatorRuntime), serverParameters ({ RequestedBuild = 22K5148a; }) Domain: DVTDownloadsUtilitiesErrorDomain Code: -1 Download failed due to a bad URL. (Catalog download for com.apple.MobileAsset.appleTVOSSimulatorRuntime) Domain: com.apple.MobileAssetError.Download Code: 49 User Info: { checkConfiguration = 1; } System Information macOS Version 15.2 (Build 24C101) Xcode 16.2 (23504) (Build 16C5023f) Timestamp: 2025-02-15T09:41:39-06:00
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Mar ’25
Xcode 16.4 can't choose a lower version iOS simulator to debug
My Xcode version is 16.4, I have added an old version simulator (iPhone 13 with iOS 17.2) to the simulator list, but I can't use it for debugging, and all on display are iPhone 16 with 18.6 (the latest iOS devices). The setting "Minimum Deployments" for my App is 16.6. In addition, when I downloaded an iOS 16.0 version simulator, Xcode automatically added all iPhone 15 models of the simulator, but I still can't use them. In short, I can only use the default iPhone 16 simulators. So, if I want to debug my App using iPhone 13 (iOS 17.2), what should I do? Thank you for your reply. :) Another small issue, my App's destination has been set to support only iPhone, why are those iPad simulators still appearing?
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Aug ’25
Xcode 26 beta 3 - Metal toolchain installed but not working
Under Xcode 26 beta 3 I'm trying to build a project which uses Metal. I've installed the Metal Toolchain 26.0 under Settings -> Components, but when I start a build it fails during the "Prepare build" step with the following error (repeated many times): stat(/var/run/com.apple.security.cryptexd/mnt/com.apple.MobileAsset.MetalToolchain-v17.1.5276.7.Pb9SLL/Metal.xctoolchain/usr/bin/clang): No such file or directory (2) I've confirmed that there is in fact no 'clang' binary in that directory. I've tried using xcode-select to set the Xcode 26 Beta app as the active developer directory, and xcodebuild -version shows: Xcode 26.0 Build version 17A5276g Any ideas on other things to try?
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Sep ’25
Cannot start app on simulator, it's crash and show error dyld[27267]: Symbol not found:g
I build app success full, but app is crash when it's install and start on simulator, please help to resolve the issue. xcode version 16.3 dyld`__abort_with_payload: Thread 1: signal SIGABRT Console error log: dyld[27267]: Symbol not found: _$sSo18WKPDFConfigurationC6WebKitE4rectSo6CGRectVSgvs Referenced from: <9ED011A5-B4BE-3B0B-98C6-0AFAF76A5B6C> ..../Library/Developer/CoreSimulator/Devices/C94520D8-031D-4D91-8050-859E0951D1A6/data/Containers/Bundle/Application/522BF7A2-7633-4FF1-BA02-130727B8E65C/App.app/Frameworks/flutter_inappwebview_ios.framework/flutter_inappwebview_ios Expected in: <0085D0EC-09E4-3699-ACE9-9B0C20B090BB> /Library/Developer/CoreSimulator/Volumes/iOS_22C150/Library/Developer/CoreSimulator/Profiles/Runtimes/iOS 18.2.simruntime/Contents/Resources/RuntimeRoot/System/Library/Frameworks/WebKit.framework/WebKit Symbol not found: _$sSo18WKPDFConfigurationC6WebKitE4rectSo6CGRectVSgvs Referenced from: <9ED011A5-B4BE-3B0B-98C6-0AFAF76A5B6C> ..../Library/Developer/CoreSimulator/Devices/C94520D8-031D-4D91-8050-859E0951D1A6/data/Containers/Bundle/Application/522BF7A2-7633-4FF1-BA02-130727B8E65C/App.app/Frameworks/flutter_inappwebview_ios.framework/flutter_inappwebview_ios Expected in: <0085D0EC-09E4-3699-ACE9-9B0C20B090BB> /Library/Developer/CoreSimulator/Volumes/iOS_22C150/Library/Developer/CoreSimulator/Profiles/Runtimes/iOS 18.2.simruntime/Contents/Resources/RuntimeRoot/System/Library/Frameworks/WebKit.framework/WebKit dyld config: DYLD_SHARED_CACHE_DIR=.../Library/Developer/CoreSimulator/Caches/dyld/24D81/com.apple.CoreSimulator.SimRuntime.iOS-18-2.22C150 DYLD_ROOT_PATH=/Library/Developer/CoreSimulator/Volumes/iOS_22C150/Library/Developer/CoreSimulator/Profiles/Runtimes/iOS 18.2.simruntime/Contents/Resources/RuntimeRoot DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=...../Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/App-fdpvmjxapalesmhcoroqmpqwlxxm/Build/Products/Debug-iphonesimulator:/Library/Developer/CoreSimulator/Volumes/iOS_22C150/Library/Developer/CoreSimulator/Profiles/Runtimes/iOS 18.2.simruntime/Contents/Resources/RuntimeRoot/usr/lib/system/introspection DYLD_INSERT_LIBRARIES=/Library/Developer/CoreSimulator/Volumes/iOS_22C150/Library/Developer/CoreSimulator/Profiles/Runtimes/iOS 18.2.simruntime/Contents/Resources/RuntimeRoot/usr/lib/libLogRedirect.dylib:/Library/Developer/CoreSimulator/Volumes/iOS_22C150/Library/Developer/CoreSimulator/Profiles/Runtimes/iOS 18.2.simruntime/Contents/Resources/RuntimeRoot/usr/lib/libBacktraceRecording.dylib:/Library/Developer/CoreSimulator/Volumes/iOS_22C150/Library/Developer/CoreSimulator/Profiles/Runtimes/iOS 18.2.simruntime/Contents/Resources/RuntimeRoot/usr/lib/libMainThreadChecker.dylib:/usr/lib/libRPAC.dylib:/Library/Developer/CoreSimulator/Volumes/iOS_22C150/Library/Developer/CoreSimulator/Profiles/Runtimes/iOS 18.2.simruntime/Contents/Resources/RuntimeRoot/usr/lib/libViewDebuggerSupport.dylib DYLD_FRAMEWORK_PATH=.....Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/App-fdpvmjxapalesmhcoroqmpqwlxxm/Build/Products/Debug-iphonesimulator DYLD_FALLBACK_FRAMEWORK_PATH=/Library/Developer/CoreSimulator/Volumes/iOS_22C150/Library/Developer/CoreSimulator/Profiles/Runtimes/iOS 18.2.simruntime/Contents/Resources/RuntimeRoot/System/Library/Frameworks DYLD_FALLBACK_LIBRARY_PATH=/Library/Developer/CoreSimulator/Volumes/iOS_22C150/Library/Developer/CoreSimulator/Profiles/Runtimes/iOS 18.2.simruntime/Contents/Resources/RuntimeRoot/usr/lib
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Apr ’25
Can't install Universal Simulator with Xcode-beta 5
When I try to install the iOS 26.0 Universal Simulator component with Xcode-beta 5 I get the following error: Download failed. Domain: DVTDownloadableErrorDomain Code: 41 User Info: { DVTErrorCreationDateKey = "2025-08-11 14:39:06 +0000"; } -- Download failed. Domain: DVTDownloadableErrorDomain Code: 41 -- System Information macOS Version 15.6 (Build 24G84) Xcode 26.0 (24198.5) (Build 17A5295f) Timestamp: 2025-08-11T17:39:06+03:00
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Aug ’25
Xcode Build Failure
Hi, I don't understand why Xcode fails to build my app when following logic was uncommented as part of ternary operator (as highlighted in attachment). Can somebody help me please ?? Thx. ... : shelterViewModel.getShelter(row: row, column: column).productId == ... ? Color.yellow ...
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Apr ’25
MetalToolchain fail installation xcode 26.0 beta 5, tahoe 26.0
Failed fetching catalog for assetType (com.apple.MobileAsset.MetalToolchain), serverParameters ({ RequestedBuild = 17A5295f; }) Domain: DVTDownloadsUtilitiesErrorDomain Code: -1 User Info: { DVTErrorCreationDateKey = "2025-08-08 07:59:24 +0000"; } Failed fetching catalog for assetType (com.apple.MobileAsset.MetalToolchain), serverParameters ({ RequestedBuild = 17A5295f; }) Domain: DVTDownloadsUtilitiesErrorDomain Code: -1 Download failed due to not being able to find the host. (Catalog download for com.apple.MobileAsset.MetalToolchain) Domain: com.apple.MobileAssetError.Download Code: 59 User Info: { checkConfiguration = 1; } System Information macOS Version 26.0 (Build 25A5327h) Xcode 26.0 (24198.5) (Build 17A5295f) Timestamp: 2025-08-08T08:59:24+01:00
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Aug ’25
CompileAssetCatalogVariant failed with nonzero exit code.
I'm running in a very very very weird error. I have a large asset catalog, consisting of about 2700 assets for 1.19GB of size. I can successfully build and run my project with both release and debug scheme, when a real device or simulator is selected. However, whenever I select Any iOS device (arm64), about 80ish seconds in the build process, the building fails with the following output: CoreUI: Error: unable to add asset to store *** Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'IBPlatformToolFailureException', reason: 'The tool closed the connection (AssetCatalogSimulatorAgent) What I tried and failed: Cleaning DerivedData and restarting PC Building the same project on three different devices, each with a different version of XCode. All failed. running sudo killall -9 com.apple.CoreSimulator.CoreSimulatorService Scanning for duplicate image files, found none. Scanning for duplicate .imageset folders in different folders, found none. Scanning for images that declared a different format than theirs, eg .webp renamed as .png, and found none. Creating an empty Hello World project, and just adding my asset catalog. Build fails for Any iOS device, succeeds for simulator or physical device. Uninstalling and reinstalling XCode command line tools. Manually compiling via actools. Changed "Embed Assets Pack in Product Bundle" from No to Yes. I don't have any .svg file in my assets. What I tried and failed but gives more insight: Now the only thing that I was able to come up with was deleting folders to narrow down where the problem was. So I found that there is a 700MB folder called T, containing T1, T2, ..., T6. Eventually managed to narrow down even more to T3, T4, T6. I created a distinct .xcassets catalog for each subfolder and tried to compile individually with actools, along with assets.xcassets (the main one). Here's the thing: T3.xcassets + assets.xcassets compiles T4.xcassets + assets.xcassets compiles T6.xcassets + assets.xcassets compiles T3.xcassets + T4.xcassets + assets.xcassets compiles. T3.xcassets + T6.xcassets + assets.xcassets compiles. T4.xcassets + T6.xcassets + assets.xcassets compiles. T3.xcassets + T4.xcassets + T6.xcassets + assets.xcassets crashes with CoreUI: Error: unable to add asset to store. I've been stuck for days now and can't deploy my finished app I worked on for the last three years because of this.
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Nov ’25