Hi,
Xcode Instruments shows multiple Points of Interest with the information that the framework is not listed in my Privacy Manifest.
However, I have already included them in the Privacy Manifest under the privacy tracking domains.
I have this problem with every tracking domain i listed in the Privacy Manifest's Privacy Tracking Domains.
Did I make a mistake in my Privacy Manifest declaration?
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I am using Auth0 as a login manager for our app. The way Auth0 handles login is that their SDK will create a web view where the login is actually handled. Once the login is finished the session will end and the app will gain control. We are not set up for passkeys in their system and can't set up quickly to do that. Unfortunately with the new iOS "passkey is the primary login" way iOS is set up now, users are asked to use passkey when it's not supported on the backend. I don't have direct control of the login screens. Is there any way, at the app level, to tell the app to not use passkeys so that it quits showing up as an option for the users? I can't find any documentation on doing this. How can I stop passkey in my app entirely?
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Hi Apple Devs,
For our app, we utilize passkeys for account creation (not MFA). This is mainly for user privacy, as there is 0 PII associated with passkey account creation, but it additionally also satisfies the 4.8: Login Services requirement for the App Store.
However, we're getting blocked in Apple Review. Because the AASA does not get fetched immediately upon app install, the reviewers are not able to create an account immediately via passkeys, and then they reject the build.
I'm optimistic I can mitigate the above. But even if we pass Apple Review, this is a pretty catastrophic issue for user security and experience. There are reports that 5% of users cannot create passkeys immediately (https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/756740). That is a nontrivial amount of users, and this large of an amount distorts how app developers design onboarding and authentication flows towards less secure experiences:
App developers are incentivized to not require MFA setup on account creation because requiring it causes significant churn, which is bad for user security.
If they continue with it anyways, for mitigation, developers are essentially forced to add in copy into their app saying something along the lines of "We have no ability to force Apple to fetch the config required to continue sign up, so try again in a few minutes, you'll just have to wait."
You can't even implement a fallback method. There's no way to check if the AASA is available before launching the ASAuthorizationController so you can't mitigate a portion of users encountering an error!!
Any app that wants to use the PRF extension to encrypt core functionality (again, good for user privacy) simply cannot exist because the app simply does not work for an unspecified amount of time for a nontrivial portion of users.
It feels like a. Apple should provide a syscall API that we can call to force SWCD to verify the AASA or b. implement a config based on package name for the app store such that the installation will immediately include a verified AASA from Apple's CDN. Flicking the config on would require talking with Apple. If this existed, this entire class of error would go away.
It feels pretty shocking that there isn't a mitigation in place for this already given that it incentivizes app developers to pursue strictly less secure and less private authentication practices.
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Hello, I am currently implementing a biometric authentication registration flow using WebAuthn. I am using ASAuthorizationPlatformPublicKeyCredentialRegistrationRequest, and I would like to know if there is a way to hide the "Save to another device" option that appears during the registration process.
Specifically, I want to guide users to save the passkey only locally on their device, without prompting them to save it to iCloud Keychain or another device.
If there is a way to hide this option or if there is a recommended approach to achieve this, I would greatly appreciate your guidance.
Also, if this is not possible due to iOS version or API limitations, I would be grateful if you could share any best practices for limiting user options in this scenario.
If anyone has experienced a similar issue, your advice would be very helpful. Thank you in advance.
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Developer > Security — This also covers privacy topics.
App privacy details on the App Store
UIKit > Protecting the User’s Privacy documentation
Bundle Resources > Privacy manifest files documentation
TN3181 Debugging an invalid privacy manifest technote
TN3182 Adding privacy tracking keys to your privacy manifest technote
TN3183 Adding required reason API entries to your privacy manifest technote
TN3184 Adding data collection details to your privacy manifest technote
TN3179 Understanding local network privacy technote
Handling ITMS-91061: Missing privacy manifest forums post
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I was wondering if anyone had experience with Managed Device Profiles on iPad to be able to answer a quick question regarding passcode reset. We are using Microsoft Intune to manage our fleet of iPads that our store employees will use on an Ad-Hoc basis. When a user logs into an iPad for the day, we are issuing a resetPasscode command to the MicrosoftGraph specifying that device ID. We are getting a successful response to the iPad itself. But the device is allowing the user 1 hour of free time to dismiss the reset passcode dialogue. Which enables them to use the iPad unprotected for up to an hour, which is not what we want. Does anyone know of any way to force the user to select a passcode immediately? I know this is a device side restriction. But is there anything apple can do to help us in this instance, since our MDM profile can't close this time window on the Intune side?
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An ITMS-91061: Missing privacy manifest rejection email looks as follows:
ITMS-91061: Missing privacy manifest- Your app includes
"<path/to/SDK>", which includes , an SDK that was identified in the documentation as a privacy-impacting third-party SDK. Starting February 12, 2025, if a new app includes a privacy-impacting SDK, or an app update adds a new privacy-impacting SDK, the SDK must include a privacy manifest file. Please contact the provider of the SDK that includes this file to get an updated SDK version with a privacy manifest. For more details about this policy, including a list of SDKs that are required to include signatures and manifests, visit: https://developer.apple.com/support/third-party-SDK-requirements.
Glossary
ITMS-91061: Missing privacy manifest: An email that includes the name and path of privacy-impacting SDK(s) with no privacy manifest files in your app bundle. For more information, see https://developer.apple.com/support/third-party-SDK-requirements.
: The specified privacy-impacting SDK that doesn't include a privacy manifest file.
If you are the developer of the rejected app, gather the name of the SDK from the email you received from Apple, then contact the SDK's provider for an updated version that includes a valid privacy manifest. After receiving an updated version of the SDK, verify the SDK includes a valid privacy manifest file at the expected location. For more information, see Adding a privacy manifest to your app or third-party SDK.
If your app includes a privacy manifest file, make sure the file only describes the privacy practices of your app. Do not add the privacy practices of the SDK to your app's privacy manifest.
If the email lists multiple SDKs, repeat the above process for all of them.
If you are the developer of an SDK listed in the email, publish an updated version of your SDK that includes a privacy manifest file with valid keys and values.
Every privacy-impacting SDK must contain a privacy manifest file that only describes its privacy practices.
To learn how to add a valid privacy manifest to your SDK, see the Additional resources section below.
Additional resources
Privacy manifest files
Describing data use in privacy manifests
Describing use of required reason API
Adding a privacy manifest to your app or third-party SDK
TN3182: Adding privacy tracking keys to your privacy manifest
TN3183: Adding required reason API entries to your privacy manifest
TN3184: Adding data collection details to your privacy manifest
TN3181: Debugging an invalid privacy manifest
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This post is an extension to Importing Cryptographic Keys that covers one specific common case: importing a PEM-based RSA private key and its certificate to form a digital identity.
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Importing a PEM-based RSA Private Key and its Certificate
I regularly see folks struggle to import an RSA private key and its corresponding certificate. Importing Cryptographic Keys outlines various options for importing keys, but in this post I want to cover one specific case, namely, a PEM-based RSA private key and its corresponding certificate. Together these form a digital identity, represented as a SecIdentity object.
IMPORTANT If you can repackage your digital identity as a PKCS#12, please do. It’s easy to import that using SecPKCS12Import. If you can switch to an elliptic curve (EC) private key, please do. It’s generally better and Apple CryptoKit has direct support for importing an EC PEM.
Assuming that’s not the case, let’s explore how to import a PEM-base RSA private key and its corresponding certificate to form a digital identity.
Note The code below was built with Xcode 16.2 and tested on the iOS 18.2 simulator. It uses the helper routines from Calling Security Framework from Swift.
This code assumes the data protection keychain. If you’re targeting macOS, add kSecUseDataProtectionKeychain to all the keychain calls. See TN3137 On Mac keychain APIs and implementations for more background to that.
Unwrap the PEM
To start, you need to get the data out of the PEM:
/// Extracts the data from a PEM.
///
/// As PEM files can contain a large range of data types, you must supply the
/// expected prefix and suffix strings. For example, for a certificate these
/// are `"-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----` and `-----END CERTIFICATE-----`.
///
/// - important: This assumes the simplest possible PEM format. It does not
/// handle metadata at the top of the PEM or PEMs with multiple items in them.
func dataFromPEM(_ pem: String, _ expectedPrefix: String, _ expectedSuffix: String) -> Data? {
let lines = pem.split(separator: "\n")
guard
let first = lines.first,
first == expectedPrefix,
let last = lines.last,
last == expectedSuffix
else { return nil }
let base64 = lines.dropFirst().dropLast().joined()
guard let data = Data(base64Encoded: base64) else { return nil }
return data
}
IMPORTANT Read the doc comment to learn about some important limitations with this code.
Import a Certificate
When adding a digital identity to the keychain, it’s best to import the certificate and the key separately and then add them to the keychain. That makes it easier to track down problems you encounter.
To import a PEM-based certificate, extract the data from the PEM and call SecCertificateCreateWithData:
/// Import a certificate in PEM format.
///
/// - important: See ``dataFromPEM(_:_:_:)`` for some important limitations.
func importCertificatePEM(_ pem: String) throws -> SecCertificate {
guard
let data = dataFromPEM(pem, "-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----", "-----END CERTIFICATE-----"),
let cert = SecCertificateCreateWithData(nil, data as NSData)
else { throw NSError(domain: NSOSStatusErrorDomain, code: Int(errSecParam), userInfo: nil) }
return cert
}
Here’s an example that shows this in action:
let benjyCertificatePEM = """
-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----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-----END CERTIFICATE-----
"""
print(try? importCertificatePEM(benjyCertificatePEM))
If you run this it prints:
Optional(<cert(0x11e304c10) s: Benjy i: MouseCA>)
Import a Private Key
To import a PEM-base RSA private key, extract the data from the PEM and call SecKeyCreateWithData:
/// Import an 2048-bit RSA private key in PEM format.
///
/// Don’t use this code if:
///
/// * If you can switch to an EC key. EC keys are generally better and, for
/// this specific case, there’s support for importing them in Apple CryptoKit.
///
/// * You can switch to using a PKCS#12. In that case, use the system’s
/// `SecPKCS12Import` routine instead.
///
/// - important: See ``dataFromPEM(_:_:_:)`` for some important limitations.
func importRSA2048PrivateKeyPEM(_ pem: String) throws -> SecKey {
// Most private key PEMs are in PKCS#8 format. There’s no way to import
// that directly. Instead you need to strip the header to get to the
// `RSAPrivateKey` data structure encapsulated within the PKCS#8. Doing that
// in the general case is hard. In the specific case of an 2048-bit RSA
// key, the following hack works.
let rsaPrefix: [UInt8] = [
0x30, 0x82, 0x04, 0xBE, 0x02, 0x01, 0x00, 0x30,
0x0D, 0x06, 0x09, 0x2A, 0x86, 0x48, 0x86, 0xF7,
0x0D, 0x01, 0x01, 0x01, 0x05, 0x00, 0x04, 0x82,
0x04, 0xA8,
]
guard
let pkcs8 = dataFromPEM(pem, "-----BEGIN PRIVATE KEY-----", "-----END PRIVATE KEY-----"),
pkcs8.starts(with: rsaPrefix)
else { throw NSError(domain: NSOSStatusErrorDomain, code: Int(errSecParam), userInfo: nil) }
let rsaPrivateKey = pkcs8.dropFirst(rsaPrefix.count)
return try secCall { SecKeyCreateWithData(rsaPrivateKey as NSData, [
kSecAttrKeyType: kSecAttrKeyTypeRSA,
kSecAttrKeyClass: kSecAttrKeyClassPrivate,
] as NSDictionary, $0) }
}
IMPORTANT This code only works with 2048-bit RSA private keys. The comments explain more about that limitation.
Here’s an example that shows this in action:
let benjyPrivateKeyPEM = """
-----BEGIN PRIVATE KEY-----
MIIEvgIBADANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAASCBKgwggSkAgEAAoIBAQDkHuWouvBUIU1S
IKbAyvlDjyK4Cs6iXFvsMC5yUaehlVfRJonyau8I613qpj9V4HDbbu3FYQ8fvzjS
pf/IbHGpOeB00K4MBOpiutvEU4ZXfQZmaDo2llgpKFOWx+2SGIKyhdbQDubkwJlS
Qfb+w0ELyhEcI0NdGWxTlur/I9oAy3rGUGxSAu3/74g1y7D6vHVGbssm/QV66RCa
V6RQ4v8MwldwtcJrTlK1Nu8c+IAc4t6PTulOEJmhfdccWk5NDrfv0SyO9Jke02Gv
ruqu1FvyivatfvC3k1bNcduFQOXLMRwgEH/sbzKCpaHJlMQgwWJExZJrcoZhkTed
l7nB4LtJAgMBAAECggEBAKOPF6ED776SZgrliEog/dmXrhABB6jXybytyw+CRkuP
dXhrRmr+isZ9Y0gTzMN4+dILVgW4EozzoP0/sgZ04oWwDqQS30eU2qzRRzMbo+3k
oYsZXeu3nhxcYppwXIDsfAEd/ygMFzaadRPKYhrFykR2rA/dpLYCvW2tfm5SuULp
RxnKykFlVi8yVT64AovVm0XGOy/QTO5BBbUdftvZY9QCjGn/IEL8QFEz0rxZsb2L
s0HgVMUcB1My38RksZQRKLMWCtqLqWnez3oCnPka+dxFQj5RU//vNtRoVh1ExbmW
txHz48v00AKQvaudC4ujIspZlY8+UPdYQT0TNjhsfoUCgYEA+7yEvyCgRtYwUNm6
jHTg67LoSldHwENOry63qGZp3rCkWBkPXle7ulgRtuw+e11g4MoMMAgkIGyIGB/Z
6YvnQGmJCTMw+HHIyw3k/OvL1iz4DM+QlxDuD79Zu2j2UIL4maDG0ZDskiJujVAf
sFOy4r36TvYedmd7qgh9pgpsFl8CgYEA5/v8PZDs2I1wSDGllGfTr6aeQcxvw98I
p8l/8EV/lYpdKQMFndeFZI+dnJCcTeBbeXMmPNTAdL5gOTwDReXamIAdr93k7/x6
iKMHzBrpQZUMEhepSd8zdR1+vLvyszvUU6lvNXcfjwbu7gJQkwbA6kSoXRN+C1Cv
i5/w66t0f1cCgYBt02FWwTUrsmaB33uzq4o1SmhthoaXKsY5R3h4z7WAojAQ/13l
GwGb2rBfzdG0oJiTeZK3odWhD7iQTdUUPyU0xNY0XVEQExQ3AmjUr0rOte/CJww9
2/UAicrsKG7N0VYEMFCNPVz4pGz22e35T4rLwXZi3J2NqrgZBntK5WEioQKBgEyx
L4ii+sn0qGQVlankUUVGjhcuoNxeRZxCrzsdnrovTfEbAKZX88908yQpYqMUQul5
ufBuXVm6/lCtmF9pR8UWxbm4X9E+5Lt7Oj6tvuNhhOYOUHcNhRN4tsdqUygR5XXr
E8rXIOXF4wNoXH7ewrQwEoECyq6u8/ny3FDtE8xtAoGBALNFxRGikbQMXhUXj7FA
lLwWlNydCxCc7/YwlHfmekDaJRv59+z7SWAR15azhbjqS9oXWJUQ9uvpKF75opE7
MT0GzblkKAYu/3uhTENCjQg+9RFfu5w37E5RTWHD2hANV0YqXUlmH3d+f5uO0xN7
7bpqwYuYzSv1hBfU/yprDco6
-----END PRIVATE KEY-----
"""
print(try? importRSA2048PrivateKeyPEM(benjyPrivateKeyPEM))
If you run this it prints:
Optional(<SecKeyRef algorithm id: 1, key type: RSAPrivateKey, version: 4, 2048 bits (block size: 256), addr: 0x600000c5ce50>)
Form a Digital Identity
There are two common ways to form a digital identity:
SecPKCSImport
SecItemCopyMatching
SecPKCSImport is the most flexible because it gives you an in-memory digital identity. You can then choose to add it to the keychain or not. However, it requires a PKCS#12 as input. If you’re starting out with separate private key and certificate PEMs, you have to use SecItemCopyMatching.
Note macOS also has SecIdentityCreateWithCertificate, but it has some seriously limitations. First, it’s only available on macOS. Second, it requires the key to be in the keychain. If you’re going to add the key to the keychain anyway, you might as well use SecItemCopyMatching.
To form a digital identity from a separate private key and certificate:
Add the certificate to the keychain.
Add the private key to the keychain.
Call SecItemCopyMatching to get back a digital identity.
Here’s an example of that in action:
/// Imports a digital identity composed of separate certificate and private key PEMs.
///
/// - important: See ``dataFromPEM(_:_:_:)`` for some important limitations.
/// See ``importRSA2048PrivateKeyPEM(_:)`` for alternative strategies that are
/// much easier to deploy.
func addRSA2048DigitalIdentityPEMToKeychain(certificate: String, privateKey: String) throws -> SecIdentity {
// First import the certificate and private key. This has the advantage in
// that it triggers an early failure if the data is in the wrong format.
let certificate = try importCertificatePEM(certificate)
let privateKey = try importRSA2048PrivateKeyPEM(privateKey)
// Check that the private key matches the public key in the certificate. If
// not, someone has given you bogus credentials.
let certificatePublicKey = try secCall { SecCertificateCopyKey(certificate) }
let publicKey = try secCall { SecKeyCopyPublicKey(privateKey) }
guard CFEqual(certificatePublicKey, publicKey) else {
throw NSError(domain: NSOSStatusErrorDomain, code: Int(errSecPublicKeyInconsistent))
}
// Add the certificate first. If that fails — and the most likely error is
// `errSecDuplicateItem` — we want to stop immediately.
try secCall { SecItemAdd([
kSecValueRef: certificate,
] as NSDictionary, nil) }
// The add the private key.
do {
try secCall { SecItemAdd([
kSecValueRef: privateKey,
] as NSDictionary, nil) }
} catch let error as NSError {
// We ignore a `errSecDuplicateItem` error when adding the key. It’s
// possible to have multiple digital identities that share the same key,
// so if you try to add the key and it’s already in the keychain then
// that’s fine.
guard error.domain == NSOSStatusErrorDomain, error.code == errSecDuplicateItem else {
throw error
}
}
// Finally, search for the resulting identity.
//
// I originally tried querying for the identity based on the certificate’s
// attributes — the ones that contribute to uniqueness, namely
// `kSecAttrCertificateType`, `kSecAttrIssuer`, and `kSecAttrSerialNumber` —
// but that failed for reasons I don't fully understand (r. 144152660). So
// now I get all digital identities and find the one with our certificate.
let identities = try secCall { SecItemCopyMatching([
kSecClass: kSecClassIdentity,
kSecMatchLimit: kSecMatchLimitAll,
kSecReturnRef: true,
] as NSDictionary, $0) } as! [SecIdentity]
let identityQ = try identities.first { i in
try secCall { SecIdentityCopyCertificate(i, $0) } == certificate
}
return try secCall(Int(errSecItemNotFound)) { identityQ }
}
IMPORTANT This code is quite subtle. Read the comments for an explanation as to why it works the way it does.
Further reading
For more information about the APIs and techniques used above, see:
Importing Cryptographic Keys
On Cryptographic Keys Formats
SecItem: Fundamentals
SecItem: Pitfalls and Best Practices
Calling Security Framework from Swift
TN3137 On Mac keychain APIs and implementations
Finally, for links to documentation and other resources, see Security Resources.
Revision History
2025-02-13 Added code to check for mismatched private key and certificate.
2025-02-04 First posted.
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I'm trying to send emails to private relay service addresses using AWS SES and emails are not received. My emails are sent from dev@mydomain.fr and I've set a custom FROM domain of mail.mydomain.fr. I've added both domains and the dev@mydomain.fr adress to the "Certificates, Identifies & Profiles" section. I've set up DKIM and SPF for both.
Attached a redacted version of email headers.
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When I delete an image from my camera roll, my iPhone adds another previously deleted image to my camera roll. This previously deleted image or video is from up to 3 years ago, and isn't in my recently deleted. Therefore, these added images should technically not exist. I am using an iPhone 12 running iOS 26 public beta, but apparently this issue is happening on iOS 18 too. I feel worried that an image/video that I deleted for privacy reasons may appear back in my camera roll. I'll add that I am paying for iCloud+ storage, and I still have 15GB of local storage left on my device.
Our application uses device check api to validate the device token in staging server. We are using "https://api.development.devicecheck.apple.com/v1/validate_device_token"for this.But the response is 500 internal server error.
Our production build is working fine.We pointed the build to "https://api.devicecheck.apple.com/v1/validate_device_token" url.We are using the same device check key for both development and production server.
Device check was working fine in development server also.Suddenly it started to failed with out making any changes in our code.
I want to use incrementalUpdates for my app but store always returns false on my iPad with OS18.3.2.
I want to know what are th conditions in which store says its unable to perform incrementalUpdates?
I am in need of assistance with sandboxing the riot games client and game league of legends.
I originally played on a vm from linux but after the change to the incredibly intrusive rootkit malware vanguard. I cannot play from a vm or at least it would be difficult, if this route of containerizing it on mac proves to be more difficult (which wouldn't make sense) then I will go back to spoofing the a vm to not look like a vm. This is even more infuriating because I almost exclusively play Team Fight Tactics in which there is zero cheating and cheating would give a player zero advantage.
I decided I would try the Mac version of the game but apple does not sandbox applications at all like flatpak and flatseal from linux.
The game has access to my entire system and can read and write to my home directory. This is a massive security risk.
I originally tried checking the system settings privacy and security section but the application was not listed anywhere nor was it given access on any of the sections listed.
I checked both user local and global tcc.dbs and neither had records that gave the game or client any privileges.
This was concerning because tcc.db appears to be the only user facing way of managing permissions that you would think would be a bare minimum baseline and yet the game and client have full access to my system and those permissions are listed nowhere and are given no where. Ie. the default is just to let it do as it pleases even though its a game that only thing it needs to render to the screen. MacOS should properly fix this and implement proper sandboxing of applications like flatpak.
I then began building a configuration scheme for sandbox-exec seeing as it was the last opportunity to correctly contain the application to only have the permissions it needs.
I carefully crafted the config but it fails just as simply allowing all with allow default...
(version 1)
(allow default)
I run the application with the following command:
sandbox-exec -f ~/config.sb "/Users/Shared/Riot Games/Riot Client.app/Contents/MacOS/RiotClientServices"
Below are some of the errors produced from running the client sandboxed.
00:44:09.819 (SplashScreenManager) Displaying splash screen from default-splash.html for 2000ms
00:44:09.825 app.isPackaged true
00:44:09.842 Loading page from http://127.0.0.1:51563/index.html
sandbox initialization failed: Operation not permitted
Failed to initialize sandbox.[0102/004409.953876:ERROR:exception_snapshot_mac.cc(139)] exception_thread not found in task
[0102/004409.954838:ERROR:process_reader_mac.cc(309)] thread_get_state(4): (os/kern) invalid argument (4)
[0102/004409.954852:ERROR:process_reader_mac.cc(309)] thread_get_state(4): (os/kern) invalid argument (4)
[0102/004409.955178:WARNING:process_reader_mac.cc(532)] multiple MH_EXECUTE modules (/usr/libexec/rosetta/runtime, /Library/Apple/usr/libexec/oah/libRosettaRuntime)
[0102/004409.955364:WARNING:process_reader_mac.cc(532)] multiple MH_EXECUTE modules (/usr/libexec/rosetta/runtime, /Users/Shared/Riot Games/Riot Client.app/Contents/Frameworks/Riot Client.app/Contents/Frameworks/Riot Client Helper (Renderer).app/Contents/MacOS/Riot Client Helper (Renderer))
[0102/004410.111422:ERROR:exception_snapshot_mac.cc(139)] exception_thread not found in task
[4607:0102/004415.168524:ERROR:gpu_process_host.cc(991)] GPU process exited unexpectedly: exit_code=6
[4607:0102/004415.187770:ERROR:network_service_instance_impl.cc(521)] Network service crashed, restarting service.
00:44:15.215 Renderer process has unexpectedly crashed or was killed: crashed (6) { reason: 'crashed', exitCode: 6 }
I'm trying to use ASWebAuthenticationSession on macOS but there is a weird crash and I have no idea what to do.
It looks like there is a main thread check in a framework code that I have no control over.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thank you in advance.
The stack of crashed thread has no symbols, even for supposedly my code in OAuthClient.authenticate.
macOS 15.4.1 (24E263)
Xcode Version 16.3 (16E140)
Thread 11: EXC_BREAKPOINT (code=1, subcode=0x10039bb04)
Thread 12 Queue : com.apple.NSXPCConnection.m-user.com.apple.SafariLaunchAgent (serial)
#0 0x0000000100b17b04 in _dispatch_assert_queue_fail ()
#1 0x0000000100b52834 in dispatch_assert_queue$V2.cold.1 ()
#2 0x0000000100b17a88 in dispatch_assert_queue ()
#3 0x000000027db5f3e8 in swift_task_isCurrentExecutorWithFlagsImpl ()
#4 0x00000001022c7754 in closure #1 in closure #1 in OAuthClient.authenticate() ()
#5 0x00000001022d0c98 in thunk for @escaping @callee_guaranteed (@in_guaranteed URL?, @guaranteed Error?) -> () ()
#6 0x00000001c7215a34 in __102-[ASWebAuthenticationSession initWithURL:callback:usingEphemeralSession:jitEnabled:completionHandler:]_block_invoke ()
#7 0x00000001c72163d0 in -[ASWebAuthenticationSession _endSessionWithCallbackURL:error:] ()
#8 0x00000001c7215fc0 in __43-[ASWebAuthenticationSession _startDryRun:]_block_invoke_2 ()
#9 0x0000000194e315f4 in __invoking___ ()
#10 0x0000000194e31484 in -[NSInvocation invoke] ()
#11 0x00000001960fd644 in __NSXPCCONNECTION_IS_CALLING_OUT_TO_REPLY_BLOCK__ ()
#12 0x00000001960fbe40 in -[NSXPCConnection _decodeAndInvokeReplyBlockWithEvent:sequence:replyInfo:] ()
#13 0x00000001960fb798 in __88-[NSXPCConnection _sendInvocation:orArguments:count:methodSignature:selector:withProxy:]_block_invoke_3 ()
#14 0x0000000194a6ef18 in _xpc_connection_reply_callout ()
#15 0x0000000194a6ee08 in _xpc_connection_call_reply_async ()
#16 0x0000000100b3130c in _dispatch_client_callout3_a ()
#17 0x0000000100b362f8 in _dispatch_mach_msg_async_reply_invoke ()
#18 0x0000000100b1d3a8 in _dispatch_lane_serial_drain ()
#19 0x0000000100b1e46c in _dispatch_lane_invoke ()
#20 0x0000000100b2bfbc in _dispatch_root_queue_drain_deferred_wlh ()
#21 0x0000000100b2b414 in _dispatch_workloop_worker_thread ()
#22 0x0000000100c0379c in _pthread_wqthread ()
My code:
@MainActor
func authenticate() async throws {
let authURL = api.authorizationURL(
scopes: scopes,
state: state,
redirectURI: redirectURI
)
let authorizationCodeURL: URL = try await withUnsafeThrowingContinuation { c in
let session = ASWebAuthenticationSession(url: authURL, callback: .customScheme(redirectScheme)) { url, error in
guard let url = url else {
c.resume(throwing: error ?? Error.unknownError("Failed to get authorization code"))
return
}
c.resume(returning: url)
}
session.presentationContextProvider = presentationContextProvider
session.start()
}
let authorizationCode = try codeFromAuthorizationURL(authorizationCodeURL)
(storedAccessToken, storedRefreshToken) = try await getTokens(authorizationCode: authorizationCode)
}
Here is disassembly of the crashed function.
libdispatch.dylib`_dispatch_assert_queue_fail:
0x10067fa8c <+0>: pacibsp
0x10067fa90 <+4>: sub sp, sp, #0x50
0x10067fa94 <+8>: stp x20, x19, [sp, #0x30]
0x10067fa98 <+12>: stp x29, x30, [sp, #0x40]
0x10067fa9c <+16>: add x29, sp, #0x40
0x10067faa0 <+20>: adrp x8, 71
0x10067faa4 <+24>: add x8, x8, #0x951 ; "not "
0x10067faa8 <+28>: adrp x9, 70
0x10067faac <+32>: add x9, x9, #0x16b ; ""
0x10067fab0 <+36>: stur xzr, [x29, #-0x18]
0x10067fab4 <+40>: cmp w1, #0x0
0x10067fab8 <+44>: csel x8, x9, x8, ne
0x10067fabc <+48>: ldr x10, [x0, #0x48]
0x10067fac0 <+52>: cmp x10, #0x0
0x10067fac4 <+56>: csel x9, x9, x10, eq
0x10067fac8 <+60>: stp x9, x0, [sp, #0x10]
0x10067facc <+64>: adrp x9, 71
0x10067fad0 <+68>: add x9, x9, #0x920 ; "BUG IN CLIENT OF LIBDISPATCH: Assertion failed: "
0x10067fad4 <+72>: stp x9, x8, [sp]
0x10067fad8 <+76>: adrp x1, 71
0x10067fadc <+80>: add x1, x1, #0x8eb ; "%sBlock was %sexpected to execute on queue [%s (%p)]"
0x10067fae0 <+84>: sub x0, x29, #0x18
0x10067fae4 <+88>: bl 0x1006c258c ; symbol stub for: asprintf
0x10067fae8 <+92>: ldur x19, [x29, #-0x18]
0x10067faec <+96>: str x19, [sp]
0x10067faf0 <+100>: adrp x0, 71
0x10067faf4 <+104>: add x0, x0, #0x956 ; "%s"
0x10067faf8 <+108>: bl 0x1006b7b64 ; _dispatch_log
0x10067fafc <+112>: adrp x8, 108
0x10067fb00 <+116>: str x19, [x8, #0x2a8]
-> 0x10067fb04 <+120>: brk #0x1
Our company developed an app that relies on the collected list to display the phone's label in the list when the user's phone receives an incoming call. However, we have been rejected. The main reason for the rejection is as follows:
“ Guideline 1.1.6 - Safety - Objectionable Content
The app still allows users to unblock and reveal blocked incoming numbers to identify the individual calling or texting, which is not appropriate. Specifically, your app claims to offer the call blocking functionality, but solely identifies numbers that the user has explicitly blocked themselves.
Since users can choose to hide their caller ID in iPhone Settings, apps should not attempt to circumvent this iOS feature to reveal the caller's number. ”
But our developers clearly stated that there is no way to bypass these settings, and CallDirectory Extensionde cannot directly "unlock hidden numbers" or bypass the built-in restrictions of IOS. We don't know how to solve this problem next, and hope to get everyone's help.
Topic:
Privacy & Security
SubTopic:
General
Is there a setting in Settings for None, Ask, or Always for Declared Age? I cannot find anything in iOS 26.2 Settings app, nothing comes up in a search for "age" in Settings.
I managed to setup a sandbox apple account (after creating a new email address) and I was able to go to Settings->Developer, login to the sandbox account, and try the various settings for age there, so that much is working.
When I call AgeRangeService.shared.requestAgeRange(ageGates: 18, in: presenter) I get "The operation couldn’t be completed. (DeclaredAgeRange.AgeRangeService.Error error 0.)"
Is there a way to test this with my regular personal apple unpaid developer account, my work apple developer account with MS SSO, or with the sandbox user?
Should I be using requestAgeRange or isEligibleForAgeFeatures?
We just have a regular app on the store, it doesn't have chat or anything like that, it's used by licensed truck drivers mostly CDL holders who are 99.99% 18+ in age, possibly some exceptions for 16+ farm drivers. And we would like to stay compliant. Other caveats are that only iOS 26.2 and up are supported, and a judge has blocked the Texas law.
Is Apple still supporting the Declared Age Framework or has there been a change?
I am developing a background program that is included in the app as an extension. I would like to include logic to check the teamID and code signature validity of the program I created to ensure that it has not been tampered with. Is this possible?
We recently upgraded OpenSSL from version 1.1.1 to 3.4.0. After this upgrade, we observed that PKCS#12 files generated using OpenSSL 3.4.0 fail to import into the macOS Keychain with the following error:
Failed to import PKCS#12 data: -25264
(MAC verification failed during PKCS12 import (wrong password?))
This issue is reproducible on macOS 14.8.2. The same PKCS#12 files import successfully on other macOS versions, including 15.x and 26.x.
Additionally, PKCS#12 files that fail to import on macOS 14.8 work correctly when copied and imported on other macOS versions without any errors.
PKCS#12 Creation
The PKCS#12 data is created using the following OpenSSL API:
const char* platformPKCS12SecureKey =
_platformSecureKey.has_value() ? _platformSecureKey.value().c_str() : NULL;
PKCS12* p12 = PKCS12_create(
platformPKCS12SecureKey,
NULL,
keys,
_cert,
NULL,
0, 0, 0, 0, 0
);
if (!p12)
{
throw std::runtime_error("Failed to create PKCS#12 container");
}
PKCS#12 Import
The generated PKCS#12 data is imported into the macOS Keychain using the following code:
NSString *certPassKey = [NSString stringWithUTF8String:getCertPassKey()];
NSDictionary *options = @{
(__bridge id)kSecImportExportPassphrase: certPassKey,
(__bridge id)kSecAttrAccessible:
(__bridge id)kSecAttrAccessibleAfterFirstUnlockThisDeviceOnly,
(__bridge id)kSecAttrIsExtractable: @YES,
(__bridge id)kSecAttrIsPermanent: @YES,
(__bridge id)kSecAttrAccessGroup: APP_GROUP
};
CFArrayRef items = NULL;
OSStatus status = SecPKCS12Import(
(__bridge CFDataRef)pkcs12Data,
(__bridge CFDictionaryRef)options,
&items
);
Topic:
Privacy & Security
SubTopic:
General
Tags:
macOS
Signing Certificates
iCloud Keychain Verification Codes
Passkeys in iCloud Keychain
We have an app that has failed during the app review for the Japanese market but has been accepted in several other markets successfully.
We need the user's name in native Katakana format as we need it to be displayed in our restaurant Point of Sale systems for workers to be able to read and understand.
We use 'Sign up with Apple', but when doing so, if this returns an anglicised given and family name, we have to request the customer supply their Katakana format name so that our in-store systems and staff can process and fulfil their orders.
When the App Review process automatically tests the app, it uses "Apple John" as a customer's name. Since this is not a Japanese name, we ask for it again in the correct format, or we cannot allow the user to register.
This contravenes Apple's rules, and thus, our app is rejected. If the Apple identity used belonged to a user more typical of the target market, it would work as required.
Does anyone else have this issue, and how did you work around it?
Tim
Topic:
Privacy & Security
SubTopic:
General
Tags:
Internationalization
Sign in with Apple
App Submission
Recently, we have adapted the passkey function on the Mac, but we always encounter the error message "Unable to verify the web credentials association of xxx with domain aaa. Please try again in a few seconds."
We can confirm that https://aaa/.well-known/apple-app-site-association has been configured and is accessible over the public network. Additionally, the entitlements in the app have also been set with webcredentials:aaa.
This feature has been experiencing inconsistent performance. When I restart my computer or reinstall the pkg, this feature may work or it may still not work. I believe this is a system issue.
Here is feed back ID: FB20876945
In the feedback, I provided the relevant logs.
If you have any suggestions or assistance, please contact me. I would be extremely grateful!
Topic:
Privacy & Security
SubTopic:
General
Tags:
macOS
Objective-C
Authentication Services
Passkeys in iCloud Keychain