I always get nervous about "renewing certs" because it's a once in a year affair and I don't fully understand the process. I just "follow my notes" and hope I don't mess something up. This year is a little bit different because I started to use "Managed Signing" in XCode by checking the "Automatically manage signing" box in XCode.
Normally, I have a "Development" cert and a "iOS Distribution" cert. They were to expire at the end of April. So, after getting a successful update posted to the App Store, I started the update process. I was able to get the two certs I'm used to replaced (and revoked the older certs) and was able to get XCode and my keychain updated. Everything appears to be working fine. "Good to go" for another year!
However, there is a "Distribution Managed" cert on my account that is set to expire 2024/04/28. The cert is also designated with an "Automatic Certificate Rotation Date" of 2024/01/29.
I have two questions:
Am I supposed to do something with this cert since it apparently didn't get "automatically rotated" on 1/29/2024? Should I be concerned about being able to push updates when this cert expires?
Given that signing is being automatically managed, do I still need to maintain the 'iOS Distribution" cert? Is it redundant to the cert being used by managed signing?
Thanks in advance.