Hi everyone, I'm trying to run a Mac app UI tests on our CI servers (Mac minis). The servers are logged in, but the lock screen is active (aka, the active process is the com.apple.loginwindow). UI tests end up failing with: Failed to activate application (current state: Running Background) Is there any way to run Mac UI tests on a server like this without having to disable the lock screen? Our admins will likely not accept that solution, and I agree with them. Aside from running a full VM just for the UI tests, I can't find any solution. Thank you, Miguel Arroz

Hi! First time using XPC on a Mac app, and I'm stuck on a problem I can't understand. I have an app with multiple frameworks, and I'm adding an XPC service to one of the pre-existing frameworks. Right now the service is just the template that uppercases a string. I took all the necessary steps, I believe (adding the service as a target dependency, and copying it to the XPC Services folder). However, when I run it in Debug mode, I always get: Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=4099 "The connection to service named <fully qualified service bundle ID> was invalidated: failed at lookup with error 3 - No such process." I also tested on a different, pre-existing framework, and the same thing happens. Here's the weird parts: if I create a new framework and follow exactly the same steps, it works. I've compare the build settings between both frameworks and everything seems similar. And if I run in Release mode, the original service on the problematic framework also works! If I create a project with similar setup (app + framework with service inside it), it also works. Looking at Console.app, I don't see anything that explains what's happening, but I may be filtering for the wrong thing. Any help on why this fails specifically on my pre-existing frameworks and only on Debug mode is much appreciated. :) Thank you, Miguel Arroz