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AutoFill extension loading woes
I'm trying to diagnose some issues with my AutoFill credential provider not loading on macOS. As far as I can tell I have all the entitlements and provisioning profiles correct, and ASSettingsHelper.requestToTurnOnCredentialProviderExtension() returns true with the Credential Provider showing up enabled in System Settings. However all other attempts to call into AuthenticationServices fail, and ASCredentialIdentityStore.shared.getState() always returns false for state.isEnabled Looking at the logs I don't see anything that stands out but I am not sure I've got the correct filter on the logs. I see discovery taking place 2026-05-29 08:43:09.389967-0700 0xd7d00 Default 0x83c0b1 26490 0 CredentialProviderExtensionHelper: (PlugInKit) [com.apple.PlugInKit:discovery] [d 88616305-672E-4143-81A6-832522BCD790] <PKHost:0x7e6c24900> Beginning discovery for flags: 0, point: com.apple.authentication-services-credential-provider-ui 2026-05-29 08:43:09.390070-0700 0xd7d00 Info 0x83c0b1 26490 0 CredentialProviderExtensionHelper: (PlugInKit) [com.apple.PlugInKit:discovery] [d 88616305-672E-4143-81A6-832522BCD790] <PKHost:0x7e6c24900> Query: { "LS:ExtensionPlatforms" = ( 1, 6, 2 ); NSExtensionPointName = "com.apple.authentication-services-credential-provider-ui"; NSUserElection = 1; } 2026-05-29 08:43:09.392893-0700 0xd79ee Debug 0x83c0b1 487 0 pkd: (PlugInKit) [com.apple.PlugInKit:sandbox] issued file extension for [/Applications/test.app/Contents/PlugIns/testIDCredentialProvider.appex] 2026-05-29 08:43:09.392936-0700 0xd79ee Debug 0x83c0b1 487 0 pkd: (PlugInKit) [com.apple.PlugInKit:ls] [u C85BFC1E-25E1-4917-A1D8-0123013482EE] [com.myapp.test.App.testid-credential-provider(7.35)] info [CFBundleIdentifier] => [com.myapp.test.App.testid-credential-provider] 2026-05-29 08:43:09.392947-0700 0xd79ee Debug 0x83c0b1 487 0 pkd: (PlugInKit) [com.apple.PlugInKit:sandbox] issued mach extension for [com.myapp.test.App.testid-credential-provider] And I see it being discovered correctly: 2026-05-29 08:43:09.394535-0700 0xd7d00 Default 0x83c0b2 26490 0 CredentialProviderExtensionHelper: (ExtensionFoundation) [com.apple.extensionkit:NSExtension] discovered extensions: attributes { "LS:ExtensionPlatforms" = ( 1, 6, 2 ); NSExtensionPointName = "com.apple.authentication-services-credential-provider-ui"; NSUserElection = 1; }, extensionSet {( <EXConcreteExtension: 0x7e71b41c0> {id = com.myapp.test.App.testid-credential-provider} )} I don't see any errors related to security or provisioning that I can tell. Any tricks I can use to see why I can't use my Credential Provider?
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AI framework usage without user session
We are evaluating various AI frameworks to use within our code, and are hoping to use some of the build-in frameworks in macOS including CoreML and Vision. However, we need to use these frameworks in a background process (system extension) that has no user session attached to it. (To be pedantic, we'll be using an XPC service that is spawned by the system extension, but neither would have an associated user session). Saying the daemon-safe frameworks list has not been updated in a while is an understatement, but it's all we have to go on. CoreGraphics isn't even listed--back then it part of ApplicationServices (I think?) and ApplicationServices is a no go. Vision does use CoreGraphics symbols and data types so I have doubts. We do have a POC that uses both frameworks and they seem to function fine but obviously having something official is better. Any Apple engineers that can comment on this?
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AutoFill extension loading woes
I'm trying to diagnose some issues with my AutoFill credential provider not loading on macOS. As far as I can tell I have all the entitlements and provisioning profiles correct, and ASSettingsHelper.requestToTurnOnCredentialProviderExtension() returns true with the Credential Provider showing up enabled in System Settings. However all other attempts to call into AuthenticationServices fail, and ASCredentialIdentityStore.shared.getState() always returns false for state.isEnabled Looking at the logs I don't see anything that stands out but I am not sure I've got the correct filter on the logs. I see discovery taking place 2026-05-29 08:43:09.389967-0700 0xd7d00 Default 0x83c0b1 26490 0 CredentialProviderExtensionHelper: (PlugInKit) [com.apple.PlugInKit:discovery] [d 88616305-672E-4143-81A6-832522BCD790] <PKHost:0x7e6c24900> Beginning discovery for flags: 0, point: com.apple.authentication-services-credential-provider-ui 2026-05-29 08:43:09.390070-0700 0xd7d00 Info 0x83c0b1 26490 0 CredentialProviderExtensionHelper: (PlugInKit) [com.apple.PlugInKit:discovery] [d 88616305-672E-4143-81A6-832522BCD790] <PKHost:0x7e6c24900> Query: { "LS:ExtensionPlatforms" = ( 1, 6, 2 ); NSExtensionPointName = "com.apple.authentication-services-credential-provider-ui"; NSUserElection = 1; } 2026-05-29 08:43:09.392893-0700 0xd79ee Debug 0x83c0b1 487 0 pkd: (PlugInKit) [com.apple.PlugInKit:sandbox] issued file extension for [/Applications/test.app/Contents/PlugIns/testIDCredentialProvider.appex] 2026-05-29 08:43:09.392936-0700 0xd79ee Debug 0x83c0b1 487 0 pkd: (PlugInKit) [com.apple.PlugInKit:ls] [u C85BFC1E-25E1-4917-A1D8-0123013482EE] [com.myapp.test.App.testid-credential-provider(7.35)] info [CFBundleIdentifier] => [com.myapp.test.App.testid-credential-provider] 2026-05-29 08:43:09.392947-0700 0xd79ee Debug 0x83c0b1 487 0 pkd: (PlugInKit) [com.apple.PlugInKit:sandbox] issued mach extension for [com.myapp.test.App.testid-credential-provider] And I see it being discovered correctly: 2026-05-29 08:43:09.394535-0700 0xd7d00 Default 0x83c0b2 26490 0 CredentialProviderExtensionHelper: (ExtensionFoundation) [com.apple.extensionkit:NSExtension] discovered extensions: attributes { "LS:ExtensionPlatforms" = ( 1, 6, 2 ); NSExtensionPointName = "com.apple.authentication-services-credential-provider-ui"; NSUserElection = 1; }, extensionSet {( <EXConcreteExtension: 0x7e71b41c0> {id = com.myapp.test.App.testid-credential-provider} )} I don't see any errors related to security or provisioning that I can tell. Any tricks I can use to see why I can't use my Credential Provider?
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AI framework usage without user session
We are evaluating various AI frameworks to use within our code, and are hoping to use some of the build-in frameworks in macOS including CoreML and Vision. However, we need to use these frameworks in a background process (system extension) that has no user session attached to it. (To be pedantic, we'll be using an XPC service that is spawned by the system extension, but neither would have an associated user session). Saying the daemon-safe frameworks list has not been updated in a while is an understatement, but it's all we have to go on. CoreGraphics isn't even listed--back then it part of ApplicationServices (I think?) and ApplicationServices is a no go. Vision does use CoreGraphics symbols and data types so I have doubts. We do have a POC that uses both frameworks and they seem to function fine but obviously having something official is better. Any Apple engineers that can comment on this?
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