Environment macOS 14+ (Sonoma), Apple Silicon Background LaunchAgent installed at /Applications/.app, launched by a plist in /Library/LaunchAgents. LSUIElement = true (no Dock icon). Signed with a Developer ID Application certificate, hardened runtime, secure timestamp. Notarized. No provisioning profile embedded. Distributed outside the App Store (signed .pkg installer). Info.plist keys present in the installed bundle: NSLocationUsageDescription NSLocationWhenInUseUsageDescription NSLocationAlwaysAndWhenInUseUsageDescription Entitlements file: empty (I removed com.apple.developer.* entitlements because they require a provisioning profile that Developer ID distribution cannot ship.) What I need CoreWLAN's scanForNetworks(withSSID:) returns entries with nil ssid / nil bssid on macOS 14+ unless the process has Location authorization. I'm trying to obtain that authorization from the LaunchAgent so I can populate SSID/BSSID for a connectivity report. What I'm doing Instantiating CLLocationManager on the main thread (verified via Thread.isMainThread) from an NSApplication.shared.run() runloop. Setting a CLLocationManagerDelegate. Calling requestWhenInUseAuthorization(), requestAlwaysAuthorization(), and startUpdatingLocation(). Observed behavior No authorization prompt is ever displayed. authorizationStatus stays at .notDetermined across launches. locationManager(_:didFailWithError:) fires with kCLErrorDomain error 1 (kCLErrorDenied). System Settings → Privacy & Security → Location Services lists the app and its toggle can be flipped ON, yet the process still reads authorizationStatus == .notDetermined immediately after and on subsequent launches. locationd logs (Console) around the same time show: "#Warning #ClientResolution the passed keyPath is not registered. Resolving to #nullCKP" Things I've already tried Verified Info.plist keys are embedded in the installed bundle (defaults read /Applications/<app>/Contents/Info.plist). Verified codesign is valid and entitlements are preserved on install (codesign -d --entitlements - /Applications/<app>). tccutil reset All <bundle-id> and full reboot. Uninstall + reinstall. Toggling Location Services OFF and back ON, both globally and per-app. Ensuring all CLLocationManager interaction runs on the main thread. Verified CLLocationManager.locationServicesEnabled() returns true. Questions Is a Developer-ID-signed LaunchAgent (LSUIElement=true, no Dock icon) supposed to be able to trigger the standard Location prompt on macOS 14+, or is a foreground/UI process required to establish initial authorization? What does the locationd "keyPath is not registered / Resolving to #nullCKP" message indicate, and how do I diagnose which registration is missing? Is there an entitlement or Info.plist key I'm still missing for Developer-ID-distributed background agents to be recognized by locationd? Given that the Settings toggle appears to be ON but authorizationStatus still reports .notDetermined to the running process, is there a bundle identity / code-signing check I can run to confirm locationd is looking at the same identity Settings is showing? Any pointers appreciated - happy to share codesign output, sample entitlements plist, or the full locationd log excerpt on request.

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