Previously verified apps failing to verify online with gatekeeper

I have an application that I have been signing, notarizing and distributing to beta testers for a year with no issues, note: I have never got stapling to work I always get a error 65 in the process. But up until yesterday that hasn't been an issue and online verification has always worked. Yesterday morning around 9am online gatekeeper verification has been failing with: APP not opened, apple cannot verify app is free of malware. etc this keeps happening, with every build I try. redownloading previously successful builds show the same behavior

I know I can allow in privacy and security, but heading towards launch I dont want to have to tell users to do that.

has there been a change in how gatekeeper works or issues with the service?

any help with this or getting stapling working would be very appreciated!

Answered by DTS Engineer in 857533022
I have never got stapling to work I always get a error 65 in the process.

Hmmm, that’s not a good sign. There are two common reasons for this. One of them is relatively innocuous. The other would be much more of a concern. I have a forums post, Resolving Error 65 When Stapling, that explains how to investigate these. Please work through that and reply back with your results.

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Quinn “The Eskimo!” @ Developer Technical Support @ Apple
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I have never got stapling to work I always get a error 65 in the process.

Hmmm, that’s not a good sign. There are two common reasons for this. One of them is relatively innocuous. The other would be much more of a concern. I have a forums post, Resolving Error 65 When Stapling, that explains how to investigate these. Please work through that and reply back with your results.

Share and Enjoy

Quinn “The Eskimo!” @ Developer Technical Support @ Apple
let myEmail = "eskimo" + "1" + "@" + "apple.com"

OMG, Thank you! It was a trust issue. apple root CA - G3 was set to always trust. I tried to change it in keychain acess but it wouldn't stick. I deleted the certificate, redownoaded and reinstalled with defaults and stapling started working. Thank you for your timely help Best. Phil

Previously verified apps failing to verify online with gatekeeper
 
 
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