unable to create tasks to copy stub binary

Pulling my hair out here. After upgrading to Xcode Version 26.4.1 (17E202) I've started getting "unable to create tasks to copy stub binary: can't determine architectures of binary: /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/WatchSimulator.platform/Library/Application Support/MessagesApplicationStub/MessagesApplicationStub: Cannot open file handle for file at path: /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/WatchSimulator.platform/Library/Application Support/MessagesApplicationStub/MessagesApplicationStub: The file “MessagesApplicationStub” doesn’t exist."

No matter what I do when trying to run the build (worked in previous versions). I've tried fresh install from App Store, direct package download, removing the SDKs, even previous versions and no matter what I get

Copying the files from the respective iPhoneOS.platform and iPhoneSimulator.platform folders resolved this issue for me.

Looks like an Apple mistake where they don't seem to be bundling the entire library folder with new installs.

unable to create tasks to copy stub binary
 
 
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