I need to detect the triggering of an auto-mount operation when accessing the path to a formerly unknown mount point at the file system (BSD, POSIX, NSURL) level, and how to wait for it to finish the operation.
Network shares can have sub-volumes on them
Consider a Windows server. Let's say there's a SMB sharepoint at C:\Shared. It has some folders, one of which is at C:\Shared\More. Furthermore, there's another partition (volume) on the PC, which is mounted at C:\Shared\More\OtherVol.
If you mount the initial share on a Mac with a recent macOS, macOS initially only sees a single mount point at /Volumes/Shared, which can be checked with the "mount" command.
Now, if you use Finder to dive into the Shared/More folder, Finder will trigger an auto-mount action on the containing OtherVol folder, and after that, the "mount" command will list two mount points from this server, the second being at /Volumes/Shared/More/OtherVol.
(This was a bit surprising to me - I'd have thought that Windows or SMB would hide the fact that the share has sub-volumes, and simply show them as directories - and that's what it did in older macOS versions indeed, e.g. in High Sierra. But in Sequoia, these sub-volumes on the Windows side are mirrored on the Mac side, and they behave accordingly)
Browse the volume, including its sub-volumes
Now, I have a program that tries to dive into all the folders of this Shared volume, even if it was just freshly mounted and there's no mountpoint at /Volumes/Shared/More/OtherVol known yet (i.e. the user didn't use Finder to explore it).
This means, that if my program, e.g. using a simple recursive directory scan, reaches /Volumes/Shared/More/OtherVol, the item will not appear as a volume but as an empty folder. E.g, if I get the NSURLIsVolumeKey value, it'll be false. Only once I try to enter the empty dir, listing its contents, which will return no items, an auto-mount action will get triggered, which will add the mountpoint at the path.
So, in order to browse the actual contents of the OtherVol directory, I'd have to detect this auto-mount operation somehow, wait for it to finish mounting, and then re-enter the same directory so that I now see the mounted content.
How do I do that? I.e. how do I tell that a dir is actually a auto-mount point and how do I wait for it to get auto-mounted before I continue to browse its contents?
Note that newer macOS versions do not use fstab any more, so that's of no help here.
Can the DA API help?
Do I need to use the old Disk Arbitration functions for this, somehow?
I have used the DA framework in the part to prevent auto-mounting, so I imagine I could hook into that handler, and if I get a callback for a mount operation, I could then queue the newly mounted volume for scanning. The problem, however, is that my scanning code may, having only seen an empty directory at the not-yet-mounted mountpoint, already decided that there's nothing there and finished its operation.
I'd need some reliable method that lets my recursive scanning code know whether an auto-mount has been triggered and it therefore needs to wait for the DA callback.
So, is there some signal that will let me know IMMEDIATELY after entering the empty mountpoint directory that an auto-mount op is on the way? Because I suspect that the DA callbacks come with a delay, and therefore would come too late if I used that as the notifier that I have to wait.
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~5% of our users when downloading the iOS application from the Apple Store for the first time are unable to enrol a Passkey and experience an error saying the application is not associated with [DOMAIN].
The error message thrown by the iOS credentials API is
"The operation couldn't be completed. Application with identifier [APPID] is not associated with domain [DOMAIN]"
We have raised this via the developer support portal with case id: 102315543678
Question:
Why does the AASA file fail to fetch on app install and is there anything that can be done to force the app to fetch the file?
Can this bug be looked at urgently as it is impacting security critical functionality?
Other Debugging Observations
We have confirmed that our AASA file is correctly formatted and hosted on the Apple CDN. Under normal circumstances the association is created on install and Passkey enrolment works as intended.
We have observed that when customers uninstall/reinstall the app this often, but not always, resolves the issue. We also know this issue can resolve itself overtime without any intervention.
We have ruled out network (e.g VPN) issues and have reproduced the issue across a number of different network configurations.
We have ruled out the Keychain provider and have reproduced it across a variety of different providers and combinations of.
We observed this across multiple versions of the iOS operating system and iPhone hardware including the latest hardware and iOS version.
We have received some information that with the release of iOS 18, there have been notable changes in how this API behaves, can apple team shed some light on this? on ios 17 this worked without much issues, what has changed on ios 18?
I can reproduce the bug that CallKit doesn't active audiosession after the outgoing call put on hold because of an incoming call.
VoIP calling with CallKit
Steps to reproduce:
Download SpeakerBox example app from the link above and start it with XCode
Start a new outgoing call
Call your phone from other phone
Hold and Accept the call
After a few secs finish the call from the other phone
The outgoing call will be still on hold
Click on the call and click Toggle Hold
The call won't be active again because the audiosession is activated.
Logs:
Received provider(_:didDeactivate:)
Received provider(_:didDeactivate:)
Received provider(_:didDeactivate:)
Received provider(_:didDeactivate:)
Received provider(_:didDeactivate:)
Requested transaction successfully
Starting audio
Type: stdio
AURemoteIO.cpp:1162 failed: 561017449 (enable 3, outf< 1 ch, 44100 Hz, Float32> inf< 1 ch, 44100 Hz, Float32>)
Type: Error | Timestamp: 2024-08-15 12:20:29.949437+02:00 | Process: Speakerbox | Library: libEmbeddedSystemAUs.dylib | Subsystem: com.apple.coreaudio | Category: aurioc | TID: 0x19540d
AVAEInternal.h:109 [AVAudioEngineGraph.mm:1344:Initialize: (err = PerformCommand(*outputNode, kAUInitialize, NULL, 0)): error 561017449
Type: Error | Timestamp: 2024-08-15 12:20:29.949619+02:00 | Process: Speakerbox | Library: AVFAudio | Subsystem: com.apple.avfaudio | Category: avae | TID: 0x19540d
Couldn't start Apple Voice Processing IO: Error Domain=com.apple.coreaudio.avfaudio Code=561017449 "(null)" UserInfo={failed call=err = PerformCommand(*outputNode, kAUInitialize, NULL, 0)}
Type: Notice | Timestamp: 2024-08-15 12:20:29.949730+02:00 | Process: Speakerbox | Library: Speakerbox | TID: 0x19540d
Route change:
Type: Notice | Timestamp: 2024-08-15 12:20:30.167498+02:00 | Process: Speakerbox | Library: Speakerbox | TID: 0x19540d
ReasonUnknown
Type: Notice | Timestamp: 2024-08-15 12:20:30.167549+02:00 | Process: Speakerbox | Library: Speakerbox | TID: 0x19540d
Previous route:
Type: Notice | Timestamp: 2024-08-15 12:20:30.167568+02:00 | Process: Speakerbox | Library: Speakerbox | TID: 0x19540d
<AVAudioSessionRouteDescription: 0x302c00bc0,
inputs = (
"<AVAudioSessionPortDescription: 0x302c01330, type = MicrophoneBuiltIn; name = iPhone Mikrofon; UID = Built-In Microphone; selectedDataSource = (null)>"
);
outputs = (
"<AVAudioSessionPortDescription: 0x302c004d0, type = Receiver; name = Vev\U0151; UID = Built-In Receiver; selectedDataSource = (null)>"
)>
Type: Notice | Timestamp: 2024-08-15 12:20:30.167626+02:00 | Process: Speakerbox | Library: Speakerbox | TID: 0x19540d
When a VPN is active, RCS messaging does not work on iOS 18.
I work on an iOS VPN app, and we were very appreciative of the excludeCellularServices network flag that was released during the iOS 16 cycle. It's a great solution to ensure the VPN doesn't interfere with cellular network features from the cellular provider.
Separately - As a user, I'm excited that iOS 18 includes RCS messaging.
Unfortunately, RCS messaging is not working when our VPN is active (when checking on the iOS 18 release candidate). My guess is that RCS is not excluded from the VPN tunnel, even when excludeCellularServices is true. It seems like RCS should be added in this situation, as it is a cell provider service.
Can RCS be added as a service that is excluded from the VPN tunnel when excludeCellularServices is true? (I've also sent this via feedback assistant, as 15094270.)
=1) The situation:
1A) I make both a "DExt" and a "SDK" for still-imaging-USB-gadgets and MACOS>=14 ,iPADOS>=17
1B) One of the USB-gadgets needs warm_up after PlugIn (i.e End-User-App must know "now-TheMomentOfPlugIn" with precision ~1sec).
=2) The question is how to do "1B" rationally?
=3) My speculative guess: in BSD-descendant I expect existence (somewhere) of a "normal file" through "macports etc", which has normal "file creation time". Such a "file creation time" (accessible better via IORegistryEntry... at SDK-level; possibly via IOUSBHostInterface at DExt-level) is cognitive target of mine.
=4) Additional constraints: Technically absent. I freely modify code either DExt (descendant of IOUSBHostInterface) or SDK-level (IORegistryEntryGetRegistryEntryID, IORegistryEntry...)
Topic:
App & System Services
SubTopic:
Drivers
A user of my app reported that when my app copies files from a QNAP NAS to a folder on their Mac, they get the error "Result too large". When copying the same files from the Desktop, it works.
I asked them to reproduce the issue with the sample code below and they confirmed that it reproduces. They contacted QNAP for support who in turn contacted me saying that they are not sure they can do anything about it, and asking if Apple can help.
Both the app user and QNAP are willing to help, but at this point I'm also unsure how to proceed. Can someone at Apple say anything about this? Is this something QNAP should solve, or is this a bug in macOS?
P.S.: I've had users in the past who reported the same issue with other brands, mostly Synology.
import Cocoa
@main
class AppDelegate: NSObject, NSApplicationDelegate {
func applicationDidFinishLaunching(_ aNotification: Notification) {
let openPanel = NSOpenPanel()
openPanel.canChooseDirectories = true
openPanel.runModal()
let source = openPanel.urls[0]
openPanel.canChooseFiles = false
openPanel.runModal()
let destination = openPanel.urls[0]
do {
try copyFile(from: source, to: destination.appendingPathComponent(source.lastPathComponent, isDirectory: false))
} catch {
NSAlert(error: error).runModal()
}
NSApp.terminate(nil)
}
private func copyFile(from source: URL, to destination: URL) throws {
if try source.resourceValues(forKeys: [.isDirectoryKey]).isDirectory == true {
try FileManager.default.createDirectory(at: destination, withIntermediateDirectories: false)
for source in try FileManager.default.contentsOfDirectory(at: source, includingPropertiesForKeys: nil) {
try copyFile(from: source, to: destination.appendingPathComponent(source.lastPathComponent, isDirectory: false))
}
} else {
try copyRegularFile(from: source, to: destination)
}
}
private func copyRegularFile(from source: URL, to destination: URL) throws {
let state = copyfile_state_alloc()
defer {
copyfile_state_free(state)
}
var bsize = UInt32(16_777_216)
if copyfile_state_set(state, UInt32(COPYFILE_STATE_BSIZE), &bsize) != 0 {
throw NSError(domain: NSPOSIXErrorDomain, code: Int(errno))
} else if copyfile_state_set(state, UInt32(COPYFILE_STATE_STATUS_CB), unsafeBitCast(copyfileCallback, to: UnsafeRawPointer.self)) != 0 {
throw NSError(domain: NSPOSIXErrorDomain, code: Int(errno))
} else if copyfile(source.path, destination.path, state, copyfile_flags_t(COPYFILE_DATA | COPYFILE_SECURITY | COPYFILE_NOFOLLOW | COPYFILE_EXCL | COPYFILE_XATTR)) != 0 {
throw NSError(domain: NSPOSIXErrorDomain, code: Int(errno))
}
}
private let copyfileCallback: copyfile_callback_t = { what, stage, state, src, dst, ctx in
if what == COPYFILE_COPY_DATA {
if stage == COPYFILE_ERR {
return COPYFILE_QUIT
}
}
return COPYFILE_CONTINUE
}
}
I'm writing a read-only filesystem extension.
I see that the documentation for loadResource(resource:options:replyHandler:) claims that the --rdonly option is supported, which suggests that this should be possible. However, I have never seen this option provided to my filesystem extension, even if I return usableButLimited as a probe result (where it doesn't mount at all - FB19241327) or pass the -r or -o rdonly options to the mount(8) command. Instead I see those options on the volume's activate call.
But other than saving that "readonly" state (which, in my case, is always the case) and then throwing on all write-related calls I'm not sure how to actually mark the filesystem as "read-only." Without such an indicator, the user is still offered the option to do things like trash items in Finder (although of course those operations do not succeed since I throw an EROFS error in the relevant calls).
It also seems like the FSKit extensions that come with the system handle read-only strangely as well. For example, for a FAT32 filesystem, if I mount it like
mount -r -F -t msdos /dev/disk15s1 /tmp/mnt
Then it acts... weirdly. For example, Finder doesn't know that the volume is read-only, and lets me do some operations like making new folders, although they never actually get written to disk. Writing may or may not lead to errors and/or the change just disappearing immediately (or later), which is pretty much what I'm seeing in my own filesystem extension. If I remove the -F option (thus using the kernel extension version of msdos), this doesn't happen.
Are read-only filesystems currently supported by FSKit? The fact that extensions like Apple's own msdos also seem to act weirdly makes me think this is just a current FSKit limitation, although maybe I'm missing something. It's not necessarily a hard blocker given that I can prevent writes from happening in my FSKit module code (or, in my case, just not implement such features at all), but it does make for a strange experience.
(I reported this as FB21068845, although I'm mostly asking here because I'm not 100% sure this is not just me missing something.)
When I've tried to use UIDevice on my Mac running my Catalyst application, testing code
UIDevice *d=UIDevice.currentDevice;
for (NSString *k in @[@"name", @"systemName", @"systemVersion", @"model", @"localizedModel"])
NSLog(@"%@ -> %@", k, [d valueForKey:k]);
to my great surprise I am getting
name -> iPad
systemName -> iPadOS
systemVersion -> 26.3
model -> iPad
localizedModel -> iPad
What the. How do I determine the real values? Thanks!
Hi and help needed! I updated my iPhone 16 Pro max to iOs 26. When I go to the software update section, the beta developer tab is gone, and it says "Unable to check for update"
I reset my network settings and restarted the device. No change.
Any help would be appreciated.
Topic:
App & System Services
SubTopic:
Core OS
Hello,
Title states it basically. I have a java program (launched via shell script) running as a service using launchd which is running as a user (not root) and it does not request Local Network permissions ever.
I feel like i'm missing something here. I combed through all of the Local Network FAQs and don't really see this use case addressed.
I do see that there is an open ticket for an API to trigger the request, but no update on that and the ticket is not visible publicly.
Is there is a way to accomplish this for java or other programs running via launchd with a user other than root? something like an entitlement or an API to seed the permission of Local Network when installing the service via launchctl etc?
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CoreText
TDecorationRun::CalculateGlyphIntersections(CGAffineTransform, TRun const&, double, double, std::__1::function<void (double, double)> const&) const + 1704
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TDecorationRun::CalculateGlyphIntersections(CGAffineTransform, TRun const&, double, double, std::__1::function<void (double, double)> const&) const + 1440
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void TDecorationRun::DrawDecorationRun<(anonymous namespace)::TRunAdapter>(CGContext*, (anonymous namespace)::TRunAdapter, (anonymous namespace)::TRunAdapter, double)::'lambda'(CGPoint, CGPoint)::operator()(CGPoint, CGPoint) const + 508
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TDecorator::DrawDecoration(TLineDrawContext const&, TLine const&, TInlineVector<DecorationOverride, 30ul> const*) + 2356
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TLine::DrawUnderlines(CGContext*) const + 104
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TLine::DrawGlyphs(CGContext*) const + 292
Hi,
I have a workout app in the App Store which mirrors workout data between the phone and watch.
Since iOS 26.x I've been having issues and received reports of the mirroring no longer working. Users in iOS 18 have no problems with this functionality.
Bug description: A workout session is started from the phone app and starts mirroring to the watch companion device. The watch starts the workout session and then the mirroring session is disconnected / lost. Sending data to the companion device fails and ending the session on the phone doesn't end the session on the watch...essentially they become completely disconnected.
Please note I am testing this on physical devices...not simulators.
As a sanity check I've also tried the "Building a multidevice workout app" sample code and it has the same problem.
To re-create on the sample app, I start a workout from the phone, the watch workout starts and then the mirroring session seems to disconnect and is unable to send data.
This is the log from the "Building a multidevice workout app" sample code.
Successfully started workout
Type: Notice | Timestamp: 2025-10-17 06:57:07.341401+02:00 | Process: MirroringWorkoutsSample Watch App | Library: MirroringWorkoutsSample Watch App.debug.dylib | Subsystem: com.example.apple-samplecode.MirroringWorkoutsSampleABC123.watchkitapp | Category: MirroringWorkoutsSampleForWatch | TID: 0x1b2ca7
-[SPRemoteInterface _appRecoverAnyExtendedRuntimeSession:]_block_invoke:4350: Got no sessions back from -[CSLSSessionService existingRunningSessions:] or -[CSLSSessionService existingScheduledSessions:] after receiving a PUICInitializeSessionServiceAction
Type: Error | Timestamp: 2025-10-17 06:57:07.641571+02:00 | Process: MirroringWorkoutsSample Watch App | Library: WatchKit | Subsystem: com.apple.watchkit | Category: default | TID: 0x1b2ca7
Session state changed from 1 to 2
Type: Notice | Timestamp: 2025-10-17 06:57:07.647883+02:00 | Process: MirroringWorkoutsSample Watch App | Library: MirroringWorkoutsSample Watch App.debug.dylib | Subsystem: com.example.apple-samplecode.MirroringWorkoutsSampleABC123.watchkitapp | Category: MirroringWorkoutsSampleForWatch | TID: 0x1b2e87
Failed to send data: Error Domain=com.apple.healthkit Code=100 "Failed to send data to remote session." UserInfo={NSLocalizedDescription=Failed to send data to remote session.}
Type: Notice | Timestamp: 2025-10-17 06:57:07.669922+02:00 | Process: MirroringWorkoutsSample Watch App | Library: MirroringWorkoutsSample Watch App.debug.dylib | Subsystem: com.example.apple-samplecode.MirroringWorkoutsSampleABC123.watchkitapp | Category: MirroringWorkoutsSampleForWatch | TID: 0x1b2ca7
Would appreciate any help with this problem as it's affecting customers.
Thank you
Recently, we have observed that after upgrading to OS 15.4.1, some devices are experiencing network issues.
We are using a Network Extension with a transparent app proxy in our product. The user encounters this issue while using our client, but the issue persists even after stopping the client app.
This appears to be an OS issue.
Below is the sytem logs.
In the system logs, it says [C669.1 Hostname#546597df:443 failed transform (unsatisfied (No network route), flow divert agg: 2)] event: transform:children_failed @0.001s
In scutil --dns, it says not reachble.
DNS configuration
resolver #1
flags :
reach : 0x00000000 (Not Reachable)
resolver #2
domain : local
options : mdns
timeout : 5
flags :
reach : 0x00000000 (Not Reachable)
order : 300000
resolver #3
domain : 254.169.in-addr.arpa
options : mdns
timeout : 5
flags :
reach : 0x00000000 (Not Reachable)
order : 300200
resolver #4
domain : 8.e.f.ip6.arpa
options : mdns
timeout : 5
flags :
reach : 0x00000000 (Not Reachable)
order : 300400
resolver #5
domain : 9.e.f.ip6.arpa
options : mdns
timeout : 5
flags :
reach : 0x00000000 (Not Reachable)
order : 300600
resolver #6
domain : a.e.f.ip6.arpa
options : mdns
timeout : 5
flags :
reach : 0x00000000 (Not Reachable)
order : 300800
resolver #7
domain : b.e.f.ip6.arpa
options : mdns
timeout : 5
flags :
reach : 0x00000000 (Not Reachable)
order : 301000
We need to restart the system to recover from the issue.
I have been working on updating an old app that makes extensive use of Objective-C's NSTask. Now using Process in Swift, I'm trying to gather updates as the process runs, using readabilityHandler and availableData. However, my process tends to exit before all data has been read. I found this post entitled "Running a Child Process with Standard Input and Output" but it doesn't seem to address gathering output from long-running tasks. Is there a straightforward way to gather ongoing output from a long running task without it prematurely exiting?
Topic:
App & System Services
SubTopic:
Processes & Concurrency
Tags:
Foundation
Inter-process communication
Problem :
Connection error occurs in iOS26 beta while connecting to the device's softap via commercial app (Socket exception errSSLfeerBadCert CFSreamErrorDomainSSL code -9825).
iOS 18 release version does not occur.
Why does it cause problems? Does the iOS 26 version not cause problems? Is there a way to set it up in the app so that the iOS 26 beta doesn't cause problems?
error :
"alias":"SOCKET_LOG",
"additional":{"currentNetworkStatus":"socket e=errSSLPeerBadCert ns WifiStatus: Connected Error Domain kCFStreamErrorDomainSSL Code-9825 "(null)"
UserInfo={NSLocalizedRecoverySuggestion=Error code definition can be found in Apple's SecureTransport.h}
Description :
It's an issue that happens when you connect our already mass-produced apps to our home appliances (using SoftAP), and it's currently only happening in iOS 26 beta. This particular issue didn't appear until iOS 18 version.
Let me know to make sure that this issue will persist with the official release of iOS 26?
If the issue continues to occur with the official version, would you share any suggestions on how to mitigate or avoid it.
Also, it would be helpful to find out if there are known solutions or processes such as exemptions to fix this issue.
I download SampleEndpointApp, and config signing&capabilities->team as my developer Id. Xcode created a profile of bundle identifier automatically. However the project build still failed for sign.
What's the reason for that? How can I resolve it?
Prerequisite: After the MDM APP issues the command, the camera on the phone is no longer visible (unusable).
After upgrading to iOS 26.1, the isSourceTypeAvailable: UIImagePickerControlSourceTypeCamera method keeps returning true when the camera is unavailable.
The isSourceTypeAvailable: UIImagePickerControlSourceTypeCamera method on iOS 26.0.1 is normal, returning false when the camera is unavailable and true when it is available.
I am trying to setup a system-wide DNS-over-TLS for iOS that can be turned off and on from within the app, and I'm struggling with the implementation details. I've searched online, searched forums here, used ChatGPT, and I'm getting conflicting information or code that is simply wrong. I can't find example code that is valid and gets me moving forward.
I think I need to use NEDNSProxyProvider via the NetworkExtension. Does that sound correct? I have NetworkExtension -> DNS Proxy Capability set in both the main app and the DNSProxy extension.
Also, I want to make sure this is even possible without an MDM. I see conflicting information, some saying this is opened up, but things like https://developer.apple.com/documentation/Technotes/tn3134-network-extension-provider-deployment saying a device needs to be managed. How do private DNS apps do this without MDM?
From some responses in the forums it sounds like we need to parse the DNS requests that come in to the handleNewFlow function. Is there good sample code for this parsing?
I saw some helpful information from Eskimo (for instance https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/723831 ) and Matt Eaton ( https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/665480 )but I'm still confused.
So, if I have a DoT URL, is there good sample code somewhere for what startProxy, stopProxy, and handleNewFlow might look like? And valid code to call it from the main app?
There are multiple report of crashes on URLConnectionLoader::loadWithWhatToDo. The crashed thread in the stack traces pointing to calls inside CFNetwork which seems to be internal library in iOS.
The crash has happened quite a while already (but we cannot detect when the crash started to occur) and impacted multiple iOS versions recorded from iOS 15.4 to 18.4.1 that was recorded in Xcode crash report organizer so far.
Unfortunately, we have no idea on how to reproduce it yet but the crash keeps on increasing and affect more on iOS 18 users (which makes sense because many people updated their iOS to the newer version) and we haven’t found any clue on what actually happened and how to fix it on the crash reports. What we understand is it seems to come from a network request that happened to trigger the crash but we need more information on what (condition) actually cause it and how to solve it.
Hereby, I attach sample crash report for both iOS 15 and 18.
I also have submitted a report (that include more crash reports) with number: FB17775979.
Will appreciate any insight regarding this issue and any resolution that we can do to avoid it.
iOS 15.crash
iOS 18.crash