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visionOS 26 beta 2: Symbol Not Found on Foundation Models
When I try to run visionOS 26 beta 2 on my device the app crashes on Launch: dyld[904]: Symbol not found: _$s16FoundationModels10TranscriptV7entriesACSayAC5EntryOG_tcfC Referenced from: <A71932DD-53EB-39E2-9733-32E9D961D186> /private/var/containers/Bundle/Application/53866099-99B1-4BBD-8C94-CD022646EB5D/VisionPets.app/VisionPets.debug.dylib Expected in: <F68A7984-6B48-3958-A48D-E9F541868C62> /System/Library/Frameworks/FoundationModels.framework/FoundationModels Symbol not found: _$s16FoundationModels10TranscriptV7entriesACSayAC5EntryOG_tcfC Referenced from: <A71932DD-53EB-39E2-9733-32E9D961D186> /private/var/containers/Bundle/Application/53866099-99B1-4BBD-8C94-CD022646EB5D/VisionPets.app/VisionPets.debug.dylib Expected in: <F68A7984-6B48-3958-A48D-E9F541868C62> /System/Library/Frameworks/FoundationModels.framework/FoundationModels dyld config: DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib/system/introspection DYLD_INSERT_LIBRARIES=/usr/lib/libLogRedirect.dylib:/usr/lib/libBacktraceRecording.dylib:/usr/lib/libMainThreadChecker.dylib:/usr/lib/libViewDebuggerSupport.dylib:/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/GPUToolsCapture.framework/GPUToolsCapture Symbol not found: _$s16FoundationModels10TranscriptV7entriesACSayAC5EntryOG_tcfC Referenced from: <A71932DD-53EB-39E2-9733-32E9D961D186> /private/var/containers/Bundle/Application/53866099-99B1-4BBD-8C94-CD022646EB5D/VisionPets.app/VisionPets.debug.dylib Expected in: <F68A7984-6B48-3958-A48D-E9F541868C62> /System/Library/Frameworks/FoundationModels.framework/FoundationModels dyld config: DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib/system/introspection DYLD_INSERT_LIBRARIES=/usr/lib/libLogRedirect.dylib:/usr/lib/libBacktraceRecording.dylib:/usr/lib/libMainThreadChecker.dylib:/usr/lib/libViewDebuggerSupport.dylib:/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/GPUToolsCapture.framework/GPUToolsCapture Message from debugger: Terminated due to signal 6
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Jun ’25
How to pass data to FoundationModels with a stable identifier
For example: I have a list of to-dos, each with a unique id (a GUID). I want to feed them to the LLM model and have the model rewrite the items so they start with an action verb. I'd like to get them back and identify which rewritten item corresponds to which original item. I obviously can't compare the text, as it has changed. I've tried passing the original GUIDs in with each to-do, but the extra GUID characters pollutes the input and confuses the model. I've tried numbering them in order and adding an originalSortOrder field to my generable type, but it doesn't work reliably. Any suggestions? I could do them one at a time, but I also have a use case where I'm asking for them to be organized in sections, and while I've instructed the model not to rename anything, it still happens. It's just all very nondeterministic.
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Jun ’25
Failing to run SystemLanguageModel inference with custom adapter
Hi, I have trained a basic adapter using the adapter training toolkit. I am trying a very basic example of loading it and running inference with it, but am getting the following error: Passing along InferenceError::inferenceFailed::loadFailed::Error Domain=com.apple.TokenGenerationInference.E5Runner Code=0 "Failed to load model: ANE adapted model load failure: createProgramInstanceWithWeights:modelToken:qos:baseModelIdentifier:owningPid:numWeightFiles:error:: Program load new instance failure (0x170006)." UserInfo={NSLocalizedDescription=Failed to load model: ANE adapted model load failure: createProgramInstanceWithWeights:modelToken:qos:baseModelIdentifier:owningPid:numWeightFiles:error:: Program load new instance failure (0x170006).} in response to ExecuteRequest Any ideas / direction? For testing I am including the .fmadapter file inside the app bundle. This is where I load it: @State private var session: LanguageModelSession? // = LanguageModelSession() func loadAdapter() async throws { if let assetURL = Bundle.main.url(forResource: "qasc---afm---4-epochs-adapter", withExtension: "fmadapter") { print("Asset URL: \(assetURL)") let adapter = try SystemLanguageModel.Adapter(fileURL: assetURL) let adaptedModel = SystemLanguageModel(adapter: adapter) session = LanguageModelSession(model: adaptedModel) print("Loaded adapter and updated session") } else { print("Asset not found in the main bundle.") } } This seems to work fine as I get to the log Loaded adapter and updated session. However when the below inference code runs I get the aforementioned error: func sendMessage(_ msg: String) { self.loading = true if let session = session { Task { do { let modelResponse = try await session.respond(to: msg) DispatchQueue.main.async { self.response = modelResponse.content self.loading = false } } catch { print("Error: \(error)") DispatchQueue.main.async { self.loading = false } } } } }
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Jun ’25
Overly strict foundation model rate limit when used in app extension
I am calling into an app extension from a Safari Web Extension (sendNativeMessage, which in turn results in a call to NSExtensionRequestHandling’s beginRequest). My Safari extension aims to make use of the new foundation models for some of the features it provides. In my testing, I hit the rate limit by sending 4 requests, waiting 30 seconds between each. This makes the FoundationModels framework (which would otherwise serve my use case perfectly well) unusable in this context, because the model is called in response to user input, and this rate of user input is perfectly plausible in a real world scenario. The error thrown as a result of the rate limit is “Safety guardrail was triggered after consecutive failures during streaming.", but looking at the system logs in Console.app shows the rate limit as the real culprit. My suggestions: Please introduce sensible rate limits for app extensions, through an entitlement if need be. If it is rate limited to 1 request per every couple of seconds, that would already fix the issue for me. Please document the rate limit. Please make the thrown error reflect that it is the result of a rate limit and not a generic guardrail violation. IMPORTANT: please indicate in the thrown error when it is safe to try again. Filed a feedback here: FB18332004
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Jun ’25
Foundation Model Framework
Greetings! I was trying to get a response from the LanguageModelSession but I just keep getting the following: Error getting response: Model Catalog error: Error Domain=com.apple.UnifiedAssetFramework Code=5000 "There are no underlying assets (neither atomic instance nor asset roots) for consistency token for asset set com.apple.MobileAsset.UAF.FM.Overrides" UserInfo={NSLocalizedFailureReason=There are no underlying assets (neither atomic instance nor asset roots) for consistency token for asset set com.apple.MobileAsset.UAF.FM.Overrides} This occurs both in macOS 15.5 running the new Xcode beta with an iOS 26 simulator, and also on a macOS 26 with Xcode beta. The simulators are both Pro iPhone 16s. I was wondering if anyone had any advice?
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Jun ’25
Foundation model sandbox restriction error
I'm seeing this error a lot in my console log of my iPhone 15 Pro (Apple Intelligence enabled): com.apple.modelcatalog.catalog sync: connection error during call: Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=4099 "The connection to service named com.apple.modelcatalog.catalog was invalidated: failed at lookup with error 159 - Sandbox restriction." UserInfo={NSDebugDescription=The connection to service named com.apple.modelcatalog.catalog was invalidated: failed at lookup with error 159 - Sandbox restriction.} reached max num connection attempts: 1 Are there entitlements / permissions I need to enable in Xcode that I forgot to do? Code example Here's how I'm initializing the language model session: private func setupLanguageModelSession() { if #available(iOS 26.0, *) { let instructions = """ my instructions """ do { languageModelSession = try LanguageModelSession(instructions: instructions) print("Foundation Models language model session initialized") } catch { print("Error creating language model session: \(error)") languageModelSession = nil } } else { print("Device does not support Foundation Models (requires iOS 26.0+)") languageModelSession = nil } }
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Jun ’25
Safety Guardrail errors for tiny prompt (dropped into large app)
I was able to open a new project and play around with the Foundation Model, but when I dropped this class in a production app (with a lot of files) I'm running into Safety Guardrail errors for this very small prompt. Specifically it's "Safety guardrail was triggered after consecutive failures during streaming." Does it have something to do with the size of the app? I don't know what else to try to get it to work? import FoundationModels import Playgrounds @available(iOS 26.0, *) #Playground { Task { do { let session = LanguageModelSession() let prompt = "Write a short story about a talking cat." let response = try await session.respond(to: prompt) print(response) } catch { print("Error: \(error)") } } }
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Jun ’25
macOS 26 Beta 2 - Foundation Models - Symbol not found
It seems like there was an undocumented change that made Transcript.init(entries: [Transcript.Entry] initializer private, which broke my application, which relies on (manual) reconstruction of Transcript entries. Worked fine on beta 1, on beta 2 there's this error dyld[72381]: Symbol not found: _$s16FoundationModels10TranscriptV7entriesACSayAC5EntryOG_tcfC Referenced from: <44342398-591C-3850-9889-87C9458E1440> /Users/mika/experiments/apple-on-device-ai/fm Expected in: <66A793F6-CB22-3D1D-A560-D1BD5B109B0D> /System/Library/Frameworks/FoundationModels.framework/Versions/A/FoundationModels Is this a part of an API transition, if so - Apple, please update your documentation
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Jun ’25
FoundationModels not supported on Mac Catalyst?
I'd love to add a feature based on FoundationModels to the Mac Catalyst version of my iOS app. Unfortunately I get an error when importing FoundationModels: No such module 'FoundationModels'. Documentation says Mac Catalyst is supported: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/foundationmodels I can create iOS builds using the FoundationModels framework without issues. Hope this will be fixed soon! Config: Xcode 26.0 beta (17A5241e) macOS 26.0 Beta (25A5279m) 15-inch, M4, 2025 MacBook Air
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Jun ’25
Foundation Models Error: Local Sanitizer Asset
Hi, I just upgraded to macOS Tahoe Beta 2 and now I'm getting this error when I try to initialize my Foundation Models' session: Error Resource (Local Sanitizer Asset) unavailable error. import FoundationModels #Playground { let session = LanguageModelSession() do { let result = try await session.respond(to: "Tell me 3 colors") print(result.content) } catch { print("Error", error) } } I couldn't find any resource guiding me on how to solve this. Any help/workaround? Thank you!
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Jun ’25
FoundationModels Content Sanitizer Blocking Legitimate Text Processing
I'm developing a macOS application using the FoundationModels framework (LanguageModelSession) and encountering issues with the content sanitizer blocking legitimate text input. ** Issue Description:** The content sanitizer is flagging text strings that contain certain substrings, even when they represent legitimate technical content. For example: F_SEEL_SEX1S.wav (sE Electronics SEX1S microphone model) Technical product identifiers Serial numbers and version codes ** Broader Concern:** The content sanitizer appears to be applying restrictions that seem inappropriate for user-owned content. Even if a filename were something like "human sex.wav", users should have the right to process their own legitimate files on their own devices without content filtering interference. ** Error Messages:** SensitiveContentSettings: Sanitizer model found unsafe content in value FoundationModels.LanguageModelSession.GenerationError error 2 ** Questions:** Is there a way to disable content sanitization for processing user-owned content? 2. What's the recommended approach for applications that need to handle arbitrary user text? 3. Are there APIs to process personal content without filtering restrictions? ** Environment:** macOS 26.0 FoundationModels framework LanguageModelSession Any guidance would be appreciated.
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Jun ’25
Train adapter with tool calling
Documentation on adapter train is lacking any details related to training on dataset with tool calling. And page about tool calling itself only explain how to use it from Swift without any internal details useful in training. Question is how schema should looks like for including tool calling in dataset?
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Jun ’25
What is the Foundation Models support for basic math?
I am experimenting with Foundation Models in my time tracking app to analyze users tracked events, but I am finding that the model struggles with even basic computation of time. Specifically converting from seconds to hours and minutes. To give just one example, when I prompt: "Convert 3672 seconds to hours, minutes, and seconds. Don't include the calculations in the resulting output" I get this: "3672 seconds is equal to 1 hour, 0 minutes, and 36 seconds". Which is clearly wrong - it should be 1 hour, 1 minute, and 12 seconds. Another issue that I saw a lot is that seconds were considered to be minutes, or that the hours were just completely off. What can I do to make the support for math better? Or is that just something that the model is not meant to be used for?
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Jun ’25
Foundation Models Adaptors for Generable output?
Is it possible to train an Adaptor for the Foundation Models to produce Generable output? If so what would the response part of the training data need to look like? Presumably, under the hood, the model is outputting JSON (or some other similar structure) that can be decoded to a Generable type. Would the response part of the training data for an Adaptor need to be in that structured format?
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Jun ’25
Xcode Beta 1 and FoundationsModel access
I downloaded Xcode Beta 1 on my mac (did not upgrade the OS). The target OS level of iOS26 and the device simulator for iOS26 is downloaded and selected as the target. When I try a simple Playground in Xcode ( #Playground ) I get a session error. #Playground { let avail = SystemLanguageModel.default.availability if avail != .available { print("SystemLanguageModel not available") return } let session = LanguageModelSession() do { let response = try await session.respond(to: "Create a recipe for apple pie") } catch { print(error) } } The error I get is: Asset com.apple.gm.safety_deny_input.foundation_models.framework.api not found in Model Catalog Is there a way to test drive the FoundationModel code without upgrading to macos26?
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Jun ’25
Model Rate Limits?
Trying the Foundation Model framework and when I try to run several sessions in a loop, I'm getting a thrown error that I'm hitting a rate limit. Are these rate limits documented? What's the best practice here? I'm trying to run the models against new content downloaded from a web service where I might get ~200 items in a given download. They're relatively small but there can be that many that want to be processed in a loop.
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Jun ’25
Can not use Language Model in Xcode-beta
I've downloaded the Xcode-beta and run the sample project "FoundationModelsTripPlanner" but I got this error when trying generate the response. InferenceError::inferenceFailed::Error Domain=com.apple.UnifiedAssetFramework Code=5000 "There are no underlying assets (neither atomic instance nor asset roots) for consistency token for asset set com.apple.modelcatalog" UserInfo={NSLocalizedFailureReason=There are no underlying assets (neither atomic instance nor asset roots) for consistency token for asset set com.apple.modelcatalog} Device: M1 Pro Question: Is it because M1 not supporting this feature?
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Jun ’25