Hey all,
Question for the masses....
Does the Yubikey authentication have a OS dependency and it only works with a stable, public OS? Does Azure/Okta/Yubikey beta OS26?
My CEO installed iPadOS 26 on his iPad and was not able to authenticate via Yubikey into our company environment. I ran the same scenario on my iPad using iPadOS 26 and I had the same results. Downgrading to iPAdOS doesn't pose these issues.
I'm assuming something isn't fine-tuned yet?
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Friday we were preparing to publish our final build in TestFlight. Our developer informed me that the account holder had to agree to new terms and agreements. I am the sole user of this account, and tried to login (1 week ago I was still able to login). To my surprise I got the notification “account locked”, ”you need to reset your password”. I followed the required step: filling in the phone number on file (which is my phone number). After filling this in the page informed me that they’d get back to me in 1 day.
On Saturday I received an email from no_reply@apple with the following “We have received the request for access to your account and we have denied access.” There was no further information in the email why this would be.
I tried Apple support but they tell me they can not reactivate the account and I should apply for a new Apple ID. This sounds really strange as it would mean I would lose access to our currently published application forever?
But in general I am just shocked how they can deny access to an account, which is even a paid one (Developer Program), and not help me out. I am able to supply all identification (passport). I have access to the email that we use to login. I have access to the mobile phone number that is connected for exactly this reason (two factor authentication).
Anyone with similar experience and/or solutions?
Topic:
Privacy & Security
SubTopic:
General
Tags:
Accounts
App Store Connect
Business and Enterprise
Apple Business Manager
Hello,
Thanks for the new video on Memory Integrity Enforcement!
Is the presented app's sample code available (so that we can play with it and find & fix the bug on our own, using Soft Mode)?
Thanks in advance!
I have a project with a single app target that serves two environments, and two schemes, one for each env, using xcconfig files for defining environment-specific stuff.
I'm trying to figure this out for months, so I've tried multiple approaches throughout this period:
Have a single domain in "Associated domains" in Xcode, defined as webcredentials:X where X gets replaced using a value from xcconfig.
Have two domain entries in "Associated domains" webcredentials:PROD_DOMAIN and webcredentials:STAGING_DOMAIN.
Have a different order of domains
Results are very interesting: whatever I do, whatever approach I take, password autofill works on staging, but doesn't work on production. I'm aware that we need to test production on Test Flight and AppStore builds. That's how we're testing it, and it's not working. Tested on multiple devices, on multiple networks (wifi + mobile data), in multiple countries.. you name it.
The server side team has checked their implementation a dozen times; it's all configured properly, in the exact same way across environments (except bundle ID, ofc).
We tried a couple websites for validating the apple-app-site-association file, and while all of those are focused on testing universal links, they all reported that the file is configured properly. Still, password autofill doesn't work.
I prefer not to share my app's domains publicly here. Ideally I would contact Apple Developer Support directly, but they now require a test project for that, and since 'a test project' is not applicable to my issue, I'm posting here instead.
After registe Passkey with webauthn library, i create a passkeyRegistration with follow,
let passkeyRegistration = ASPasskeyRegistrationCredential(relyingParty: serviceIdentifier, clientDataHash: clientDataHashSign, credentialID: credentialId, attestationObject: attestationObject)
and then completeRegistrationRequest like that,
extensionContext.completeRegistrationRequest(using: passkeyRegistration)
But a bad outcome occurred from user agent. NotAllowedError:The request is not allowed by the user agent or the platform in the current context.
And the return data rawID & credentialPublicKey is empty,
Topic:
Privacy & Security
SubTopic:
General
Tags:
Autofill
Authentication Services
Passkeys in iCloud Keychain
Hi.
We are writing to report a critical issue we've encountered following the recent release of iOS 26 beta 6.
After updating our test devices, we discovered that our application is no longer able to establish HTTPS connections to several of our managed FQDNs. This issue was not present in beta 5 and appears to be a direct result of changes introduced in beta 6.
The specific FQDNs that are currently unreachable are:
d.socdm.com
i.socdm.com
tg.scodm.com
We have reviewed the official iOS & iPadOS 26 Beta 6 Release Notes, particularly the updates related to TLS. While the notes mention changes, we have confirmed that our servers for all affected FQDNs support TLS 1.2, so we believe they should still be compliant.
We have also investigated several of Apple's support documents regarding TLS connection requirements (e.g., HT214774, HT214041), but the information does not seem to apply to our situation, and we are currently unable to identify the root cause of this connection failure.
https://support.apple.com/en-us/102028
https://support.apple.com/en-us/103214
Although we hope this issue might be resolved in beta 7 or later, the official release is fast approaching, and this has become a critical concern for us.
Could you please provide any advice or insight into what might be causing this issue? Any guidance on potential changes in the networking or security frameworks in beta 6 that could affect TLS connections would be greatly appreciated.
We have attached the relevant code snippet that triggers the error, along with the corresponding Xcode logs, for your review.
Thank you for your time and assistance.
#import "ViewController.h"
@interface ViewController ()
@end
@implementation ViewController
- (void)viewDidLoad {
[super viewDidLoad];
NSURL *url = [NSURL URLWithString:@"https://i.socdm.com/sdk/js/adg-script-loader-b-stg.js"];
NSMutableURLRequest *req = [NSMutableURLRequest requestWithURL:url
cachePolicy:NSURLRequestReloadIgnoringLocalCacheData
timeoutInterval:30.0];
[self sendWithRequest:req completionHandler:^(NSData *_Nullable data,
NSHTTPURLResponse *_Nonnull response,
NSError *_Nullable error) {
if (error){
NSLog(@"Error occurred: %@", error.localizedDescription);
return;
}else{
NSLog(@"Success! Status Code: %ld", (long)response.statusCode);
}
}];
}
- (void) sendWithRequest:(NSMutableURLRequest *)request
completionHandler:(void (^ _Nullable)(NSData *_Nullable data,
NSHTTPURLResponse *response,
NSError *_Nullable error))completionHandler {
NSURLSessionConfiguration *configuration = [NSURLSessionConfiguration defaultSessionConfiguration];
NSURLSession *session = nil;
session = [NSURLSession sessionWithConfiguration:configuration
delegate:self
delegateQueue:nil];
NSURLSessionTask *task = [session dataTaskWithRequest:request
completionHandler:^(NSData *data, NSURLResponse *response, NSError *error) {
[session finishTasksAndInvalidate];
NSHTTPURLResponse *httpResponse = (NSHTTPURLResponse *) response;
if (error) {
if (completionHandler) {
completionHandler(nil, httpResponse, error);
}
}
else {
if (completionHandler) {
completionHandler(data, httpResponse, nil);
}
}
}];
[task resume];
}
@end
error
Connection 1: default TLS Trust evaluation failed(-9807)
Connection 1: TLS Trust encountered error 3:-9807
Connection 1: encountered error(3:-9807)
Task <C50BB081-E1DA-40FF-A1E5-A03A2C4CB733>.<1> HTTP load failed, 0/0 bytes (error code: -1202 [3:-9807])
Task <C50BB081-E1DA-40FF-A1E5-A03A2C4CB733>.<1> finished with error [-1202] Error Domain=NSURLErrorDomain Code=-1202 "The certificate for this server is invalid. You might be connecting to a server that is pretending to be “i.socdm.com” which could put your confidential information at risk." UserInfo={NSLocalizedRecoverySuggestion=Would you like to connect to the server anyway?, _kCFStreamErrorDomainKey=3, NSErrorPeerCertificateChainKey=(
"<cert(0x10621ca00) s: *.socdm.com i: GlobalSign RSA OV SSL CA 2018>",
"<cert(0x106324e00) s: GlobalSign RSA OV SSL CA 2018 i: GlobalSign>"
), NSErrorClientCertificateStateKey=0, NSErrorFailingURLKey=https://i.socdm.com/sdk/js/adg-script-loader-b-stg.js, NSErrorFailingURLStringKey=https://i.socdm.com/sdk/js/adg-script-loader-b-stg.js, NSUnderlyingError=0x1062bf960 {Error Domain=kCFErrorDomainCFNetwork Code=-1202 "(null)" UserInfo={_kCFStreamPropertySSLClientCertificateState=0, kCFStreamPropertySSLPeerTrust=<SecTrustRef: 0x10609d140>, _kCFNetworkCFStreamSSLErrorOriginalValue=-9807, _kCFStreamErrorDomainKey=3, _kCFStreamErrorCodeKey=-9807, kCFStreamPropertySSLPeerCertificates=(
"<cert(0x10621ca00) s: *.socdm.com i: GlobalSign RSA OV SSL CA 2018>",
"<cert(0x106324e00) s: GlobalSign RSA OV SSL CA 2018 i: GlobalSign>"
)}}, _NSURLErrorRelatedURLSessionTaskErrorKey=(
"LocalDataTask <C50BB081-E1DA-40FF-A1E5-A03A2C4CB733>.<1>"
), _kCFStreamErrorCodeKey=-9807, _NSURLErrorFailingURLSessionTaskErrorKey=LocalDataTask <C50BB081-E1DA-40FF-A1E5-A03A2C4CB733>.<1>, NSURLErrorFailingURLPeerTrustErrorKey=<SecTrustRef: 0x10609d140>, NSLocalizedDescription=The certificate for this server is invalid. You might be connecting to a server that is pretending to be “i.socdm.com” which could put your confidential information at risk.}
Error occurred: The certificate for this server is invalid. You might be connecting to a server that is pretending to be “i.socdm.com” which could put your confidential information at risk.
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Hi everyone,
I’m currently facing an issue while trying to submit an update for my app to the App Store. The review process is blocking the update due to a "Privacy - Data Use and Sharing" warning, stating that our app requests "tracking purchase history for tracking purposes."
However, we have already removed this functionality and deleted the NSUserTrackingUsageDescription key from our latest build. Despite this, the warning persists, and we are unable to proceed with the update.
I have already contacted Apple Support, but in the meantime, I wanted to ask the community:
Has anyone else encountered this issue, and if so, how did you resolve it?
Is there a way to force a refresh of privacy-related settings in App Store Connect?
Are there any additional steps we need to take to completely remove this tracking flag from our app submission?
Any insights or guidance would be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance for your help.
Hello Team, We’ve recently started receiving reports from our customer base (Trellix) regarding issues with Full Disk Access (FDA) for Trellix binaries on macOS devices running Tahoe 26.1 (released on November 3, 2025).
The issue occurs when users attempt to add Trellix CLI binaries under FDA to grant the required permissions; the binaries fail to appear under the FDA settings, even after selection.
Upon further investigation, this appears to be a macOS 26.1–specific issue and not observed in earlier versions. Similar reports have been noted across various forums, indicating that the issue affects multiple binaries, not just Trellix:
Some of the discussions on the same issue I see online.
https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/806187
https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/806156
https://forum.logik.tv/t/macos-26-1-installation-issue-wait-before-updating/13761
https://www.reddit.com/r/MacOS/comments/1os1ph3/cant_add_anything_to_privacy_security_full_disk/
I have also logged FB21009024 for the same. We would like to understand when we can expect this to be fixed, since the issue persists even in 26.2 Beta and also whether the workaround of dragging and dropping the binaries can still be suggested?
Topic:
Privacy & Security
SubTopic:
General
Hi everyone,
I’m looking for clarification on best practices for storing API keys in an iOS app — for example, keys used with RevenueCat, PostHog, AWS Rekognition, barcode scanners, and similar third-party services.
I understand that hard-coding API keys directly in the app’s source code is a bad idea, since they can be extracted from the binary. However, using a .plist file doesn’t seem secure either, as it’s still bundled with the app and can be inspected.
I’m wondering:
What are Apple’s recommended approaches for managing these kinds of keys?
Does Xcode Cloud offer a built-in or best-practice method for securely injecting environment variables or secrets at build time?
Would using an external service like AWS Secrets Manager or another server-side solution make sense for this use case?
Any insights or examples of how others are handling this securely within Apple’s ecosystem would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks for considering my questions!
— Paul
Topic:
Privacy & Security
SubTopic:
General
Hello,
I’m storing some values in the Keychain with the attribute ‘ksecattraccessibleafterfirstunlockthisdeviceonly’ (https://developer.apple.com/documentation/security/ksecattraccessibleafterfirstunlockthisdeviceonly).
When I migrate user data between iPhones via iCloud, this behaves as expected and the keys are not preserved.
However, when I migrate using a direct connection between two devices, the keys are preserved, which seems to contradict the attribute’s intent.
Is this a known behavior, and if so, is there a workaround?
Topic:
Privacy & Security
SubTopic:
General
I am trying to setup remote Java debugging between two machines running macOS (15.6 and 26).
I am able to get the Java program to listen on a socket. However, I can connect to that socket only from the same machine, not from another machine on my local network. I use nc to test the connection. It reports Connection refused when trying to connect from the other machine.
This issue sounds like it could be caused by the Java program lacking Local Network system permission. I am familiar with that issue arising when a program attempts to connect to a port on the local network. In that case, a dialog is displayed and System Settings can be used to grant Local Network permission to the client program. I don't know whether the same permission is required on the program that is receiving client requests. If it is, then I don't know how to grant that permission. There is no dialog, and System Settings does not provide any obvious way to grant permission to a program that I specify.
Note that a Java application is a program run by the java command, not a bundled application. The java command contains a hard-wired Info.plist which, annoyingly, requests permission to use the microphone, but not Local Network access.
Private relay emails are ending up in the spam folder, even though SPF and DKIM are set up correctly.
Using the simplified sign-in with tvOS and a third party password manager, I receive a complete ASPasswordCredential, and I can easily log into my app. When I do the same thing but with Apple's password manager as the source, I receive an ASPasswordCredential that includes the email address, but the password is an empty string.
I have tried deleting the credentials from Apple Passwords and regenerating them with a new login to the app's website. I have tried restarting my iPhone.
Is this the expected behavior? How should I be getting a password from Apple's Password app with an ASAuthorizationPasswordRequest?
I am developing a macOS application (targeting macOS 13 and later) that is non-sandboxed and needs to install and trust a root certificate by adding it to the System keychain programmatically.
I’m fine with prompting the user for admin privileges or password, if needed.
So far, I have attempted to execute the following command programmatically from both:
A user-level process
A root-level process
sudo security add-trusted-cert -d -r trustRoot -k /Library/Keychains/System.keychain /path/to/cert.pem
While the certificate does get installed, it does not appear as trusted in the Keychain Access app.
One more point:
The app is not distributed via MDM.
App will be distributed out side the app store.
Questions:
What is the correct way to programmatically install and trust a root certificate in the System keychain?
Does this require additional entitlements, signing, or profile configurations?
Is it possible outside of MDM management?
Any guidance or working samples would be greatly appreciated.
Hi everyone,
I'm having a recurring issue with the "Sign in with Apple" integration in my web app, and I’m hoping someone here can help or share insights.
Here’s the situation:
I implemented "Sign in with Apple" following the official documentation, and it worked perfectly at first.
After about two weeks, I started getting the "invalid_client" error when redirecting to the authentication page.
I reviewed everything and discovered I hadn’t set up the email configuration properly in the Apple Developer Console. Once I fixed that, it worked fine again.
Now, the same error ("invalid_client") has returned, and I’ve triple-checked every part of my configuration:
The service ID, redirect URIs, and domain settings match exactly.
The client_secret is generated correctly with all required fields (iss, iat, exp, aud, and sub) and signed with ES256.
My server time is synchronized.
Nothing has changed in my code or configuration since it last worked.
This seems to be an issue on Apple’s end because everything was functioning perfectly before, and I’ve already resolved this once by updating settings in the Developer Console.
Has anyone else faced this issue? Is there something I might be missing, or could this be a problem with Apple’s service?
Any advice or guidance would be greatly appreciated!
I was basically saving items into the Keychain with the following query dictionary:
let query: [String: Any] = [
kSecClass as String: kSecClassGenericPassword,
kSecAttrAccount as String: key,
kSecValueData as String: value,
kSecAttrAccessible as String: kSecAttrAccessibleAfterFirstUnlock
]
Where key is a String value and value is a Data that used to be a String.
I was getting the following error:
code: -25299
description: The specified item already exists in the keychain
After a lot of digging in I saw that I needed to add kSecAttrService to the dictionary and after that it all started working. The service value is a String value.
let query: [String: Any] = [
kSecClass as String: kSecClassGenericPassword,
kSecAttrService as String: service,
kSecAttrAccount as String: key,
kSecValueData as String: value,
kSecAttrAccessible as String: kSecAttrAccessibleAfterFirstUnlock
]
These were the articles that suggested adding the kSecAttrService parameter:
https://stackoverflow.com/a/11672200
https://stackoverflow.com/a/58233542
But in the same code base I found that other developers were saving using a dictionary similar to the one I first provided and it works:
var query: [String : Any] = [
kSecClass as String : kSecClassGenericPassword as String,
kSecAttrAccount as String : key,
kSecValueData as String : data
]
I don't know how to explain why my first implementation didn't work even though it was similar to what was already in the code base but the second approach worked well.
Regardless of the query dictionary, this is how I'm saving things:
static func save(value: Data, key: String, service: String) -> KeyChainOperationStatus {
logInfo("Save Value - started, key: \(key), service: \(service)")
let query: [String: Any] = [
kSecClass as String: kSecClassGenericPassword,
kSecAttrService as String: service,
kSecAttrAccount as String: key,
kSecValueData as String: value,
kSecAttrAccessible as String: kSecAttrAccessibleAfterFirstUnlock
]
// Remove any existing key
let cleanUpStatus = SecItemDelete(query as CFDictionary)
let cleanUpStatusDescription = SecCopyErrorMessageString(cleanUpStatus, nil)?.asString ?? "__cleanup_status_unavailable"
logInfo("Save Value - cleanup status: \(cleanUpStatus), description: \(cleanUpStatusDescription)")
guard cleanUpStatus == errSecSuccess || cleanUpStatus == errSecItemNotFound else {
logError("Save Value - Failed cleaning up KeyChain")
return .cleanupFailed(code: cleanUpStatus)
}
// Add the new key
let saveStatus = SecItemAdd(query as CFDictionary, nil)
let saveStatusDescription = SecCopyErrorMessageString(saveStatus, nil)?.asString ?? "__save_status_unavailable"
logInfo("Save Value - save status [\(saveStatus)] : \(saveStatusDescription)")
guard saveStatus == errSecSuccess else {
logError("Save Value - Failed saving new value into KeyChain")
return .savingFailed(code: saveStatus)
}
return .successs
}
Topic:
Privacy & Security
SubTopic:
General
I am new to swift development, and it's possible that I'm missing something fundamental/obvious. If so, I apologize in advance. My team is developing an application for iPadOS using SwiftUI, and I'm trying to accomplish something similar to what the original inquirer is asking for in this thread: https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/725152. The only difference is that I'm trying to use a PIV smart card to achieve authentication to a server rather than digitally sign a document.
Unfortunately, I'm getting stuck when attempting to run the list() function provided in the accepted answer to the post mentioned above. When attempting to call SecItemCopyMatching(), I'm getting a -34018 missing entitlement error. I've attempted to add the com.apple.token to my app's keychain-access-groups entitlements, but this does not resolve the issue. I have checked the entitlements in my built app, per the recommendation in the troubleshooting guide here: https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/114456. The entitlement for com.apple.token is indeed present in the plist. Based on other documentation I've read, however, it seems that the explicit declaration of com.apple.token should not even be required in the entitlements.
Is there something obvious that I'm missing here that would prevent my app from accessing the token access group?
I’d like to confirm something regarding the hosting of the apple-app-site-association (AASA) file.
We have a server that publicly hosts the AASA file and is accessible globally. However, this server sits behind an additional security layer (a security server/reverse proxy).
My question is:
Will this security layer affect Apple’s ability to access and validate the AASA file for Universal Links or App Clips?
Are there specific requirements (e.g. headers, redirects, TLS versions, etc.) that we need to ensure the security server does not block or modify?
Any guidance or best practices would be appreciated.
Thanks!
Hi,
ASCredentialProvider had been almost identically implemented on both iOS and macOS so far, but the ProvidesTextToInsert feature was only added to iOS. It would have been a crucial point to make Credential Providers available in all textfields, without users having to rely on developers correctly setting roles for their Text Fields.
It's right now impossible to paste credentials into Notes, or some other non-password text box both in web and desktop apps for example, in a seamless, OS-supported way without abusing Accessibility APIs which are understandably disallowed in Mac App Store apps. Or just pasting an SSH key, or anything. On macOS this has so many possibilities. It could even have a terminal command.
It's even more interesting that "Passwords..." is an option in macOS's AutoFill context menu, just like on iOS, however Credential Providers did not gain this feature on macOS, only on iOS.
Is this an upcoming feature, or should we find alternatives? Or should I file a feature request? If it's already in the works, it's pointless to file it.
转让app成功了之后,由于开发者账号更改,团队ID改变,导致获取不到原有的keychain中缓存的用户数据,所以在用户进行登录时,无法登录到原有的老账号,而是被识别成了一个新的用户。这种情况怎么解决。