Hi,
When calling generateAssertion on DCAppAttestService.shared, it gives invalidKey error when there was an update for an offloaded app.
The offloading and reinstall always works fine if it is the same version on app store that was offloaded from device,
but if there is an update and the app tries to reuse the keyID from previous installation for generateAssertion, attestation service rejects the key with error code 3 (invalid key) for a significant portion of our user.
In our internal testing it failed for more than a third of the update attempts.
STEPS TO REPRODUCE:
install v1 from app store
generate key using DCAppAttestService.shared.generateKey
Attest this key using DCAppAttestService.shared.attestKey
Send the attestation objection to our server and verify with apple servers
Generate assertions for network calls to backend using DCAppAttestService.shared.generateAssertion with keyID from step 2
Device offloads the app (manually triggered by user, or automatically by iOS)
A new version v2 is published to App Store
Use tries to open the app
Latest version is download from the App Store
App tries to use the keyID from step 2 to generate assertions
DCAppAttestService throws invalidKey error (Error Domain=com.apple.devicecheck.error Code=3)
Step 7 is critical here, if there is no new version of the app, the reinstalled v1 can reuse the key from step 2 without any issues
Is this behaviour expected?
Is there any way we can make sure the key is preserved between offloaded app updates?
Thanks
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Hi,
when creating a CryptoTokenKit extension according to https://developer.apple.com/documentation/cryptotokenkit/authenticating-users-with-a-cryptographic-token, it is neccessary to register it under the securityagent in order to make the CTK usable before login. i.e. we want to run
sudo -u _securityagent /Applications/HostApp.app/Contents/MacOS/HostApp
However, even with the empty application the command fails with
illegal hardware instruction sudo -u _securityagent /Applications/HostApp.app/Contents/MacOS/HostApp
I see that it always crashes when the HostApp is sandboxed, but it does not work even without sandboxing (i am sharing the error report message below).
i actually noticed that when the HostApp is sandboxed and I run the above command, the extension starts to be usable even before login, even though i see the HostApp crash. The same does not happen without the sandbox
So I am curious how to in fact properly register the CTK extension under security agent? Also am not sure how to unregister it from the _securityagent
thank you for your help
Version: 1.0 (1)
Code Type: X86-64 (Native)
Parent Process: Exited process [9395]
Responsible: Terminal [399]
User ID: 92
Date/Time: 2025-03-21 18:54:03.0684 +0100
OS Version: macOS 15.3.2 (24D81)
Report Version: 12
Bridge OS Version: 9.3 (22P3060)
Anonymous UUID: 41F9918C-5BCA-01C7-59C2-3E8CFC3F8653
Sleep/Wake UUID: 8AB66C75-3C32-41D4-9BD4-887B0FB468FE
Time Awake Since Boot: 4300 seconds
Time Since Wake: 1369 seconds
System Integrity Protection: enabled
Crashed Thread: 0 Dispatch queue: WMClientWindowManager
Exception Type: EXC_BAD_INSTRUCTION (SIGILL)
Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000001, 0x0000000000000000
Termination Reason: Namespace SIGNAL, Code 4 Illegal instruction: 4
Terminating Process: exc handler [9396]
Application Specific Signatures:
API Misuse
Thread 0 Crashed:: Dispatch queue: WMClientWindowManager
0 libxpc.dylib 0x7ff80667b2bd _xpc_api_misuse + 113
1 libxpc.dylib 0x7ff80665f0e4 xpc_connection_set_target_uid + 187
2 WindowManagement 0x7ffd0b946693 -[WMClientWindowManager _createXPCConnection] + 1011
3 WindowManagement 0x7ffd0b947361 -[WMClientWindowManager _xpcConnection] + 65
4 WindowManagement 0x7ffd0b9447c9 __31-[WMClientWindowManager stages]_block_invoke + 41
5 libdispatch.dylib 0x7ff8067af7e2 _dispatch_client_callout + 8
6 libdispatch.dylib 0x7ff8067bca2c _dispatch_lane_barrier_sync_invoke_and_complete + 60
7 WindowManagement 0x7ffd0b9446fc -[WMClientWindowManager stages] + 268
8 AppKit 0x7ff80b1fd0b7 __54-[NSWMWindowCoordinator initializeStageFramesIfNeeded]_block_invoke + 30
9 libdispatch.dylib 0x7ff8067af7e2 _dispatch_client_callout + 8
10 libdispatch.dylib 0x7ff8067b0aa2 _dispatch_once_callout + 20
11 AppKit 0x7ff80b1fd060 -[NSWMWindowCoordinator initializeStageFramesIfNeeded] + 296
12 AppKit 0x7ff80a3b3701 -[NSWindow _commonInitFrame:styleMask:backing:defer:] + 888
13 AppKit 0x7ff80a3b2f77 -[NSWindow _initContent:styleMask:backing:defer:contentView:] + 1222
14 AppKit 0x7ff80a3b2aa9 -[NSWindow initWithContentRect:styleMask:backing:defer:] + 42
15 SwiftUI 0x7ff917f321e0 0x7ff91776f000 + 8139232
16 SwiftUI 0x7ff917a8e2f2 0x7ff91776f000 + 3273458
17 SwiftUI 0x7ff917bccfba 0x7ff91776f000 + 4579258
18 SwiftUI 0x7ff917f2ca8e 0x7ff91776f000 + 8116878
19 SwiftUI 0x7ff917f24a65 0x7ff91776f000 + 8084069
20 SwiftUI 0x7ff917f21540 0x7ff91776f000 + 8070464
21 SwiftUI 0x7ff91849e9f1 0x7ff91776f000 + 13826545
22 SwiftUICore 0x7ffb13103ea5 0x7ffb12c81000 + 4730533
23 SwiftUICore 0x7ffb13102e0f 0x7ffb12c81000 + 4726287
24 SwiftUI 0x7ff91849e903 0x7ff91776f000 + 13826307
25 SwiftUI 0x7ff91849bc1c 0x7ff91776f000 + 13814812
26 AppKit 0x7ff80a54f191 -[NSApplication _doOpenUntitled] + 422
27 AppKit 0x7ff80a4efc59 __58-[NSApplication(NSAppleEventHandling) _handleAEOpenEvent:]_block_invoke + 237
28 AppKit 0x7ff80a963818 __102-[NSApplication _reopenWindowsAsNecessaryIncludingRestorableState:withFullFidelity:completionHandler:]_block_invoke + 101
29 AppKit 0x7ff80a4ef6fa __97-[NSDocumentController(NSInternal) _autoreopenDocumentsIgnoringExpendable:withCompletionHandler:]_block_invoke_3 + 148
30 AppKit 0x7ff80a4eee8f -[NSDocumentController(NSInternal) _autoreopenDocumentsIgnoringExpendable:withCompletionHandler:] + 635
31 AppKit 0x7ff80a96373d -[NSApplication _reopenWindowsAsNecessaryIncludingRestorableState:withFullFidelity:completionHandler:] + 269
32 AppKit 0x7ff80a3a6259 -[NSApplication(NSAppleEventHandling) _handleAEOpenEvent:] + 529
33 AppKit 0x7ff80a3a5eb9 -[NSApplication(NSAppleEventHandling) _handleCoreEvent:withReplyEvent:] + 679
34 Foundation 0x7ff807a4b471 -[NSAppleEventManager dispatchRawAppleEvent:withRawReply:handlerRefCon:] + 307
35 Foundation 0x7ff807a4b285 _NSAppleEventManagerGenericHandler + 80
36 AE 0x7ff80e0e4e95 0x7ff80e0da000 + 44693
37 AE 0x7ff80e0e4723 0x7ff80e0da000 + 42787
38 AE 0x7ff80e0de028 aeProcessAppleEvent + 409
39 HIToolbox 0x7ff81217b836 AEProcessAppleEvent + 55
40 AppKit 0x7ff80a39ee6a _DPSNextEvent + 1725
41 AppKit 0x7ff80adf38b8 -[NSApplication(NSEventRouting) _nextEventMatchingEventMask:untilDate:inMode:dequeue:] + 1290
42 AppKit 0x7ff80a38faa9 -[NSApplication run] + 610
43 AppKit 0x7ff80a362d34 NSApplicationMain + 823
44 SwiftUI 0x7ff9177a7da1 0x7ff91776f000 + 232865
45 SwiftUI 0x7ff917af0d40 0x7ff91776f000 + 3677504
46 SwiftUI 0x7ff917d8fef8 0x7ff91776f000 + 6426360
47 Crescendo CryptoTokenKit 0x10b1baf6e static HostApp.$main() + 30
48 Crescendo CryptoTokenKit 0x10b1bd2f9 main + 9 (HostApp.swift:24)
49 dyld 0x7ff8065c82cd start + 1805
Hi, my app is receiving all keyboard events through Input Monitoring preference. It completely stopped to work on macOS 15 Sequoia and I have no idea why. Where can I read what has been changed in Input Monitoring? Thanks!
Topic:
Privacy & Security
SubTopic:
General
We are interested in using a hardware-bound key in a launch daemon. In a previous post, Quinn explicitly told me this is not possible to use an SE keypair outside of the system context and my reading of the Apple documentation also supports that.
That said, we have gotten the following key-creation and persistence flow to work, so we have some questions as to how this fits in with the above.
(1) In a launch daemon (running thus as root), we do:
let key = SecureEnclave.P256.Signing.PrivateKey()
(2) We then use
key.dataRepresentation
to store a reference to the key in the system keychain as a kSecClassGenericPassword.
(3) When we want to use the key, we fetch the data representation from system keychain and we "rehydrate" the key using:
SecureEnclave.P256.Signing.PrivateKey(dataRepresentation: data)
(4) We then use the output of the above to sign whatever we want.
My questions:
in the above flow, are we actually getting a hardware-bound key from the Secure Enclave or is this working because it's actually defaulting to a non-hardware-backed key?
if it is an SE key, is it that the Apple documentation stating that you can only use the SE with the Data Protection Keychain in the user context is outdated (or wrong)?
does the above work, but is not an approach sanctioned by Apple?
Any feedback on this would be greatly appreciated.
In some crashlog files, there are additional pieces of information related to codesigning.
I can understand what most of themcorresponds to (ID, TeamID, Flags, Validation Category). But there is one I have some doubt about: Trust Level.
As far as I can tell (or at least what Google and other search engines say), this is an unsigned 32 bit integer that defines the trust level with -1 being untrusted, 0, being basically an Apple executable and other potential bigger values corresponding to App Store binaries, Developer ID signature, etc.
Yet, I'm not able to find a corresponding detailed documentation about this on Apple's developer website.
I also had a look at the LightweightCodeRequirements "include" file and there does not seem to be such a field available.
[Q] Is there any official documentation listing the different values for this trust level value and providing a clear description of what it corresponds to?
Hello. I want to do the following and need your help.
I want to import a certificate (pkcs#12) into my macOS keychain with a setting that prohibits exporting the certificate.
I want to import the certificate (pkcs#12) into my login keychain or system keychain.
I was able to achieve [1] with the help of the following threads, but have the following problems.
https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/677314?answerId=824644022#824644022
how to import into login keychain or system keychain
How to achieve this without using the deprecated API
To import into the login keychain, I could use the “SecKeychainCopyDefault” function instead of the “SecKeychainCopySearchList” function,
However, both of these functions were deprecated APIs.
https://developer.apple.com/documentation/security/seckeychaincopysearchlist(_:)
https://developer.apple.com/documentation/security/seckeychaincopydefault(_:)
I checked the following URL and it seems that using the SecItem API is correct, but I could not figure out how to use it.
https://developer.apple.com/documentation/technotes/tn3137-on-mac-keychains
Is there any way to import them into the login keychain or system keychain without using these deprecated APIs?
We are facing an issue with Keychain sharing across our apps after our Team ID was updated. Below are the steps we have already tried and the current observations:
Steps we have performed so far:
After our Team ID changed, we opened and re-saved all the provisioning profiles.
We created a Keychain Access Group: xxxx.net.soti.mobicontrol (net.soti.mobicontrol is one bundle id of one of the app) and added it to the entitlements of all related apps.
We are saving and reading certificates using this access group only. Below is a sample code snippet we are using for the query:
[genericPasswordQuery setObject:(id)kSecClassGenericPassword forKey:(id)kSecClass];
[genericPasswordQuery setObject:identifier forKey:(id)kSecAttrGeneric];
[genericPasswordQuery setObject:accessGroup forKey:(id)kSecAttrAccessGroup];
[genericPasswordQuery setObject:(id)kSecMatchLimitOne forKey:(id)kSecMatchLimit];
[genericPasswordQuery setObject:(id)kCFBooleanTrue forKey:(id)kSecReturnAttributes];
Issues we are facing:
Keychain items are not being shared consistently across apps.
We receive different errors at different times:
Sometimes errSecDuplicateItem (-25299), even when there is no item in the Keychain.
Sometimes it works in a debug build but fails in Ad Hoc / TestFlight builds.
The behavior is inconsistent and unpredictable.
Expectation / Clarification Needed from Apple:
Are we missing any additional configuration steps after the Team ID update?
Is there a known issue with Keychain Access Groups not working correctly in certain build types (Debug vs AdHoc/TestFlight)?
Guidance on why we are intermittently getting -25299 and how to properly reset/re-add items in the Keychain.
Any additional entitlement / provisioning profile configuration that we should double-check.
Request you to please raise a support ticket with Apple Developer Technical Support including the above details, so that we can get guidance on the correct setup and resolve this issue.
Problem Description:
In our App, When we launch the web login part using ASWebAuthentication + Universal Links with callback scheme as "https", we are not receiving callback.
Note:
We are using "SwiftUIWebAuthentication" Swift Package Manager to display page in ASWebAuth.
But when we use custom url scheme instead of Universal link, app able to receive call back every time.
We use ".onOpenURL" to receive universal link callback scheme.
Hi, we were recently approved for the com.apple.developer.web-browser.public-key-credential entitlement and have added it to our app. It initially worked as expected for a couple of days, but then it stopped working. We're now seeing the same error as before adding the entitlement:
Told not to present authorization sheet: Error Domain=com.apple.AuthenticationServicesCore.AuthorizationError Code=1 "(null)"
ASAuthorizationController credential request failed with error: Error Domain=com.apple.AuthenticationServices.AuthorizationError Code=1004 "(null)"
Do you have any insights into what might be causing this issue?
Thank you!
Having trouble decrypting a string using an encryption key and an IV.
var key: String
var iv: String
func decryptData(_ encryptedText: String) -> String?
{
if let textData = Data(base64Encoded: iv + encryptedText) {
do {
let sealedBox = try AES.GCM.SealedBox(combined: textData)
let key = SymmetricKey(data: key.data(using: .utf8)!)
let decryptedData = try AES.GCM.open(sealedBox, using: key)
return String(data: decryptedData, encoding: .utf8)
} catch {
print("Decryption failed: \(error)")
return nil
}
}
return nil
}
Proper coding choices aside (I'm just trying anything at this point,) the main problem is opening the SealedBox. If I go to an online decryption site, I can paste in my encrypted text, the encryption key, and the IV as plain text and I can encrypt and decrypt just fine.
But I can't seem to get the right combo in my Swift code. I don't have a "tag" even though I'm using the combined option. How can I make this work when all I will be receiving is the encrypted text, the encryption key, and the IV. (the encryption key is 256 bits)
Try an AES site with a key of 32 digits and an IV of 16 digits and text of your choice. Use the encrypted version of the text and then the key and IV in my code and you'll see the problem. I can make the SealedBox but I can't open it to get the decrypted data. So I'm not combining the right things the right way. Anyone notice the problem?
Topic:
Privacy & Security
SubTopic:
General
In iOS 18, i use CNContactPickerViewController to access to Contacts (i know it is one-time access).
After first pick up one contact, the Setting > Apps > my app > Contacts shows Private Access without any option to close it.
Is there any way to close it and undisplay it ?
I tried to uninstall and reinstall my app, but it didn't work.
Hi,
I'm working on developing my own CryptoTokenKit (CTK) extension to enable codesign with HSM-backed keys. Here's what I’ve done so far:
The container app sets up the tokenConfiguration with TKTokenKeychainCertificate and TKTokenKeychainKey.
The extension registers successfully and is visible via pluginkit when launching the container app.
The virtual smartcard appears when running security list-smartcards.
The certificate, key, and identity are all visible using security export-smartcard -i [card].
However, nothing appears in the Keychain.
After adding logging and reviewing output in the Console, I’ve observed the following behavior when running codesign:
My TKTokenSession is instantiated correctly, using my custom TKToken implementation — so far, so good.
However, none of the following TKTokenSession methods are ever called:
func tokenSession(_ session: TKTokenSession, beginAuthFor operation: TKTokenOperation, constraint: Any) throws -> TKTokenAuthOperation
func tokenSession(_ session: TKTokenSession, supports operation: TKTokenOperation, keyObjectID: TKToken.ObjectID, algorithm: TKTokenKeyAlgorithm) -> Bool
func tokenSession(_ session: TKTokenSession, sign dataToSign: Data, keyObjectID: Any, algorithm: TKTokenKeyAlgorithm) throws -> Data
func tokenSession(_ session: TKTokenSession, decrypt ciphertext: Data, keyObjectID: Any, algorithm: TKTokenKeyAlgorithm) throws -> Data
func tokenSession(_ session: TKTokenSession, performKeyExchange otherPartyPublicKeyData: Data, keyObjectID objectID: Any, algorithm: TKTokenKeyAlgorithm, parameters: TKTokenKeyExchangeParameters) throws -> Data
The only relevant Console log is:
default 11:31:15.453969+0200 PersistentToken [0x154d04850] invalidated because the client process (pid 4899) either cancelled the connection or exited
There’s no crash report related to the extension, so my assumption is that ctkd is closing the connection for some unknown reason.
Is there any way to debug this further?
Thank you for your help.
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.
Issue: Plain Executables Do Not Appear Under “Screen & System Audio Recording” on macOS 26.1 (Tahoe)
Summary
I am investigating a change in macOS 26.1 (Tahoe) where plain (non-bundled) executables that request screen recording access no longer appear under:
System Settings → Privacy & Security → Screen & System Audio Recording
This behavior differs from macOS Sequoia, where these executables did appear in the list and could be managed through the UI. Tahoe still prompts for permission and still allows the executable to capture the screen once permission is granted, but the executable never shows up in the UI list. This breaks user expectations and removes UI-based permission management.
To confirm the behavior, I created a small reproduction project with both:
a plain executable, and
an identical executable packaged inside an .app bundle.
Only the bundled version appears in System Settings.
Observed Behaviour
1. Plain Executable (from my reproduction project)
When running a plain executable that captures the screen:
macOS displays the normal screen-recording permission prompt.
Before granting permission: screenshots show only the desktop background.
After granting permission: screenshots capture the full display.
The executable does not appear under “Screen & System Audio Recording”.
Even when permission is granted manually (e.g., dragging the executable into the pane), the executable still does not appear, which prevents the user from modifying or revoking the permission through the UI.
If the executable is launched from inside another app (e.g., VS Code, Terminal), the parent app appears in the list instead, not the executable itself.
2. Bundled App Version (from the reproduction project)
I packaged the same code into a simple .app bundle (ScreenCaptureApp.app).
When running the app:
The same permission prompt appears.
Pre-permission screenshots show the desktop background.
Post-permission screenshots capture the full display.
The app does appear under “Screen & System Audio Recording”.
This bundle uses the same underlying executable — the only difference is packaging.
Hypothesis
macOS 26.1 (Tahoe) appears to require app bundles for an item to be shown in the Screen Recording privacy UI.
Plain executables:
still request and receive permission,
still function correctly after permission is granted,
but do not appear in the System Settings list.
This may be an intentional change, undocumented behavior, or a regression.
Reproduction Project
The reproduction project includes:
screen_capture.go A simple Go program that captures screenshots in a loop.
screen_capture_executable Plain executable built from the Go source.
ScreenCaptureApp.app/ App bundle containing the same executable.
build.sh Builds both the plain executable and the app bundle.
Permission reset and TCC testing scripts.
The project demonstrates the behavior consistently.
Steps to Reproduce
Plain Executable
Build:
./build.sh
Reset screen capture permissions:
sudo tccutil reset ScreenCapture
Run:
./screen_capture_executable
Before granting: screenshots show desktop only.
Grant permission when prompted.
After granting: full screenshots.
Executable does not appear in “Screen & System Audio Recording”.
Bundled App
Build (if not already built):
./build.sh
Reset permissions (optional):
sudo tccutil reset ScreenCapture
Run:
open ScreenCaptureApp.app
Before granting: screenshots show desktop.
After granting: full screenshots.
App bundle appears in the System Settings list.
Additional Check
I also tested launching the plain executable as a child process of another executable, similar to how some software architectures work.
Result:
Permission prompt appears
Permission can be granted
Executable still does not appear in the UI, even though TCC tracks it internally → consistent with the plain-executable behaviour.
This reinforces that only app bundles are listed.
Questions for Apple
Is the removal of plain executables from “Screen & System Audio Recording” an intentional change in macOS Tahoe?
If so, does Apple now require all screen-recording capable binaries to be packaged as .app bundles for the UI to display them?
Is there a supported method for making a plain executable (launched by a parent process) appear in the list?
If this is not intentional, what is the recommended path for reporting this as a regression?
Files
Unfortunately, I have discovered the zip file that contains my reproduction project can't be directly uploaded here.
Here is a Google Drive link instead: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1sXsr3Q0g6_UzlOIL54P5wbS7yBkpMJ7A/view?usp=sharing
Thank you for taking the time to review this. Any insight into whether this change is intentional or a regression would be very helpful.
I'm writing an app on macOS that stores passwords in the Keychain and later retrieves them using SecItemCopyMatching(). This works fine 90% of the time. However, occasionally, the call to SecItemCopyMatching() fails with errSecAuthFailed (-25293). When this occurs, simply restarting the app resolves the issue; otherwise, it will consistently fail with errSecAuthFailed.
What I suspect is that the Keychain access permission has a time limitation for a process. This issue always seems to arise when I keep my app running for an extended period.
Is there any way for an iOS app to get a log of all Airdrop transfers originating in all apps on the iOS device e.g. from the last week?
Topic:
Privacy & Security
SubTopic:
General
WebAuthn Level 3 § 6.3.2 Step 2 states the authenticator must :
Check if at least one of the specified combinations of PublicKeyCredentialType and cryptographic parameters in credTypesAndPubKeyAlgs is supported. If not, return an error code equivalent to "NotSupportedError" and terminate the operation.
On my iPhone 15 Pro Max running iOS 18.5, Safari + Passwords does not exhibit this behavior; instead an error is not reported and an ES256 credential is created when an RP passes a non-empty sequence that does not contain {"type":"public-key","alg":-7} (e.g., [{"type":"public-key","alg":-8}]).
When I use Chromium 138.0.7204.92 on my laptop running Arch Linux in conjunction with the Passwords app (connected via the "hybrid" protocol), a credential is not created and instead an error is reported per the spec.
Hi everyone,
I’m encountering an unexpected Keychain behavior in a production environment and would like to confirm whether this is expected or if I’m missing something.
In my app, I store a deviceId in the Keychain based on the classic KeychainItemWrapper implementation. I extended it by explicitly setting:
kSecAttrAccessible = kSecAttrAccessibleAfterFirstUnlock
My understanding is that kSecAttrAccessibleAfterFirstUnlock should allow Keychain access while the app is running in the background, as long as the device has been unlocked at least once after reboot.
However, after the app went live, I observed that when the app performs background execution (e.g., triggered by background tasks / silent push), Keychain read attempts intermittently fail with:
errSecInteractionNotAllowed (-25308)
This seems inconsistent with the documented behavior of kSecAttrAccessibleAfterFirstUnlock.
Additional context:
The issue never occurs in foreground.
The issue does not appear on development devices.
User devices are not freshly rebooted when this happens.
The Keychain item is created successfully; only background reads fail.
Setting the accessibility to kSecAttrAccessibleAfterFirstUnlockThisDeviceOnly produces the same result.
Questions:
Under what circumstances can kSecAttrAccessibleAfterFirstUnlock still cause a -25308 error?
Is there any known restriction when accessing Keychain while the app is running in background execution contexts?
Could certain system states (Low Power Mode, Background App Refresh conditions, device lock state, etc.) cause Keychain reads to be blocked unexpectedly?
Any insights or similar experiences would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!
Our background monitoring application uses a Unix executable that requests Screen Recording permission via CGRequestScreenCaptureAccess(). This worked correctly in macOS Tahoe 26.0.1, but broke in 26.1.
Issue:
After calling CGRequestScreenCaptureAccess() in macOS Tahoe 26.1:
System dialog appears and opens System Settings
Our executable does NOT appear in the Screen Recording list
Manually adding via "+" button grants permission internally, but the executable still doesn't show in the UI
Users cannot verify or revoke permissions
Background:
Unix executable runs as a background process (not from Terminal)
Uses Accessibility APIs to retrieve window titles
Same issue occurs with Full Disk Access permissions
Environment:
macOS Tahoe 26.1 (worked in 26.0.1)
Background process (not launched from Terminal)
Questions:
Is this a bug or intentional design change in 26.1?
What's the recommended approach for background executables to properly register with TCC?
Are there specific requirements (Info.plist, etc.) needed?
This significantly impacts user experience as they cannot manage permissions through the UI.
Any guidance would be greatly appreciated. Thank you
We recently deployed Attestation on our application, and for a majority of the 40,000 users it works well. We have about six customers who are failing attestation. In digging through debug logs, we're seeing this error "iOS assertion verification failed. Unauthorized access attempted." We're assuming that the UUID is blocked somehow on Apple side but we're stumped as to why. We had a customer come in and we could look at the phone, and best we can tell it's just a generic phone with no jailbroken or any malicious apps. How can we determine if the UUID is blocked?