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[build:ios] Error: codesign ident not present in find-identity

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Hello!

I’m trying to build my ios expo app locally and I’m running into an issue with the codesign ident. Any help is really appreciated!

Thanks!

New Issue Checklist

Updated turtle-cli to the latest version (yarn global add turtle-cli or npm install --global turtle-cli).
I read the Contribution Guidelines.
I read docs.expo.dev (Managed Workflow > Distributing Your App).
I searched for existing GitHub issues.
I enclosed the complete output when running turtle, including the stack trace and command used.

Issue Description

Command executed

$ expo fetch:ios:certs
$ turtle build:ios --team-id XXXXXXXX --dist-p12-path APP_dist.p12 --provisioning-profile-path APP.mobileprovision

Complete output when running turtle, including the stack trace and command used

Aug 28 16:40:42 turtle[2790] INFO: Cleaning up iOS... platform: "ios" buildPhase: "configuring NSBundle" Aug 28 16:40:42 turtle[2790] INFO: building and signing IPA platform: "ios" buildPhase: "building and signing IPA" Aug 28 16:40:42 turtle[2790] INFO: saved provisioning profile to temporary path platform: "ios" buildPhase: "building and signing IPA" Aug 28 16:40:42 turtle[2790] INFO: provisioning profile copied to home directory platform: "ios" buildPhase: "building and signing IPA" Aug 28 16:40:42 turtle[2790] INFO: done retrieving provisioning profile data platform: "ios" buildPhase: "building and signing IPA" Aug 28 16:40:42 turtle[2790] INFO: checking if teamID is present in keychain and that certificate is valid... platform: "ios" buildPhase: "building and signing IPA" Aug 28 16:40:43 turtle[2790] INFO: removed provisioning profile from the home directory platform: "ios" buildPhase: "building and signing IPA" Aug 28 16:40:43 turtle[2790] ERROR: Error: codesign ident not present in find-identity: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Looking for identities matching "(XXXXXXXXXXXX)" 0 valid identities found

at Object.ensureCertificateValid (/@expo/xdl@59.1.0/src/detach/IosCodeSigning.js:18:11)
at Object.build (/@expo/xdl@59.1.0/src/detach/IosIPABuilder.js:31:32)
at buildAndSignIPA (/Users/parthnarielwala/.nvm/versions/node/v14.17.5/lib/node_modules/turtle-cli/src/builders/ios/archive.ts:58:3)
at Object.buildArchive [as default] (/Users/parthnarielwala/.nvm/versions/node/v14.17.5/lib/node_modules/turtle-cli/src/builders/ios/archive.ts:20:5)
at iosBuilder (/Users/parthnarielwala/.nvm/versions/node/v14.17.5/lib/node_modules/turtle-cli/src/builders/ios/index.ts:33:7)
at /Users/parthnarielwala/.nvm/versions/node/v14.17.5/lib/node_modules/turtle-cli/src/bin/utils/builder.ts:87:7
at Command.<anonymous> (/Users/parthnarielwala/.nvm/versions/node/v14.17.5/lib/node_modules/turtle-cli/src/bin/index.ts:23:12)

platform: “ios” Aug 28 16:40:43 turtle[2790] INFO: delete keychain… platform: “ios” buildPhase: “deleting keychain” Aug 28 16:40:43 turtle[2790] INFO: deleting keychain… platform: “ios” buildPhase: “deleting keychain” Aug 28 16:40:50 turtle[2790] INFO: done deleting keychain platform: “ios” buildPhase: “deleting keychain” Aug 28 16:40:50 turtle[2790] ERROR: Failed to build standalone app err: Error: codesign ident not present in find-identity: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Looking for identities matching “(XXXXXXXXXXXX)” 0 valid identities found

  at Object.ensureCertificateValid (/@expo/xdl@59.1.0/src/detach/IosCodeSigning.js:18:11)
  at Object.build (/@expo/xdl@59.1.0/src/detach/IosIPABuilder.js:31:32)
  at buildAndSignIPA (/Users/parthnarielwala/.nvm/versions/node/v14.17.5/lib/node_modules/turtle-cli/src/builders/ios/archive.ts:58:3)
  at Object.buildArchive [as default] (/Users/parthnarielwala/.nvm/versions/node/v14.17.5/lib/node_modules/turtle-cli/src/builders/ios/archive.ts:20:5)
  at iosBuilder (/Users/parthnarielwala/.nvm/versions/node/v14.17.5/lib/node_modules/turtle-cli/src/builders/ios/index.ts:33:7)
  at /Users/parthnarielwala/.nvm/versions/node/v14.17.5/lib/node_modules/turtle-cli/src/bin/utils/builder.ts:87:7
  at Command.<anonymous> (/Users/parthnarielwala/.nvm/versions/node/v14.17.5/lib/node_modules/turtle-cli/src/bin/index.ts:23:12)

platform: “ios”

Environment

 Expo CLI 4.11.0 environment info:
    System:
      OS: macOS 11.5.2
      Shell: 3.2.57 - /bin/bash
    Binaries:
      Node: 14.17.5 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v14.17.5/bin/node
      Yarn: 1.22.11 - /usr/local/bin/yarn
      npm: 6.14.14 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v14.17.5/bin/npm
    SDKs:
      iOS SDK:
        Platforms: iOS 14.5, DriverKit 20.4, macOS 11.3, tvOS 14.5, watchOS 7.4
    IDEs:
      Xcode: 12.5.1/12E507 - /usr/bin/xcodebuild
    npmPackages:
      expo: 42.0.3 => 42.0.3 
      react: 16.13.1 => 16.13.1 
      react-dom: 16.13.1 => 16.13.1 
      react-native: https://github.com/expo/react-native/archive/sdk-42.0.0.tar.gz => 0.63.2 
      react-native-web: ~0.13.12 => 0.13.18 
    npmGlobalPackages:
      expo-cli: 4.11.0
    Expo Workflow: managed

UPDATE: My certs also were active and not expired and followed all the above solutions and still couldn’t figure it out until I installed the certificate on this forum answer post https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/662300 and it worked!

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Created 2 years ago
Comments:6 (1 by maintainers)

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2reactions

rcrvanocommented, Oct 1, 2021

Thanks a lot, @pnarielwala !

Just need to update this certificate https://www.apple.com/certificateauthority/AppleWWDRCAG3.cer

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pnarielwalacommented, Sep 27, 2021

UPDATE: My certs also were active and not expired and followed all the above solutions and still couldn’t figure it out until I installed the certificate on this forum answer post https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/662300 and it worked!