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End-to-end pipeline for releasing an iOS / watchOS app to TestFlight and the App Store. Use when the user wants to publish, ship, or release an iOS/watchOS app, get a build onto TestFlight, archive and upload via xcodebuild, deploy a CloudKit schema to Production, set App Privacy
End-to-end pipeline for releasing an iOS / watchOS app to TestFlight and the App Store. Use when the user wants to publish, ship, or release an iOS/watchOS app, get a build onto TestFlight, archive and upload via xcodebuild, deploy a CloudKit schema to Production, set App Privacy or export compliance, mint a Distribution certificate, or work through App Store Connect / Apple Developer portal steps. Triggers on 'continue publishing', 'ship the app to TestFlight', 'release the iOS app', 'upload a build', 'deploy CloudKit to production', 'App Privacy labels', 'distribution signing', or any cryptic Apple upload error (cloud signing, 90057 missing CFBundleShortVersionString, 90474 orientation). macOS and Xcode only.
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Drive an iOS/watchOS app from "production path unstarted" to a Distribution-signed build processing in TestFlight. The hard part is not any single step — it is that the release path spans three disconnected web portals (Apple Developer, App Store Connect, CloudKit Dashboard) plus CLI signing arcana, and each gate hides a silent failure discoverable only after the previous one passes. Treat the whole thing as an airlock checklist: each gate must verifiably seal before the next opens.
Releasing/publishing/shipping an iOS or watchOS app; getting a build to TestFlight; archiving + uploading; deploying CloudKit schema to Production; filling App Privacy or export compliance; distribution signing; or debugging an Apple upload rejection.
Track every gate in the project's issue tracker. Do not assume a gate is closed because a portal shows green — verify the underlying artifact.
ITSAppUsesNonExemptEncryption: false into every
shippable target (the app and the watch app), in the source of truth (e.g.
XcodeGen project.yml info.properties), so TestFlight never prompts per build.CODE_SIGN_STYLE: Automatic.xcodebuild archive the iPhone scheme that embeds the Watch app,
-allowProvisioningUpdates. (Archive signs with Apple Development; the
Distribution cert is minted at the export step.)xcodebuild -exportArchive with method
app-store-connect, automatic signing, and an App Store Connect API key.
The key must be Admin role — a Developer-role key cannot cloud-sign and fails
with "Cloud signing permission error / no iOS Distribution cert found."Read references/pipeline.md for the exact commands, ExportOptions.plist, and verification one-liners for every gate above.
When any step fails with a cryptic Apple error, read
references/gotchas.md first — it catalogs the silent
failures from real releases (corrupted SwiftPM checkout, Developer-role API key,
missing CFBundleShortVersionString, iPad-orientation 90474) with the exact fix.
.p8 keys in ~/.appstoreconnect/; clean
up any temp copies after use.trash, never rm.browser-mate skill) so the user
logs in once and the session persists.xcodebuild), not GUI
clicking — the CLI gives real error output instead of a progress bar. Reserve
computer-use/GUI for steps that genuinely need it.xcodebuild steps in the background and poll for ARCHIVE SUCCEEDED /
EXPORT SUCCEEDED / Upload succeeded markers.name: app-release description: "End-to-end pipeline for releasing an iOS / watchOS app to TestFlight and the App Store. Use when the user wants to publish, ship, or release an iOS/watchOS app, get a build onto TestFlight, archive and upload via xcodebuild, deploy a CloudKit schema to Production, set App Privacy or export compliance, mint a Distribution certificate, or work through App Store Connect / Apple Developer portal steps. Triggers on 'continue publishing', 'ship the app to TestFlight', 'release the iOS app', 'upload a build', 'deploy CloudKit to production', 'App Privacy labels', 'distribution signing', or any cryptic Apple upload error (cloud signing, 90057 missing CFBundleShortVersionString, 90474 orientation). macOS and Xcode only."
--- name: app-release description: "End-to-end pipeline for releasing an iOS / watchOS app to TestFlight and the App Store. Use when the user wants to publish, ship, or release an iOS/watchOS app, get a build onto TestFlight, archive and upload via xcodebuild, deploy a CloudKit schema to Production, set App Privacy or export compliance, mint a Distribution certificate, or work through App Store Connect / Apple Developer portal steps. Triggers on 'continue publishing', 'ship the app to TestFlight', 'release the iOS app', 'upload a build', 'deploy CloudKit to production', 'App Privacy labels', 'distribution signing', or any cryptic Apple upload error (cloud signing, 90057 missing CFBundleShortVersionString, 90474 orientation). macOS and Xcode only." --- # App Release (iOS / watchOS → TestFlight / App Store) Drive an iOS/watchOS app from "production path unstarted" to a Distribution-signed build processing in TestFlight. The hard part is not any single step — it is that the release path spans three disconnected web portals (Apple Developer, App Store Connect, CloudKit Dashboard) plus CLI signing arcana, and **each gate hides a silent failure discoverable only after the previous one passes.** Treat the whole thing as an airlock checklist: each gate must verifiably seal before the next opens. ## When to use Releasing/publishing/shipping an iOS or watchOS app; getting a build to TestFlight; archiving + uploading; deploying CloudKit schema to Production; filling App Privacy or export compliance; distribution signing; or debugging an Apple upload rejection. ## The gates (run in order; verify each before moving on) Track every gate in the project's issue tracker. Do **not** assume a gate is closed because a portal shows green — verify the underlying artifact. 1. **Inventory the gates.** List what is actually open (issue tracker, or derive from the steps below). Distinguish gates that block TestFlight from gates that block App Store submission — they are different. 2. **CloudKit → Production** (if the app uses CloudKit). Development indexes/record types do **not** exist in Production until an explicit *Deploy Schema Changes*. Deploy via the dashboard and verify the record type appears in the Production environment. **One-way action — confirm with the user first.** 3. **Export compliance.** Bake `ITSAppUsesNonExemptEncryption: false` into **every** shippable target (the app *and* the watch app), in the source of truth (e.g. XcodeGen `project.yml` info.properties), so TestFlight never prompts per build. 4. **App Privacy.** Audit the code for analytics / third-party SDKs / external networking first. If the developer cannot access user data (e.g. data lives only in the user's private CloudKit), the honest label is **Data Not Collected**. Set it in App Store Connect. Leave **Publish** for submission time. 5. **Privacy Policy + Impressum.** App Store requires a hosted privacy-policy URL; an EU/German operator also needs an Impressum. Add pages to the product site, deploy, paste the privacy URL into App Store Connect. 6. **Signing audit.** With automatic signing, Xcode mints the Distribution cert + App Store profiles at archive/export — no manual portal work. Confirm the team id and `CODE_SIGN_STYLE: Automatic`. 7. **Archive.** `xcodebuild archive` the iPhone scheme that *embeds* the Watch app, `-allowProvisioningUpdates`. (Archive signs with Apple Development; the Distribution cert is minted at the **export** step.) 8. **Export + upload to TestFlight.** `xcodebuild -exportArchive` with method `app-store-connect`, automatic signing, and an App Store Connect **API key**. The key must be **Admin** role — a Developer-role key cannot cloud-sign and fails with "Cloud signing permission error / no iOS Distribution cert found." 9. **Hand off the device test.** The final TestFlight verification (install the processed build, exercise the real feature loop on Production) is a **human** on-device step. Do not claim it as done. **Read [references/pipeline.md](references/pipeline.md) for the exact commands, ExportOptions.plist, and verification one-liners for every gate above.** **When any step fails with a cryptic Apple error, read [references/gotchas.md](references/gotchas.md) first** — it catalogs the silent failures from real releases (corrupted SwiftPM checkout, Developer-role API key, missing `CFBundleShortVersionString`, iPad-orientation 90474) with the exact fix. ## Guardrails (non-negotiable) - **Confirm before one-way production actions**: CloudKit *Deploy to Production* and App Privacy *Publish*. They affect shipped users / the public product page. - **Never print secret key values.** Keep `.p8` keys in `~/.appstoreconnect/`; clean up any temp copies after use. - **Use `trash`, never `rm`.** - **Drive logged-in portals via browser automation; never enter Apple credentials.** Ask the user to log in once in the automation browser. - **Leave the on-device feature-loop test and the final Publish / Submit-for-review to the human.** - **Commit only release-related changes** in focused commits; never sweep unrelated branch WIP into a release commit. ## Tooling notes - Portal work (CloudKit Dashboard, App Store Connect, Apple Developer) is best driven through a persistent logged-in browser (e.g. the `browser-mate` skill) so the user logs in once and the session persists. - The heavy build/sign/upload steps belong in the shell (`xcodebuild`), not GUI clicking — the CLI gives real error output instead of a progress bar. Reserve computer-use/GUI for steps that genuinely need it. - Run long `xcodebuild` steps in the background and poll for `ARCHIVE SUCCEEDED` / `EXPORT SUCCEEDED` / `Upload succeeded` markers.
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