iOS build fails: Possibility to get detailed error message?

Expo SDK
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The android build succeeded, but the iOS build failed with the following message:

[exp] Validating distribution certificate...
[exp] Error validating credentials. You may need to clear them (with `-c`) and try again.
[exp] Unable to validate credentials. Request ID 3e3c27c0-d610-11e7-b205-fdfbd36812ab, message: Internal error occurred. Please try again in a few minutes or contact support.

Can you provide a more detailed error? Thanks you very much for any help on that.

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Hi, it looks like we were unable to validate your Apple certificate. Usually this means:

  • Temporary outage on Apple’s side
  • Problem with certs/accounts (sometimes fixed by revoking and clearing)
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Hi,

thank you for your quick reply. Can you tell me what exactly did not work, e.g. creating an App ID, load certificate, …?

Best,
dome-ger

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hey @dome-ger, could you provide your build-id? This is different from request id and will help us get more info.

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Hi @quinlanj,

unfortunately I don’t get to the step to see a build ID, as the validation of the credentials fails before starting the actual build I guess.

Best, Dominic

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Does the process try to create an App ID or something like this? What are the steps? Maybe this helps to resolve my problem.

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@dome-ger We do try to create an App ID I believe. You also must have a paid developer account in order to create apps for the App Store.

Since it appears your iOS build on Expo and your Apple Developer account may be in a state we’re not handling well, could you clear the configuration and try again from the beginning?

Clearing your state

To clear your iOS app certificates on Expo, run exp build:ios -c.

To clear your Apple Developer center App ID, certificates, and provisioning profiles, visit:
Sign In - Apple (distribution and push certs)
Sign In - Apple (provisioning profiles)
Sign In - Apple (App IDs)

Build instructions

Be sure to follow the instructions here very carefully, each step is important: https://docs.expo.io/versions/latest/guides/building-standalone-apps.html

You also can try a new option to request the certs and provisioning profiles from your computer (instead of our build machines), explained here: https://github.com/expo/expo/issues/160#issuecomment-348375652. This option is new, though, so I’d recommend trying the more stable steps in the docs instead.

Getting more debug info

We don’t yet have a way automatically get the debug logs (we know it’s important, though) and we need a build ID like “3e3c27c0-d610-11e7-b205-fdfbd36812ab” to look up the logs for you.

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Hi @ide,

thanks for your help. Seems like I didn’t have the permission to create another App ID or Certificate so that might be the reason why it failed. I tried out another account and it worked perfectly.

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