It's maddening. I just opened a file and now it's gone because I had the audacity to open another file. I've learned that I can double click the tab of the first file to make it a permanent tab... but, of course, I'll need to do that every time I ever open any file ever, and if I close that file and come back to it later I'm going to be constantly having to double click tabs just to make Xcode stop replacing my tabs for me. It's nuts. It's driving me insane. Please. Is there any way to just DISABLE the temporary tabs behavior? I don't find it helpful in any way and I find it to be destructive to my development workflows.

It seems like, by default, the preview pane tries to align to 50% of the editor pane's width. I prefer to shrink the preview pane to around ~30% of the screen so I have more space for code. This used to work fine—at least until I restarted Xcode. I never understood why the setting wouldn’t persist across sessions, but fine, that was a tradeoff I was willing to live with. However, with Xcode 16.3, it seems like Xcode forgets the manually adjusted preview pane width as soon as I switch to a different file. This has definitely impacted my productivity, as I now find myself readjusting the pane size dozens of times in a single session. Am I holding it wrong? Is anyone else experiencing this? And while we’re at it—why not make this a persistent setting so everyone can tweak the width to their liking?

macOS Version 15.3.2 (Build 24D81) After initiating via Shift/Command/0 the Developer Documentation Window, the indexing of v277 index structure is starting /Users/[name]/Library/Developer/Xcode/DocumentationCache/ ==> but unfortunately not ending! Activity Monitor reports during hours high CPU (~80%) for Xcode process, but the indexing does not stop or end. After hours it is still around 146 MB instead of about 550 MB as in previous releases. Indexing starts with 11 or more threads, but suddenly it drops to 10 threads and seems stopping, still using cpu. Also restarting Xcode does not help. Process restarts but after some minutes seems to hang or stuck around 200MB indexed. Also removing subfolders does not help. (NSOperatingSystemVersion(majorVersion/ 16, minorVersion/ 3, patchVersion/ 0) they are recreated but index still stucks after some time. No clue. will reverting back to 16.3 beta2 Reported via FB16926964

Xcode 26 beta 4 and iOS 26 beta 4 unable to build: facing issues in sideloading using Xcode Unable to find a DDI that can be used to enable DDI services on the device

Dear Apple Developer Forum! I'm in need of help regarding an issue that has to do with binaries. I'm building an iOS App that needs a fingerprint of its binaries, exclusively based on the source code written. A "reproducible" build, meaning that when I compile it on my machine and run checksum on it, the output (hash) will be the same, as if another device clones the project, compiles and checksums the values. The App depends on swift packages which depends on Swift Packages, which I've managed to compile to .o files, convert to .a files (static frameworks) and create xcframeworks, which the App depends on. They work great, once compiled, their checksum value does not change when App is compiled (unless source code of them is changed of course), but the Apps executable (checksummed inside the IPA) changes every time it's compiled. I'm guessing that perhaps the Xcode compiler injects a timestamp or other unique identifier in the binaries? Is there any way to have "reproducible" builds on iOS (Swift Xcode)? All input is greatly appreciated, Thank you very much, Kind regards Johan.

I installed xcode 16 and both Predictive Code Completion Model and iOS 18.0 Simulator Failed Download. I can live without the code completion, but I can not get any Simulator to install. I clicked of the info button and it shows the following: Download failed. Domain: DVTDownloadableErrorDomain Code: 41 User Info: { DVTErrorCreationDateKey = "2024-09-30 15:57:24 +0000"; } Download failed. Domain: DVTDownloadableErrorDomain Code: 41 Failed fetching catalog for assetType (com.apple.MobileAsset.iOSSimulatorRuntime), serverParameters ({ RequestedBuild = 22A3351; }) Domain: DVTDownloadsUtilitiesErrorDomain Code: -1 Download failed as the server said authentication failed. (Catalog download for com.apple.MobileAsset.iOSSimulatorRuntime) Domain: com.apple.MobileAssetError.Download Code: 41 User Info: { checkServer = 1; } System Information macOS Version 15.0 (Build 24A335) Xcode 16.0 (23051) (Build 16A242d) Timestamp: 2024-09-30T10:57:24-05:00

Hey, so I wanted to pull from the Github project repository and XCode asked me login again. Forgot my password so I tried a wrong one and now it keeps asking for my Username and Access token, when I actually just want to login with my password. Doesn't let me choose between the too, not even when adding the account through preferences. Anyone know how to just login with password and the reason for this -pardon me- absolutely idiotic choice of not letting the user choose?

An internal error occurs when executing the xcodebuild -list command targeting a Swift Package. This behavior is new in Xcode 16.3 and was not present in the previous version, Xcode 16.2. cd ~/Developer mkdir Playground cd Playground swift package init xcodebuild -list Command line invocation: /Applications/Xcode-16.3.0.app/Contents/Developer/usr/bin/xcodebuild -list Resolve Package Graph ** INTERNAL ERROR: Unable to load workspace '/Users/treastrain/Developer/Playground' ** Uncaught Exception: -[Swift.__SwiftDeferredNSArray intersectsSet:]: unrecognized selector sent to instance 0x600001aab5e0 Stack: 0 __exceptionPreprocess (in CoreFoundation) 1 objc_exception_throw (in libobjc.A.dylib) 2 -[NSObject(NSObject) __retain_OA] (in CoreFoundation) 3 ___forwarding___ (in CoreFoundation) 4 _CF_forwarding_prep_0 (in CoreFoundation) 5 -[DVTCoreDevice(DVTCoreDeviceIDE) deviceSupportsBuildable:buildParameters:error:] (in IDEFoundation) 6 -[DVTCoreDevice(DVTCoreDeviceIDE) supportedArchitecturesForBuildableContext:buildParameters:error:] (in IDEFoundation) 7 _IDERunDestinationsForBuildableUsingDeviceWithBuildParameters (in IDEFoundation) 8 -[IDERunDestinationManager runDestinationsForScheme:schemeCommands:executionEnvironment:eligibleOnly:genericOnly:architectureVisibility:] (in IDEFoundation) 9 IDESchemeDetermineAvailableRunDestinations (in IDEFoundation) 10 -[IDEScheme _actuallyInvalidateAvailableRunDestinations] (in IDEFoundation) 11 addSchemeAndMakeActiveIfNecessary #1 (result:error:) in IDESwiftPackage.generateScheme(with:buildable:additionalBuildables:unsetRunnable:makeActive:orderHint:) (in IDESwiftPackageCore) 12 IDESwiftPackage.generateScheme(with:buildable:additionalBuildables:unsetRunnable:makeActive:orderHint:) (in IDESwiftPackageCore) 13 IDESwiftPackage.generateSchemes(_:isRootPackage:) (in IDESwiftPackageCore) 14 IDESwiftPackage.update(from:graphHasErrors:delegate:) (in IDESwiftPackageCore) 15 specialized IDESPMWorkspaceDelegate.rootPackagesDidUpdate(packages:graphHasErrors:modelGraphSynchronizerToken:) (in IDESwiftPackageCore) 16 closure #1 in IDESPMWorkspaceDelegate.packageGraphDidFinishAction(_:duration:result:) (in IDESwiftPackageCore) 17 partial apply for closure #1 in IDESPMWorkspaceDelegate.disableWorkspaceContentSynchronization(during:) (in IDESwiftPackageCore) 18 <deduplicated_symbol> (in DVTFoundation) 19 <deduplicated_symbol> (in DVTFoundation) 20 thunk for @escaping @callee_guaranteed () -> () (in DVTFoundation) 21 __58-[DVTModelObjectGraph performBlockCoalescingModelChanges:]_block_invoke (in DVTFoundation) 22 -[DVTModelGraphTransactionScope performTransaction:] (in DVTFoundation) 23 -[DVTModelObjectGraph performBlockCoalescingModelChanges:] (in DVTFoundation) 24 DVTModelObjectGraph.performBlockCoalescingModelChanges<A>(_:) (in DVTFoundation) 25 IDESPMWorkspaceDelegate.disableWorkspaceContentSynchronization(during:) (in IDESwiftPackageCore) 26 IDESPMWorkspaceDelegate.packageGraphDidFinishAction(_:duration:result:) (in IDESwiftPackageCore) 27 <deduplicated_symbol> (in IDESwiftPackageCore) 28 SPMWorkspace.packageGraphActionFinished(_:) (in SwiftPM) 29 closure #2 in closure #3 in SPMWorkspace.processPackageGraphActionsInBackgroundIfNeeded(canProcessPackageGraphActions:) (in SwiftPM) 30 <deduplicated_symbol> (in SwiftPM) 31 <deduplicated_symbol> (in SwiftPM) 32 <deduplicated_symbol> (in SwiftPM) 33 completeTaskWithClosure(swift::AsyncContext*, swift::SwiftError*) (in libswift_Concurrency.dylib) zsh: abort xcodebuild -list Environments: % xcodebuild -version Xcode 16.3 Build version 16E140 % swift --version swift-driver version: 1.120.5 Apple Swift version 6.1 (swiftlang-6.1.0.110.21 clang-1700.0.13.3) Target: arm64-apple-macosx15.0

Hi everyone, I think this is a simple issue. I got the following error message" "PreviewDevice is ignored in a #Preview macro. Use the device picker at the bottom of the Canvas to change which device type is used for the preview. (from macro 'Preview')" after this line: ".previewDevice(PreviewDevice(rawValue: "iPhone 17 Pro"))" But in my Canvas I do not see the device picker. Thank you.

I recently switched to Mac OS 12 and XCode 13. I did some work on my application and rebuilt it. Now there is no Help Book. I didn't change the property lists and everything looks right. When I open the Help Book the application either opens a window with a message that the content is currently unavailable or it opens a Help Book window with no content. When this second thing happens the log window shows "entering AHRegistered help Book" but it doesn't appear. Does anyone have any suggestions?

I'm building and running from Xcode 26 to macOS 15.5. On launch, app crashes on start dynamic runtime linking with failure to find _LocationEssentials framework.

Hi everyone, After updating my Mac and Xcode to 26, I’m running into a consistent crash whenever I try to launch an app from Xcode. Environment: Mac: Apple Silicon M3 macOS: 26.0 (25A354) Xcode: 26.0.1 (17A400) Issue: When I press Run on any project (including new, empty projects), Xcode immediately crashes. This started only after updating to the latest macOS and Xcode. Crash details: The crash log shows: Application Specific Signatures: ___localError Thread 0 crashed inside -[IDEScheme _executionOperationForSchemeOperationParameters:...] from IDEFoundation/IDEKit. I also noticed background threads calling DVTPortal (developer portal requests) right before the crash. What I’ve tried so far: Cleared DerivedData, ModuleCache.noindex, and Xcode caches. Signed out/in of my Apple ID in Xcode. Recreated project schemes. Verified provisioning profiles. Reinstalled Xcode 26. Unfortunately, the crash still happens. Question: Is this a known issue with Xcode 26 on Apple Silicon (M3)? Has anyone seen a workaround? Any guidance would be greatly appreciated — I can’t currently launch apps in Xcode at all. Thanks!

Hey Apple Team! We recently updated to Xcode 16 and saw a massive memory spike, which caused "Out of memory" Mac warnings in the final stages of our app's build process. We noticed that the process responsible for this is "EmbeddedBinaryValidationUtility" (see screenshot). Is there a workaround to limit its memory usage? This is causing significant anguish for our developers.

I work on some proprietary codebases and can only use private AI services with them (currently MiniMax M2.1 and GLM 4.7). It all works great with both Claude Code and OpenCode agents, and I'd like to leverage the new agentic capabilities that are now in Xcode 26.3. I'm not seeing any option to connect to OpenCode, and both the Anthropic and OpenAI providers require an enterprise account (which I don't have access to). Are there any options that I'm missing here?

I've recently installed 26.1 Beta 3 alongside stable 26.0.1 When building my app with 26.0.1 the final .ipa size is ~17mb, however after building my app with 26.1 Beta 3 the size has increased up to ~22mb The main difference is Assets.car blowing from 1.1mb to 5.6mb (or 8.6mb if I include all icons settings). Upon examining I've found new liquid glass .icon file duplicating itself multiple times as png variants (any, dark, tinted, etc). Is anyone else experiencing this issue?

I’m blocked debugging a watchOS app on a physical Apple Watch. The iPhone connects to Xcode normally (wired), but the Watch either fails to connect with a tunnel timeout or disappears entirely from Xcode after I unpaired it inside Devices & Simulators. Environment Mac: macOS 26.x (Apple Silicon Mac) Xcode: 26.2 iPhone: iOS 26.1 Apple Watch Ultra: watchOS 26.2 (build 23S303) Connection: iPhone connected to Mac via USB (trusted). Watch paired to iPhone and working normally in the Watch app. Issue A (when Watch is visible in Xcode) In Xcode → Window → Devices and Simulators, the Watch shows up but is not usable and fails to connect. Error: “Previous preparation error: A connection to this device could not be established.” “Timed out while attempting to establish tunnel using negotiated network parameters.” In some attempts the Watch shows “Capacity: Unknown” / limited details, and then fails during preparation. Issue B (after unpairing Watch in Xcode only) I unpaired/removed the Watch in Xcode (Devices & Simulators). I did not unpair the Watch from the iPhone. Now: iPhone appears in Xcode and works normally for builds. Watch is still paired to the iPhone and works normally. Watch no longer appears anywhere in Xcode Devices & Simulators (no paired watch section, no watch run destination). What I’ve tried Reboots of Mac, iPhone, Watch (multiple times) Watch unlocked, awake; iPhone unlocked and close to Watch Verified Watch is paired and connected in iPhone Watch app Developer Mode enabled on iPhone and Watch Wi-Fi and Bluetooth ON (Mac/iPhone/Watch), tried toggling both Tried on home Wi-Fi and also with iPhone hotspot (same result) Resetting trust prompts / reconnecting iPhone via USB, re-trusting Mac Apple Watch: “Clear Trusted Computers” Xcode: removing/re-adding devices; clearing derived data; restarting Xcode Watch Developer networking test: Responsiveness = Medium (430 RPM) Questions 1. Is this a known issue/regression with Xcode 26.2 + watchOS 26.2 tunneling (CoreDevice / devicectl)? 2. Is there an Apple-supported way to force Xcode to re-discover a paired Watch after it was removed from Xcode Devices & Simulators (without unpairing the Watch from the iPhone)? 3. Any recommended logs or diagnostic steps I should collect (Console logs, sysdiagnose, specific Xcode/CoreDevice logs) to include in a Feedback report? If helpful, I can provide the full error text from Xcode’s Devices window and any logs you recommend. Thank you in advance,

"EnableLiveAssetServerV2-com.apple.MobileAsset.MetalToolchain" = on; ProductName: macOS ProductVersion: 26.0.1 BuildVersion: 25A362 The MetalToolchain is installed, however I keep getting error that MetalToolchain cannot be found by the Xcode "Command CompileMetalFile failed with a nonzero exit code" error: error: cannot execute tool 'metal' due to missing Metal Toolchain; use: xcodebuild -downloadComponent MetalToolchain ❯ xcodebuild -downloadComponent MetalToolchain 2025-10-31 11:18:29.004 xcodebuild[6605:45524] IDEDownloadableMetalToolchainCoordinator: Failed to remount the Metal Toolchain: The file “com.apple.MobileAsset.MetalToolchain-v17.1.324.0.k9JmEp” couldn’t be opened because you don’t have permission to view it. Beginning asset download... 2025-10-31 11:18:29.212 xcodebuild[6605:45523] IDEDownloadableMetalToolchainCoordinator: Failed to remount the Metal Toolchain: The file “com.apple.MobileAsset.MetalToolchain-v17.1.324.0.k9JmEp” couldn’t be opened because you don’t have permission to view it. Downloaded asset to: /System/Library/AssetsV2/com_apple_MobileAsset_MetalToolchain/4ab058bc1c53034b8c0a9baca6fba2d2b78bb965.asset/AssetData/Restore/022-17211-415.dmg Done downloading: Metal Toolchain 17A324.

I'm getting EXC_BAD_ACCESS (code=2, address=0x7ff8a6e2fcce) when launching my app on the simulator with Address or Thread Sanitizer enabled. I'm running Xcode 16.3 (16E140) on macOS Sequoia 15.4.1 (24E263). The call stack looks like the following. On the device, there is no crash, but this message is printed to the console: malloc: nano zone abandoned due to inability to reserve vm space. (Not sure if it's related.) Does anybody know what is causing the crash? Thread 1 #0 0x0000000103361f5b in __sanitizer::MemoryMappingLayout::Next () #1 0x000000010336034b in __sanitizer::MemoryRangeIsAvailable () #2 0x000000010334db77 in __asan::InitializeShadowMemory () #3 0x0000000103395069 in __asan::AsanInitInternal() (.cold.1) () #4 0x000000010334d352 in __asan::AsanInitInternal () #5 0x0000000103394f65 in __asan_init.cold.1 () #6 0x000000010334d325 in __asan::AsanInitFromRtl () #7 0x0000000103343289 in wrap_malloc_default_zone () #8 0x00007ff801b15f86 in __malloc_init () #9 0x00007ffa160080be in libSystem_initializer () #10 0x000000010306eb11 in invocation function for block in dyld4::Loader::findAndRunAllInitializers(dyld4::RuntimeState&) const () #11 0x000000010308f364 in invocation function for block in dyld3::MachOAnalyzer::forEachInitializer(Diagnostics&, dyld3::MachOAnalyzer::VMAddrConverter const&, void (unsigned int) block_pointer, void const*) const () #12 0x00000001030aad7c in invocation function for block in mach_o::Header::forEachSection(void (mach_o::Header::SectionInfo const&, bool&) block_pointer) const () #13 0x00000001030a83c9 in mach_o::Header::forEachLoadCommand () #14 0x00000001030a98c8 in mach_o::Header::forEachSection () #15 0x000000010308ef62 in dyld3::MachOAnalyzer::forEachInitializer () #16 0x000000010306e9ac in dyld4::Loader::findAndRunAllInitializers () #17 0x0000000103074da1 in dyld4::JustInTimeLoader::runInitializers () #18 0x00000001030807c5 in dyld4::APIs::runAllInitializersForMain () #19 0x000000010305efac in dyld4::prepare () #20 0x000000010305e36e in _dyld_sim_prepare () #21 0x000000010993b2a0 in dyld4::prepareSim () #22 0x0000000109939963 in dyld4::prepare () #23 0x000000010993981f in dyld4::start(dyld4::KernelArgs*, void*, void*)::$_0::operator()() const () #24 0x00000001099394da in start ()

At the Platform State of the Union, Apple demoed clicking a ✨ button in the Xcode toolbar to use Apple Intelligence in Xcode. I don't see that button in Xcode Version 26.0 beta (17A5241e). Am I missing it? It's supposed to be in the upper-left corner, right? Do I need to turn it on or something? I'm on macOS 15.5 Sequoia, on a 16-inch, 2021 MacBook Pro

I am building a bundle target for macOS 12 and later using Xcode. The bundle is not a standalone app, but a plug-in that is loaded by a host app. The code is written in Swift and uses the new Span API which is available in the OS-provided standard library in macOS 26 and backdeploys to macOS 10.14.4+. Xcode should instruct the linker to include libswiftCompatibilitySpan.dylib in the compiled bundle to provide this backdeployment, but that does not happen. SwiftPM does this additional linking by adding an rpath. When trying to load the bundle using the NSBundle.loadAndReturnError() API, I get the following error on macOS 15 (and no error on macOS 26): Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=3588 "dlopen(.../MyBundle.someBundle/Contents/MacOS/MyBundle, 0x0109): Library not loaded: @rpath/libswiftCompatibilitySpan.dylib Referenced from: <CE92806C-94B7-367E-895D-EF6DF66C7FC2> .../MyBundle.someBundle/Contents/MacOS/MyBundle Reason: tried: '/usr/lib/swift/libswiftCompatibilitySpan.dylib' (no such file, not in dyld cache), '/System/Volumes/Preboot/Cryptexes/OS/usr/lib/swift/libswiftCompatibilitySpan.dylib' (no such file), '/private/Frameworks/libswiftCompatibilitySpan.dylib' (no such file), '.../MyBundle.someBundle/Contents/MacOS/../Frameworks/libswiftCompatibilitySpan.dylib' (no such file), '/usr/lib/swift/libswiftCompatibilitySpan.dylib' (no such file, not in dyld cache), '/System/Volumes/Preboot/Cryptexes/OS/usr/lib/swift/libswiftCompatibilitySpan.dylib' (no such file), '/private/Frameworks/libswiftCompatibilitySpan.dylib' (no such file), '.../MyBundle.someBundle/Contents/MacOS/../Frameworks/libswiftCompatibilitySpan.dylib' (no such file)" UserInfo={NSLocalizedFailureReason=The bundle couldn’t be loaded., NSLocalizedRecoverySuggestion=Try reinstalling the bundle., NSFilePath=.../MyBundle.someBundle/Contents/MacOS/MyBundle, NSDebugDescription=dlopen(.../MyBundle.someBundle/Contents/MacOS/MyBundle, 0x0109): Library not loaded: @rpath/libswiftCompatibilitySpan.dylib Referenced from: <CE92806C-94B7-367E-895D-EF6DF66C7FC2> .../MyBundle.someBundle/Contents/MacOS/MyBundle Reason: tried: '/usr/lib/swift/libswiftCompatibilitySpan.dylib' (no such file, not in dyld cache), '/System/Volumes/Preboot/Cryptexes/OS/usr/lib/swift/libswiftCompatibilitySpan.dylib' (no such file), '/private/Frameworks/libswiftCompatibilitySpan.dylib' (no such file), '.../MyBundle.someBundle/Contents/MacOS/../Frameworks/libswiftCompatibilitySpan.dylib' (no such file), '/usr/lib/swift/libswiftCompatibilitySpan.dylib' (no such file, not in dyld cache), '/System/Volumes/Preboot/Cryptexes/OS/usr/lib/swift/libswiftCompatibilitySpan.dylib' (no such file), '/private/Frameworks/libswiftCompatibilitySpan.dylib' (no such file), '.../MyBundle.someBundle/Contents/MacOS/../Frameworks/libswiftCompatibilitySpan.dylib' (no such file), NSBundlePath=.../MyBundle.someBundle, NSLocalizedDescription=The bundle “MyBundle” couldn’t be loaded.} My setup: Xcode 26.2 macOS 26.2 (25C57) SDK (Built-in)