App Store Connect Upload Error "You haven't been given access to cloud-managed distribution certificates"

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Uploading an iOS app to App Store Connect with Xcode (Automatically manage signing) and received this error:

Screenshot of Xcode error dialog

The following errors occurred while locating and generating signing assets. ...

Communication with Apple failed. You haven't been given access to cloud-managed distribution certificates. Please contact your team's Account Holder or an Admin to give you access. If you need further assistance, contact Apple Developer Program Support at https://developer.apple.com/support

I have checked:

  • the cert is installed and valid
  • I have access to Certificates, Identifiers & Profiles
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5 Answers

If you have the Admin rights, you can enable this for anyone with Developer role if you

  1. Go to App Store Connect
  2. Select the "Users and Access" tab
  3. Select the right person and under Additional Resources, check both
  • Access to Certificates, Identifiers & Profiles and
  • Access to Cloud Managed Distribution Certificate.

AdditionalResources

If you don't have the Admin rights, you have to ask someone from your organization with Admin rights to do this for you.

user_71965400

the cert is installed and valid

That doesn't matter. New in Xcode 13, if you choose Automatic signing, Apple tries to do cloud-based signing; it doesn't even see the certificate that's on your computer.

But you do not have the cloud-based signing privilege, so it fails.

You have two choices:

  • Get the privilege. It is really worth it, because cloud-based signing is great! It allows you to distribute from an archive to App Store Connect without having any distribution identity or distribution certificate at all. This totally solves the problem that there's only one distribution certificate at a time.

  • Switch to manual signing. Now the distribution certificate on your computer will be used. You'll need explicit access to the distribution profile too, obviously; the whole export resigning will be manual. That might be simplest if you're in a hurry.

user_3419940

I haved this error, because new conditions must be accepted on app store connect : enter image description here

user_68525630

In some cases, the error messages persist even though the steps are completed for the Developer role:

Go to App Store Connect
Select the "Users and Access" tab.
Select the correct person and under "Additional Resources" check both.
Access to Certificates, Identifiers & Profiles and
Cloud Managed Distribution Certificate Access.

From a Admin Role perspective, this is incomprehensible and leads to guesswork for some. But the following led to the goal:

  1. Developer Role: close Xcode
  2. Admin Role: change the role of the user from "developer" to "admin" temporarily
  3. Developer Role: restart Xcode and start the validation/distribution process again. it should run successfully
  4. Developer Role: close Xcode
  5. Admin Role: set the user's role back to "developer".
  6. Developer Role: restart Xcode and start the validation/distribution process again. it should run successfully
user_30139920

In my case, 2 accounts (Admin and Developer roles respectively) belonging in the same team were logged-in in the Xcode Accounts settings. Even though the cloud signing permission for the Developer role was given and the Xcode build settings are properly set for automatic signing, the error persisted.

After deleted the Admin account in the settings, the error no longer appeared and the archive could be successfully uploaded. Perhaps Xcode had trouble resolving cloud signing when 2 logged-in accounts both have the signing permissions.

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