No code signing identity found and can not create a new one because you enabled `readonly` about fastlane

[roilen]

I have the same issue, and I still can't find the answer.

[adrianilie9]

Same issue here, manually importing the certificate, key, and provisioning profile look fine in Xcode.

[muhammadhassan149]

I'm also facing same issue, any help

[12:01:52]: No code signing identity found and can not create a new one because you enabled readonly

+------------------------------------------------------+
| fastlane summary |
+------+---------------------------------+-------------+
| Step | Action | Time (in s) |
+------+---------------------------------+-------------+
| 1 | Verifying fastlane version | 0 |
| 2 | ensure_git_branch | 0 |
| 3 | ensure_git_status_clean | 0 |
| 4 | git_pull | 3 |
| 5 | Switch to ios build lane | 0 |
| 6 | Switch to ios certificates lane | 0 |
| 7 | match | 2 |
| 💥 | match | 2 |
+------+---------------------------------+-------------+

[12:01:52]: fastlane finished with errors

Looking for related GitHub issues on fastlane/fastlane...

➡️ No code signing identity found and can not create a new one because you enabled readonly
#21679 [open] 2 💬
a week ago

➡️ [match] errSecInternalComponent if not possible to prompt for keychain password
#15185 [open] 150 💬
23 Aug 2023

➡️ Could not install WWDR certificate
#20960 [closed] 80 💬
17 Oct 2023

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/opt/homebrew/Cellar/fastlane/2.217.0/libexec/gems/fastlane-2.217.0/fastlane_core/lib/fastlane_core/ui/interface.rb:129:in crash!': [!] No code signing identity found and can not create a new one because you enabled readonly(FastlaneCore::Interface::FastlaneCrash) from /opt/homebrew/Cellar/fastlane/2.217.0/libexec/gems/fastlane-2.217.0/fastlane_core/lib/fastlane_core/ui/ui.rb:17:inmethod_missing'
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muhammad@Muhammads-MacBook-Pro my_git_theq_app %

[marijnberends]

Same issue here, can't seem to find a solution. It did happen after updating the certificate

[marijnberends]

While integrating the Fastlane, I am not create the new certificates, Just used the import command. Because we have already created the certificates earlier.

I have .p12 file and it's successfully added in the keychain. It's properly run in Xcode. while running in CI/CD using gitlab its showing this error. In the build stage working fine, but when we come to TestFlight build it's not working. (Native iOS App only)

+---------------------------------------------+ | Detected Values from './fastlane/Matchfile' | +----------------------+----------------------+ | gitlab_project | id | | gitlab_host | https://gitlab.com/ | | storage_mode | gitlab_secure_files | | type | development | +----------------------+----------------------+ +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Summary for match 2.217.0 | +----------------------------------------+------------------------------------------+ | type | appstore | | app_identifier | ["com.bundle.id"] | | readonly | true | | generate_apple_certs | true | | skip_provisioning_profiles | false | | username | user | | team_id | id | | storage_mode | gitlab_secure_files | | git_branch | master | | shallow_clone | false | | clone_branch_directly | false | | skip_google_cloud_account_confirmation | false | | s3_skip_encryption | false | | gitlab_project | id | | gitlab_host | https://gitlab.com/ | | job_token | [token] | | keychain_name | fastlane_tmp_keychain | | force | false | | force_for_new_devices | false | | include_mac_in_profiles | false | | include_all_certificates | false | | force_for_new_certificates | false | | skip_confirmation | false | | safe_remove_certs | false | | skip_docs | false | | platform | ios | | derive_catalyst_app_identifier | false | | fail_on_name_taken | false | | skip_certificate_matching | false | | skip_set_partition_list | false | | verbose | false | +----------------------------------------+------------------------------------------+ [14:06:55]: Initializing match for GitLab project on https://gitlab.com/ [14:06:59]: Couldn't find a valid code signing identity for distribution... creating one for you now +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Lane Context | +---------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------+ | DEFAULT_PLATFORM | ios | | PLATFORM_NAME | ios | | LANE_NAME | ios beta | | KEYCHAIN_PATH | ~/Library/Keychains/fastlane_tmp_keychain | | ORIGINAL_DEFAULT_KEYCHAIN | "/Library/Keychains/fastlane_tmp_keychain-db" | +---------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------+ [14:06:59]: No code signing identity found and can not create a new one because you enabled readonly +---------------------------------------+ | fastlane summary | +------+------------------+-------------+ | Step | Action | Time (in s) | +------+------------------+-------------+ | 1 | default_platform | 0 | | 2 | setup_ci | 0 | | 3 | is_ci | 0 | | 💥 | match | 3 | +------+------------------+-------------+ [14:06:59]: fastlane finished with errors Looking for related GitHub issues on fastlane/fastlane... ➡️ [match] errSecInternalComponent if not possible to prompt for keychain password #15185 [open] 150 💬 23 Aug 2023 ➡️ Could not install WWDR certificate #20960 [closed] 80 💬 6 weeks ago ➡️ [match] Fixes Gitlab Secure Files API limit #21205 [closed] 5 💬 04 Jul 2023 and 33 more at: https://github.com/fastlane/fastlane/search?q=No%20code%20signing%20identity%20found%20and%20can%20not%20create%20a%20new%20one%20because%20you%20enabled%20%60readonly%60&type=Issues&utf8=✓ 🔗 You can ⌘ + double-click on links to open them directly in your browser. bundler: failed to load command: fastlane (/usr/local/bin/fastlane) FastlaneCore::Interface::FastlaneCrash: [!] No code signing identity found and can not create a new one because you enabled readonly /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/fastlane-2.217.0/fastlane_core/lib/fastlane_core/ui/interface.rb:129:in crash!' /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/fastlane-2.217.0/fastlane_core/lib/fastlane_core/ui/ui.rb:17:in method_missing' /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/fastlane-2.217.0/match/lib/match/runner.rb:144:in fetch_certificate' /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/fastlane-2.217.0/match/lib/match/runner.rb:73:in run' 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Cleaning up project directory and file based variables

ERROR: Job failed: exit status 1

Any one please guide me on this.

Thanks in advance.

The issue for me was in the match password.
I've created a new repo, nuked my distribution certificates, updated the repo and reset the match by running fastlane match.
It will ask you for a password which is the match password. It will be added to your keychain under login.
I've also created a new personal acces token in github to access the repo

Do make sure to set the provising profiles to the new certificates in xcode

[f-lab-max]

same issue here

[MarkMokhles3]

Anyone find a solution?!

[Dimon70007]

calling this for downloading updated profiles from apple developer portal

match(
      type: development,
      readonly: true,
      username: <myusername>,
      git_url: <mygitlab_repo_url>,
      generate_apple_certs: false,
      git_branch: master,
      shallow_clone: true,
      output_path: <my_dir_path>
    )

expected - fastlane match should download profiles from apple dev portal and upload them to my gitlab repo
received - error - No matching provisioning profiles found and cannot create a new one because you enabled readonly. Check the output above for more information.
used latest fastlane version, tried to remove certificates and profiles from gitlab repo - did not help

as workaround - I have downloaded profiles manually from dev portal and manually encrypted with openssl and commit to mygitlab_repo

enc_pass=<mypassword>
profile_source=Development.mobileprovision
profile_path=Development_<my_app_id>.mobileprovision
openssl aes-256-cbc -a -e -md md5 -k $(enc_pass) -in $(profile_source)  -out $(profile_path)