Xcode Archive fails with missing GoogleUtilities/GULHeartbeatDateStorage.h on Bitrise

TL;DR

Delete the Pods directory and reinstall. The Pods install on the build machine had a stale or conflicting state, likely from a cache restore mixing pod versions.

Steps

1. A React Native iOS build on Bitrise fails during the Xcode Archive and Export step with a compile error saying GoogleUtilities/GULHeartbeatDateStorage.h cannot be found, in the Firebase CoreDiagnostics source. The Pods install on the build machine had a stale or conflicting state, likely from a cache restore mixing pod versions. Local builds worked because the local Pods directory was clean.

1. Delete the Pods directory and reinstall. Running rm -rf Pods/ before the pod install cleared the cached conflict and the archive step passed. The reporter confirmed the build succeeded after doing this.

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Versions

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Why this happens

The original report does not dig into a root cause. It documents the symptom and the fix that resolved it.

Sources

• https://github.com/bitrise-io/bitrise/issues/730