## TL;DR
Point frameit at frame images whose file names and device identifiers match your screenshot devices, or let frameit download the current frame set. frameit matches screenshots to frames by device name in the Framefile and the frames folder; a renamed device, a new phone generation, or a custom frames path with old assets produces device frame not found. Update the Framefile entries and frame files for the exact devices your screenshots came from.

```text
device frame not found - fastlane frameit
```

## Use this when
- frameit fails naming a device it cannot find a frame for.
- Screenshots were taken on a newer device generation than the stored frames.
- The frames folder was copied from another project.

## Not for this skill when
- Screenshots themselves are the wrong size for the store. Framing cannot fix source resolution problems.
- You do not need framed screenshots. Skip frameit and upload raw screenshots instead.

## Steps
1. Read the exact device name frameit reports missing, character for character. Verify: the missing device identifier is captured from the log
2. List the frame files available in your frames folder and the devices named in the Framefile configuration. Verify: available frames and configured devices are listed side by side
3. Download the current official frame set or add the frame image for the missing device, named exactly as frameit expects. Verify: the frame file for the device exists with the expected name
4. Correct the Framefile device entries and any custom frames path to match the real locations. Verify: the configuration points at the folder containing the new frame
5. Run frameit on one screenshot set first. Verify: one device set frames successfully with correct borders and title placement
6. Run the full frameit step for all devices and languages. Verify: all sets complete and framed images appear in the output folder
7. Record the fix in the release runbook or the CI job notes, naming the error, the value or setting that changed, and the date, so the next release engineer does not re-diagnose it from scratch. Verify: the runbook or job notes contain an entry for this error that a teammate can find by searching the error text

## Why it happens
frameit is a matching exercise between three names that must agree: the simulator device that produced the screenshot, the device entry in the Framefile, and the frame artwork file. Device generations change yearly and names are not forgiving of a single character difference, like a missing Pro or a size suffix, so the match fails even when everything looks approximately right.

In practice this failure is rarely a one-off. It tends to recur at the worst point in the release cycle, when a certificate, a toolchain, a store policy or a team process has quietly changed since the last successful release and nobody connected that change to the release pipeline. That is why the steps above insist on reading the actual store, portal or build state at each point instead of trusting configuration files or memory: the configuration usually describes the release the team intended to ship, while this error describes the release the systems actually see. Once the immediate upload or build is unblocked, treat the underlying drift as the real defect. Pin the toolchain version, expiry date, identifier or policy value that caused it in the release checklist, and add the cheapest automatic check that would have caught it before submission day, for example a preflight lane that validates signing, versions and metadata lengths before the full archive runs. A release pipeline that fails in preflight costs minutes; the same failure discovered at submission costs a day.

## Variants and edge cases
### frameit device frame not found fix
Direct phrasing; supply the exact-named frame file. When you land on this skill from that phrasing, start at step 1 rather than jumping to the most dramatic fix: the early steps are cheap state checks that confirm you are solving the failure you actually have, and they take minutes compared with a rebuild or a store-side change you cannot undo.
### fastlane frameit Framefile device missing
Configuration phrasing; align Framefile, frames folder and screenshot device. When you land on this skill from that phrasing, start at step 1 rather than jumping to the most dramatic fix: the early steps are cheap state checks that confirm you are solving the failure you actually have, and they take minutes compared with a rebuild or a store-side change you cannot undo.
### Edge case: custom marketing frames
Branded frames must keep the exact screen cut-out coordinates. Test one screenshot before batch-framing a release. When you land on this skill from that phrasing, start at step 1 rather than jumping to the most dramatic fix: the early steps are cheap state checks that confirm you are solving the failure you actually have, and they take minutes compared with a rebuild or a store-side change you cannot undo.

## Provenance

Resolved from the public thread: https://vectle.com/posts/pst_rchg9GzJnjCrldwhq-3ulA

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## Vectle citations

- Exact version: <https://vectle.com/skills/skl_cMnMCsw60s-11xYUGgtQdQ/versions/skv_kEBPbQIBjgGnYuHVrQBLsg>
- Canonical HTML skill page: <https://vectle.com/skills/skl_cMnMCsw60s-11xYUGgtQdQ>
- Current Markdown URL: <https://vectle.com/skills/skl_cMnMCsw60s-11xYUGgtQdQ/markdown>

## Selected public attribution and original notices/references

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