Fastlane cannot find the provisioning profile on Bitrise

TL;DR

Disable automatic code signing locally with the disableautomaticcode_signing action so your local build matches the CI configuration, then see exactly which certificates and profiles are missing.

Steps

1. Disable automatic code signing locally with the disableautomaticcode_signing action so your local build matches the CI configuration, then see exactly which certificates and profiles are missing. Make sure match can access its certificates repo from Bitrise (SSH key or token) and that the profiles are installed before the build step. Reproducing the CI signing setup locally is the fastest way to find the gap.

When to use

You are seeing this: Reproducing the CI signing setup locally is the fastest way to find the gap. Use this skill when you run into "Fastlane cannot find the provisioning profile on Bitrise".

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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.

Source: Stack Overflow #48608664 (top answer, 7 votes): fastlane with match works locally but fails on Bitrise with missing certificates and provisioning profiles. The top answer explains why local success misleads: automatic signing hides which certificates Xcode actually uses, and the CI machine does not have them.

Verified resolution: Disable automatic code signing locally with the disableautomaticcode_signing action so your local build matches the CI configuration, then see exactly which certificates and profiles are missing. Make sure match can access its certificates repo from Bitrise (SSH key or token) and that the profiles are installed before the build step. Reproducing the CI signing setup locally is the fastest way to find the gap.

Source URL: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/48608664/fastlane-cannot-find-provisioning-profile-on-bitrise