Unable to Deploy to TestFlight about app-store-vsts-extension

[g6andrew]

Hi @benwalpole and @shadabtamboli,

Do you have the fastlane session value set in the service endpoint for the apple app store? I had this problem when I first started to use the extension.

Try this:
If you want to upload builds to TestFlight/iTunes Connect from your CI machine, you need to generate an application specific password:

Visit https://appleid.apple.com/account/manage
Generate a new application specific password
Provide the application specific password using the environment variable FASTLANE_APPLE_APPLICATION_SPECIFIC_PASSWORD
Because your CI machine will not be able to prompt you for your two-step or two-factor auth information, you also need to generate a login session for your CI machine in advance. You can get this by running:

fastlane spaceauth -u [email protected]
This will generate a token you can set using the FASTLANE_SESSION environment variable on your CI system.

Source: https://docs.fastlane.tools/best-practices/continuous-integration/#use-of-application-specific-passwords-and-spaceauth

The vsts extension readme doesn't have this information.

Good luck!
Andrew

[benwalpole]

Thanks @g6andrew that seemed to be the issue.

[AlexRukhlin]

Hi,

Have you done what is requested in Prerequisites?

Did you try to run the command which causes the issue manually on the builder machine?

Alex

[benwalpole]

Hi @AlexRukhlin,

I have reviewed the prerequisites, since this is happening via the VSTS extension on a hosted agent I'm not sure how practical it is for me to run commands manually on the box.

The problem does seem to be with the authentication to the Apple ID we are using.

[shadabtamboli]

Hi @AlexRukhlin,

I am facing a similar issue. I am able to publish to Testflight however it shows me compliance warning and I need to answer those questions before build is available for testing. This does not happen if I push the same build through App Center.
Am I missing something?

[benwalpole]

Hi @AlexRukhlin,

Are you able to offer any update on this? This is a show stopper for us being to able to use this tool.

Is that fact I'm being prompted to answer security questions because of the set-up of the Apple ID I'm using or the set-up of the extension?

It seems unlikely its because of the set-up of the app I'm trying to publish but any guidance would be appreciated.

[madhurig]

@g6andrew : Thank you for posting the solution, we will add this to the extension readme.

[shadabtamboli]

@g6andrew I am running the build on hosted machine.

[madhurig]

Closing, documented here: https://github.com/Microsoft/app-store-vsts-extension#two-factor-authentication