eas-cli should provide instructions / alternative to "Authentication with Apple Developer Portal failed!"

[hems]

Build/Submit details page URL

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Summary

Today it's the first time I have issues building with EAS, generally I build for production and then I do an auto-submit.

This time it didn't work, potentially due to apple's own problems (related to #2143) with rate limit or perhaps it's related to the fact i have moved between a few different countries in the last days and it triggered some sort of flag on their security policies ( logging via browser works, it's just the eas build that's not working ).

Regardless of the reason, i believe eas-cli should point the user to an alternative way of building and/or submiting the build since not being able to submit a bugfix could potentially be catastrophic.

✖ Logging in...
Authentication with Apple Developer Portal failed!
Too many verification codes have been sent. Enter the last code you received or try again later.
Error: build command failed.

Managed or bare?

managed

Environment

expo-env-info 1.2.2 environment info:
System:
OS: macOS 14.4
Shell: 5.9 - /bin/zsh
Binaries:
Node: 23.6.0 - /opt/homebrew/bin/node
Yarn: 1.22.22 - /opt/homebrew/bin/yarn
npm: 10.9.2 - /opt/homebrew/bin/npm
Watchman: 2024.12.02.00 - /opt/homebrew/bin/watchman
Managers:
CocoaPods: 1.16.2 - /opt/homebrew/bin/pod
SDKs:
iOS SDK:
Platforms: DriverKit 23.5, iOS 17.5, macOS 14.5, tvOS 17.5, visionOS 1.2, watchOS 10.5
IDEs:
Android Studio: 2024.2 AI-242.23339.11.2421.12700392
Xcode: 15.4/15F31d - /usr/bin/xcodebuild
npmPackages:
expo: ^52.0.37 => 52.0.37
expo-router: ~4.0.17 => 4.0.17
react: 18.3.1 => 18.3.1
react-dom: 18.3.1 => 18.3.1
react-native: 0.76.7 => 0.76.7
react-native-web: ~0.19.13 => 0.19.13
npmGlobalPackages:
eas-cli: 14.1.0
Expo Workflow: bare

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Reproducible demo or steps to reproduce from a blank project

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[drdpedroso]

I'm getting the same error with eas-cli 15.0.14

[HassaznAzmi]

I am also getting this today with 15.0.14. My last build was two days ago with no problem.

EDIT: What fixed this for me was running this in the terminal so it doesnt use KeyChain for the password.
EXPO_NO_KEYCHAIN=1

[drdpedroso]

I am also getting this today with 15.0.14. My last build was two days ago with no problem.

EDIT: What fixed this for me was running this in the terminal so it doesnt use KeyChain for the password. EXPO_NO_KEYCHAIN=1

I still got the same issue with EXPO_NO_KEYCHAIN=1 :(

[jose-mario-jr-fetchly]

Same issue here, Macbook Air, no Apple mobile

[pixelsaurus]

Same here. No luck, have tried all workarounds I could find on the internet.

[ayou7995]

Same issue here. I'm on 15.0.14 and no luck with all workarounds I can find

[pixelsaurus]

Tried this morning and it's suddenly working

[hems]

it's now working for me too, but still it was a good reality-check to discover that EAS build won't work every time i try to do it being for EAS or for Apple reasons.

The most amazing outcome would be if the EAS build would notice that you're trying to submit and the process have failed so then it could fallback to explaining how to do a manual submission or how to do the build locally and then send it through the website. This would have helped me a lot and i think will help many users who might end up in this situation one way or another in the future!

[ayou7995]

It's working for me now.

[renkuna]

This fix worked for me as well

Signed out of an IPad that was using personal credentials
Signed in with the account with apple development credentials on IPad
Logged into https://account.apple.com/account/manage/section/devices and saw that the ipad is listed as a device that can be used for authentication
Ran the eas submit -p ios (I ran the build without signing in since had previously done certificates and worked fine)
At this point prompted eas prompted for me to choose device / 2factor and I chose device and was able to verify through the iPad