App Store Connect - Provided value is not a valid PEM encoded private key

[vmlb13]

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Which mobile framework are you using?

Flutter (Dart)

Steps to reproduce

I'm getting this error in my pre build script, I tried to change the private key several times and I also printed the private key from the environment variable, the content it's there and in the right format, but the issue seems to stay.

Error:
app-store-connect get-latest-app-store-build-number: error: argument --private-key: Provided value is not a valid PEM encoded private key
Failed to get the latest build number from App Store Connect.

Script:

#!/bin/sh

# Check if PACKAGE_NAME is set
if [ -z "$PACKAGE_NAME" ]; then
  echo "PACKAGE_NAME is not set. Please set the PACKAGE_NAME environment variable."
  exit 1
fi

# Check if APP_APPLE_ID is set
if [ -z "$APP_APPLE_ID" ]; then
  echo "APP_APPLE_ID is not set. Please set the APP_APPLE_ID environment variable."
  exit 1
fi

# Check if APP_STORE_CONNECT_ISSUER_ID is set
if [ -z "$APP_STORE_CONNECT_ISSUER_ID" ]; then
  echo "APP_STORE_CONNECT_ISSUER_ID is not set. Please set the APP_STORE_CONNECT_ISSUER_ID environment variable."
  exit 1
fi

# Check if APP_STORE_CONNECT_KEY_IDENTIFIER is set
if [ -z "$APP_STORE_CONNECT_KEY_IDENTIFIER" ]; then
  echo "APP_STORE_CONNECT_KEY_IDENTIFIER is not set. Please set the APP_STORE_CONNECT_KEY_IDENTIFIER environment variable."
  exit 1
fi

# Check if APP_STORE_CONNECT_PRIVATE_KEY is set
if [ -z "$APP_STORE_CONNECT_PRIVATE_KEY" ]; then
  echo "APP_STORE_CONNECT_PRIVATE_KEY is not set. Please set the APP_STORE_CONNECT_PRIVATE_KEY environment variable."
  exit 1
fi

LATEST_BUILD_NUMBER=$(app-store-connect get-latest-app-store-build-number \
                      "$APP_APPLE_ID" \
                      --issuer-id "$APP_STORE_CONNECT_ISSUER_ID" \
                      --key-id "$APP_STORE_CONNECT_KEY_IDENTIFIER" \
                      --private-key "$APP_STORE_CONNECT_PRIVATE_KEY" \
                      --disable-jwt-cache)

if [ $? -ne 0 ] || [ -z "$LATEST_BUILD_NUMBER" ]; then
  echo "Failed to get the latest build number from App Store Connect."
  echo "Setting build number to 1 for first-time submission."
  LATEST_BUILD_NUMBER=0
fi

Expected results

It's supposed to get the latest build number from the app store

Actual results

Error:
app-store-connect get-latest-app-store-build-number: error: argument --private-key: Provided value is not a valid PEM encoded private key
Failed to get the latest build number from App Store Connect.

Build id (optional)

6699350e3c6f7f72927a91f0

[dtrdic]

hello @vmlb13 I see you have overcome the previous error by removing the script entirely and adding build arguments with the auto-incremented built-in environment variable --build-name=1.0.$PROJECT_BUILD_NUMBER --build-number=$PROJECT_BUILD_NUMBER, which are then used for versioning your app.

Now I'm noticing a different error on your latest build

The apk has permissions that require a privacy policy set for the app, e.g: android.permission.CAMERA

This could also happen if you haven't provided any privacy policy to your app in the Google Play Developer Console.
Please check this discussion for reference

[vmlb13]

Hi @dtrdic, yes I changed the approach for the automatic build versions from code magic.
I'm aware of the issue because of privacy policy, thanks for just clarifying.