flutter build ipa hangs forever in xcrun xcodebuild step

[guifroes]

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• I confirm I am able to do a fresh clone of the repository and build the project on my local computer.

Which mobile framework are you using?

Flutter (Dart)

Steps to reproduce

running flutter build ipa --export-options-plist=/Users/builder/export_options.plistmakes the build freeze. Running in verbose mode doesn't help much.

Local and codemagic's flutter doctor -v are practically identical.

Codemagic's:

[✓] Flutter (Channel stable, 3.29.3, on macOS 15.4 24E248 darwin-arm64, locale en-US) [23.5s]
    • Flutter version 3.29.3 on channel stable at /Users/builder/programs/flutter
    • Upstream repository https://github.com/flutter/flutter.git
    • Framework revision ea121f8859 (3 weeks ago), 2025-04-11 19:10:07 +0000
    • Engine revision cf56914b32
    • Dart version 3.7.2
    • DevTools version 2.42.3

[✓] Android toolchain - develop for Android devices (Android SDK version 35.0.1) [25.1s]
    • Android SDK at /usr/local/share/android-sdk
    • Platform android-35, build-tools 35.0.1
    • ANDROID_HOME = /usr/local/share/android-sdk
    • ANDROID_SDK_ROOT = /usr/local/share/android-sdk
    • Java binary at: /Applications/Android Studio.app/Contents/jbr/Contents/Home/bin/java
      This is the JDK bundled with the latest Android Studio installation on this machine.
      To manually set the JDK path, use: `flutter config --jdk-dir="path/to/jdk"`.
    • Java version OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 21.0.5+-12932927-b750.29)
    • All Android licenses accepted.

[✓] Xcode - develop for iOS and macOS (Xcode 16.3) [24.8s]
    • Xcode at /Applications/Xcode-16.3.app/Contents/Developer
    • Build 16E140
    • CocoaPods version 1.16.2

[✓] Chrome - develop for the web [12ms]
    • Chrome at /Applications/Google Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google Chrome

[✓] Android Studio (version 2024.2) [11ms]
    • Android Studio at /Applications/Android Studio.app/Contents
    • Flutter plugin can be installed from:
      🔨 https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/9212-flutter
    • Dart plugin can be installed from:
      🔨 https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/6351-dart
    • Java version OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 21.0.5+-12932927-b750.29)

[✓] Connected device (3 available) [8.0s]
    • macOS (desktop)                 • macos                 • darwin-arm64   • macOS 15.4 24E248 darwin-arm64
    • Mac Designed for iPad (desktop) • mac-designed-for-ipad • darwin         • macOS 15.4 24E248 darwin-arm64
    • Chrome (web)                    • chrome                • web-javascript • Google Chrome 134.0.6998.166

[✓] Network resources [167ms]
    • All expected network resources are available.

• No issues found!

Local:

[✓] Flutter (Channel stable, 3.29.3, on macOS 15.4.1 24E263 darwin-arm64, locale en-BR) [561ms]
    • Flutter version 3.29.3 on channel stable at /Users/froes/dev/flutter
    • Upstream repository https://github.com/flutter/flutter.git
    • Framework revision ea121f8859 (3 weeks ago), 2025-04-11 19:10:07 +0000
    • Engine revision cf56914b32
    • Dart version 3.7.2
    • DevTools version 2.42.3

[✓] Android toolchain - develop for Android devices (Android SDK version 35.0.1) [1,909ms]
    • Android SDK at /Users/froes/Library/Android/sdk
    • Platform android-35, build-tools 35.0.1
    • ANDROID_HOME = /Users/froes/Library/Android/sdk
    • Java binary at: /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/zulu-17.jdk/Contents/Home/bin/java
      This JDK is specified in your Flutter configuration.
      To change the current JDK, run: `flutter config --jdk-dir="path/to/jdk"`.
    • Java version OpenJDK Runtime Environment Zulu17.58+21-CA (build 17.0.15+6-LTS)
    • All Android licenses accepted.

[✓] Xcode - develop for iOS and macOS (Xcode 16.3) [1,260ms]
    • Xcode at /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer
    • Build 16E140
    • CocoaPods version 1.16.2

[✓] Chrome - develop for the web [25ms]
    • Chrome at /Applications/Google Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google Chrome

[✓] Android Studio (version 2024.3) [25ms]
    • Android Studio at /Applications/Android Studio.app/Contents
    • Flutter plugin can be installed from:
      🔨 https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/9212-flutter
    • Dart plugin can be installed from:
      🔨 https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/6351-dart
    • Java version OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 21.0.6+-13355223-b631.42)

[✓] IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate Edition (version 2025.1) [24ms]
    • IntelliJ at /Applications/IntelliJ IDEA.app
    • Flutter plugin can be installed from:
      🔨 https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/9212-flutter
    • Dart plugin can be installed from:
      🔨 https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/6351-dart

[✓] Connected device (3 available) [6.0s]
    • macOS (desktop)                 • macos                 • darwin-arm64   • macOS 15.4.1 24E263 darwin-arm64
    • Mac Designed for iPad (desktop) • mac-designed-for-ipad • darwin         • macOS 15.4.1 24E263 darwin-arm64
    • Chrome (web)                    • chrome                • web-javascript • Google Chrome 135.0.7049.115

[✓] Network resources [752ms]
    • All expected network resources are available.

• No issues found!

Build runs fine locally.

Interesting: this is the very same issue reported in the past, same code base: https://github.com/orgs/codemagic-ci-cd/discussions/2148

Removing -v flag didn't help this time.

Any help is appreciated.

Expected results

flutter build ipa command runs

Actual results

flutter build ipa command freezes in

executing: [/Users/builder/clone/ios/] /usr/bin/arch -arm64e xcrun xcodebuild -configuration Release VERBOSE_SCRIPT_LOGGING=YES -workspace Runner.xcworkspace -scheme Runner -sdk iphoneos -destination generic/platform=iOS -resultBundlePath /var/folders/w2/rrf5p87d1bbfyphxc7jdnyvh0000gn/T/flutter_tools.PrudUF/flutter_ios_build_temp_dirv3ZP0p/temporary_xcresult_bundle -resultBundleVersion 3 FLUTTER_SUPPRESS_ANALYTICS=true COMPILER_INDEX_STORE_ENABLE=NO -archivePath /Users/builder/clone/build/ios/archive/Runner archive

Build id (optional)

6815334b4c8496e69b62e85a

[dam-ease]

Hello @guifroes,
Please can you separate the [ios] build step into two steps?

      - name: Set up code signing settings on Xcode project
        script: |
          xcode-project use-profiles
      - name: [ios] build
        script: |
          flutter build ipa --release --export-options-plist /Users/builder/export_options.plist --build-name=1.0.0 --build-number=$PROJECT_BUILD_NUMBER

Kindly share how this goes, and please include the build number.

[guifroes]

Hello! Thank you very much for the assistance.

I tried your suggestion but it still didn't work.

Build IDS: 681df4044c8496e69b8affd6

[vitoramerico]

Were you able to build the project? I'm facing the same issue as you

[vitoramerico]

I'm facing the same issue: the IPA build process gets stuck when running the 'Running Xcode build' command. See the image below for reference. Build id 681cb269827b8527b76cb243

[dam-ease]

Hey @guifroes @vitoramerico,
Apologies for the late response.
Please can you try clearing cache if you have any in your build? Afterwards, in your pre-build script, kindly run pod repo update before doing pod install i.e. in your pre-build add below:

cd ios
pod repo update
pod install

[guifroes]

Hello! Tried that, same result. :(

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[dam-ease]

Hello @guifroes,
Apologies, I missed your response here.
Can you please share the build ID of the recent build with the clean?

[guifroes]

Last builds are working! Thank you!

[jacob1710]

Hi, I am also getting this issue randomly occuring. Verbose mode is not being set, and this is the command
flutter build ipa --release --export-options-plist /Users/builder/export_options.plist --flavor qa

These are occuring without any caching - (Cache is not available. Skipping.)

We are using the workflow editor so cannot add further steps to the script

E.g. Regular build - 5m 8s total for step (ID 68517f1ea551b38c32517f19)
Running pod install... 106.2s
Running Xcode build...
Xcode archive done. 180.1s

Abnormal builds

Cancelled after 29m 51s in step (ID 6847fc0b16b71d5aefe46689)

Running pod install... 89.6s
Running Xcode build...

Cancelled after 14m 48s in step (ID 6847f50e06c0f8385ff7431d)

Running pod install... 86.5s
Running Xcode build...

Cancelled after 24m 12s in step (ID 6847fc0b16b71d5aefe46689)

Running pod install... 80.3s
Running Xcode build...

[dam-ease]

Hello @jacob1710,
Please add the script here in your pre-build as well to see if it helps. You can access pre-build by clicking the plus sign button above the build section of your UI.

[jacob1710]

@dam-ease Adding the script has helped for me, since adding the issue has not occured. Thank you

[vitoramerico]

@dam-ease I still have the same problem, I have already added the script mentioned above but it didn't work.
Build id 6866df043a50f7f14314d434