packaging-notarization

Automate macOS packaging and notarization across CI build pipelines by validating app bundle structure, verifying hardened runtime settings, and diagnosing distribution-only failures. The process requires access to signing identities, entitlements, and trust-policy guidelines to separate packaging issues from notarization errors.

macOS notarization failures often stem from distribution-only issues like missing hardened runtime requirements, incorrect nested signatures, or invalid entitlements. Validate your app bundle structure and signing identities to diagnose the failure and receive concrete follow-up steps to repair the trust-policy errors.

Before signing and exporting a Mac app bundle for distribution, you need access to valid signing identities, configured entitlements, and hardened runtime settings. This preparation ensures your app bundle structure and nested components meet macOS notarization readiness requirements.

Hardened runtime validation for macOS app distribution works by verifying that your app bundle and nested components have the correct runtime settings and signing identities applied. It checks entitlements and nested signatures to determine notarization readiness and explains any failures with concrete repair steps.

Yes, you can diagnose trust-policy errors separately from packaging issues during macOS distribution. The process uses guidelines and access to signing identities to distinguish between structural packaging failures and notarization trust-policy errors across local and CI build pipelines.

The best way to validate app bundle structure and nested components for macOS distributions is to automate the preparation and validation process. This includes verifying hardened runtime requirements, checking signing identities, and ensuring entitlements and nested signatures are correctly configured for notarization.