title: I set up Appium for Real iOS device, Unable to launch WebDriverAgent because xcodebuild failed with code 65
body: <p>I am trying to run Appium on a real iOS device. I have been able to successfully run it on android, but when I try running for iOS I get the error. Here is my environment:</p>
  <blockquote>
  <p>Appium v1.8.0</p>
  <p>iPhone SE 11.2.6</p>
  <p>Xcode 9.3.1</p>
  </blockquote>
  <p>I’ve read that <code>error 65</code> is often caused by using a free account, but I’m using the <code>xcodeSigningId</code> for our development team.</p>
  <p>I would rather the automatic configuration work, but I tried the manual configuration anyway, but I don’t think I did it right. I followed the steps from this site:</p>
  <p><a href="https://huddle.eurostarsoftwaretesting.com/how-to-set-up-appium-on-a-mac-fast-java/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://huddle.eurostarsoftwaretesting.com/how-to-set-up-appium-on-a-mac-fast-java/</a></p>
  <p>This command from this site did not work for me:</p>
  <pre><code>xcodebuild -project WebDriverAgent.xcodeproj -scheme WebDriverAgentRunner -destination ‘id=af916cc5486cf9cb85ddde19f97949ecd6c62c66’ test
  </code></pre>
  <p>This command does not work, neither before nor after I changed the id out for my phone’s uid. I get the error:</p>
  <blockquote>
  <p>option ‘Destination’ requires at least one parameter of the form ‘key=value'</p>
  </blockquote>
  <p>but I’m not sure where this key is supposed to come from or how exactly to format it.</p>
  <p>I’ve also tried redownloading various dependencies, making sure I didn’t use sudo. This didn’t help.</p>
  <p>I’ve included the full Appium log below:</p>
  <pre><code>[Appium] Welcome to Appium v1.8.0
  [Appium] Appium REST http interface listener started on 0.0.0.0:4723
  [HTTP] --&gt; GET /wd/hub/sessions
  [HTTP] {}
  [MJSONWP] Calling AppiumDriver.getSessions() with args: []
  [MJSONWP] Responding to client with driver.getSessions() result: []
  [HTTP] &lt;-- GET /wd/hub/sessions 200 7 ms - 40
  [HTTP] 
  [HTTP] --&gt; POST /wd/hub/session
  [HTTP] {&quot;desiredCapabilities&quot;:{&quot;appActivity&quot;:&quot;REDACTED.LaunchActivity&quot;,&quot;automationName&quot;:&quot;XCUITest&quot;,&quot;bundleId&quot;:&quot;REDACTED&quot;,&quot;deviceName&quot;:&quot;REDACTED iPhone&quot;,&quot;launchTimeout&quot;:20000,&quot;noReset&quot;:true,&quot;platformName&quot;:&quot;iOS&quot;,&quot;platformVersion&quot;:&quot;11.2.6&quot;,&quot;showXcodeLog&quot;:true,&quot;udid&quot;:&quot;REDACTED&quot;,&quot;xcodeOrgId&quot;:&quot;9BKN37UJM1&quot;,&quot;xcodeSigningId&quot;:&quot;iPhone Developer&quot;,&quot;newCommandTimeout&quot;:0,&quot;connectHardwareKeyboard&quot;:true}}
  [MJSONWP] Calling AppiumDriver.createSession() with args: [{&quot;appActivity&quot;:&quot;REDACTED.LaunchActivity&quot;,&quot;automationName&quot;:&quot;XCUITest&quot;,&quot;bundleId&quot;:&quot;REDACTED&quot;,&quot;deviceName&quot;:&quot;REDACTED iPhone&quot;,&quot;launchTimeout&quot;:20000,&quot;noReset&quot;:true,&quot;platformName&quot;:&quot;iOS&quot;,&quot;platformVersion&quot;:&quot;11.2.6&quot;,&quot;showXcodeLog&quot;:true,&quot;udid&quot;:&quot;REDACTED&quot;,&quot;xcodeOrgId&quot;:&quot;9BKN37UJM1&quot;,&quot;xcodeSigningId&quot;:&quot;iPhone Developer&quot;,&quot;newCommandTimeout&quot;:0,&quot;connectHardwareKeyboard&quot;:true},null,null]
  [BaseDriver] Event 'newSessionRequested' logged at 1526490334005 (13:05:34 GMT-0400 (EDT))
  [Appium] Creating new XCUITestDriver (v2.79.3) session
  [Appium] Capabilities:
  [Appium] appActivity: REDACTED.LaunchActivity
  [Appium] automationName: XCUITest
  [Appium] bundleId: REDACTED
  [Appium] deviceName: REDACTED iPhone
  [Appium] launchTimeout: 20000
  [Appium] noReset: true
  [Appium] platformName: iOS
  [Appium] platformVersion: 11.2.6
  [Appium] showXcodeLog: true
  [Appium] udid: REDACTED
  [Appium] xcodeOrgId: 9BKN37UJM1
  [Appium] xcodeSigningId: iPhone Developer
  [Appium] newCommandTimeout: 0
  [Appium] connectHardwareKeyboard: true
  [BaseDriver] Creating session with MJSONWP desired capabilities: {&quot;appActivity&quot;:&quot;com....
  [BaseDriver] The following capabilities were provided, but are not recognized by appium: appActivity.
  [BaseDriver] Session created with session id: d25159cd-17b7-42d1-ab33-6083ab63290d
  [XCUITest] Current user: 'REDACTED'
  [XCUITest] Xcode version set to '9.3.1' (tools v9.3.0.0.1.1521514116)
  [XCUITest] iOS SDK Version set to '11.3'
  [BaseDriver] Event 'xcodeDetailsRetrieved' logged at 1526490334208 (13:05:34 GMT-0400 (EDT))
  [XCUITest] Available devices: REDACTED, REDACTED
  [XCUITest] Creating iDevice object with udid 'REDACTED'
  [XCUITest] Determining device to run tests on: udid: 'REDACTED', real device: true
  [BaseDriver] Event 'appConfigured' logged at 1526490334333 (13:05:34 GMT-0400 (EDT))
  [BaseDriver] Event 'resetStarted' logged at 1526490334334 (13:05:34 GMT-0400 (EDT))
  [XCUITest] Reset: fullReset not set. Leaving as is
  [BaseDriver] Event 'resetComplete' logged at 1526490334334 (13:05:34 GMT-0400 (EDT))
  [iOSLog] Attempting iOS device log capture via libimobiledevice idevicesyslog
  [iOSLog] Starting iOS device log capture with: 'idevicesyslog'
  [BaseDriver] Event 'logCaptureStarted' logged at 1526490334823 (13:05:34 GMT-0400 (EDT))
  [XCUITest] Setting up real device
  [XCUITest] Using WDA path: '/Applications/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/app/node_modules/appium-xcuitest-driver/WebDriverAgent'
  [XCUITest] Using WDA agent: '/Applications/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/app/node_modules/appium-xcuitest-driver/WebDriverAgent/WebDriverAgent.xcodeproj'
  [XCUITest] No obsolete cached processes from previous WDA sessions listening on port 8100 have been found
  [JSONWP Proxy] Proxying [GET /status] to [GET http://localhost:8100/status] with no body
  [XCUITest] WDA is not listening at 'http://localhost:8100/'
  [BaseDriver] Event 'wdaStartAttempted' logged at 1526490335360 (13:05:35 GMT-0400 (EDT))
  [XCUITest] Launching WebDriverAgent on the device
  [XCUITest] Carthage found: '/usr/local/bin/carthage'
  [XCUITest] Killing running processes 'xcodebuild.*REDACTED, iproxy 8100' for the device REDACTED...
  [XCUITest] 'pgrep -nif xcodebuild.*REDACTED' didn't detect any matching processes. Return code: 1
  [XCUITest] 'pgrep -nif iproxy 8100' didn't detect any matching processes. Return code: 1
  [XCUITest] Starting iproxy to forward traffic from local port 8100 to device port 8100 over USB
  [XCUITest] Using Xcode 9.3.1, so fixing WDA codebase
  [XCUITest] Generating xcode config file for orgId '9BKN37UJM1' and signingId 'iPhone Developer'
  [XCUITest] Writing xcode config file to /var/folders/_r/0dsmcvp57ld6qh2cw41rfpb5b01q6j/T/2018416-1174-hzu0k9.6j78m/appium-temp.xcconfig
  [XCUITest] Using Xcode configuration file: '/var/folders/_r/0dsmcvp57ld6qh2cw41rfpb5b01q6j/T/2018416-1174-hzu0k9.6j78m/appium-temp.xcconfig'
  [XCUITest] Beginning test with command 'xcodebuild build-for-testing test-without-building -project /Applications/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/app/node_modules/appium-xcuitest-driver/WebDriverAgent/WebDriverAgent.xcodeproj -scheme WebDriverAgentRunner -destination id=REDACTED IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=11.2 -xcconfig /var/folders/_r/0dsmcvp57ld6qh2cw41rfpb5b01q6j/T/2018416-1174-hzu0k9.6j78m/appium-temp.xcconfig' in directory '/Applications/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/app/node_modules/appium-xcuitest-driver/WebDriverAgent'
  [XCUITest] Output from xcodebuild will be logged. To change this, use 'showXcodeLog' desired capability
  [Xcode] Build settings from command line:
  [Xcode] IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET = 11.2
  [Xcode] 
  [Xcode] 
  [XCUITest] Waiting up to 60000ms for WebDriverAgent to start
  [JSONWP Proxy] Proxying [GET /status] to [GET http://localhost:8100/status] with no body
  [Xcode] Build settings from configuration file '/var/folders/_r/0dsmcvp57ld6qh2cw41rfpb5b01q6j/T/2018416-1174-hzu0k9.6j78m/appium-temp.xcconfig':
  [Xcode] CODE_SIGN_IDENTITY = iPhone Developer
  [Xcode] DEVELOPMENT_TEAM = 9BKN37UJM1
  [Xcode] 
  [Xcode] 
  [JSONWP Proxy] Proxying [GET /status] to [GET http://localhost:8100/status] with no body
  [Xcode] === BUILD TARGET WebDriverAgentLib OF PROJECT WebDriverAgent WITH CONFIGURATION Debug ===
  [Xcode] 
  [Xcode] 
  [Xcode] Check dependencies
  [Xcode] 
  [JSONWP Proxy] Proxying [GET /status] to [GET http://localhost:8100/status] with no body
  [Xcode] Code Signing Error: No signing certificate &quot;iOS Development&quot; found: No &quot;iOS Development&quot; signing certificate matching team ID &quot;9BKN37UJM1&quot; with a private key was found.
  [Xcode] 
  [Xcode] 
  [Xcode] 
  [Xcode] ** TEST BUILD FAILED **
  [Xcode] 
  [Xcode] 
  [Xcode] The following build commands failed:
  [Xcode] Check dependencies
  [Xcode] (1 failure)
  [Xcode] 
  [XCUITest] Log file for xcodebuild test: /var/folders/_r/0dsmcvp57ld6qh2cw41rfpb5b01q6j/T/com.apple.dt.XCTest/IDETestRunSession-29AD789B-73D6-47D6-9F06-98DA13C08ED0/WebDriverAgentRunner-36675E5C-B052-43BE-BE0D-EE10F8069B48/Session-WebDriverAgentRunner-2018-05-16_130542-ZtN0wJ.log
  [Xcode] 2018-05-16 13:05:42.541 xcodebuild[1254:44488] IDETestOperationsObserverDebug: Writing diagnostic log for test session to:
  [Xcode] /var/folders/_r/0dsmcvp57ld6qh2cw41rfpb5b01q6j/T/com.apple.dt.XCTest/IDETestRunSession-29AD789B-73D6-47D6-9F06-98DA13C08ED0/WebDriverAgentRunner-36675E5C-B052-43BE-BE0D-EE10F8069B48/Session-WebDriverAgentRunner-2018-05-16_130542-ZtN0wJ.log
  [Xcode] 
  [Xcode] 2018-05-16 13:05:42.542 xcodebuild[1254:44485] [MT] IDETestOperationsObserverDebug: (DA8994EB-5B03-4B15-8ADD-F4241AF1ECD9) Beginning test session WebDriverAgentRunner-DA8994EB-5B03-4B15-8ADD-F4241AF1ECD9 at 2018-05-16 13:05:42.542 with Xcode 9E501 on target {
  [Xcode] deviceSerialNumber: F17RH1X0H2XQ
  [Xcode] identifier: REDACTED
  [Xcode] deviceClass: iPhone
  [Xcode] deviceName: REDACTED iPhone
  [Xcode] deviceIdentifier: REDACTED
  [Xcode] productVersion: 11.3
  [Xcode] buildVersion: 15E216
  [Xcode] deviceSoftwareVersion: 11.3 (15E216)
  [Xcode] deviceArchitecture: arm64
  [Xcode] deviceTotalCapacity: 12580106240
  [Xcode] deviceAvailableCapacity: 6002483200
  [Xcode] deviceIsTransient: NO
  [Xcode] ignored: NO
  [Xcode] deviceIsBusy: NO
  [Xcode] deviceIsActivated: YES
  [Xcode] deviceActivationState: Activated
  [Xcode] isPasscodeLocked: NO
  [Xcode] deviceType: 
  [Xcode] supportedDeviceFamilies: (
  [Xcode] 1
  [Xcode] )
  [Xcode] applications: (null)
  [Xcode] provisioningProfiles: (null)
  [Xcode] hasInternalSupport: NO
  [Xcode] isSupportedOS: YES
  [Xcode] developerDiskMountError: (null)
  [Xcode] (null)
  [Xcode] bootArgs: 
  [Xcode] connected: yes
  [Xcode] isWirelessEnabled: no
  [Xcode] connectionType: direct
  [Xcode] } (11.3 (15E216))
  [Xcode] 
  [Xcode] 2018-05-16 13:05:42.563 xcodebuild[1254:44485] Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=260 &quot;The file “WebDriverAgentRunner-Runner.app” couldn’t be opened because there is no such file.&quot; UserInfo={NSFilePath=/Users/REDACTED/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/WebDriverAgent-cvqckynzuuktkogfpkkkgyompmoj/Build/Products/Debug-iphoneos/WebDriverAgentRunner-Runner.app, NSUnderlyingError=0x7fec30966a50 {Error Domain=NSPOSIXErrorDomain Code=2 &quot;No such file or directory&quot;}}
  [Xcode] 
  [Xcode] 2018-05-16 13:05:42.563 xcodebuild[1254:44485] Error Domain=IDETestOperationsObserverErrorDomain Code=6 &quot;Early unexpected exit, operation never finished bootstrapping - no restart will be attempted&quot; UserInfo={NSLocalizedDescription=Early unexpected exit, operation never finished bootstrapping - no restart will be attempted, NSUnderlyingError=0x7fec31094440 {Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=260 &quot;The file “WebDriverAgentRunner-Runner.app” couldn’t be opened because there is no such file.&quot; UserInfo={NSFilePath=/Users/REDACTED/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/WebDriverAgent-cvqckynzuuktkogfpkkkgyompmoj/Build/Products/Debug-iphoneos/WebDriverAgentRunner-Runner.app, NSUnderlyingError=0x7fec30966a50 {Error Domain=NSPOSIXErrorDomain Code=2 &quot;No such file or directory&quot;}}}}
  [Xcode] 
  [Xcode] 
  [Xcode] Testing failed:
  [Xcode] No signing certificate &quot;iOS Development&quot; found: No &quot;iOS Development&quot; signing certificate matching team ID &quot;9BKN37UJM1&quot; with a private key was found.
  [Xcode] Early unexpected exit, operation never finished bootstrapping - no restart will be attempted
  [Xcode] ** TEST EXECUTE FAILED **
  [Xcode] 
  [Xcode] 
  [XCUITest] xcodebuild exited with code '65' and signal 'null'
  [Xcode] Contents of xcodebuild log file '/var/folders/_r/0dsmcvp57ld6qh2cw41rfpb5b01q6j/T/com.apple.dt.XCTest/IDETestRunSession-29AD789B-73D6-47D6-9F06-98DA13C08ED0/WebDriverAgentRunner-36675E5C-B052-43BE-BE0D-EE10F8069B48/Session-WebDriverAgentRunner-2018-05-16_130542-ZtN0wJ.log':
  [Xcode] 13:05:42.542 xcodebuild[1254:44485] Beginning test session WebDriverAgentRunner-DA8994EB-5B03-4B15-8ADD-F4241AF1ECD9 at 2018-05-16 13:05:42.542 with Xcode 9E501 on target {
  [Xcode] deviceSerialNumber: F17RH1X0H2XQ
  [Xcode] identifier: REDACTED
  [Xcode] deviceClass: iPhone
  [Xcode] deviceName: REDACTED iPhone
  [Xcode] deviceIdentifier: REDACTED
  [Xcode] productVersion: 11.3
  [Xcode] buildVersion: 15E216
  [Xcode] deviceSoftwareVersion: 11.3 (15E216)
  [Xcode] deviceArchitecture: arm64
  [Xcode] deviceTotalCapacity: 12580106240
  [Xcode] deviceAvailableCapacity: 6002483200
  [Xcode] deviceIsTransient: NO
  [Xcode] ignored: NO
  [Xcode] deviceIsBusy: NO
  [Xcode] deviceIsActivated: YES
  [Xcode] deviceActivationState: Activated
  [Xcode] isPasscodeLocked: NO
  [Xcode] deviceType: 
  [Xcode] supportedDeviceFamilies: (
  [Xcode] 1
  [Xcode] )
  [Xcode] applications: (null)
  [Xcode] provisioningProfiles: (null)
  [Xcode] hasInternalSupport: NO
  [Xcode] isSupportedOS: YES
  [Xcode] developerDiskMountError: (null)
  [Xcode] (null)
  [Xcode] bootArgs: 
  [Xcode] connected: yes
  [Xcode] isWirelessEnabled: no
  [Xcode] connectionType: direct
  [Xcode] } (11.3 (15E216))
  [Xcode] 13:05:42.543 xcodebuild[1254:44485] /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr/bin/xcodebuild
  [Xcode] build-for-testing
  [Xcode] test-without-building
  [Xcode] -project
  [Xcode] /Applications/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/app/node_modules/appium-xcuitest-driver/WebDriverAgent/WebDriverAgent.xcodeproj
  [Xcode] -scheme
  [Xcode] WebDriverAgentRunner
  [Xcode] -destination
  [Xcode] id=REDACTED
  [Xcode] IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=11.2
  [Xcode] -xcconfig
  [Xcode] /var/folders/_r/0dsmcvp57ld6qh2cw41rfpb5b01q6j/T/2018416-1174-hzu0k9.6j78m/appium-temp.xcconfig
  [Xcode] 13:05:42.543 xcodebuild[1254:44485] Launching with Xcode.IDEFoundation.Launcher.PosixSpawn
  [Xcode] 13:05:42.546 xcodebuild[1254:44485] Test standard output and standard error is at /var/folders/_r/0dsmcvp57ld6qh2cw41rfpb5b01q6j/T/com.apple.dt.XCTest/IDETestRunSession-29AD789B-73D6-47D6-9F06-98DA13C08ED0/WebDriverAgentRunner-36675E5C-B052-43BE-BE0D-EE10F8069B48/StandardOutputAndStandardError.txt
  [Xcode] 13:05:42.552 xcodebuild[1254:44485] Setting up test runner session
  [Xcode] 13:05:42.554 xcodebuild[1254:44485] Launch session started.
  [Xcode] 13:05:42.558 xcodebuild[1254:44485] Test operation failure: Launch session expired before checking in.
  [Xcode] 13:05:42.558 xcodebuild[1254:44485] _finishWithError:Error Domain=IDETestOperationsObserverErrorDomain Code=5 &quot;Launch session expired before checking in.&quot; UserInfo={NSLocalizedDescription=Launch session expired before checking in.}
  [Xcode] 
  [BaseDriver] Event 'wdaStartFailed' logged at 1526490342586 (13:05:42 GMT-0400 (EDT))
  [XCUITest] Unable to launch WebDriverAgent because of xcodebuild failure: &quot;xcodebuild failed with code 65&quot;. Make sure you follow the tutorial at https://github.com/appium/appium-xcuitest-driver/blob/master/docs/real-device-config.md. Try to remove the WebDriverAgentRunner application from the device if it is installed and reboot the device.
  [XCUITest] Quitting and uninstalling WebDriverAgent, then retrying
  [XCUITest] Shutting down sub-processes
  [XCUITest] Shutting down iproxy process (pid 1252)
  [XCUITest] iproxy exited with code 'null'
  [XCUITest] Removing WDA application from device
  [XCUITest] Error: Unable to launch WebDriverAgent because of xcodebuild failure: &quot;xcodebuild failed with code 65&quot;. Make sure you follow the tutorial at https://github.com/appium/appium-xcuitest-driver/blob/master/docs/real-device-config.md. Try to remove the WebDriverAgentRunner application from the device if it is installed and reboot the device.
  [XCUITest] at XCUITestDriver.quitAndUninstall$ (/Applications/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/app/node_modules/appium-xcuitest-driver/lib/driver.js:427:13)
  [XCUITest] at tryCatch (/Applications/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/app/node_modules/appium-xcuitest-driver/node_modules/babel-runtime/regenerator/runtime.js:67:40)
  [XCUITest] at GeneratorFunctionPrototype.invoke [as _invoke] (/Applications/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/app/node_modules/appium-xcuitest-driver/node_modules/babel-runtime/regenerator/runtime.js:315:22)
  [XCUITest] at GeneratorFunctionPrototype.prototype.(anonymous function) [as next] (/Applications/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/app/node_modules/appium-xcuitest-driver/node_modules/babel-runtime/regenerator/runtime.js:100:21)
  [XCUITest] at GeneratorFunctionPrototype.invoke (/Applications/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/app/node_modules/appium-xcuitest-driver/node_modules/babel-runtime/regenerator/runtime.js:136:37)
  [XCUITest] at 
  [XCUITest] Not clearing log files. Use `clearSystemFiles` capability to turn on.
  [iOSLog] Stopping iOS log capture
  [BaseDriver] Event 'newSessionStarted' logged at 1526490343881 (13:05:43 GMT-0400 (EDT))
  [MJSONWP] Encountered internal error running command: Error: Unable to launch WebDriverAgent because of xcodebuild failure: &quot;xcodebuild failed with code 65&quot;. Make sure you follow the tutorial at https://github.com/appium/appium-xcuitest-driver/blob/master/docs/real-device-config.md. Try to remove the WebDriverAgentRunner application from the device if it is installed and reboot the device.
  [MJSONWP] at XCUITestDriver.quitAndUninstall$ (/Applications/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/app/node_modules/appium-xcuitest-driver/lib/driver.js:427:13)
  [MJSONWP] at tryCatch (/Applications/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/app/node_modules/appium-xcuitest-driver/node_modules/babel-runtime/regenerator/runtime.js:67:40)
  [MJSONWP] at GeneratorFunctionPrototype.invoke [as _invoke] (/Applications/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/app/node_modules/appium-xcuitest-driver/node_modules/babel-runtime/regenerator/runtime.js:315:22)
  [MJSONWP] at GeneratorFunctionPrototype.prototype.(anonymous function) [as next] (/Applications/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/app/node_modules/appium-xcuitest-driver/node_modules/babel-runtime/regenerator/runtime.js:100:21)
  [MJSONWP] at GeneratorFunctionPrototype.invoke (/Applications/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/app/node_modules/appium-xcuitest-driver/node_modules/babel-runtime/regenerator/runtime.js:136:37)
  [MJSONWP] at 
  [HTTP] &lt;-- POST /wd/hub/session 500 9884 ms - 470
  [HTTP]
  </code></pre>
  <p>I've been stuck on this problem for so many days. Any help would be greatly appreciated.</p>