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I’m encountering a persistent issue with my Network Extension (specifically NEFilterDataProvider) and would really appreciate any insights.
The extension generally works as expected, but after some time — especially after sleep/wake cycles or network changes — a global network outage occurs. During this state, no network traffic works: pings fail, browsers can’t load pages, etc. As soon as I stop the extension (by disabling it in System Preferences), the network immediately recovers. If I re-enable it, the outage returns instantly.
I’ve also noticed that once this happens, the extension stops receiving callbacks like handleNewFlow(), and reinstalling the app or restarting the extension doesn’t help. The only thing that resolves the issue is rebooting the system. After reboot, the extension works fine again — until the problem reoccurs later.
I asked AI about this behavior, and it suggested the possibility that the kernel might have marked the extension as untrusted, causing the system to intentionally block all network traffic as a safety mechanism.
Has anyone experienced similar behavior with NEFilterDataProvider? Could there be a way to detect or prevent this state without rebooting? Is there any logging or diagnostic data I should collect when it happens again?
Any guidance or pointers would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!
Hi,
On macOS 26.4 Beta (25E5218f) (macOS Tahoe 26 Developer Beta ), the network filter causes network failures or slowdowns. This manifests as Chrome failing to access websites, while Safari can access the same websites without issue. The affected websites can be pinged locally.
My situation is similar to this situation.The same question link is: https://github.com/objective-see/LuLu/issues/836
Have you been paying attention to this issue? Hopefully, it can be fixed in the official release.
Thank you.
Hi,
I’m building an iOS self accountability app using FamilyControls and DeviceActivity. I can show the user’s real Screen Time correctly inside a DeviceActivityReport extension on a real device, but I want to use that same daily total inside the main app for today’s log and leaderboard.
What I’m stuck on is getting that value back into the app. I tried App Groups, shared UserDefaults, a shared file in the app group container, and CFPreferences, but the report still only works as a display and the main app never receives the total.
Is there any Apple supported way to use the daily Screen Time total from a DeviceActivityReport extension inside the containing app, or is this intentionally display only?
Thanks.
An app build is uploaded using Xcode 26.3 RC and fully validated/provisioned/processed at AppStoreConnect that shows build is Complete/Ready to Test
Export compliance has been done
Internal testers have been added to internal testing group
Internal testers have accepted invite
App is visible with all details in Test Flight on testers' iPhones (running 26.3 final)
Internal testers tap App but Install button NEVER appears and testers get request for code to redeem app but invitation email does NOT include redeem code
Testers cannot download and install app
What is going on with TestFlight Apple?
Hi - Using storekit2 on ios26.2 and using presentOfferCodeRedeemSheet to allow users to leverage Offer Codes.
The codes work (sandbox and production), however on the confirmation view that shows Redeem Special Offer, while my App Icon is properly displayed up top, the associated product subscription image is missing and I see a grey App Store image/icon instead.
I do successfully see the associated subscription and pricing to the right. My subscription product images are already reviewed/approved and have been live for a number of weeks. I see this in Sandbox and Production (with a live customer sending me the phone screenshot).
PS, my product icons/logos all show up successfully during normal checkout in sandbox/production, this only occurs on Offer Code Redemption views.
Topic:
App & System Services
SubTopic:
StoreKit
Not quite but maybe sorta related to the errOSAInternalTableOverflow problem I asked about in a different thread, this one deals with crashes our app gets (and much more frequently lately after recent OS updates (15.7.3) are OK'd by our IT department).
Our app can run multiple jobs concurrently, each in their own NSOperation. Each op creates its own SBApplication instance that controls unique instances of InDesignServer. What I'm seeing recently is lots of crashes happening while multiple ops are calling into ScriptingBridge. Shown at the bottom is one of the stack crawls from one of the threads. I've trimmed all but the last of our code. Other threads have a similar stack crawl.
In searching for answers, Google's AI overview mentions "If you must use multiple threads, ensure that each thread creates its own SBApplication instance…" Which is what we do. No thread can reach another thread's SBApplication instance. Is that statement a lie? Do I need to lock around every ScriptingBridge call (which is going to severely slow things down)?
0 AE 0x1a7dba8d4 0x1a7d80000 + 239828
1 AE 0x1a7d826d8 AEProcessMessage + 3496
2 AE 0x1a7d8f210 0x1a7d80000 + 61968
3 AE 0x1a7d91978 0x1a7d80000 + 72056
4 AE 0x1a7d91764 0x1a7d80000 + 71524
5 CoreFoundation 0x1a0396a64 __CFRUNLOOP_IS_CALLING_OUT_TO_A_SOURCE0_PERFORM_FUNCTION__ + 28
6 CoreFoundation 0x1a03969f8 __CFRunLoopDoSource0 + 172
7 CoreFoundation 0x1a0396764 __CFRunLoopDoSources0 + 232
8 CoreFoundation 0x1a03953b8 __CFRunLoopRun + 840
9 CoreFoundation 0x1a03949e8 CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 572
10 AE 0x1a7dbc108 0x1a7d80000 + 246024
11 AE 0x1a7d988fc AESendMessage + 4724
12 ScriptingBridge 0x1ecb652ac -[SBAppContext sendEvent:error:] + 80
13 ScriptingBridge 0x1ecb5eb4c -[SBObject sendEvent:id:keys:values:count:] + 216
14 ScriptingBridge 0x1ecb6890c -[SBCommandThunk invoke:] + 376
15 CoreFoundation 0x1a037594c ___forwarding___ + 956
16 CoreFoundation 0x1a03754d0 _CF_forwarding_prep_0 + 96
17 RRD 0x1027fca18 -[AppleScriptHelper runAppleScript:withSubstitutionValues:usingSBApp:] + 1036
I have a driver extending IOUserUSBSerial and I want the device to show up as /dev/tty.mycustombasename-123 and /dev/cu. respectively. How can I achieve that?
I'll try to ask a question that makes sense this time :) . I'm using the following method on NSFileManager:
(BOOL) getRelationship:(NSURLRelationship *) outRelationship
ofDirectoryAtURL:(NSURL *) directoryURL
toItemAtURL:(NSURL *) otherURL
error:(NSError * *) error;
Sets 'outRelationship' to NSURLRelationshipContains if the directory at 'directoryURL' directly or indirectly contains the item at 'otherURL', meaning 'directoryURL' is found while enumerating parent URLs starting from 'otherURL'. Sets 'outRelationship' to NSURLRelationshipSame if 'directoryURL' and 'otherURL' locate the same item, meaning they have the same NSURLFileResourceIdentifierKey value. If 'directoryURL' is not a directory, or does not contain 'otherURL' and they do not locate the same file, then sets 'outRelationship' to NSURLRelationshipOther. If an error occurs, returns NO and sets 'error'.
So this method falsely returns NSURLRelationshipSame for different directories. One is empty, one is not. Really weird behavior. Two file path urls pointing to two different file paths have the same NSURLFileResourceIdentifierKey? Could it be related to https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/813641 ?
One url in the check lived at the same file path as the other url at one time (but no longer does). No symlinks or anything going on. Just plain directory urls.
And YES calling -removeCachedResourceValueForKey: with NSURLFileResourceIdentifierKey causes proper result of NSURLRelationshipOther to be returned. And I'm doing the check on a background queue.
I’m encountering a strange, sporadic error in FileManager.replaceItemAt(_:withItemAt:) when trying to update files that happen to be stored in cloud containers such as iCloud Drive or Dropbox. Here’s my setup:
I have an NSDocument-based app which uses a zip file format (although the error can be reproduced using any kind of file).
In my NSDocument.writeToURL: implementation, I do the following:
Create a temp folder using FileManager.url(for: .itemReplacementDirectory, in: .userDomainMask, appropriateFor: fileURL, create: true).
Copy the original zip file into the temp directory.
Update the zip file in the temp directory.
Move the updated zip file into place by moving it from the temp directory to the original location using FileManager.replaceItemAt(_:withItemAt:).
This all works perfectly - most of the time. However, very occasionally I receive a save error caused by replaceItemAt(_withItemAt:) failing. Saving can work fine for hundreds of times, but then, once in a while, I’ll receive an “operation not permitted” error in replaceItemAt.
I have narrowed the issue down and found that it only occurs when the original file is in a cloud container - when FileManager.isUbiquitousItem(at:) returns true for the original fileURL I am trying to replace. (e.g. Because the user has placed the file in iCloud Drive.) Although strangely, the permissions issue seems to be with the temp file rather than with the original (if I try copying or deleting the temp file after this error occurs, I’m not allowed; I am allowed to delete the original though - not that I’d want to of course).
Here’s an example of the error thrown by replaceItemAt:
Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=513 "You don’t have permission to save the file “test-file.txt” in the folder “Dropbox”." UserInfo={NSFileBackupItemLeftBehindLocationKey=file:///var/folders/mt/0snrr8fx7270rm0b14ll5k500000gn/T/TemporaryItems/NSIRD_TempFolderBug_y3UvzP/test-file.txt, NSFileOriginalItemLocationKey=file:///var/folders/mt/0snrr8fx7270rm0b14ll5k500000gn/T/TemporaryItems/NSIRD_TempFolderBug_y3UvzP/test-file.txt, NSURL=file:///Users/username/Library/CloudStorage/Dropbox/test-file.txt, NSFileNewItemLocationKey=file:///Users/username/Library/CloudStorage/Dropbox/test-file.txt, NSUnderlyingError=0xb1e22ff90 {Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=513 "You don’t have permission to save the file “test-file.txt” in the folder “NSIRD_TempFolderBug_y3UvzP”." UserInfo={NSURL=file:///var/folders/mt/0snrr8fx7270rm0b14ll5k500000gn/T/TemporaryItems/NSIRD_TempFolderBug_y3UvzP/test-file.txt, NSFilePath=/var/folders/mt/0snrr8fx7270rm0b14ll5k500000gn/T/TemporaryItems/NSIRD_TempFolderBug_y3UvzP/test-file.txt, NSUnderlyingError=0xb1e22ffc0 {Error Domain=NSPOSIXErrorDomain Code=1 "Operation not permitted"}}}}
And here’s some very simple sample code that reproduces the issue in a test app:
// Ask user to choose this via a save panel.
var savingURL: URL? {
didSet {
setUpSpamSave()
}
}
var spamSaveTimer: Timer?
// Set up a timer to save the file every 0.2 seconds so that we can see the sporadic save problem quickly.
func setUpSpamSave() {
spamSaveTimer?.invalidate()
let timer = Timer(fire: Date(), interval: 0.2, repeats: true) { [weak self] _ in
self?.spamSave()
}
spamSaveTimer = timer
RunLoop.main.add(timer, forMode: .default)
}
func spamSave() {
guard let savingURL else { return }
let fileManager = FileManager.default
// Create a new file in a temp folder.
guard let replacementDirURL = try? fileManager.url(for: .itemReplacementDirectory, in: .userDomainMask, appropriateFor: savingURL, create: true) else {
return
}
let tempURL = replacementDirURL.appendingPathComponent(savingURL.lastPathComponent)
guard (try? "Dummy text".write(to: tempURL, atomically: false, encoding: .utf8)) != nil else {
return
}
do {
// Use replaceItemAt to safely move the new file into place.
_ = try fileManager.replaceItemAt(savingURL, withItemAt: tempURL)
print("save succeeded!")
try? fileManager.removeItem(at: replacementDirURL) // Clean up.
} catch {
print("save failed with error: \(error)")
// Note: if we try to remove replaceDirURL here or do anything with tempURL we will be refused permission.
NSAlert(error: error).runModal()
}
}
If you run this code and set savingURL to a location in a non-cloud container such as your ~/Documents directory, it will run forever, resaving the file over and over again without any problems.
But if you run the code and set savingURL to a location in a cloud container, such as in an iCloud Drive folder, it will work fine for a while, but after a few minutes - after maybe 100 saves, maybe 500 - it will throw a permissions error in replaceItemAt.
(Note that my real app has all the save code wrapped in file coordination via NSDocument methods, so I don’t believe file coordination to be the problem.)
What am I doing wrong here? How do I avoid this error? Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
I have several macOS applications that use CloudKit. I need to test and finds out what happens when the user signs out of their iCloud account. That's because the application may lose data after signing out and then signing in again. Every time I do that, it'll take 15, 20 minutes... I don't time it, but it takes quite a gigantic time to sign out as the spinner keeps rolling. Why does it take so long to just sign out? This sign out effect is untestable because it takes a long time to sign out of an iCloud account and then make changes to the code and then test again. In case you need to know, my system version is Sequoia 15.7.
I'm building a macOS network monitor using NEFilterDataProvider as a system extension, distributed with Developer ID signing. On macOS 26.3 (Tahoe), sysextd consistently rejects the activation request with "no policy, cannot allow apps outside /Applications" — despite the app being in /Applications and passing every verification check.
I'm aware of the known Xcode NE signing bug (r. 108838909) and have followed the manual signing process from Exporting a Developer ID Network Extension. I've also tried both xcodebuild build and xcodebuild archive workflows — identical failure.
Environment
macOS
26.3 (25D125), SIP enabled
Xcode
26.3 (17C529)
Hardware
Apple M2 Pro
Certificate
Developer ID Application (issued Jan 30, 2026 — 27 days old)
MDM/Profiles
None installed
Signing & Verification (all pass)
$ spctl -a -vv /Applications/Chakshu.app
/Applications/Chakshu.app: accepted
source=Notarized Developer ID
origin=Developer ID Application: ROBIN SHARMA (R65679C4F3)
$ codesign --verify --deep --strict -vv /Applications/Chakshu.app
/Applications/Chakshu.app: valid on disk
/Applications/Chakshu.app: satisfies its Designated Requirement
$ xcrun stapler validate /Applications/Chakshu.app
The validate action worked!
App signing:
Authority=Developer ID Application: ROBIN SHARMA (R65679C4F3)
Authority=Developer ID Certification Authority
Authority=Apple Root CA
TeamIdentifier=R65679C4F3
Runtime Version=26.2.0
Notarization Ticket=stapled
App entitlements:
com.apple.application-identifier = R65679C4F3.dev.indrasvat.chakshu
com.apple.developer.team-identifier = R65679C4F3
com.apple.developer.system-extension.install = true
com.apple.developer.networking.networkextension = [content-filter-provider-systemextension]
keychain-access-groups = [R65679C4F3.*]
Extension signing: Same Developer ID authority, same team, same timestamp. Extension entitlements match (minus system-extension.install). Developer ID provisioning profiles are embedded in both app and extension.
What sysextd logs
Captured Feb 26, 2026 from log stream --predicate 'process == "sysextd"':
sysextd [com.apple.sx:XPC] client activation request for dev.indrasvat.chakshu.filter
sysextd attempting to realize extension with identifier dev.indrasvat.chakshu.filter
sysextd (Security) SecKeyVerifySignature ← pass (×2)
sysextd (Security) SecTrustEvaluateIfNecessary ← pass (×2)
sysextd [com.apple.xpc:connection] activating connection: name=com.apple.CodeSigningHelper
sysextd [com.apple.xpc:connection] invalidated after the last release
sysextd no policy, cannot allow apps outside /Applications
sysextd [com.apple.sx:XPC] client connection invalidated
Signature and trust evaluation pass. CodeSigningHelper completes. Then the policy check fails. The app receives OSSystemExtensionError code 4 (extensionNotFound).
What I've tried and ruled out
Build process:
Approach
Result
xcodebuild build -configuration Release + manual re-sign
Same failure
xcodebuild archive + export from archive + manual re-sign (per thread/737894)
Same failure
Minimal hand-crafted Xcode project (no xcodegen, trivial code)
Same failure
Both workflows follow Quinn's process exactly: build with Apple Development → copy app → embed Developer ID provisioning profiles → re-sign inside-out (extension first, then app) with -systemextension suffix entitlements → notarize → staple → install to /Applications.
System-level checks:
Rebooting — no change
Killing sysextd — no change
Removing com.apple.quarantine xattr — no change
chown root:wheel on app bundle — no change
lsregister -r (reset Launch Services) — no change
Waiting 27 days for certificate propagation — no change
Reinstalling via Finder drag-to-Applications — no change
No MDM or configuration profiles installed
/Library/SystemExtensions/db.plist shows extensionPolicies: [] (empty)
Key observation
Pre-existing network extensions activated before macOS 26 work fine on this machine. For example, Tailscale's NEPacketTunnelProvider shows state: activated_enabled in the system extensions database — it was activated on a prior macOS version and is still running. Only new system extension activations fail.
I've seen similar Tahoe-specific reports from LuLu (same NEFilterDataProvider type, Developer ID distribution):
LuLu #825
LuLu #831
Questions
Is this a known regression in macOS 26's sysextd policy evaluation for new Developer ID system extension activations?
sysextd's policy check fails after all signature and trust evaluation succeeds. Is there a separate trust/policy path that sysextd consults beyond what spctl, codesign, and CodeSigningHelper verify?
Is there anything else I should be checking?
I have a sysdiagnose captured immediately after the failure, a minimal reproducer project, and full raw sysextd logs available on request.
This is my first driver and I have had the devil of a time trying to find any information to help me with this. I beg help with this, since I cannot find any tutorials that will get me over this problem.
I am attempting to write a bridging driver for an older UPS that only communicates via RPC-over-USB rather than the HID Power Device class the OS requires. I have written the basic framework for the driver (details below) and am calling OSSystemExtensionRequest.submitRequest with a request object created by OSSystemExtensionRequest.activationRequest, but the didFailWithError callback is called with OSSystemExtensionErrorDomain of a value of 9, which appears to be a general failure to activate the driver. I can find no other information on how to address this issue, but I presume the issue is one of entitlements in either the entitlements file or Info.plist. I will have more code-based details below.
For testing context, I am testing this on a 2021 iMac (M1) running Sequoia 15.7, and this iMac is on MDM, specifically Jamf. I have disabled SIP and set systemextensionsctl developer on, per the instructions here, and I have compiled and am attempting to debug the app using xcode 26.2. The driver itself targets DriverKit 25, as 26 does not appear to be available in xcode despite hints on google that it's out.
For the software, I have a two-target structure in my xcode project, the main Manager app, which is a swift-ui app that both handles installation/activation of the driver and (if that finally manages to work) handles communication from the driver via its UserClient, and the driver which compiles as a dext. Both apps compile and use automated signing attached to our Apple Development team.
I won't delve into the Manager app much, as it runs even though activation fails, except to include its entitlements file in case it proves relevant
<dict>
<key>com.apple.developer.driverkit.communicates-with-drivers</key>
<true/>
<key>com.apple.developer.system-extension.install</key>
<true/>
<key>com.apple.security.app-sandbox</key>
<true/>
<key>com.apple.security.files.user-selected.read-only</key>
<true/>
</dict>
and the relevant activation code:
func request(_ request: OSSystemExtensionRequest, didFailWithError error: any Error) {
// handling the error, which is always code value 9
}
func activateDriver() {
let request = OSSystemExtensionRequest.activationRequest(forExtensionWithIdentifier: "com.mycompany.driver.bundle.identifier", queue: .main)
request.delegate = self
OSSystemExtensionManager.shared.submitRequest(request)
//...
}
And finally the Manager app has the following capabilities requested for its matching identifier in our Apple Developer Account:
DriverKit Communicates with Drivers
System Extension
On the Driver side, I have two major pieces, the main driver class MyDriver, and UserClient class, StatusUserClient. MyDriver derives from IDriverKit/IOService.iig but (in case this is somehow important) does not have the same name as the project/target name MyBatteryDriver. StatusUserClient derives from DriverKit/IOUserClient.iig. I have os_log(OS_LOG_DEFAULT, "trace messages") code in every method of both classes, including the initializers and Start implementations, and the log entries never seem to show up in Console, so I presume that means the OS never tried to load the driver.
Unless I'm looking in the wrong place?
Because I don't think the driver code is the current issue, I won't go into it unless it becomes necessary. As I mentioned above, I think this is a code signing / entitlements issue, but I don't know how to resolve it.
In our Apple Developer account, the Driver's matching identifier has the following capabilities requested:
DriverKit (development)
DriverKit Allow Any UserClient (development)
DriverKit Family HID Device (development) -- NOTE: this is planned for future use, but not yet implemented by my driver code. Could that be part of the problem?
DriverKit Transport HID (development)
DriverKit USB Transport (development)
DriverKit USB Transport - VendorID -- submitted, no response from Apple yet
HID Virtual Device -- submitted, no response from Apple. yet. This is vestigial from an early plan to build the bridge via shared memory funneling to a virtual HID device. I think I've found a way to do it with one Service, but... not sure yet. Still, that's a problem for tomorrow.
Apparently I've gone over the 7000 character maximum so I will add my entitlements and info.plist contents in a reply.
I am testing my app in iOS 26.4 beta and emojis are rendering as squares with ? in the middle . I tested a very simple Text("👾") and I get the same results. It is working fine in 26.3.
Topic:
App & System Services
SubTopic:
General
I'm developing a watchOS nap app that detects when the user falls asleep by monitoring heart rate changes.
== Technical Implementation ==
HKWorkoutSession (.mindAndBody) for background execution
HKAnchoredObjectQuery for real-time heart rate data
CoreMotion for movement detection
== Battery Considerations ==
Heart rate monitoring ONLY active when user explicitly starts a session
Monitoring continues until user is awakened OR 60-minute limit is reached
If no sleep detected within 60 minutes, session auto-ends
(user may have abandoned or forgotten to stop)
App displays clear UI indicating monitoring is active
Typical session: 15-30 minutes, keeping battery usage minimal
== The Problem ==
HKWorkoutSession affects Activity Rings during the session. Users receive
"Exercise goal reached" notifications while resting — confusing.
== What I've Tried ==
Not using HKLiveWorkoutBuilder → Activity Rings still affected
Using builder but not calling finishWorkout()
(per https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/780220)
→ Activity Rings still affected
WKExtendedRuntimeSession (self-care type)
(per https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/721077)
→ Only ~10 min runtime, need up to 60 min
HKObserverQuery + enableBackgroundDelivery
(per https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/779101)
→ ~4 updates/hour, too slow for real-time detection
Audio background session for continuous processing
(suggested in https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/130287)
→ Concerned about App Store rejection for non-audio app;
if official approves this technical route, I can implement in this direction
Some online resources mention "Health Monitoring Entitlement" from WWDC 2019
Session 251, but I could not find any official documentation for this entitlement.
Apple Developer Support also confirmed they cannot locate it?
== My Question ==
Is there any supported way to:
Monitor heart rate in background for up to 60 minutes
WITHOUT affecting Activity Rings or creating workout records?
If this requires a special entitlement or API access, please advise on
the application process. Or allow me to submit a code-level support request.
Any guidance would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!
Topic:
App & System Services
SubTopic:
Health & Fitness
Tags:
Entitlements
Health and Fitness
HealthKit
I am writing a DriverKit driver for the first that uses the USBSerialDriverKit. The driver its purpose is to expose the device as serial interface (/dev/cu.tetra-pei0 or something like this). My problem: I don't see any logs from that driver in the console and I tried like 40 different approaches and checked everything. The last message I see is that the driver get successfully added to the system it is in the list of active and enabled system driver extensions but when I plug the device in none of my logs appear and it doesn't show up in ioreg. So without my driver the target device looks like this:
+-o TETRA PEI interface@02120000 <class IOUSBHostDevice, id 0x10000297d, registered, matched, active, busy 0 (13 ms), retain 30>
| {
| "sessionID" = 268696051410
| "USBSpeed" = 3
| "UsbLinkSpeed" = 480000000
| "idProduct" = 36886
| "iManufacturer" = 1
| "bDeviceClass" = 0
| "IOPowerManagement" = {"PowerOverrideOn"=Yes,"DevicePowerState"=2,"CurrentPowerState"=2,"CapabilityFlags"=32768,"MaxPowerState"=2,"DriverPowerState"=0}
| "bcdDevice" = 9238
| "bMaxPacketSize0" = 64
| "iProduct" = 2
| "iSerialNumber" = 0
| "bNumConfigurations" = 1
| "UsbDeviceSignature" = <ad0c16901624000000ff0000>
| "USB Product Name" = "TETRA PEI interface"
| "locationID" = 34734080
| "bDeviceSubClass" = 0
| "bcdUSB" = 512
| "USB Address" = 6
| "kUSBCurrentConfiguration" = 1
| "IOCFPlugInTypes" = {"9dc7b780-9ec0-11d4-a54f-000a27052861"="IOUSBHostFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns/IOUSBLib.bundle"}
| "UsbPowerSinkAllocation" = 500
| "bDeviceProtocol" = 0
| "USBPortType" = 0
| "IOServiceDEXTEntitlements" = (("com.apple.developer.driverkit.transport.usb"))
| "USB Vendor Name" = "Motorola Solutions, Inc."
| "Device Speed" = 2
| "idVendor" = 3245
| "kUSBProductString" = "TETRA PEI interface"
| "kUSBAddress" = 6
| "kUSBVendorString" = "Motorola Solutions, Inc."
| }
|
+-o AppleUSBHostCompositeDevice <class AppleUSBHostCompositeDevice, id 0x100002982, !registered, !matched, active, busy 0, retain 5>
| {
| "IOProbeScore" = 50000
| "CFBundleIdentifier" = "com.apple.driver.usb.AppleUSBHostCompositeDevice"
| "IOProviderClass" = "IOUSBHostDevice"
| "IOClass" = "AppleUSBHostCompositeDevice"
| "IOPersonalityPublisher" = "com.apple.driver.usb.AppleUSBHostCompositeDevice"
| "bDeviceSubClass" = 0
| "CFBundleIdentifierKernel" = "com.apple.driver.usb.AppleUSBHostCompositeDevice"
| "IOMatchedAtBoot" = Yes
| "IOMatchCategory" = "IODefaultMatchCategory"
| "IOPrimaryDriverTerminateOptions" = Yes
| "bDeviceClass" = 0
| }
|
+-o lghub_agent <class AppleUSBHostDeviceUserClient, id 0x100002983, !registered, !matched, active, busy 0, retain 7>
| {
| "IOUserClientCreator" = "pid 1438, lghub_agent"
| "IOUserClientDefaultLocking" = Yes
| }
|
+-o IOUSBHostInterface@0 <class IOUSBHostInterface, id 0x100002986, registered, matched, active, busy 0 (5 ms), retain 9>
| | {
| | "USBPortType" = 0
| | "IOCFPlugInTypes" = {"2d9786c6-9ef3-11d4-ad51-000a27052861"="IOUSBHostFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns/IOUSBLib.bundle"}
| | "USB Vendor Name" = "Motorola Solutions, Inc."
| | "bcdDevice" = 9238
| | "USBSpeed" = 3
| | "idProduct" = 36886
| | "IOServiceDEXTEntitlements" = (("com.apple.developer.driverkit.transport.usb"))
| | "bInterfaceSubClass" = 0
| | "bConfigurationValue" = 1
| | "locationID" = 34734080
| | "USB Product Name" = "TETRA PEI interface"
| | "bInterfaceProtocol" = 0
| | "iInterface" = 0
| | "bAlternateSetting" = 0
| | "idVendor" = 3245
| | "bInterfaceNumber" = 0
| | "bInterfaceClass" = 255
| | "bNumEndpoints" = 2
| | }
| |
| +-o lghub_agent <class AppleUSBHostInterfaceUserClient, id 0x100002988, !registered, !matched, active, busy 0, retain 6>
| {
| "UsbUserClientBufferStatistics" = {"IOMemoryDescriptor"=0,"IOBufferMemoryDescriptor"=0,"IOSubMemoryDescriptor"=0}
| "IOUserClientCreator" = "pid 1438, lghub_agent"
| "UsbUserClientBufferAllocations" = {"Bytes"=0,"Descriptors"=0}
| "IOUserClientDefaultLocking" = Yes
| }
|
+-o IOUSBHostInterface@1 <class IOUSBHostInterface, id 0x100002987, registered, matched, active, busy 0 (5 ms), retain 9>
| {
| "USBPortType" = 0
| "IOCFPlugInTypes" = {"2d9786c6-9ef3-11d4-ad51-000a27052861"="IOUSBHostFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns/IOUSBLib.bundle"}
| "USB Vendor Name" = "Motorola Solutions, Inc."
| "bcdDevice" = 9238
| "USBSpeed" = 3
| "idProduct" = 36886
| "IOServiceDEXTEntitlements" = (("com.apple.developer.driverkit.transport.usb"))
| "bInterfaceSubClass" = 0
| "bConfigurationValue" = 1
| "locationID" = 34734080
| "USB Product Name" = "TETRA PEI interface"
| "bInterfaceProtocol" = 0
| "iInterface" = 0
| "bAlternateSetting" = 0
| "idVendor" = 3245
| "bInterfaceNumber" = 1
| "bInterfaceClass" = 255
| "bNumEndpoints" = 2
| }
|
+-o lghub_agent <class AppleUSBHostInterfaceUserClient, id 0x10000298a, !registered, !matched, active, busy 0, retain 6>
{
"UsbUserClientBufferStatistics" = {"IOMemoryDescriptor"=0,"IOBufferMemoryDescriptor"=0,"IOSubMemoryDescriptor"=0}
"IOUserClientCreator" = "pid 1438, lghub_agent"
"UsbUserClientBufferAllocations" = {"Bytes"=0,"Descriptors"=0}
"IOUserClientDefaultLocking" = Yes
}
more details in my comment.
macOS 26.4 Beta appears to have changed how built-in MacBook keyboard events are routed through IOHIDSystem. Third-party virtual HID devices loaded via DriverKit no longer receive events from the built-in keyboard. External keyboards are unaffected.
This is already confirmed across multiple users:
https://github.com/pqrs-org/Karabiner-Elements/issues/4402
One possible lead (from LLM-assisted code analysis, not independently verified): this could be related to a security policy referred to as com.apple.iohid.protectedDeviceAccess, which may block IOHIDDeviceOpen for the Apple Internal Keyboard via SPI transport (AppleHIDTransportHIDDevice). A "GamePolicy" check in IOHIDDeviceClass.m that gates HID device access could be involved. This is a hint, not a confirmed root cause.
The impact goes well beyond a single project. Keyboard remapping on macOS is a thriving ecosystem — used for accessibility, ergonomics, developer productivity, and multilingual input. This is one of macOS's strengths as a platform. Many professionals specifically choose Mac because this level of customization is possible. If this capability is being removed without an alternative, it would significantly diminish what makes macOS attractive for power users and developers.
Is this an intentional architectural change to the input event pipeline for built-in keyboards, or a beta regression? If intentional, what is the recommended alternative for developers?
Topic:
App & System Services
SubTopic:
Core OS
Some users have switched to wearing smart rings instead of an Apple Watch, but they still want their rings to close throughout the day in Apple Fitness to keep their streaks going.
I've noticed that the 3rd party smart ring apps do not affect the progress of the exercise and move rings unless the user puts on their Apple Watch and syncs with there iPhone throughout the day.
Is there a way to make the progress rings update throughout the day without having to connect an Apple Watch periodically?
I developed a cloud drive using fskit, but after mounting it, it did not appear in the Finder sidebar and the disk tool could not list it. How should I adapt?
The mounting looks successful, and you can also open and see the fixed files I wrote in the code.
I have also turned on the Finder sidebar settings function
Topic:
App & System Services
SubTopic:
Core OS
Tags:
Files and Storage
Extensions
Disk Arbitration
FSKit