Unable to deploy to TestFlight with Token based authentication

[ogezue]

Question, Bug, or Feature?
Type: Question

Enter Task Name: Unable to deploy to TestFlight with Token based authentication

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Environment

Azure Pipelines

Issue Description

I'm unable to use AppStoreRelease to publish the app to my external testers. Before I used AppCenter without a problem. Here is the script I'm currently using. It complains about a missing fastlane session and I don't know if I really need to provide it and how. Currently I'm using installFastle false

• task: AppStoreRelease@1 displayName: 'Publish to the App Store TestFlight track' inputs: serviceEndpoint: 'app-store-connection' releaseTrack: 'TestFlight' appIdentifier: 'my.identifier.com' appType: 'iOS' ipaPath: '$(build.artifactstagingdirectory)/*/.ipa' shouldSkipWaitingForProcessing: false distributedToExternalTesters: true externalTestersGroups: 'My Team' appSpecificId: '1234567890' installFastlane: false releaseNotes: '$(build.artifactStagingDirectory)/releaseNotes.txt'

  Task logs

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Troubleshooting

I tried several options. If I don't provide release nots (which I copy from the repo without an error in a previous step) it complains that it can't deploy to testers without it. With release Notes it complains about the missing session.

Error logs

from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/2.7.0/gems/fastlane-2.206.2/pilot/lib/pilot/commands_generator.rb:67:in `block (2 levels) in run'
from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/2.7.0/gems/commander-4.6.0/lib/commander/command.rb:187:in `call'
from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/2.7.0/gems/commander-4.6.0/lib/commander/command.rb:157:in `run'
from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/2.7.0/gems/commander-4.6.0/lib/commander/runner.rb:444:in `run_active_command'
from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/2.7.0/gems/fastlane-2.206.2/fastlane_core/lib/fastlane_core/ui/fastlane_runner.rb:124:in `run!'
from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/2.7.0/gems/commander-4.6.0/lib/commander/delegates.rb:18:in `run!'
from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/2.7.0/gems/fastlane-2.206.2/pilot/lib/pilot/commands_generator.rb:167:in `run'
from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/2.7.0/gems/fastlane-2.206.2/pilot/lib/pilot/commands_generator.rb:19:in `start'
from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/2.7.0/gems/fastlane-2.206.2/fastlane/lib/fastlane/cli_tools_distributor.rb:115:in `take_off'
from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/2.7.0/gems/fastlane-2.206.2/bin/fastlane:23:in `<top (required)>'
from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/2.7.0/bin/fastlane:25:in `load'
from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/2.7.0/bin/fastlane:25:in `<main>'

/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/2.7.0/gems/fastlane-2.206.2/spaceship/lib/spaceship/connect_api/token.rb:71:in initialize': string contains null byte (ArgumentError) from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/2.7.0/gems/fastlane-2.206.2/spaceship/lib/spaceship/connect_api/token.rb:71:innew' from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/2.7.0/gems/fastlane-2.206.2/spaceship/lib/spaceship/connect_api/token.rb:71:in create' from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/2.7.0/gems/fastlane-2.206.2/spaceship/lib/spaceship/connect_api/token.rb:49:infrom_json_file' from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/2.7.0/gems/fastlane-2.206.2/spaceship/lib/spaceship/connect_api/token.rb:33:in from' from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/2.7.0/gems/fastlane-2.206.2/pilot/lib/pilot/manager.rb:23:inlogin' from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/2.7.0/gems/fastlane-2.206.2/pilot/lib/pilot/manager.rb:19:in start' from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/2.7.0/gems/fastlane-2.206.2/pilot/lib/pilot/build_manager.rb:17:inupload' from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/2.7.0/gems/fastlane-2.206.2/pilot/lib/pilot/commands_generator.rb:67:in block (2 levels) in run' from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/2.7.0/gems/commander-4.6.0/lib/commander/command.rb:187:incall' from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/2.7.0/gems/commander-4.6.0/lib/commander/command.rb:157:in run' from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/2.7.0/gems/commander-4.6.0/lib/commander/runner.rb:444:inrun_active_command' from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/2.7.0/gems/fastlane-2.206.2/fastlane_core/lib/fastlane_core/ui/fastlane_runner.rb:124:in run!' from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/2.7.0/gems/commander-4.6.0/lib/commander/delegates.rb:18:inrun!' from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/2.7.0/gems/fastlane-2.206.2/pilot/lib/pilot/commands_generator.rb:167:in run' from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/2.7.0/gems/fastlane-2.206.2/pilot/lib/pilot/commands_generator.rb:19:instart' from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/2.7.0/gems/fastlane-2.206.2/fastlane/lib/fastlane/cli_tools_distributor.rb:115:in take_off' from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/2.7.0/gems/fastlane-2.206.2/bin/fastlane:23:in<top (required)>' from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/2.7.0/bin/fastlane:25:in load' from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/2.7.0/bin/fastlane:25:in

'

[error]Error: The process '/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/2.7.0/bin/fastlane' failed with exit code 1

Finishing: Publish to the App Store TestFlight track

[max-zaytsev]

@ogezue Thanks for reporting! We are working on more prioritized issues now but will get back to this one soon

[pk1498]

Hi @ogezue, were you able to resolve this? I am facing the same error. I have double checked my service endpoint credentials and also tried token-based authentication, but this error is consistent.

@max-zaytsev can you please look into this, thank you.

[ogezue]

@pk1498 Yes, I did. Problem was that my token for Apple was not base64 encoded. The error message doesn't make this clear.