The same macOS app is logged into the same iCloud account on two Macs. The apps on both devices can sync data with iCloud, but the data between them is isolated. When I was developing, I just enabled the CloudKit(SwiftData host in iCloud) capability and did not do anything special. I thought that the same app and the same iCloud account should sync the same data between different devices. Why is the cloud data on these two Macs isolated?

I have a CKRecord that references an CKAsset. If I understand it correctly, CKSyncEngine would download the asset every time the record has changed on the server. (Of course it would try to use the local asset cache, but worst-case it might be already flushed) The documentation for CKAsset says that asset downloads can be prevented by limiting the requested record keys using the desiredKeys property on the fetch operation. But I don't see any possibility to set this property when using CKSyncEngine. Did I miss something? Are there any alternatives?

Only development environment can real sync. But product environment can't sync. And when run my device show this error: CoreData: Already have a mirrored relationship registered for this key: CD_M2M_Event_items:B269B612-37A6-4ED7-9FDB-601E88BF56A8:8DC64E4A-E893-4465-8B21-48CF1C52A4BC <NSCKMirroredRelationship: 0x302bb9950> (entity: NSCKMirroredRelationship; id: 0xa049af3fb0190928 <x-coredata://BEB6E57C-891C-4E71-B92F-7BAA0844913E/NSCKMirroredRelationship/p1747>; data: { cdEntityName = Event; ckRecordID = "B5908A8A-079E-482C-9F2E-1309BF071F0E"; ckRecordSystemFields = nil; isPending = 0; isUploaded = 0; needsDelete = 0; recordName = "B269B612-37A6-4ED7-9FDB-601E88BF56A8"; recordZone = "0xa049af3f6a5909a8 <x-coredata://BEB6E57C-891C-4E71-B92F-7BAA0844913E/NSCKRecordZoneMetadata/p1>"; relatedEntityName = Item; relatedRecordName = "8DC64E4A-E893-4465-8B21-48CF1C52A4BC"; relationshipName = items; }) <decode: bad range for [%@] got [offs:941 len:665 within:0]> And my product core data sync data only to October 24, 2024. The data before October 24 was synchronized normally, Nothing after October 24 is synced.

Hey there, I’m feeling pretty desperate at this point, as my most recent update to Xcode 16.1 and the new 18.1 simulators has basically made it impossible for me to work on my apps. The same app and same code run fine in the 18.0 simulators with the same iCloud account logged in. I’ve tried multiple simulators with the same results, even on different computers. I’ve also tried logging in repeatedly without any luck. The CloudKit database logs don’t show any errors or suspicious entries. Reinstalling the app on the simulator doesn't help either. Whenever I launch the application in Xcode, I'm getting: error: CoreData+CloudKit: -[NSCloudKitMirroringDelegate _performSetupRequest:]_block_invoke(1240): <NSCloudKitMirroringDelegate: 0x600003d213b0>: Failed to set up CloudKit integration for store: <NSSQLCore: 0x103f124e0> (URL: file:///Users/kerstenbroich/Library/Developer/CoreSimulator/Devices/57BC78CE-DB2A-4AC0-9D7A-43C386305F56/data/Containers/Data/Application/EFDE9B05-0584-47C5-80AE-F2FF5994860C/Library/Application%20Support/Model.sqlite) <CKError 0x600000d3dfe0: "Partial Failure" (2/1011); "Failed to modify some record zones"; partial errors: { com.apple.coredata.cloudkit.zone:__defaultOwner__ = <CKError 0x600000d7c090: "Internal Error" (1/5000); "Failed user key sync"> }> error: CoreData+CloudKit: -[NSCloudKitMirroringDelegate recoverFromError:](2310): <NSCloudKitMirroringDelegate: 0x600003d213b0> - Attempting recovery from error: <CKError 0x600000d3dfe0: "Partial Failure" (2/1011); "Failed to modify some record zones"; partial errors: { com.apple.coredata.cloudkit.zone:__defaultOwner__ = <CKError 0x600000d7c090: "Internal Error" (1/5000); "Failed user key sync"> }> error: CoreData+CloudKit: -[NSCloudKitMirroringDelegate _recoverFromPartialError:forStore:inMonitor:]_block_invoke(2773): <NSCloudKitMirroringDelegate: 0x600003d213b0>: Found unknown error as part of a partial failure: <CKError 0x600000d7c090: "Internal Error" (1/5000); "Failed user key sync"> error: CoreData+CloudKit: -[NSCloudKitMirroringDelegate _recoverFromPartialError:forStore:inMonitor:](2820): <NSCloudKitMirroringDelegate: 0x600003d213b0>: Error recovery failed because the following fatal errors were found: { "<CKRecordZoneID: 0x600000d62340; zoneName=com.apple.coredata.cloudkit.zone, ownerName=__defaultOwner__>" = "<CKError 0x600000d7c090: \"Internal Error\" (1/5000); \"Failed user key sync\">"; } Any help/ideas would be much appreciated, because I have no clue what to try next. Thanks a lot!

Is it possible to use CloudKit and add integrations, Google Drive for example. If possible, how?

I'm continually getting an error with a new CloudKit container when I try to save data. error: Couldn't get container configuration from the server for container "iCloud.com.***.***" here's the class: private var db = CKContainer(identifier: "iCloud.com.***.***").privateCloudDatabase func addTask(taskItem: TaskItem) async throws { checkStatus() do { try await db.save(taskItem.record) } catch { print("error: \(error.localizedDescription)") } } func checkStatus() { let id = CKContainer(identifier: "iCloud.com.***.***").containerIdentifier print(id ?? "unknown") Task { let status = try await CKContainer(identifier: "iCloud.com.***.***").accountStatus() switch status { case .available: print("available") case .noAccount: print("no account") case .restricted: print("restricted") case .couldNotDetermine: print("could not determine") case .temporarilyUnavailable: print("temporarily unavailable") @unknown default: break } } } The account status reports as available but gives the error on an attempt to save.. I'm trying to work out what I might be doing wrong..

Hello, I`m working on an app that uses CloudKit and CKShare, but the app has 2 different targets, one for professional and one for patients, and theoretically the target of the professional sends the CKShare and the target of the patient should accept, but the ckshare tries to always open the target of the profissional, I would like to know if the are any way to configure the CKShare to oppen the target od the patients

While reading CkSyncEngine demo project code, I don't find the code to remove items in syncEngine.state.pendingRecordZoneChanges explicitly. I suspect it might occur in two possible places: nextRecordZoneChangeBatch() or ``nextRecordZoneChangeBatch()`, but I can't figure out how it occurs. nextRecordZoneChangeBatch() has the following code: let batch = await CKSyncEngine.RecordZoneChangeBatch(pendingChanges: changes) { recordID in if let contact = contacts[recordID.recordName] { let record = contact.lastKnownRecord ?? CKRecord(recordType: Contact.recordType, recordID: recordID) contact.populateRecord(record) return record } else { // We might have pending changes that no longer exist in our database. We can remove those from the state. syncEngine.state.remove(pendingRecordZoneChanges: [ .saveRecord(recordID) ]) return nil } } (I'll ignore the syncEngine.state.remove(pendingRecordZoneChanges:) in the else clause, because it's unrelated) Could it be that CKSyncEngine.RecordZoneChangeBatch.init(pendingChanges:,recordProvider:) automatically remove a CKRecord when the recordProvider: closure returns a non-nil value? I checked its document, but it doesn't say anything about this. Thanks for any help.

I am getting the following error while trying to delete a Record Type in Dev container. How do I solve it? invalid attempt to delete user record type

I have a quesiton on .accountChange handler code in CKSyncEngine demo project. Below is the code in handleAccountChange(): if shouldDeleteLocalData { try? self.deleteLocalData() // This error should be handled, but we'll skip that for brevity in this sample app. } if shouldReUploadLocalData { let recordZoneChanges: [CKSyncEngine.PendingRecordZoneChange] = self.appData.contacts.values.map { .saveRecord($0.recordID) } self.syncEngine.state.add(pendingDatabaseChanges: [ .saveZone(CKRecordZone(zoneName: Contact.zoneName)) ]) self.syncEngine.state.add(pendingRecordZoneChanges: recordZoneChanges) } IMHO, when user switches account, the most important thing is to reload data from the new account's document folder. However, I can't see this is done anywhere. In above code, if shouldDeleteLocalData is false, self.appData would still hold the previous account's local data. That seems very wrong. Am I missing something? It would be best if iOS restarts all applications when user switches account. If that's not the case (I guess so, otherwise there is no point to handle .accountChange in the app), I think application should implement an API to re-initialize itself. EDIT: after looking at the code again, I realize that the following code makes sure shouldDeleteLocalData is always true when user switching accounts. So the code doesn't leak the previous account's data, though I still think it has an issue - it doesn't load the new account's data. case .switchAccounts: shouldDeleteLocalData = true shouldReUploadLocalData = false

When using iCloud account with push in Apple mail app. The badge number of unread email is not syncing across devices. If I read an email on my iPhone my iPad mail app badge won’t update until I click into the app and wait for the update. Is there any fix of this?

After upgrading to iOS 18, my Core Data stack using NSPersistentCloudKitContainer in a shared App Group container stopped syncing correctly. The persistent store configuration, which previously worked in iOS 17, now experiences delayed or missing sync updates between devices. Then the app freezes and writes terminal the same error detail (which I provided) too many times. The debug logs from the CloudKit mirroring delegate (NSCloudKitMirroringDelegate) show repetitive notifications but no updates in persistent history. Additionally, the persistent history tracking key appears unresponsive to local changes, causing transactions to fail in updating or syncing as expected. Key setup details: Core Data is set up within an App Group container using NSPersistentCloudKitContainer. NSPersistentHistoryTrackingKey and NSPersistentStoreRemoteChangeNotificationPostOptionKey options are set to true. Any insights into changes in iOS 18 Core Data or CloudKit handling with NSPersistentCloudKitContainer, especially around history tracking and sync delays, would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. Error Detail file:///private/var/mobile/Containers/Shared/AppGroup/BF95D309-EBE9-485E-B5CE-AA17097F7B60/[AppName]Database.sqlite CoreData: debug: CoreData+CloudKit: -[NSCloudKitMirroringDelegate managedObjectContextSaved:](3123): <NSCloudKitMirroringDelegate: 0x3032b4870>: Observed context save: <NSPersistentStoreCoordinator: 0x302694bd0> - <NSManagedObjectContext: 0x3036b1a00> CoreData: debug: CoreData+CloudKit: -[NSCloudKitMirroringDelegate remoteStoreDidChange:](3166): <NSCloudKitMirroringDelegate: 0x3032b4870>: Observed remote store notification: <NSPersistentStoreCoordinator: 0x302694bd0> - 090C4244-0101-4DEF-90D6-1260570F47A5 - <NSPersistentHistoryToken - { "090C4244-0101-4DEF-90D6-1260570F47A5" = 9; }> - Persistence.swift struct PersistenceController { let container: NSPersistentCloudKitContainer static let shared = PersistenceController() static var preview: PersistenceController = {PersistenceController()}() init() { container = NSPersistentCloudKitContainer(name: "[AppName]") // Configure CloudKit for the default container if let url = FileManager.default.containerURL(forSecurityApplicationGroupIdentifier: "group.com.[CompanyName].[AppName]") { let storeURL = url.appendingPathComponent("[AppName]Database.sqlite") let description = container.persistentStoreDescriptions.first description?.url = storeURL description?.setOption(true as NSNumber, forKey: NSPersistentHistoryTrackingKey) description?.setOption(true as NSNumber, forKey: NSPersistentStoreRemoteChangeNotificationPostOptionKey) container.persistentStoreDescriptions = [description].compactMap { $0 } } container.loadPersistentStores { (storeDescription, error) in if let error = error as NSError? { fatalError("Unresolved error \(error), \(error.userInfo)") } } container.viewContext.automaticallyMergesChangesFromParent = true container.viewContext.mergePolicy = NSMergeByPropertyObjectTrumpMergePolicy } }

In CloudKit console, i have a key named "Name" with String data type and i want to filter my query by that key. I can only query two record with name "Star" and "Kaizen", and i can't query the rest of the records. Can you help me with that.

WhatsApp is automatically suffixing a number to the device name in the list of Linked devices shown in WhatsApp app settings. The suffixed number has no correlation to the actual number of linked devices at that time. For example, a number “2” is suffixed to the device name in list of Linked devices shown in WhatsApp, even though that computer/ device is the only one shown as a linked device. If we try to edit the device name to remove the suffixed digit, it does not move forward.  I think it has something to do with the restoration of chats from cloud, because the suffixing happens subsequent to the restoration of chats from cloud. Whatsapp does not respond to emails about this issue. Anyone else?

I'm trying to look at what the best way to do thumbnails for images that are saved in core data, which are being synced across multiple devices. I know I can save a lower quality version into core data, but I'm wondering if there's a better way of doing it. I've come across quick look thumbnailing which looks like what I want, but I'm not sure if it can be adapted for core data as its using file paths, whereas the images are stored in a data type property in core data. From what I can tell, I'd have to save the image locally, produce the thumbnail, then delete the local image

My app is able to receive data updates when it is in foreground. however, when i move it in background then sync engine stops syncing until I again move app to foreground.

My App requires access to iCloud. I used to be able to get the User's name components (family+given name) using: let dummyZone = CKRecordZone (zoneName: UUID().uuidString) let dummyShare = CKShare (recordZoneID: dummyZone.zoneID) Persistence.logger.notice ("\(#function): Dummy Zone: \(dummyZone.zoneID.zoneName)") // Save the dummyZone and then the dummyShare (for/in the dummyZone) let _ = try await container.privateCloudDatabase.save (dummyZone) let _ = try await container.privateCloudDatabase.save (dummyShare) // Extract the dummyShare's owner's identity - which is 'us/me' let userIdentity = dummyShare.owner.userIdentity where the resulting userIdentity had a filled out nameComponents. Now, recently, it seems to be empty. Did something change in the interfaces? I've also tried, more directly: let userRecordID = try await container.userRecordID() let userParticipant = try await container.shareParticipant(forUserRecordID: userRecordID) let userIdentity = userParticipant.userIdentity and still nameComponents is empty. Given that my App requires iCloud, is there a way to get (familyName,givenName)?

Use CloudKit's ckqueryoperation's recordmatchedblock in Swift 6.0, which always crashes, but works fine in Swift 5: func fetchAllRecords() async throws { let predicate = NSPredicate(format: "Topics = %@", "Integrations") let query = CKQuery(recordType: "PureMList", predicate: predicate) let operation = CKQueryOperation(query: query) operation.recordMatchedBlock = { recordID, result in switch result { case .success(let record): DispatchQueue.main.async { // Ensure UI updates happen here print("Fetched record: \(record)") // Update your UI elements here } case .failure(let error): // Handle the error print("Error fetching record with ID \(recordID): \(error)") } } // Ensure you're using the correct database publicDatabase.add(operation) }

Hi, I did cloudkit synchronization using swiftdata. However, synchronization does not occur automatically, and synchronization occurs intermittently only when the device is closed and opened. For confirmation, after changing the data in Device 1 (saving), when the data is fetched from Device 2, there is no change. I've heard that there's still an issue with swiftdata sync and Apple is currently troubleshooting it, is the phenomenon I'm experiencing in the current version normal?

I created a new index on two record types on Oct 12th. I still cannot query the records using the new queryable index on records that were created before that date. There is no indication in the schema history that the reindexing has started, completed, failed, or still in progress. What is the expectation for new indices being applied to existing records? Well over a week seems unacceptable for a database that has maybe 5000 records across a few record types. When I query my data using an old index and an old record field, I get hundreds of matching results so I know the data is there. FB15554144 - CloudKit / CloudKit Console: PRODUCTION ISSUE - Query against index created two weeks ago not returning all data as expected