I recently had to update my certificates for a project. I deleted a few old ones, and I currently have one Development certificate. I needed to create another Development certificate specifically, it's saying "Maximum number of certificates generated." I thought the maximum was two Development certificates? Has anyone else had this issue? Thinking it could be a stuck workflow or something like that.
Apple applies limits like this in some cases, but none of those seem to match the situation you’ve described.
First up, the Personal Team feature has significant limitations. For the details, see Developer > Support > Choosing a Membership. So make sure you’re working with your paid team.
Second, when distributing a Mac app outside of the App Store, there are hard limits to the number of Developer ID certificates you can create. See The Care and Feeding of Developer ID for more on that.
Finally, there are limits to the number of Apple Distribution certificates you can create. I think that’s where you’re getting this from:
I thought the maximum was two Development certificates?
However, when it comes to Apple Development certificates in a paid team, I’m not aware of any limits [1].
How are you trying to create these certificates? On the Developer website? Or in Xcode?
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[1] Based on my research on this topic a few years back. That might’ve changed at some point, but it certainly hasn’t changed to anything small, like two.
