Apple Worldwide Developer Relations Intermediate Certificate Expiration

To help protect customers and developers, we require that all third-party apps, passes for Apple Wallet, Safari Extensions, Safari Push Notifications, and App Store purchase receipts are signed by a trusted certificate authority. The Apple Worldwide Developer Relations Certificate Authority issues the certificates you use to sign your software for Apple devices, allowing our systems to confirm that your software is delivered to users as intended and has not been modified.

The current Apple Worldwide Developer Relations Certification Intermediate Certificate is set to expire on February 07, 2023. The renewed certificate will be used to sign new iOS Distribution Certificates issued after September 2, 2020 for the Apple Developer Enterprise Program. Remaining certificates for all program types will be updated in the future and this page will be updated to reflect additional certificate changes.

Taking Action

This change impacts members of the Apple Developer Enterprise Program who distribute iOS or tvOS apps. Download the renewed certificate and follow the instructions below.

Enterprise iOS Distribution Certificates generated between February 7 and September 1st, 2020 will expire on February 7, 2023. Rotate the certificate before expiration to ensure your apps are installed and signed with an active certificate.

Enterprise iOS Distribution Certificates generated after September 2, 2020 require the new intermediate certificate installed on any machines that will be code signing. Xcode 11.4.1 or later automatically downloads the new Apple Worldwide Developer Relations Intermediate Certificate, and it is also available directly from the Certificate Authority page. Confirm that the correct intermediate certificate is installed by verifying the expiration date is set to 2030.

Known Issues

Xcode 11.4.0 and earlier may not be able to sign software using signing certificates issued by the new Apple Worldwide Developer Relations Certification Intermediate Certificate. If you are unable to upgrade to a supporting version of macOS or Xcode, sign your software using the command line.