Command CodeSign failed with nonzero exit code

[Jimi_Jay]

I am trying to build hise on my macbook pro 14" m3 2023 with tahoe 26.3.1 and it won't build, failing each time with this error "Command CodeSign failed with nonzero exit code"

here are the transcripts for the error code :

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Prepare build
Prepare packages
Build target HISE Standalone - App
CodeSign /Users/jay/Documents/HISE/projects/standalone/Builds/MacOSX/build/Debug/HISE\ Debug.app (in target 'HISE Standalone - App' from project 'HISE Standalone')
cd /Users/jay/Documents/HISE/projects/standalone/Builds/MacOSX

Signing Identity:     "Sign to Run Locally"

/usr/bin/codesign --force --sign - --entitlements /Users/jay/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/HISE_Standalone-cnktsjmvoartasbasfwshrpxxybp/Build/Intermediates.noindex/HISE\ Standalone.build/Debug/HISE\ Standalone\ -\ App.build/HISE\ Debug.app.xcent --timestamp\=none --generate-entitlement-der /Users/jay/Documents/HISE/projects/standalone/Builds/MacOSX/build/Debug/HISE\ Debug.app

/Users/jay/Documents/HISE/projects/standalone/Builds/MacOSX/build/Debug/HISE Debug.app: resource fork, Finder information, or similar detritus not allowed
Command CodeSign failed with a nonzero exit code

Command CodeSign failed with a nonzero exit code

Activity Log Complete 03/04/2026, 11:53 42.0 seconds

I signed in my icloud account on xcode and I am not using faust, but could not find the login option on projucer when I was following a video I found on how to build hise. Also, on projucer, the codesign entry under debug and release is empty. Is there a solution to this problem ? I haven't been ale to find one on my own...

[David Healey]

@Jimi_Jay Could you tell me the exact steps you're taking to get to the point where you see the error? You don't need to be logged in to JUCE or xcode.

[Jimi_Jay]

@David-Healey I followed every step but didn't download the same version of xcode as my os is more recent than the one in the video so I just downloaded the latest stable release from the website linked in the description. Then I went to build the standalone version. I dragged it onto the projucer window and clicked the don't ask again button on the 2 popups in projucer. Then I unchecked the auto check new versions option. This is where I couldn't follow the instructions, I don't have the sign in optioin under file in the projucer top menu, so I couldn't find the enable gpl mode button. Then I disabled the show juce splash screen option. I then selected the arm64 option as I have an apple M3 processor. I then opened it in xcode, clicked on edit scheme and selected debug, pressed play and it came up with the error I pasted previously. I'm thinking it might be linked to the gpl mode not being enabled but I don't know, just guessing... I'm really uneducated on this type of stuff, especially on macos, so any help is more than welcome!

[David Healey]

@Jimi_Jay Try an older version of xcode

[Jimi_Jay]

@David-Healey what version should I try ? the same one you used in your video ?

[David Healey]

@Jimi_Jay said in Command CodeSign failed with nonzero exit code:

the same one you used in your video ?

If that version if available for your OS then yes. If not just go one version down from the one you've currently installed - things often break between versions.

[Jimi_Jay]

@David-Healey Alright, I'll try that and let you know. Thanks

[Jimi_Jay]

@David-Healey I tried downloading the version you used but it won't work because it is too old, so I tried the previous version to the one I was using and it doesn't work... I think in your video you said the gpl mode makes it so you don't need to sign in, I can't find the gpl mode option and I can't find the sign in option either... Could it be because of that ?

[David Healey]

@Jimi_Jay said in Command CodeSign failed with nonzero exit code:

makes it so you don't need to sign in

That's the sign in within Projucer, it is unrelated to codesigning.

Do you see this in the top right corner of Projucer?

[Jimi_Jay]

@David-Healey Yeah, I just saw this, gpl is enabled. I tried deleting the hise directory and its contents and deleting xcode and projucer and starting the process from 0 again but downloading the previous version of xcode and it came back with this error log :

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Build target HISE Standalone - App of project HISE Standalone with configuration Debug

CodeSign /Users/jay/Documents/HISE/projects/standalone/Builds/MacOSX/build/Debug/HISE\ Debug.app (in target 'HISE Standalone - App' from project 'HISE Standalone')
cd /Users/jay/Documents/HISE/projects/standalone/Builds/MacOSX

Signing Identity:     "Sign to Run Locally"

/usr/bin/codesign --force --sign - --entitlements /Users/jay/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/HISE_Standalone-cnktsjmvoartasbasfwshrpxxybp/Build/Intermediates.noindex/HISE\ Standalone.build/Debug/HISE\ Standalone\ -\ App.build/HISE\ Debug.app.xcent --timestamp\=none --generate-entitlement-der /Users/jay/Documents/HISE/projects/standalone/Builds/MacOSX/build/Debug/HISE\ Debug.app

/Users/jay/Documents/HISE/projects/standalone/Builds/MacOSX/build/Debug/HISE Debug.app: resource fork, Finder information, or similar detritus not allowed
Command CodeSign failed with a nonzero exit code

Command CodeSign failed with a nonzero exit code

Build failed 03/04/2026, 16:03 49.6 seconds

Same error message but idk if something is different now in the log I copied...

[David Healey]

@Jimi_Jay said in Command CodeSign failed with nonzero exit code:

Yeah, I found that

Good, that means GPL mode is already enabled.

@Jimi_Jay said in Command CodeSign failed with nonzero exit code:

Command CodeSign failed with a nonzero exit code

There shouldn't be any codesigning steps in the debug configuration. Are you sure you're building the debug and not the CI?

[Jimi_Jay]

@David-Healey I think so, I took a screenshot.

[David Healey]

@Jimi_Jay It looks correct to me. Did you download the HISE source code through git?