Keychain is locked (typical in CI / SSH)

iOS / Xcode · last reviewed 2026-11-10

The error looks like this

Warning: unable to build chain to self-signed root for signer; errSecInternalComponent

Why it happens

codesign cannot access the private key without UI.

How to fix it

Unlock before building: security unlock-keychain -p "$PW" build.keychain
Allow codesign: security set-key-partition-list -S apple-tool:,apple: -s -k "$PW" build.keychain
With fastlane: use setup_ci / create_keychain.

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