Privacy manifest missing a required-reason API

iOS / Xcode · last reviewed 2026-11-10

The error looks like this

ITMS-91053: Missing API declaration - Your app’s code references one or more APIs that require reasons

Why it happens

Your app or an SDK uses an API (UserDefaults, file timestamp, boot time, disk space) without declaring a reason.

How to fix it

Add/extend ios/<App>/PrivacyInfo.xcprivacy with the API category named in the email.
Update third-party SDKs to versions that ship their own privacy manifest.
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