Info.plist': Permission denied

[315567599]

unable to write file '/Users/test/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/Telegram-einijeybeftdgffqsashuprvowio/Build/Products/Debug-iphonesimulator/bazel-out/ios_sim_arm64-dbg-ios-sim_arm64-min11.0-applebin_ios-ST-98e1c93b9771/bin/submodules/MtProtoKit/MtProtoKitFramework.framework/Info.plist': Permission denied (13)

[iMostfa]

have you tried to check latest version ? some of my problems were solved by using it

[315567599]

have you tried to check latest version ? some of my problems were solved by using it

Yes, I have tried the latest version, and it still throws an error even after setting the directory permissions to 777.

[315567599]

have you tried to check latest version ? some of my problems were solved by using it

Yes, I have tried the latest version, and it still throws an error even after setting the directory permissions to 777.

and some other error like:
open /Users/test/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/Telegram-einijeybeftdgffqsashuprvowio/Build/Products/Debug-iphonesimulator/bazel-out/ios_sim_arm64-dbg-ios-sim_arm64-min12.0-applebin_ios-ST-fe42594dd089/bin/submodules/SSignalKit/SwiftSignalKit/SwiftSignalKitFramework.framework/Modules/SwiftSignalKit.swiftmodule/arm64-apple-ios-simulator.swiftmodule: No such file or directory

[eylemugurel]

I had a similar error in past, it was resolved by adding this to .bazelrc

build:rules_xcodeproj --remote_download_toplevel

[ihomway]

check if this folder /Users/test/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/Telegram-einijeybeftdgffqsashuprvowio/Build is marked by com.apple.provenance (use ls -l@), if so you can delete Telegram-einijeybeftdgffqsashuprvowio and try again

[huo-jie]

I also encounted this issue after upgrading to macOS 15.5 (24F74). It was normal for 15.3.

And I found there is a different permission for the.app folder in the Xcode Derived data folder compared with the one generated before, which might be the reason causing the Permission denied (13) when building with Xcode.

There is no 'write' permission for the user now.

After I manually added the write permission, Xcode can build it successfully but still failed to launch it with the Simulator, and the permission will be reset to read-only again.

[huo-jie]

@315567599
It turns out it may relate to an update in macOS updating the rsync command used in copy_outputs.sh:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43605003
The new rsync version, which is actually openrsync now, seems not working properly for --chmod options.

The workaround is to install GNU rsync with homebrew brew install rsync, it will take precedence over the /usr/bin. Not sure if there is a better solution to handle that inside copy_outputs.sh script.

[KVSRoyal]

I tried brew install rsync and I'm still encountering this error. Here are some more details for reproduction:

• Small demo repo
• Reproducible in Xcode 16.2, 16.3, and 16.4
• MacOS Sequoia 15.5 (the rsync issues mentioned by @huo-jie were introduced in 15.4)
• Bazel: 7.6.1, 8.2.1

Steps to reproduce:

1. Clone repo and run bazel run //:xcodeproj
2. Open xcodeproj in Xcode
3. Try to build via Xcode

What the error looks like:

// In Xcode 16.2
unable to write file '/Users/ksouth1/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/KoriDemoProject-fitrrxoljbfakkecmziumvflkgwi/Build/Products/Debug-iphonesimulator/bazel-out/ios_x86_64-dbg-ios-x86_64-min17.0-applebin_ios-ST-7f27d8c718c1/bin/DemoApp.app/Info.plist': Permission denied (13)

// In Xcode 16.4
unable to write file '/Users/ksouth1/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/KoriDemoProject-fitrrxoljbfakkecmziumvflkgwi/Build/Products/Debug-iphonesimulator/bazel-out/ios_x86_64-dbg-ios-x86_64-min17.0-applebin_ios-ST-7f27d8c718c1/bin/DemoApp.app/Info.plist': fopen(/Users/ksouth1/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/KoriDemoProject-fitrrxoljbfakkecmziumvflkgwi/Build/Products/Debug-iphonesimulator/bazel-out/ios_x86_64-dbg-ios-x86_64-min17.0-applebin_ios-ST-7f27d8c718c1/bin/DemoApp.app/Info.plist, wb): Permission denied (13)

What I've tried:

• brew install rsync: still seeing the error. rsync is at version 3.4.1
• Changing perms:
  1. In Xcode file navigator, go to Products > DemoApp.app
  2. Open DemoApp.app in Finder
  3. Right click on the file > Get Info
  4. Copy the "Where"
  5. In terminal, do cd path_you_copied_from_where && cd DemoApp.app
  6. chmd +rw Info.plist
  7. Re-build and then I run into Issue B included below. If I try to run again, the permissions issue returns.
• Changing DerivedData location to see if I can get Bazel and Xcode to use different ones. Also didn't worked and was perhaps misguided 😅
  1. Go to Xcode > Settings... > Location
  2. Change the DerivedData location to not be the default (which is the same as Bazel)
• This

Issue B. Probably has the same root cause

``` Simulator device failed to install the application. Domain: NSPOSIXErrorDomain Code: 13 Failure Reason: Unhandled error domain NSPOSIXErrorDomain, code 13 User Info: { DVTErrorCreationDateKey = "2025-06-13 18:54:17 +0000"; FunctionName = IXCopyItemAtURL; IDERunOperationFailingWorker = IDELaunchiPhoneSimulatorLauncher; SimCallingSelector = "installApplication:withOptions:error:"; SourceFileLine = 121; } -- copyfile of file:///Users/ksouth1/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/KoriDemoProject-fitrrxoljbfakkecmziumvflkgwi/Build/Products/Debug-iphonesimulator/bazel-out/ios_x86_64-dbg-ios-x86_64-min17.0-applebin_ios-ST-7f27d8c718c1/bin/DemoApp.app to file:///Users/ksouth1/Library/Developer/CoreSimulator/Devices/108F536F-7BF2-44C7-A603-A0A0D9F0D860/data/Containers/Shared/SystemGroup/systemgroup.com.apple.installcoordinationd/Library/InstallCoordination/PromiseStaging/B6F928FB-A505-4832-85D0-50C951793A18/DemoApp.app failed: Permission denied Domain: NSPOSIXErrorDomain Code: 13 Failure Reason: Unhandled error domain NSPOSIXErrorDomain, code 13 User Info: { FunctionName = IXCopyItemAtURL; SourceFileLine = 121; } --

Event Metadata: com.apple.dt.IDERunOperationWorkerFinished : {
"device_identifier" = "108F536F-7BF2-44C7-A603-A0A0D9F0D860";
"device_model" = "iPhone17,1";
"device_osBuild" = "18.1 (22B81)";
"device_platform" = "com.apple.platform.iphonesimulator";
"device_thinningType" = "iPhone17,1";
"dvt_coredevice_version" = "443.24";
"dvt_coresimulator_version" = "1010.15";
"dvt_mobiledevice_version" = "1784.120.3";
"launchSession_schemeCommand" = Run;
"launchSession_state" = 1;
"launchSession_targetArch" = "x86_64";
"operation_duration_ms" = 117;
"operation_errorCode" = 13;
"operation_errorDomain" = NSPOSIXErrorDomain;
"operation_errorWorker" = IDELaunchiPhoneSimulatorLauncher;
"operation_name" = IDERunOperationWorkerGroup;
"param_debugger_attachToExtensions" = 0;
"param_debugger_attachToXPC" = 1;
"param_debugger_type" = 3;
"param_destination_isProxy" = 0;
"param_destination_platform" = "com.apple.platform.iphonesimulator";
"param_diag_113575882_enable" = 0;
"param_diag_MainThreadChecker_stopOnIssue" = 0;
"param_diag_MallocStackLogging_enableDuringAttach" = 0;
"param_diag_MallocStackLogging_enableForXPC" = 1;
"param_diag_allowLocationSimulation" = 1;
"param_diag_checker_tpc_enable" = 0;
"param_diag_gpu_frameCapture_enable" = 0;
"param_diag_gpu_shaderValidation_enable" = 0;
"param_diag_gpu_validation_enable" = 0;
"param_diag_guardMalloc_enable" = 0;
"param_diag_memoryGraphOnResourceException" = 0;
"param_diag_mtc_enable" = 0;
"param_diag_queueDebugging_enable" = 1;
"param_diag_runtimeProfile_generate" = 0;
"param_diag_sanitizer_asan_enable" = 0;
"param_diag_sanitizer_tsan_enable" = 0;
"param_diag_sanitizer_tsan_stopOnIssue" = 0;
"param_diag_sanitizer_ubsan_enable" = 0;
"param_diag_sanitizer_ubsan_stopOnIssue" = 0;
"param_diag_showNonLocalizedStrings" = 0;
"param_diag_viewDebugging_enabled" = 1;
"param_diag_viewDebugging_insertDylibOnLaunch" = 1;
"param_install_style" = 2;
"param_launcher_UID" = 2;
"param_launcher_allowDeviceSensorReplayData" = 0;
"param_launcher_kind" = 0;
"param_launcher_style" = 0;
"param_launcher_substyle" = 0;
"param_runnable_appExtensionHostRunMode" = 0;
"param_runnable_productType" = "com.apple.product-type.application";
"param_structuredConsoleMode" = 1;
"param_testing_launchedForTesting" = 0;
"param_testing_suppressSimulatorApp" = 0;
"param_testing_usingCLI" = 0;
"sdk_canonicalName" = "iphonesimulator18.2";
"sdk_osVersion" = "18.2";
"sdk_variant" = iphonesimulator;
}

System Information

macOS Version 15.5 (Build 24F74)
Xcode 16.2 (23507) (Build 16C5032a)
Timestamp: 2025-06-13T12:54:17-06:00

</details>

[huo-jie]

I tried brew install rsync and I'm still encountering this error. Here are some more details for reproduction:

• Small demo repo
• Reproducible in Xcode 16.2, 16.3, and 16.4
• MacOS Sequoia 15.5 (the rsync issues mentioned by @huo-jie were introduced in 15.4)
• Bazel: 7.6.1, 8.2.1

Steps to reproduce:

1. Clone repo and run bazel run //:xcodeproj
2. Open xcodeproj in Xcode
3. Try to build via Xcode

What the error looks like:

// In Xcode 16.2
unable to write file '/Users/ksouth1/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/KoriDemoProject-fitrrxoljbfakkecmziumvflkgwi/Build/Products/Debug-iphonesimulator/bazel-out/ios_x86_64-dbg-ios-x86_64-min17.0-applebin_ios-ST-7f27d8c718c1/bin/DemoApp.app/Info.plist': Permission denied (13)

// In Xcode 16.4
unable to write file '/Users/ksouth1/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/KoriDemoProject-fitrrxoljbfakkecmziumvflkgwi/Build/Products/Debug-iphonesimulator/bazel-out/ios_x86_64-dbg-ios-x86_64-min17.0-applebin_ios-ST-7f27d8c718c1/bin/DemoApp.app/Info.plist': fopen(/Users/ksouth1/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/KoriDemoProject-fitrrxoljbfakkecmziumvflkgwi/Build/Products/Debug-iphonesimulator/bazel-out/ios_x86_64-dbg-ios-x86_64-min17.0-applebin_ios-ST-7f27d8c718c1/bin/DemoApp.app/Info.plist, wb): Permission denied (13)

What I've tried:

• brew install rsync: still seeing the error. rsync is at version 3.4.1

• Changing perms:

  1. In Xcode file navigator, go to Products > DemoApp.app
  2. Open DemoApp.app in Finder
  3. Right click on the file > Get Info
  4. Copy the "Where"
  5. In terminal, do cd path_you_copied_from_where && cd DemoApp.app
  6. chmd +rw Info.plist
  7. Re-build and then I run into Issue B included below. If I try to run again, the permissions issue returns.

• Changing DerivedData location to see if I can get Bazel and Xcode to use different ones. Also didn't worked and was perhaps misguided 😅

  1. Go to Xcode > Settings... > Location
  2. Change the DerivedData location to not be the default (which is the same as Bazel)

• This

Issue B. Probably has the same root cause

## Event Metadata: com.apple.dt.IDERunOperationWorkerFinished : {
"device_identifier" = "108F536F-7BF2-44C7-A603-A0A0D9F0D860";
"device_model" = "iPhone17,1";
"device_osBuild" = "18.1 (22B81)";
"device_platform" = "com.apple.platform.iphonesimulator";
"device_thinningType" = "iPhone17,1";
"dvt_coredevice_version" = "443.24";
"dvt_coresimulator_version" = "1010.15";
"dvt_mobiledevice_version" = "1784.120.3";
"launchSession_schemeCommand" = Run;
"launchSession_state" = 1;
"launchSession_targetArch" = "x86_64";
"operation_duration_ms" = 117;
"operation_errorCode" = 13;
"operation_errorDomain" = NSPOSIXErrorDomain;
"operation_errorWorker" = IDELaunchiPhoneSimulatorLauncher;
"operation_name" = IDERunOperationWorkerGroup;
"param_debugger_attachToExtensions" = 0;
"param_debugger_attachToXPC" = 1;
"param_debugger_type" = 3;
"param_destination_isProxy" = 0;
"param_destination_platform" = "com.apple.platform.iphonesimulator";
"param_diag_113575882_enable" = 0;
"param_diag_MainThreadChecker_stopOnIssue" = 0;
"param_diag_MallocStackLogging_enableDuringAttach" = 0;
"param_diag_MallocStackLogging_enableForXPC" = 1;
"param_diag_allowLocationSimulation" = 1;
"param_diag_checker_tpc_enable" = 0;
"param_diag_gpu_frameCapture_enable" = 0;
"param_diag_gpu_shaderValidation_enable" = 0;
"param_diag_gpu_validation_enable" = 0;
"param_diag_guardMalloc_enable" = 0;
"param_diag_memoryGraphOnResourceException" = 0;
"param_diag_mtc_enable" = 0;
"param_diag_queueDebugging_enable" = 1;
"param_diag_runtimeProfile_generate" = 0;
"param_diag_sanitizer_asan_enable" = 0;
"param_diag_sanitizer_tsan_enable" = 0;
"param_diag_sanitizer_tsan_stopOnIssue" = 0;
"param_diag_sanitizer_ubsan_enable" = 0;
"param_diag_sanitizer_ubsan_stopOnIssue" = 0;
"param_diag_showNonLocalizedStrings" = 0;
"param_diag_viewDebugging_enabled" = 1;
"param_diag_viewDebugging_insertDylibOnLaunch" = 1;
"param_install_style" = 2;
"param_launcher_UID" = 2;
"param_launcher_allowDeviceSensorReplayData" = 0;
"param_launcher_kind" = 0;
"param_launcher_style" = 0;
"param_launcher_substyle" = 0;
"param_runnable_appExtensionHostRunMode" = 0;
"param_runnable_productType" = "com.apple.product-type.application";
"param_structuredConsoleMode" = 1;
"param_testing_launchedForTesting" = 0;
"param_testing_suppressSimulatorApp" = 0;
"param_testing_usingCLI" = 0;
"sdk_canonicalName" = "iphonesimulator18.2";
"sdk_osVersion" = "18.2";
"sdk_variant" = iphonesimulator;
}
System Information

macOS Version 15.5 (Build 24F74) Xcode 16.2 (23507) (Build 16C5032a) Timestamp: 2025-06-13T12:54:17-06:00

```

@KVSRoyal Is your rsync installed in the path /opt/homebrew/bin/rsync?

[DoDoENT]

OK, I had the same issue and installing rsync from homebrew and restarting both the shell and recreating the Xcode project and making sure that all derived-data folders are purged did the trick.

[DoDoENT]

Maybe, in the name of hermeticity, rules_xcodeproj should ship its own rsync?

[zlrs]

Maybe, in the name of hermeticity, rules_xcodeproj should ship its own rsync?

rules_xcodeproj can add a line of chmod -R 755 xxx to ensure the file has the correct permissions.

[adincebic]

@DoDoENT we discussed this a while ago when Apple switched from Samba rsync to Open rsync. If I remember correctly the issue is that there is no good source of pre-built rsync. If there is, than it would be a matter of providing it similar to pre-built protoc.
Or perhaps a better approach would be to always build it from source.