Foundation model sandbox restriction error

I'm seeing this error a lot in my console log of my iPhone 15 Pro (Apple Intelligence enabled):

com.apple.modelcatalog.catalog sync: connection error during call: Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=4099 "The connection to service named com.apple.modelcatalog.catalog was invalidated: failed at lookup with error 159 - Sandbox restriction." UserInfo={NSDebugDescription=The connection to service named com.apple.modelcatalog.catalog was invalidated: failed at lookup with error 159 - Sandbox restriction.} reached max num connection attempts: 1

Are there entitlements / permissions I need to enable in Xcode that I forgot to do?

Code example

Here's how I'm initializing the language model session:

private func setupLanguageModelSession() {
  if #available(iOS 26.0, *) {
    let instructions = """
      my instructions
      """

    do {
      languageModelSession = try LanguageModelSession(instructions: instructions)
      print("Foundation Models language model session initialized")
    } catch {
      print("Error creating language model session: \(error)")
      languageModelSession = nil
    }
  } else {
    print("Device does not support Foundation Models (requires iOS 26.0+)")
    languageModelSession = nil
  }
}
Answered by Frameworks Engineer in 845690022

Hi! This is a known issue in iOS 26 beta 2. Feel free to disregard the error message in the debugger console. No entitlements or extra permissions are needed.

Accepted Answer

Hi! This is a known issue in iOS 26 beta 2. Feel free to disregard the error message in the debugger console. No entitlements or extra permissions are needed.

I am also seeing this error on an iPad Pro 4th gen. However, while the output starts to partially generate, it doesnt seem to complete. Hopefully this is helpful! Thank you!

Foundation model sandbox restriction error
 
 
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