I sometimes use Xcode 14.2.
Recently, I have an issue with simulators:
- on some SwiftUI project, the simulator list is empty.
- I created a new project. I see the complete list of simulators, but when running for a simulator, it fails with following diag;
- Same error with UIKit project.
Details
Unable to boot the Simulator.
Domain: NSPOSIXErrorDomain
Code: 60
Failure Reason: launchd failed to respond.
User Info: {
DVTErrorCreationDateKey = "2025-06-29 06:16:35 +0000";
IDERunOperationFailingWorker = "_IDEInstalliPhoneSimulatorWorker";
Session = "com.apple.CoreSimulator.SimDevice.134EC197-BA6B-45DF-B5B2-61A1D4F14863";
}
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Failed to start launchd_sim: could not bind to session, launchd_sim may have crashed or quit responding
Domain: com.apple.SimLaunchHostService.RequestError
Code: 4
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Analytics Event: com.apple.dt.IDERunOperationWorkerFinished : {
"device_model" = "iPhone15,2";
"device_osBuild" = "16.2 (20C52)";
"device_platform" = "com.apple.platform.iphonesimulator";
"launchSession_schemeCommand" = Run;
"launchSession_state" = 1;
"launchSession_targetArch" = "x86_64";
"operation_duration_ms" = 8341;
"operation_errorCode" = 60;
"operation_errorDomain" = NSPOSIXErrorDomain;
"operation_errorWorker" = "_IDEInstalliPhoneSimulatorWorker";
"operation_name" = IDERunOperationWorkerGroup;
"param_consoleMode" = 0;
"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_MainThreadChecker_stopOnIssue" = 0;
"param_diag_MallocStackLogging_enableDuringAttach" = 0;
"param_diag_MallocStackLogging_enableForXPC" = 1;
"param_diag_allowLocationSimulation" = 1;
"param_diag_checker_tpc_enable" = 1;
"param_diag_gpu_frameCapture_enable" = 0;
"param_diag_gpu_shaderValidation_enable" = 0;
"param_diag_gpu_validation_enable" = 0;
"param_diag_memoryGraphOnResourceException" = 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_stopOnIssue" = 0;
"param_diag_showNonLocalizedStrings" = 0;
"param_diag_viewDebugging_enabled" = 1;
"param_diag_viewDebugging_insertDylibOnLaunch" = 1;
"param_install_style" = 0;
"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_runnable_type" = 2;
"param_testing_launchedForTesting" = 0;
"param_testing_suppressSimulatorApp" = 0;
"param_testing_usingCLI" = 0;
"sdk_canonicalName" = "iphonesimulator16.2";
"sdk_osVersion" = "16.2";
"sdk_variant" = iphonesimulator;
}
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System Information
macOS Version 12.7.1 (Build 21G920)
Xcode 14.2 (21534) (Build 14C18)
Timestamp: 2025-06-29T08:16:35+02:00
I filed a bug report: FB18475006