No more simulators showing in Xcode

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";
}
--
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
--

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;
}
--


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

I cleaned Xcode caches.

I reinstalled Xcode 14.2

To no avail.

If I try to add simulator, then look at the simulators list, I get a whole bunch of(all for iOS 16.2). But no one appear in the target list for compiling.

I'll try solution proposed here: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/78372541/xcode-doesnt-show-simulators

Even though XProtectPayloads. If it says 151, it doesn' work.

I updated system to the latest available for this MacBook. No change.

I disabled xprotect. No change.

No more simulators showing in Xcode
 
 
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