# TestFlight Release CI

Gitea Actions publishes iOS releases from tags that match:

```sh
release/vN.N.N
```

For example:

```sh
git tag release/v1.10.0
git push origin release/v1.10.0
```

The release job runs on the `xcode` runner label, imports the signing p12 into
a temporary keychain, installs the App Store provisioning profile, builds and
uploads the app with fastlane, then creates or updates the matching Gitea
release with the generated IPA as an asset. The job deletes the temporary
signing keychain in an `always()` cleanup step.

Required repository secrets:

```text
APP_STORE_CONNECT_API_KEY_ID
APP_STORE_CONNECT_API_ISSUER_ID
APP_STORE_CONNECT_API_KEY_CONTENT
APPSTORE_CERTIFICATES_FILE_BASE64
APPSTORE_CERTIFICATES_PASSWORD
APPSTORE_PROVISIONING_PROFILE_BASE64
```

Generate or refresh the signing assets locally with:

```sh
cd ios
fastlane ios create_ci_signing
```

The generated `build/signing/ci-secrets.env` file is ignored by Git. Copy its
certificate and provisioning profile values into the repository secrets listed
above. The workflow uses the `Sybil AppStore CI` provisioning profile name by
default.

If the Apple team has reached the Distribution certificate limit, set
`SYBIL_SIGNING_CERTIFICATE_ID` to the portal id for a certificate whose private
key exists in the local login keychain before running `create_ci_signing`. The
lane will export the local identity and create the provisioning profile against
that existing certificate instead of creating another Distribution certificate.

If `create_ci_signing` fails with an expired or missing agreement error, the
Apple Developer Program account holder must accept the current agreements in
App Store Connect before new certificates or provisioning profiles can be
created through the API.

The workflow uses Gitea's built-in `GITEA_TOKEN` for release creation and asset
upload, with `contents: write` permissions. In Gitea this covers release asset
publication.
