Hello everyone,
I am experiencing a persistent authentication error when querying a custom user profile record, and the error message seems to be a red herring.
My Setup:
I have a custom CKRecord type called ColaboradorProfile.
When a new user signs up, I create this record and store their hashed password, salt, nickname, and a custom field called loginIdentifier (which is just their lowercase username).
In the CloudKit Dashboard, I have manually added an index for loginIdentifier and set it to Queryable and Searchable. I have deployed this schema to Production.
The Problem:
During login, I run an async function to find the user's profile using this indexed loginIdentifier.
Here is the relevant authentication code:
func autenticar() async {
// ... setup code (isLoading, etc.)
let lowercasedUsername = username.lowercased()
// My predicate ONLY filters on 'loginIdentifier'
let predicate = NSPredicate(format: "loginIdentifier == %@", lowercasedUsername)
let query = CKQuery(recordType: "ColaboradorProfile", predicate: predicate)
// I only need these specific keys
let desiredKeys = ["password", "passwordSalt", "nickname", "isAdmin", "isSubAdmin", "username"]
let database = CKContainer.default().publicCloudDatabase
do {
// This is the line that throws the error
let result = try await database.records(matching: query, desiredKeys: desiredKeys, resultsLimit: 1)
// ... (rest of the password verification logic)
} catch {
// The error always lands here
logDebug("Error authenticating with CloudKit: \(error.localizedDescription)")
await MainActor.run {
self.errorMessage = "Connection Error: \(error.localizedDescription)"
self.isLoading = false
self.showAlert = true
}
}
}
The Error:
Even though my query predicate only references loginIdentifier, the catch block consistently reports this error:
Error authenticating with CloudKit: Field 'createdBy' is not marked queryable.
I know createdBy (the system creatorUserRecordID) is not queryable by default, but my query isn't touching that field. I already tried indexing createdBy just in case, but the error persists. It seems CloudKit cannot find or use my index for loginIdentifier and is incorrectly reporting a fallback error related to a system field.
Has anyone seen this behavior? Why would CloudKit report an error about createdBy when the query is explicitly on an indexed, custom field?
I'm new to Swift and I'm struggling quite a bit.
Thank you,
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Hey everyone, I have a question. When creating an app, how should I design a message table that involves personal privacy? The content is stored locally on the user's device, and then encrypted in the server database? How should I design it?
Topic:
App & System Services
SubTopic:
iCloud & Data
We are currently implementing a custom iCloud sync for our macOS and iOS apps using CloudKit. Syncing works fine as long as the number of record sends is relatively small.
But when we test with a large number of changes ( 80,000+ CKRecords ) we start running into problems.
Our sending strategy is very conservative to avoid rate limits:
We send records sequentially in batches of 250 records
With about 2 seconds pause between operations
Records are small and contain no assets (assets are uploaded separately)
At some point we start receiving:
“Database commit size exceeds limit”
After that, CloudKit begins returning rate-limit errors with retryAfter-Information in the error.
We wait for the retry time and try again, but from this moment on, nothing progresses anymore. Every subsequent attempt fails.
We could not find anything in the official documentation regarding such a “commit size” limit or what triggers this failure state.
So my questions are:
Are there undocumented limits on the total number of records that can exist in an iCloud database (private or shared)?
Is there a maximum volume of record modifications a container can accept within a certain timeframe, even if operations are split into small batches with pauses?
Is it possible that sending large numbers of records in a row can temporarily or permanently “stall” a CloudKit container?
Any insights or experiences would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you!
My app uses iCloud to let users sync their files via their private iCloud Drive, which does not use CloudKit.
FileManager.default.url(forUbiquityContainerIdentifier: nil)?.appending(component: "Documents")
I plan to transfer my app to another developer account, but I'm afraid it will affect the access of the app to the existing files in that folder. Apple documentation doesn't mention this case.
Has anyone done this before and can confirm if the app will continue to work normally after transferring?
Thanks
Hi everyone,
Im trying to set up CloudKit for my Unreal Engine 5.4 project but seem to be hitting some roadblocks on how to set up the Record Types.
From my understanding I need to set up a "file" record type with a "contents" asset field - but even with this it doesn't seem to work :(
Any unreal engine devs with some experience on this who could help me out?
Thanks!
Greetings my fellow engineers,
I use SwiftData in my iOS app. The schema is unversioned and consists of a single model. I've been modifying the model for almost two years now and relying on automatic database migrations. I had no problems for all that time, but now trying to add a property to the model or even remove a property from the model results in an error which seems like SwiftData is no longer capable of performing an automatic migration.
The log console has things like the following:
CoreData: error: NSUnderlyingError : Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=134190 "(null)" UserInfo={reason=Each property must have a unique renaming identifier}
CoreData: error: reason : Can't find or automatically infer mapping model for migration
CoreData: error: storeType: SQLite
CoreData: error: configuration: default
CoreData: annotation: options:
CoreData: annotation: NSMigratePersistentStoresAutomaticallyOption : 1
CoreData: annotation: NSInferMappingModelAutomaticallyOption : 1
CoreData: annotation: NSPersistentStoreRemoteChangeNotificationOptionKey : 1
CoreData: annotation: NSPersistentHistoryTrackingKey : 1
CoreData: error: <NSPersistentStoreCoordinator: 0x7547b5480>: Attempting recovery from error encountered during addPersistentStore: 0x753f8d800 Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=134140 "Persistent store migration failed, missing mapping model."
Have you ever encountered such an issue? What are my options?
I’m trying to build a CRUD app using SwiftData, @Query model and multidatepicker.
The data from a multidatepicker is stored or persists in SwiftData as Set = [].
My current dilemma is how to use SwiftData and @Query model Predicate to find all records on the current date.
I can’t find any SwiftData documentation or examples @Query using Set = [].
My CRUD app should retrieve all records for the current date. Unfortunately, I don’t know the correct @Query model syntax for Set = [].
We're in the process of migrating our app to the Swift 6 language mode. I have hit a road block that I cannot wrap my head around, and it concerns Core Data and how we work with NSManagedObject instances.
Greatly simplied, our Core Data stack looks like this:
class CoreDataStack {
private let persistentContainer: NSPersistentContainer
var viewContext: NSManagedObjectContext { persistentContainer.viewContext }
}
For accessing the database, we provide Controller classes such as e.g.
class PersonController {
private let coreDataStack: CoreDataStack
func fetchPerson(byName name: String) async throws -> Person? {
try await coreDataStack.viewContext.perform {
let fetchRequest = NSFetchRequest<Person>()
fetchRequest.predicate = NSPredicate(format: "name == %@", name)
return try fetchRequest.execute().first
}
}
}
Our view controllers use such controllers to fetch objects and populate their UI with it:
class MyViewController: UIViewController {
private let chatController: PersonController
private let ageLabel: UILabel
func populateAgeLabel(name: String) {
Task {
let person = try? await chatController.fetchPerson(byName: name)
ageLabel.text = "\(person?.age ?? 0)"
}
}
}
This works very well, and there are no concurrency problems since the managed objects are fetched from the view context and accessed only in the main thread.
When turning on Swift 6 language mode, however, the compiler complains about the line calling the controller method:
Non-sendable result type 'Person?' cannot be sent from nonisolated context in call to instance method 'fetchPerson(byName:)'
Ok, fair enough, NSManagedObject is not Sendable. No biggie, just add @MainActor to the controller method, so it can be called from view controllers which are also main actor. However, now the compiler shows the same error at the controller method calling viewContext.perform:
Non-sendable result type 'Person?' cannot be sent from nonisolated context in call to instance method 'perform(schedule:_:)'
And now I'm stumped. Does this mean NSManageObject instances cannot even be returned from calls to NSManagedObjectContext.perform? Ever? Even though in this case, @MainActor matches the context's actor isolation (since it's the view context)?
Of course, in this simple example the controller method could just return the age directly, and more complex scenarios could return Sendable data structures that are instantiated inside the perform closure. But is that really the only legal solution? That would mean a huge refactoring challenge for our app, since we use NSManageObject instances fetched from the view context everywhere. That's what the view context is for, right?
tl;dr: is it possible to return NSManagedObject instances fetched from the view context with Swift 6 strict concurrency enabled, and if so how?
Our app saves its data to iCloud by default. In most cases, this is working as intended & the data can be synced across devices with no problems.
But recently, in testing, we discovered a situation where it's possible to save data before the NSMetadataQuery finishes & starts downloading the cloud files. When this happens, the query will then finish, and return the NEW file (with no other versions or conflicts).
Is there a way to ensure that writing a file (version A) to ubiquitous storage when another version (version B) exists in the cloud is treated as a conflict, rather than just stomping all over the other version?
I've tried querying the file metadata for the file URL (NSURLIsUbiquitousItemKey, NSMetadataUbiquitousItemDownloadingStatusKey, NSURLUbiquitousItemDownloadRequestedKey, NSURLUbiquitousItemHasUnresolvedConflictsKey) before saving, but it just returns nil.
Topic:
App & System Services
SubTopic:
iCloud & Data
My client is using iCloud Mail with his custom domain and he communicated with many govt organizations which seem to all be using Barracuda Email Protection for their spam prevention. I have properly configured his SPF, DKIM & DMARC DNS records however his emails were still being rejected. (Email header below)
I contacted Barracuda support with the email header and they replied saying that the emails were rejected becuase Apple Mail has missing PTR records.
I have sent dozens of emails for testing and looking at all their headers I can see (ms-asmtp-me-k8s.p00.prod.me.com [17.57.154.37]) which does not have a PTR record.
----FULL EMAIL HEADER WITH 3RD PARTY DOMAINS REMOVED-----
<recipient_email_address>: host
d329469a.ess.barracudanetworks.com[209.222.82.255] said: 550 permanent
failure for one or more recipients (recipient_email_address:blocked)
(in reply to end of DATA command)
Reporting-MTA: dns; p00-icloudmta-asmtp-us-west-3a-100-percent-10.p00-icloudmta-asmtp-vip.icloud-mail-production.svc.kube.us-west-3a.k8s.cloud.apple.com
X-Postfix-Queue-ID: 8979C18013F8
X-Postfix-Sender: rfc822; sender_email_address
Arrival-Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2025 12:30:05 +0000 (UTC)
Final-Recipient: rfc822; @******
Original-Recipient: rfc822;recipient_email_address
Action: failed
Status: 5.0.0
Remote-MTA: dns; d329469a.ess.barracudanetworks.com
Diagnostic-Code: smtp; 550 permanent failure for one or more recipients
(recipient_email_address:blocked)
Return-Path: <sender_email_address>
DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=sender_domain;
s=sig1; bh=CyUt/U7mIHwXB5OQctPjRH/OxLH7GsLR54JjGuRkj9Y=;
h=From:Message-Id:Content-Type:Mime-Version:Subject:Date:To:x-icloud-hme;
b=hwEbggsctiCRlMlEgovBTjB/0sPRCb2k+1wzHRZ2dZNrZdOqvFSNWU+Aki9Bl8nfv
eEOoXz5qWxO2b2rEBl08lmRQ3hCyroayIn4keBRrgkxL1uu4zMTaDUHyau2vVnzC3h
ZmwQtQxiu7QvTS/Sp8jjJ/niOPSzlfhphqMxnQAZi/jmJGcZPadT8K+7+PhRllVnI+
TElJarN1ORQu+CaPGhEs9/F7AIcjJNemnVg1cude7EUuO9va8ou49oFExWTLt7YSMl
s+88hxxGu3GugD3eBnitzVo7s7/O9qkIbDUjk3w04/p/VOJ+35Mvi+v/zB9brpYwC1
B4dZP+AhwJDYA==
Received: from smtpclient.apple (ms-asmtp-me-k8s.p00.prod.me.com [17.57.154.37])
by p00-icloudmta-asmtp-us-west-3a-100-percent-10.p00-icloudmta-asmtp-vip.icloud-mail-production.svc.kube.us-west-3a.k8s.cloud.apple.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 8979C18013F8;
Thu, 20 Mar 2025 12:30:05 +0000 (UTC)
From: Marcel Brunel <sender_email_address>
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Topic:
App & System Services
SubTopic:
iCloud & Data
The NSMetadataUbiquitousItemDownloadingStatusKey indicates the status of a ubiquitous (iCloud Drive) file.
A key value of NSMetadataUbiquitousItemDownloadingStatusDownloaded is defined as indicating there is a local version of this file available. The most current version will get downloaded as soon as possible .
However this no longer occurs since iOS 18.4. A ubiquitous file may remain in the NSMetadataUbiquitousItemDownloadingStatusDownloaded state for an indefinite period.
There is a workaround: call [NSFileManager startDownloadingUbiquitousItemAtURL: error:] however this shouldn't be necessary, and introduces delays over the previous behaviour.
Has anyone else seen this behaviour? Is this a permanent change?
FB17662379
Document based SwiftData apps do not autosave changes to the ModelContext at all. This issue has been around since the first release of this SwiftData feature.
In fact, the Apple WWDC sample project (https://developer.apple.com/documentation/swiftui/building-a-document-based-app-using-swiftdata) does not persist any data in its current state, unless one inserts modelContext.save() calls after every data change.
I have reported this under the feedback ID FB16503154, as it seemed to me that there is no feedback report about the fundamental issue yet.
Other posts related to this problem:
https://forums.developer.apple.com/forums/thread/757172
https://forums.developer.apple.com/forums/thread/768906
https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/764189
We have an unreleased SwiftData app for iOS18+. While we were testing I saw reports on the forum about unexpected database migrations for codable arrays on iOS26.1.
I'd like to ask a couple of questions:
1- Does this issue originate from the new Xcode version, or is it specific to iOS 26.1?
2- Is it possible to change our attribute so that users on older iOS versions receive the same model, preventing a migration from being triggered when they upgrade to iOS 26.1?
One of our models looks like this:
struct Point: Codable, Hashable {
let x: Int
let y: Int
}
@Model
class Grid {
private(set) var gridId: String = ""
var points: [Point] = []
var updatedAt: Date = Date()
private(set) var createdAt: Date = Date()
#Index<Grid>([\.gridId])
...
}
I can think of some options like:
// 1
@Attribute(.transformable(by: CustomJsonTransformer.self)) var points: [Point] = []
// 2
@Attribute(.externalStorage) var points: [Point] = []
// 3
var points: Data = Data() // store points as data
However, I'm not sure which one to use.
What would you recommend to handle this, or is there a better strategy you would suggest?
Hi all,
I recently discovered that I forgot to deploy my CloudKit schema changes from development to production - an oversight that unfortunately went unnoticed for 2.5 months.
As a result, any data created during that time was never synced to iCloud and remains only in the local CoreData store. Once I pushed the schema to production, CloudKit resumed syncing new changes as expected.
However, this leaves me with a gap: there's now a significant amount of data that would be lost if users delete or reinstall the app.
Before I attempt to implement a manual backup or migration strategy, I was wondering:
Does NSPersistentCloudKitContainer keep track of local changes that couldn't be synced doe to the missing schema and automatically reattempt syncing them now that the schema is live?
If not, what would be the best approach to ensure this "orphaned" data gets saved to CloudKit retroactively.
Thanks in advance for any guidance or suggestions.
Hi,
I'm trying to sign in with Apple CloudKit.
I'm using the following code:
'use client';
import { CLOUDKIT_CONSTANTS } from '@/constants/cloudkit';
import { setCloudKitConfigured } from '@/lib/cloudkitSingleton';
import { CloudKitStatic } from '@/types/cloudkit';
import Script from 'next/script';
declare global {
interface Window {
CloudKit: CloudKitStatic;
}
}
export default function Home() {
const initializeCloudKit = async () => {
console.info('⭐️ initializeCloudKit - start');
// 古い認証情報を削除
try {
// LocalStorageから古い認証情報を削除
const keysToRemove = [];
for (let i = 0; i < localStorage.length; i++) {
const key = localStorage.key(i);
if (key && (key.includes('cloudkit') || key.includes('CloudKit'))) {
keysToRemove.push(key);
}
}
keysToRemove.forEach(key => localStorage.removeItem(key));
// SessionStorageからも削除
const sessionKeysToRemove = [];
for (let i = 0; i < sessionStorage.length; i++) {
const key = sessionStorage.key(i);
if (key && (key.includes('cloudkit') || key.includes('CloudKit'))) {
sessionKeysToRemove.push(key);
}
}
sessionKeysToRemove.forEach(key => sessionStorage.removeItem(key));
console.log('古い認証情報を削除しました');
} catch (cleanupError) {
console.warn('認証情報のクリーンアップ中にエラー:', cleanupError);
}
try {
const cloudKit = window.CloudKit.configure({
containers: [
{
containerIdentifier: 'XXXXXX',
apiTokenAuth: {
apiToken: 'XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX',
persist: false,
signInButton: {
id: 'cloudkit-sign-in-button',
theme: 'black',
},
signOutButton: {
id: 'cloudkit-sign-out-button',
theme: 'black',
},
},
environment: 'development',
},
],
});
console.info('⭐️ cloudKit', cloudKit);
setCloudKitConfigured(true);
const container = cloudKit.getDefaultContainer();
console.info('⭐️ CloudKit configured, setting up auth...');
// 初期認証状態をチェック
try {
const initialUser = await container.setUpAuth();
console.info('⭐️ setUpAuth result:', initialUser);
} catch (authError) {
console.info('⭐️ setUpAuth error (expected for unauthenticated):', authError);
}
// CloudKitの標準コールバックも併用(念のため)
try {
container.whenUserSignsIn().then((userInfo: any) => {
console.info('⭐️ CALLBACK: whenUserSignsIn fired!', userInfo);
});
container.whenUserSignsOut().then(() => {
console.info('⭐️ CALLBACK: whenUserSignsOut fired!');
});
} catch (callbackError) {
console.info('⭐️ Callback setup error (non-critical):', callbackError);
}
console.info('⭐️ initializeCloudKit - completed');
} catch (error) {
console.error('⭐️ Critical CloudKit initialization error:', error);
}
};
return (
<>
<Script
src="https://cdn.apple-cloudkit.com/ck/2/cloudkit.js"
strategy="afterInteractive"
onLoad={() => {
initializeCloudKit();
}}
onError={error => {
console.error('⭐️ CloudKit initialization error:', error);
}}
/>
<div id="cloudkit-sign-in-button" />
<div id="cloudkit-sign-out-button" />
</>
);
}
In Chrome secret tab, I can sign in successfully.
But in Chrome normal tab, I can't sign in.
In normal tab, following error occurs on sign in button click:
cloudkit.js:14 Uncaught (in promise) Error: UNKNOWN_ERROR
cloudkit.js:14 GET https://api.apple-cloudkit.com/database/1/XXXXXX/XXXXXX/public/users/caller?ckjsBuildVersion=2420ProjectDev22&ckjsVersion=2.6.4&clientId=XXXXX-XXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXXX&
ckAPIToken=XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX
421 (Misdirected Request)
I think, cloudkit instance has re-initialized when I click the sign in button only in normal tab.
So I can't sign in.
Do you have any idea what might be causing the error ?
Thanks in advance for your help!
I'm trying to use the new (in tvOS 26) video streaming service automatic login API from the VideoSubscriberAccount framework:
https://developer.apple.com/documentation/videosubscriberaccount/vsuseraccountmanager/autosignintoken-swift.property
It seems that this API requires an entitlement. This document suggests that the com.apple.smoot.subscriptionservice entitlement is required.
https://developer.apple.com/documentation/videosubscriberaccount/signing-people-in-to-media-apps-automatically
However, it seems more likely that com.apple.developer.video-subscriber-single-sign-on is the correct entitlement.
https://developer.apple.com/documentation/bundleresources/entitlements/com.apple.developer.video-subscriber-single-sign-on
Which is the correct entitlement and how do I obtain it?
I don't want to fully comply with the video partner program.
https://developer.apple.com/programs/video-partner/
I just want to use this one new automatic login feature.
Testing Environment: iOS 18.4.1 / macOS 15.4.1
I am working on an iOS project that aims to utilize the user's iCloud Drive documents directory to save a specific directory-based file structure. Essentially, the app would create a root directory where the user chooses in iCloud Drive, then it would populate user generated files in various levels of nested directories.
I have been attempting to use NSMetadataQuery with various predicates and search scopes but haven't been able to get it to directly monitor changes to files or directories that are not in the root directory.
Instead, it only monitors files or directories in the root directory, and any changes in a subdirectory are considered an update to the direct children of the root directory.
Example
iCloud Drive Documents (Not app's ubiquity container)
User Created Root Directory (Being monitored)
File A
Directory A
File B
An insertion or deletion within Directory A would only return a notification with userInfo containing data for NSMetadataQueryUpdateChangedItemsKey relating to Directory A, and not the file or directory itself that was inserted or deleted. (Query results array also only contain the direct children.)
I have tried all combinations of these search scopes and predicates with no luck:
query.searchScopes = [
rootDirectoryURL,
NSMetadataQueryUbiquitousDocumentsScope,
NSMetadataQueryAccessibleUbiquitousExternalDocumentsScope,
]
NSPredicate(value: true)
NSPredicate(format: "%K LIKE '*.md'", NSMetadataItemFSNameKey)
NSPredicate(format: "%K BEGINSWITH %@", NSMetadataItemPathKey, url.path(percentEncoded: false))
I do see these warnings in the console upon starting my query:
[CRIT] UNREACHABLE: failed to get container URL for com.apple.CloudDocs
[ERROR] couldn't fetch remote operation IDs: NSError: Cocoa 257 "The file couldn’t be opened because you don’t have permission to view it."
"Error returned from daemon: Error Domain=com.apple.accounts Code=7 "(null)""
But I am not sure what to make of that, since it does act normally for finding updates in the root directory.
Hopefully this isn't a limitation of the API, as the only alternative I could think of would be to have multiple queries running for each nested directory that I needed updates for.
Topic:
App & System Services
SubTopic:
iCloud & Data
Tags:
Files and Storage
iCloud Drive
Foundation
Starting 20th March 2025, I see an increase in bandwidth and latency for one of my CloudKit projects.
I'm using NSPersistentCloudKitContainer to synchronise my data.
I haven't changed any CloudKit scheme during that time but shipped an update. Since then, I reverted some changes from that update, which could have led to changes in the sync behaviour.
Is anyone else seeing any issues?
I would love to file a DTS and use one of my credits for that, but unfortunately, I can't because I cannot reproduce it with a demo project because I cannot travel back in time and check if it also has an increase in metrics during that time.
Maybe an Apple engineer can green-light me filing a DTS request, please.
Hello,
I am building a pretty large database (~40MB) to be used in my SwiftData iOS app as read-only.
While inserting and updating the data, I noticed a substantial increase in size (+ ~10MB).
A little digging pointed to ACHANGE and ATRANSACTION tables that apparently are dealing with Persistent History Tracking.
While I do appreciate the benefits of that, I prefer to save space.
Could you please point me in the right direction?
Hello, thank you Apple for supporting custom store with SwiftData and the Schema type is superb to work with. I have successfully set one up with SQL and have some feedback and issues regarding its APIs.
There’s a highlighted message in the documentation about not using internal restricted symbols directly, but they contradict with the given protocols and I am concerned about breaking any App Store rules. Are we allowed to use these? If not, they should be opened up as they’re useful.
BackingData is required to set up custom snapshots, initialization, and getting/setting values. And I want to use it with createBackingData() to directly initialize instances from snapshots when transferring them between server and client or concurrency.
RelationshipCollection for casting to-many relationships from backing data or checking if an array contains a PersistentModel.
SchemaProperty for type erasure in a collection.
Schema.Relationship has KeyPath properties, but it is missing for Schema.Attribute and Schema.CompositeAttribute. Which means you can’t purely depend on the schema to map data. I am unable to access the properties of a custom struct type in a predicate unless I use Mirror with schemaMetadata() or CustomStringConvertible on the KeyPath directly to extract it.
Trivial, but… the KeyPath property name is inconsistent (it’s all lowercase).
It would be nice to retrieve property names from custom struct types, since you are unable access CodingKeys that are auto synthesized by Codable for structs. But I recently realized they’re a part Schema.CompositeAttribute, however I don’t know how to match these without the KeyPath…
I currently map my entities using CodingKeys to their PredicateCodableKeyPathProviding.… but I wish for a simpler alternative!
It’s unclear how to provide the schema to the snapshot before new models are created.
I currently use a static property, but I want to make it flexible if more schemas and configurations are added later on.
I considered saving and loading the schema in a temporary location, but doubtful that the KeyPath values will be available as they are not Codable.
I suspect schemaMetadata() has the information I need to map the backing data without a schema for snapshots, but as mentioned previously, properties are inaccessible…
Allow access to entity metatypes, like value types from SchemaProperty. They’re useful for getting data out of snapshots and casting them to CodingKeys and PredicateCodableKeyPathProviding. They do not carry over when you provide them in the Schema.
I am unable to retrieve the primary key from PersistentIdentifier.
It seems like once you create one, you can’t get it out, like the DataStoreConfiguration in ModelContainer is not the one you used to set it up. I cannot cast it, it is an entirely different struct?
I have to use JSONSerialization to extract it, but I want to get it directly since it is not a column in my database. It is transformed when it goes to/from my tables.
It’s unknown how to support some schema options, such as Spotlight and CloudKit.
Allow for extending macro options, such as adding options to set as primary key, whether to auto increment, etc…
You can create a schema for super and sub entities, but it doesn’t appear you can actually set them up from the @Model macro or use inheritance on these models…
SwiftData history tracking seems incomplete for HistoryDelete, because that protocol requires HistoryTombstone, but this type cannot be instantiated, nor does it contain anything useful to infer from.
As an aside, I want to create my own custom ModelActor that is a global actor. However, I’m unable to replicate the executor that Apple provides where the executor has a ModelContext, because this type does not conform to Sendable. So how did Apple do this? The documentation doesn’t mention unchecked Sendable, but I figure if the protocol is available then we would be able to set up our own.
And please add concurrency features!
Anyway, I hope for more continued support in the future and I am looking forward to what’s new this WWDC! 😊