The CloudKit Console includes a Unique Users table in the Usage section. The numbers here are lower than what I would expect. Does this only track a certain percentage of users, e.g. users have opted in to share analytics with developers?

i want to save data like images, text,amd mapviews with swiftui. It is only saved but if you delete the app of buy a new iPhone everything is deleted, how can I make if that the information saved on my app is saved even after I update the app, delete the app, or put the app in another iPhone with SwiftUI? i have watched youtube videos and im still confused,please help.

In the future, is there any plans to have AppMigrationKit for macOS-Windows cross transfers (or Linux, ChromeOS, HarmonyOS NEXT, etc)? Additionally, will the migration framework remain just iOS <-> Android or will it extend to Windows tablets, ChromeOS Tablets, HarmonyOS NEXT, KaiOS, Series 30+, Linux mobile, etc.

Updated the phone to iOS 26.1 and now the app is not working anymore, even previously approved version published on App Store which works perfectly on iOS 26.0.1, and iOS 18+. I deleted the app from the phone and installed fresh from App Store, still the same. Logic is that on start app copies previously prepared SwiftData store file (using the same models) from app bundle to Documents directory and uses it. Currently app just hungs with loader spinner spinning as it can t connect to the store. Getting this error in console when running from Xcode on real device with iOS 26.1 installed: CoreData: error: CoreData: error: Store failed to load. <NSPersistentStoreDescription: 0x10c599e90> (type: SQLite, url: file:///var/mobile/Containers/Data/Application/DA32188D-8887-48F7-B828-1F676C8FBEF8/Documents/default.store) with error = Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=134140 "Persistent store migration failed, missing mapping model." UserInfo={sourceModel=(<NSManagedObjectModel: 0x10c503ac0>) isEditable 0, entities { /// there goes some long models description addPersistentStoreWithType:configuration:URL:options:error: returned error NSCocoaErrorDomain (134140) Any help or workaround will be greatly appreciated.

Background: Our non-production App was using SwiftData locally. Yesterday we followed the documentation to enable CloudKit: https://aninterestingwebsite.com/documentation/cloudkit/enabling-cloudkit-in-your-app iCloud Works: Data is properly syncing via iCloud between 2 devices. Add on one shows on the other; delete on one deletes on the other. Today we logged into CloudKit Console for the first time; but there are no databases showing. We verified: Users and Roles: we have “Access to Cloud Managed… Certificates” Certificates, Identifiers & Profiles: our app has iCloud capabilities and is using our iCloud Container Signed into CloudKit Console with same developer ID as AppStoreConnect This is also the Apple ID of the iCloud account that has synced data from our app. In Xcode > Signing & Capabilities we are signed in as our Company team. Any guidance or tips to understanding how to what’s going on in CloudKit Console and gaining access to the database is appreciated!

I have one target building and filling the SwiftData store and then copying the same store file to another target of the app to use the contents. That worked fine from iOS 17 to iOS 26.0.1 Under iOS 26.1 I am getting following error: CoreData: error: This store file was previously used on a build with Persistence-1522 but is now running on a build with Persistence-1518. file:///Users/xxx/Library/Developer/CoreSimulator/Devices/0FE92EA2-57FA-4A5E-ABD0-DAB4DABC3E02/data/Containers/Data/Application/B44D3256-9B09-4A60-94E2-C5F11A6519E7/Documents/default.store What does it mean and how to get back to working app under iOS 26.1?

This is probably super simple answer that I missed, but: I have an app that has a database; I'd like to create a second app (actually a CLI tool), and access the same database. Is that possible? And, if so, how? 😄

I have used core data before via the model editor. This is the first time I'm using swift data and that too with CloudKit. Can you tell me if the following model classes are correct? I have an expense which can have only one sub category which in turn belongs to a single category. Here are my classes... // Expense.swift // Pocket Expense Diary // // Created by Neerav Kothari on 16/05/25. // import Foundation import SwiftData @Model class Expense { @Attribute var expenseDate: Date? = nil @Attribute var expenseAmount: Double? = nil @Attribute var expenseCategory: Category? = nil @Attribute var expenseSubCategory: SubCategory? = nil var date: Date { get { return expenseDate ?? Date() } set { expenseDate = newValue } } var amount: Double{ get { return expenseAmount ?? 0.0 } set { expenseAmount = newValue } } var category: Category{ get { return expenseCategory ?? Category.init(name: "", icon: "") } set { expenseCategory = newValue } } var subCategory: SubCategory{ get { return expenseSubCategory ?? SubCategory.init(name: "", icon: "") } set { expenseSubCategory = newValue } } init(date: Date, amount: Double, category: Category, subCategory: SubCategory) { self.date = date self.amount = amount self.category = category self.subCategory = subCategory } } // // Category.swift // Pocket Expense Diary // // Created by Neerav Kothari on 16/05/25. // import Foundation import SwiftData @Model class Category { @Attribute var categoryName: String? = nil @Attribute var categoryIcon: String? = nil var name: String { get { return categoryName ?? "" } set { categoryName = newValue } } var icon: String { get { return categoryIcon ?? "" } set { categoryIcon = newValue } } @Relationship(inverse: \Expense.expenseCategory) var expenses: [Expense]? = [] init(name: String, icon: String) { self.name = name self.icon = icon } } // SubCategory.swift // Pocket Expense Diary // // Created by Neerav Kothari on 16/05/25. // import Foundation import SwiftData @Model class SubCategory { @Attribute var subCategoryName: String? = nil @Attribute var subCategoryIcon: String? = nil var name: String { get { return subCategoryName ?? "" } set { subCategoryName = newValue } } var icon: String { get { return subCategoryIcon ?? "" } set { subCategoryIcon = newValue } } @Relationship(inverse: \Expense.expenseSubCategory) var expenses: [Expense]? = [] init(name: String, icon: String) { self.name = name self.icon = icon } } The reason why I have wrappers is the let the existing code (before CloudKit was integrated), work. In future versions I plan to query expenses even via category or sub category. I particularly doubt for the relationship i have set. should there be one from category to subcategory as well?

Hello, I have an asset pack that I'm use to periodically distribute a sqlite database thats being used to an NSPersistentStore. Because the database is over a few GBs, and the files in an AssetPack are not mutable, I have to stream the database into a temporary file, then replace my NSPersistentStore. This requires that the user has 3x the storage available of the database, and permanently uses twice to storage needed. I'd like: To be able to mark a URL/File to be accessible for read/write access To be able to mark a file / URL as consumed when it's no needed. So that it can be cleared from the user storage while still maintaining an active subscription to the asset pack for updates. Thank you

We are trying to solve for the following condition with SwiftData + CloudKit: Lots of data in CloudKit Perform "app-reset" to clear data & App settings and start fresh. Reset data models with try modelContext.delete(model:_) myModel.count() confirms local deletion (0 records); but iCloud Console shows expectedly slow process to delete. Old CloudKit data is returning during the On Boarding process. Questions: • Would making a new iCloud Zone for each reset work around this, as the new zone would be empty? We're having trouble finding details about how to do this with SwiftData. • Would CKSyncEngine have a benefit over the default SwiftData methods? Open to hearing if anyone has experienced a similar challenge and how you worked around it!

I have an app that uses NSPersistentCloudKitContainer stored in a shared location via App Groups so my widget can fetch data to display. It works. But if you reset your iPhone and restore it from a backup, an error occurs: The file "Name.sqlite" couldn't be opened. I suspect this happens because the widget is created before the app's data is restored. Restarting the iPhone is the only way to fix it though, opening the app and reloading timelines does not. Anything I can do to fix that to not require turning it off and on again?

When I try to use an entity created in a CoreData, it gives me: 'PlayerData' is ambiguous for type lookup in this context

What is the best way to switch between Core Data Persistent Stores? My use case is that I have a multi-user app that stores thousands of data items unique to each user. To me, having Persistent Stores for each user seems like the best design to keep their data separate and private. (If anyone believes that storing the data for all users in one Persistent Store is a better design, I'd appreciate hearing from them.) Customers might switch users 5 to 10 times a day. Switching users must be fast, say a second or two at most.

I'm setting up App Entities for my SwiftData models and I'm not sure about the best way to reference SwiftData model properties in the AppEntity. I have a SwiftData model with many properties: @Model final class Contact { @Attribute(.unique) var id: UUID = UUID() var name: String var phoneNumber: String var email: String var website: URL? var birthday: Date? var notes: String // ... many more properties } I want to expose these properties on my AppEntity so they're available for system features, such as giving Apple Intelligence more context about on-screen content. struct ContactEntity: AppEntity { var id: UUID @Property(title: "Name") var name: String @Property(title: "Phone") var phoneNumber: String @Property(title: "Email") var email: String // ... all the other properties } I couldn't find guidance in the documentation for this specific situation. I've considered two approaches: Add @Property variables to the AppEntity for each SwiftData model property and copy all values from the SwiftData model to the AppEntity in the AppEntity initializer — but I recall this being discouraged in previous WWDC sessions since it duplicates data and can become stale Use @ComputedProperty to fetch the model and access the single properties — this seems like an alternative, but fetching the entire model just to access individual properties doesn't feel right What is the recommended approach when SwiftData is the data source? Thank you!

If I set my build settings "default actor isolation" to MainActor, how do my @ModelActor actors and model classes need to look like ? For now, I am creating instances of my @ModelActor actors and passing my modelContext container and processing all data there. Everything stays in this context. No models are transferred back to MainActor. Now, after changing my project settings, I am getting a huge amount of warnings. Do I need to set all my model classes to non-isolated and the @ModelActor actor as well? Is there any new sample code to cover this topic ... did not find anything for now. Thanks in advance, Marc

I have an app that uses CKShare to allow users to share CloudKit data with other users. With the first build of the iOS 26, I'm seeing a few issues: I'm not able to add myself as a participant anymore when I have the link to a document. Some participants names no longer show up in the app. Looking at the release notes for iOS & iPadOS 26 Beta, there is a CloudKit section with two bullets: CloudKit sharing URLs do not launch third-party apps. (151778655) The request access APIs, such as CKShareRequestAccessOperation, are available in the SDK but are currently nonfunctional. (151878020) It sounds like the first issue is addressed by the first bullet, although the error message makes me wonder if I need to make changes to my iCloud account permissions or something in order to open it. It works fine in iOS 18.5. This is the error I get when I try to open a link to a shared document (I blocked out my email address, which is what was in quotes): As far as the second issue, I am really confused about what is going on. Some names still show up, while others do not. I can't find a pattern, and the missing users are not on the iOS 26 beta. The release notes mention CKShareRequestAccessOperation being nonfunctional, which is new in the beta and has some minor documentation, but I can't find information about how it's supposed to be used yet. In previous years there have been WWDC sessions about what's new in CloudKit, but I haven't found anything that talks about these changes to document sharing. Is there a guide or session somewhere that I'm missing? Does anyone know what's going on with these changes to CloudKit?

No matter what I do, I keep getting the error Thread 1: EXC_BREAKPOINT (code=1, subcode=0x2648fc364) for the line: transactions = try modelContext.fetch(descriptor) in the code below. My app opens, but freezes on the home page and I can't click anything. I am not sure how to fix initialization issues. I am creating a financial assistant app that connects plaid and opoenai api. var descriptor = FetchDescriptor&lt;ExpenseTransaction&gt;() descriptor.sortBy = [SortDescriptor(\.date, order: .reverse)] descriptor.fetchLimit = 200 transactions = try modelContext.fetch(descriptor) print("Successfully loaded \(transactions.count) transactions") } catch { print("Error in loadLocalTransactions: \(error)") transactions = [] } }

I am developing an app that uses CloudKit sharing. I recently upgraded my iPad to use 23A5336a. After that upgrade, I can no longer accept a share that is sent to me. I have rebooted the iPad and logged out of the iCloud account and logged back in. Every time I get a share link and tap it, it says: " The owner stopped sharing or your account (xxx) doesn't have permission to open it" This same code, running on the iOS26 device can share with device running iOS18. Is this a known defect? Anything I can do to help resolve this issue?

I have the following lines of code to access data through CoreData. import Foundation import CoreData import CloudKit class CoreDataManager { static let instance = CoreDataManager() let container: NSPersistentCloudKitContainer let context: NSManagedObjectContext init() { container = NSPersistentCloudKitContainer(name: "ABC") container.loadPersistentStores(completionHandler: { (storeDescription, error) in if let error = error as NSError? { print(error.userInfo) } }) context = container.viewContext context.automaticallyMergesChangesFromParent = true context.mergePolicy = NSMergePolicy(merge: .mergeByPropertyObjectTrumpMergePolicyType) } func save() { do { try container.viewContext.save() print("Saved successfully") } catch { print("Error in saving data: \(error.localizedDescription)") } } } I have confirmed that I can share data between iPhone and iPad. Now, I need to use AppGroup as well. I have changed my code as follows. import Foundation import CoreData import CloudKit class CoreDataManager { static let shared = CoreDataManager() let container: NSPersistentContainer let context: NSManagedObjectContext init() { container = NSPersistentCloudKitContainer(name: "ABC") container.persistentStoreDescriptions = [NSPersistentStoreDescription(url: FileManager.default.containerURL(forSecurityApplicationGroupIdentifier: "some group name")!.appendingPathComponent("CoreDataMama.sqlite"))] container.loadPersistentStores(completionHandler: { (description, error) in if let error = error as NSError? { print("Unresolved error \(error), \(error.userInfo)") } }) context = container.viewContext context.automaticallyMergesChangesFromParent = true context.mergePolicy = NSMergePolicy(merge: .mergeByPropertyObjectTrumpMergePolicyType) } func save() { do { try container.viewContext.save() print("Saved successfully") } catch { print("Error in saving data: \(error.localizedDescription)") } } } Other files being unaltered, my sample apps aren't sharing data. What am I doing wrong? Just FYI, I'm using actual devices. Thank you for your reading this topic.

Hi, I am implementing a premium feature in my app where CloudKit syncing is available only for "Pro" users. The Workflow: Free Users: I initialize the ModelContainer with cloudKitDatabase: .none so their data stays local. Pro Upgrade: When a user purchases a subscription, I restart the container with cloudKitDatabase: .automatic to enable syncing. The Problem: If a user starts as "Free" (creates local data) and later upgrades to "Pro", the app crashes immediately upon launch with the following error: Fatal error: Failed to create ModelContainer: SwiftDataError(_error: SwiftData.SwiftDataError._Error.loadIssueModelContainer, _explanation: nil) It seems that SwiftData fails to load the existing data once the configuration changes to expect a CloudKit-backed store. My Question: Is there a supported way to "toggle" CloudKit on for an existing local dataset without causing this crash? I want the user's existing local data to start syncing once they pay, but currently, it just crashes. My code: import Foundation import SwiftData public enum DataModelEnum: String { case task, calendar public static let container: ModelContainer = { let isSyncEnabled = UserDefaults.isProUser let config = ModelConfiguration( groupContainer: .identifier("group.com.yourcompany.myApp"), cloudKitDatabase: isSyncEnabled ? .automatic : .none ) do { return try ModelContainer(for: TaskModel.self, CalendarModel.self, configurations: config) } catch { fatalError("Failed to create ModelContainer: \(error)") } }() }