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What changed

A manual workflow, testflight.yml, archives House Scan (ios/) or Measure Lab (experiments/measure-lab/), signs it with an App Store Connect API key and uploads it to TestFlight. It runs only from the Actions tab (workflow_dispatch, one run at a time) and uses the same runner, Xcode 26.6 and checksum-verified XcodeGen 2.46.0 as ios.yml. The build number is <run number>.<attempt>, so a rerun never reuses one App Store Connect accepted. The job fails with a named error when a secret or variable is missing or malformed.

CONTRIBUTING.md gains a Distribution section: the one-time setup in order, and what approving a run means.

How the key is protected

The key has the Admin role, because the export signs with a cloud-managed distribution certificate that non-Admin keys cannot use (forum 698117, 767087; community reports, not Apple documentation). It is usable only when both environment rules hold:

• Sam approves each run. He is the required reviewer on testflight, and GitHub releases no secret before he approves. Approving also means he has reviewed that commit's build inputs.
• Only main deploys to the environment.

In the workflow:

• Key lifetime. The key exists only inside the Archive step and the Export and upload step. Each decodes it with umask 077 into its own mktemp -d directory and deletes it through an EXIT trap. INT and TERM exit through that trap, so a cancelled step deletes the key and fails. No key path reaches GITHUB_ENV or GITHUB_OUTPUT. A final if: always() step removes any leftover.
• No repository code while the key exists. "Check build inputs" runs first and fails the run on script phases, build rules, scheme actions, remote packages, package plugins, Package.resolved, nested projects and compiler plugin flags. Each app may use only the in-repo packages named in the workflow (Geometry for Measure Lab, none for House Scan). Their manifests may not declare dependencies, plugins, macros, binary targets or unsafe flags. SwiftPM still evaluates an allowed manifest, inside its macOS sandbox.
• Exposure. Secrets go only to the steps that use them, through step-level env. Nothing prints the decoded key, and no step uploads artifacts or logs or uses a cache. The token has contents: read, and checkout sets persist-credentials: false.
• Setup. The docs set each secret with gh secret set, from a pipe or a prompt that hides input, so the key never appears on screen. The .p8 is deleted afterwards.

Before the first upload

House Scan needs an app icon from the lane A owner; App Store Connect rejects a build without one. Measure Lab has one.

Verification

Run on b896d59:

• actionlint (via uvx --from actionlint-py, with shellcheck 0.11.0) reports 0 errors for testflight.yml and ios.yml.
• An unsigned local archive of ios/ succeeded on Xcode 27.0 (CI uses 26.6) with CODE_SIGNING_ALLOWED=NO BUNDLE_ID_PREFIX=com.example.ci CURRENT_PROJECT_VERSION=12.1.
• Guard. Each project was generated with XcodeGen 2.46.0, with Measure Lab taken from experiments: add measure-lab, a no-LiDAR measurement rig #7 at ca89849, and "Check build inputs" was run under bash -eo pipefail. Both unchanged apps pass (exit 0). Modified copies fail (exit 1) with:
  • in House Scan: preBuildScripts, a remote package, Package.resolved, a scheme preActions script, or -load-plugin-executable;
  • in Measure Lab: a macro import, an extra local package, a missing Package.swift, or unsafeFlags.
• Key lifetime. Both key steps were run with a stand-in xcodebuild. No key directory remained after success, an xcodebuild failure (65), a bad key (1), SIGINT (130) or SIGTERM (143). Parsing the workflow shows secrets only in "Check secrets and variables", Archive and Export and upload.

Not verified: the approval gate, the signed archive, the export and the upload. They need Sam's environment and secrets.

Checklist

• The scope is focused; related changes belong together
• I explained what changed and why
• N/A: no visible UI changes; this PR adds CI and docs only.

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Summary by CodeRabbit

• Improvements
  • TestFlight builds now receive a distinct build number when a workflow is retried.
  • The TestFlight workflow checks build inputs and package configuration before building, and restricts access to distribution credentials.
• Documentation
  • Updated TestFlight setup and distribution guidance, including approval requirements, device registration, tester setup, and credential maintenance.

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Walkthrough

The TestFlight workflow now uses attempt-specific build numbers, checks generated project inputs before building, and handles the App Store Connect key separately in the archive and export steps. The contributor guide documents workflow setup, validation checks, and key handling.

Changes

TestFlight distribution

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Dispatch and project selection .github/workflows/testflight.yml, CONTRIBUTING.md	The workflow uses the run number and attempt as the build number and configures per-app local package allowlists. The guide documents manual dispatch, app projects, bundle IDs, and encryption compliance.
Project input validation .github/workflows/testflight.yml, CONTRIBUTING.md	Before building, the workflow rejects disallowed project settings, package inputs, and nested projects. The guide describes the checks and the allowed local package and manifest constraints.
Archive, upload, and key lifecycle .github/workflows/testflight.yml, CONTRIBUTING.md	The archive and export steps decode and validate the App Store Connect key separately, then clean it up on exit or interruption. Fallback cleanup removes matching temporary key directories. The guide documents credential handling and certificate upkeep.

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Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Change: Feature

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to b896d

No actionable issue was established that would prevent merging after normal workflow checks. Signed upload and approval behavior still need validation with the real setup.

Architecture Summary

Architecture risk: 🔵 Low · up to b896d

The change affects 1 system.

Changed systems: CONTRIBUTING.md

Architecture concerns
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• observed — CONTRIBUTING.md (service) was modified; 1 changed file maps to changed impact.

Before / after behavior

• observed — Modified behavior in CONTRIBUTING.md: Adds TestFlight to the checks table, noting that it runs when someone starts it from the Actions tab and has no local command.
• observed — Modified behavior in CONTRIBUTING.md: Specifies that the workflow is started manually from Actions, uses <run number>.<attempt> as its build number, and lists the two apps’ project paths and bundle IDs.
• observed — Modified behavior in CONTRIBUTING.md: Removes the prior icon locations and project-setting detail, retaining the icon requirements and clarifying that each build waits under “Missing Compliance” until its TestFlight encryption question is answered; setting the key to false removes that step for apps using only HTTPS and Apple’s system encryption.
• observed — Modified behavior in CONTRIBUTING.md: Reworks setup instructions: requires an Admin API key for cloud-managed distribution signing, documents key sensitivity, configures the testflight environment for Sam’s approval and main-only deployments, and provides GitHub CLI commands to set secrets and variables. Retains the device registration, app-record, tester, and workflow steps with revised instructions.

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