Codesign returned unknown error -1=ffffffffffffffff

Question

I tried to code sign an iOS application, These are the steps that i followed

    security create-keychain -p password ${KEYCHAIN}
    security set-keychain-s         


        

Answer 1

Got the same issue but while archiving directly from Xcode. Sharing the solution in case it helps.

Sometimes, Keychain seems to end up in a corrupted state. Using MacOS Sierra too.

Symptoms :

Relogin needed to access Accounts after restarting Xcode

Prompting for password while using Keychain Access for some operations

Keychain Access - Error while accessing login keychain via Change Settings for Keychain ...

What fixes it for me is locking and unlocking (password required) the involved Keychain, login in my case.