Appcenter: Show provisioning profile expiration date of iOS releases in Distribute

[zeinabch]

We can't find the expiry date of the releases, this feature was available in HockeyApp. I couldn't find any note in the documentation about removing it.

[elamalani]

@zeinabch Unlike HockeyApp, the releases don't expire in App Center. You can disable or delete it from the portal, API, or CLI.

[elamalani]

Closing this issue but let us know if you have any more questions.

[zeinabch]

@elamalani please don't close this ticket! In fact, releases do expire when the provisioning profile does. Can you assure that the build can be used normally with AppCenter if the provisioning profile is expired??

[dipree]

@zeinabch sorry for the mis-understanding here and thank you for bringing it up. I see the value of displaying the expiration date of the provisioning profile.

[onavas]

Is there any improvement with this request?? Is there any way already to check the provisioning expiration date? I thing it's a very important feature to avoid installation problems.

Thank you very much.

[zeinabch]

@nilofer @dipree do you know when this issue will be fixed? it was opened since Sep 13, 2019.

[nilofer]

@ahdbilal to take a look at this

[ahdbilal]

Thanks all for the feedback! I have put this feature on the backlog and I will discuss this with the team next team during our stand-up. I will post here once there is an update.

[andreasley]

Is there any update on this? Making this information visible in App Center is crucial, since an expired Provisioning Profile can ruin a deployment.

Additional suggestions:

• Check the Provisioning Profile when an app is being upoaded and warn if the expiration date is in the near future
• Send a reminder if the most recent version of an app is about to expire

[ahdbilal]

@andreasley This is not on our immediate backlog but we will continue to track this feature and will consider adding it in later stages. Please do keep on sharing your feedback/interest in this feature as this will help us to prioritize this feature.

[onavas]

I'm with Andreas Ley. I find very surprising that this feature need more explanations. It's a very important information to know when deploying an app. The features that he suggest would be far more than amazing, but the minimum requirement should be just displaying the provisioning profile expiration date. I can't understand this need too much comments or effords when, in fact, it was available in the old HockeyApp platform.

This thread is open on September 2019. Please, make a consideration to apply this suggestion. I think it's very simple to understand the importance of this request if you are an iOS developer.
Thank you.

[zeinabch]

I do NOT understand why this issue can't be fixed???? this is NOT a new feature! it is a BUG @ahdbilal

[zeinabch]

@elamalani @dipree @nilofer @ahdbilal I want to escalate this issue it is causing us a lot of troubles! please plan a fix ASAP!!!!!!!!

[AlexFolland]

This was in HockeyApp. It's a basic mandatory requirement for iOS releases. Please fix it when you can, which is probably today, since it's just a matter of displaying the data that's already known.

[onavas]

AppCenter people... It's veeeeery sad that a request sooooo easy to fix is being delayed tooooo much time. I think it's ridiculous. I can't imagine what are you waiting to fix a funcionality that is VITAL for iOS developers.
Please, give some sense to the claim that we're showing in this thread. A one year wait to show a label... As I said, very dissapointing...

[vitalikrasnikdev]

Any updates regarding this bug?

[rughvi]

+1

It is definitely required to show the expiration dates on the apps being uploaded/distributed. Also it would be good to send email alerts about those expiries.

[m046418]

It used to be the case that Hockey App showed the provisioning expiry date in the release details of the app.
Would be great if App Center did the same, just displaying would be sufficient for now.

Currently App Center knows and displays the name of the provisioning profile embedded with the app.
So, hopefully it's not too much of a stretch to also show the expiry date in that same profile.

Thx.

[onavas]

It used to be the case that Hockey App showed the provisioning expiry date in the release details of the app.
Would be great if App Center did the same, just displaying would be sufficient for now.

Currently App Center knows and displays the name of the provisioning profile embedded with the app.
So, hopefully it's not too much of a stretch to also show the expiry date in that same profile.

Thx.

+1. Although it seems that it must be indeed too much effort because it has been requested for more than one year. Unbelievable.

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[AlexFolland]

Was my comment deleted? I explained earlier today the manual workflow this forces, to prevent the "stale" status that is associated with issues that don't have enough information, are no longer in need of fixing, or no longer valid. This issue is still in need of fixing, has enough information, and is still valid. If my comment was deleted and it was not an error on my part, please avoid deleting comments that are intended to update the status and legitimately maintain rationale for the issue not deserving to be marked stale.

[onavas]

Almost two years waiting for a minor but VERY NECESSARY fix... That's insane...
Showing the provisioning profile expiration date and the app bundle (also missing when passing from HockeyApp to AppCenter) ARE VITAL!!!!

[zeinabch]

I don't understand why this issue can never be fixed!!!!!!