bug: Unable to open Appium Inspector on macOS Sequoia

[ps1logi]

Is this an issue specifically with Appium Inspector?

• I have verified that my issue does not occur with Appium, and should be investigated as an Appium Inspector issue

Is there an existing issue for this?

• I have searched the existing issues

Current Behavior

Currently when i installed and use 2024.12.1. We are getting error from Mac that "Appium Inspector.app Not Opened" Please find below my system config

• Mac OS: 15.1.1 (24B91)
• Chipset: Apple M2

Note: Not seeing the issue with 2024.9.1

Expected Behavior

I should be able to open Appium Inspector and start using it

Operating System

Mac

Appium Inspector Version

2024.12.1

Appium Version

2.13.1

Further Information

No response

[eglitise]

Is this issue still present if you follow the installation guide?
I was able to install the app using the same file on macOS 14.7 with M1 chipset, so I wonder what makes your system different.

[sgliebe]

@eglitise I am dealing with the same issue as well. I was able to fix the issue on my end. There are missing steps in the installation guide. Once you control click and choose open, it leads you to the warning window "Appium Inspector" Not Opened with the options to click Done or Move to Trash. What I did to figure out the next step, was to click on the question mark in the upper right corner of the warning window and follow the instructions to add it to the exceptions list and then I got the popup in step 2. I didn't follow the alternate way of running 'xattr -cr "/Applications/Appium Inspector.app"' maybe that is a better way. I know having to add it to the exceptions list does not sit easy with everyone so if there was a way to not have to do that, that would be awesome.

[KazuCocoa]

It looks like... Apple added a new step to open an app downloaded from the internet, not via App Store as a dmg. The latest might require opening the settings and the privacy & security tab. We may also need to do more steps for the signing as well to avoid this behavior? (we might need to learn more about app signing...)

We need to update to the latest version, but https://inspector.appiumpro.com/ over a browser is easier if it's ok

[ps1logi]

Hi guys
Thanks for the quick response. kindly note I do not see the issue with 2024.9.1

[KazuCocoa]

Then, it is notarization work related for macOS I guess. https://developer.apple.com/developer-id/
We're not sure how previous singing worked, but perhaps we should learn how to configure it with an electron builder on CI. Probably https://github.com/electron/notarize helps today.

#1785 (comment)

[ps1logi]

Hi Guys
kindly let me know if you need any logs or information related to this issue.

[makifkus95]

Hello guys

I'm having a similar problem.

macOS Sequoia -> 15.0.1
appium -v -> 2.11.3
appium inspector -> 2024.9.1
xcode: 16.1

I start session Appium inspector getting error;
Failed to create session. An unknown server-side error occurred while processing the command. Original error: Could not determine Xcode version: undefined

[eglitise]

@makifkus95 that is a different problem - this issue is about not being able to open the app at all. Please ensure you have configured your device according to the XCUITest driver documentation, and if you are still having problems, please create a new issue.

[eglitise]

The docs have now been updated to include instructions for macOS Sequoia. But I will leave this issue open until the app is fully signed and notarized, and these workarounds are no longer necessary.