Fastlane Match Unknown Password

Our iOS app profiles expired. Using Fastlane Match to manage them, the solution seemed simple: re-run fastlane match to generate new profiles and certificates.

The problem? I didn’t have the Fastlane Match password. The only place it was stored was in a CI environment variable marked as a secret—meaning I had no way to access it. The Fastlane documentation wasn’t much help, and even my nearest 🤖 didn’t have the answer. Eventually, I stumbled across a Medium article that pointed me in the right direction.

The fix:

1. Delete everything from the Match repo, commit, and push.
2. Run Fastlane Match again.

fastlane match appstore

Set a new match password and provide:

• My Apple ID
• The repo URL
• The app’s bundle identifiers in a comma-separated string with no spaces (ask me how I know).

Then 💥 nothing but green messages in my terminal, with profiles successfully stored in Git and on the Apple Developer account.