Xcode 7 bitcode_strip error - xcode

My Xcode 7 beta3 project includes some framework compiled by Xcode 6, these frameworks are imported to my project by Embeded Frameworks option in "Build Phase" tab. Because these frameworks does not support bitcode, so the "Enable Bitcode" option turned to NO, when compile the project, Bitcode_strip error occurred:
/Applications/Xcode-beta.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin/bitcode_strip
/Users/panzhansheng/Desktop/MusicFans_2.0.4_xcode7_autoplay/MusicFans/Frameworks/FLAC.framework/FLAC
-r -o /Users/panzhansheng/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/MusicFans-bxutvotiungdbwfsxloykffnqoqs/Build/Products/Debug-iphoneos/MusicFans.app/FLAC.framework/FLAC
/Applications/Xcode-beta.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin/bitcode_strip:
input file must be a linked Mach-O file not an archive:
/Users/panzhansheng/Desktop/MusicFans_2.0.4_xcode7_autoplay/MusicFans/Frameworks/FLAC.framework/FLAC
(for architecture i386) error: bitcode_strip
/Users/panzhansheng/Desktop/MusicFans_2.0.4_xcode7_autoplay/MusicFans/Frameworks/FLAC.framework/FLAC:
/Applications/Xcode-beta.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin/bitcode_strip
exited with 1
I found that the error happened when Xcode copy my frameworks to my App package and try to strip bitcode from the framework, but these frameworks were compiled by Xcode early version and did not include bitcode at all. How to fix this? Thanks!

As I found out, XCode uses bitcode-strip only when enviroment variable STRIP_BITCODE_FROM_COPIED_FILES is set to YES. It seems that it's set to YES by default when enable_bitcode is switched on.
Adding User-Defined Setting STRIP_BITCODE_FROM_COPIED_FILES=NO to your Target can help you, XCode will not use bitcode-strip, but your app which will use frameworks without bitcode section probably will not work. So it's better to recompile them also using STRIP_BITCODE_FROM_COPIED_FILES=NO if necessary.
Tested on XCode 7 beta 5

following up on M. Pogosskiy's answer, it took me awhile to track down where to put the STRIP_BITCODE_FROM_COPIED_FILES bit setting (not too familiar with these). for reference, here's an illustration:

It was due to low memory/ disk space available in Mac system. When I cleared it. It runs smooth without cleaning itself.

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Xcode 12 build target in wrong order for simulator?

My project always runs correctly on all devices using Xcode 11, but after I installed Xcode 12 beta 4, it is failing to build on the simulator.
I compared the build logs of Xcode 11 and Xcode 12 and it seems in Xcode 12 that my main target is being built before the cocoa pods target, and so the link will fail because the cocoapods library will not be found.
How to fix the order of the build target?
In Xcode 11, everything is fine. My own target is built after the cocoapods target .
In Xcode 12, the build is out of order My own target is built before the cocoapods target .
OK, i got a solution to make the build work (this way to fix problem is not correct , the right way to fix is added in my update):
1 you need to add the Pods project to your main project as a external project
2 add all the cocodpods target as dependency explicitly in your main project 's build phase
But i still think may be the new beta version of xcode 12 will fix this. because it seem a bug of xcode 12 (my project work perfect in xcode 11 and xcode 12 + ios device , failed in xcode 12 + simulator only)
###2020-08-17 update###
i found a more exactly reason to reproduce this problem , it seems my project file open in xcode 12 will auto generate a VALID_ARCHS macro in User-Defines , and this macro will make the build failed
And i found that ,with this macro , During in the LINK of building,the link target type will be a unknown type
'arm64-apple-ios11.0-simulator'
which cause the build faild and the problem that all the targets build in wrong order seems will only happen when this macro is being added
XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin/clang -target arm64-apple-ios11.0-simulator
after i delete this VALID_ARCHS macro, the link target type will be 'x86_64-apple-ios11.0-simulator' , and everything goes well
XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin/clang -target x86_64-apple-ios11.0-simulator
####2020-09-11 add Add Apple's Feedback about this macro####
update Apple's Feedback on VALID_ARCHS
After reviewing your feedback, we have some additional information
for you:
Xcode does not add VALID_ARCHS to your project. Indeed, we recommend
against using VALID_ARCHS. Maybe some CocoaPod is setting it in your
project for some reason? CocoaPods are not part of Xcode so, we don’t
have any control over what they do.
One thing to note is that in Xcode 11 VALID_ARCHS showed up under the
architectures section. Since we are strongly recommending against
using it, it no longer shows up there and now appears in the User
Defined section if it is defined at all.
Xcode 11 used to automatically translate building for arm64 for the
simulator into building for x86_64, but now that arm64 is a valid
simulator architecture (it’s the Apple Silicon architecture), that
translation no longer occurs.
So, we suspect what you should do is delete VALID_ARCHS from your
project altogether, and make sure Architectures (ARCHS) is set to
Standard Architectures (ARCHS_STANDARD) and not to something specific
(unless you really know exactly why you’re not using ARCHS_STANDARD).
####Feedback end####
####2020-10-10 added####
the build may still not working after deleting the VALID_ARCHS macro for some guys , you may check the answer of Apple's feedback added and #Andrei Herford's answer below:
make sure Architectures (ARCHS) is set to Standard Architectures
(ARCHS_STANDARD)
and then delete the macro ,hope these two steps works for all:)
####2020-10-10 added end####
I was able to solve the problem both in simulator and on device by using $(ARCHS_STANDARD) not only for ARCHS in the Architecture settings but also in VALID_ARCHS as well. I am not sure what possible side effect changing the archs in this way might have but so far I have not experiencend any new problems.
Details:
The excellent answer by #ximmyxiao got me on the right track. However, the solution proposend by him (remove VALID_ARCHS) did not work for me. This led to a new problem when compiling the Pod targets (Command PhaseScriptExecution failed with a nonzero exit code and ARCHS[#]: unbound variable in Pods script).
Instead replacing arm64 with x86_64in VALID_ARCHS solved the problem when building for simulator. It seems that arm64 was never a correct platform and was translated to x86 by Xcode. As Apple has announced their shift to ARM processors, this translation is not correct anymore and thus one has to use the the correct platform x86_64 instead.
Regarding to Apple VALID_ARCHS should not be used any more. However, this fix did not work when building for devices. Eventually using $(ARCHS_STANDARD) instead (both for simulator and device) did the trick in both cases.
Good look to others who encounter this kind of problems. Never gets boring working with Xcode....
** For XCode 12.4 **
I have Apple MB Pro with M1 and the project with Moya POD and lot of others.
App builds perfectly in old intel-based macbook with the same version of XCode (12.4).
But for M1 it won't compile says: "Moya not found". What??
It said: "Could not find module 'Moya' for target 'x86_64-apple-ios-simulator'; found: arm64, arm64-apple-ios-simulator".
No suggestions worked for me. So what helped me is:
(not sure whether this is necessary): reinstall all pods by pod install
clear build data
launch via Rosette (check this in XCode app properties cmd+i)
in App's Project:
"Architectures": add x86_64
"Build Active Architecture Only": YES
in "Pods" project, conflicting pod section (Moya in my case):
"Build Active Architecture Only": YES
Then rebuild. Probably next rebuild also required.
For Xcode Version 12.1
If you can't find VALID_ARCHS
Adding **$(ARCHS_STANDARD) x86_64 i386 all three in Architectures will solve the issue for running on simulators and Devices , archiving . also suggestedly add Build Active Architecture Only to 'Yes'.
Here's what worked for me.
Removed VALID_ARCHS from user defined settings
Set the ARCHS to $(ARCHS_STANDARD)
Created a new .xcconfig file for my project. (If you already have one, then you may skip this)
Added these to my .xcconfig file
EXCLUDED_ARCHS[sdk=iphoneos*] = x86_64
EXCLUDED_ARCHS[sdk=iphonesimulator*] = arm64
After that, I'm able to build both for simulator & device. The idea here is to exclude arm64 when building on simulators and x86_64 on devices.

Linking dual (iphoneos and watchos) frameworks with same product name

I recently had to duplicate my own frameworks to be able to link them from the native watchOS 2 extension, because the platform is different. So for every framework X I have an X-watchos counterpart.
Everything works fine in the simulator and when building directly to my devices, and it wasn't until I tried to archive that I got this linking error:
I ran lipo -i on the built watchOS framework and sure enough, its archs are arm7 and arm64 instead of armv7k.
When I looked further into the built directory I noticed this:
Both versions are symlinks to the same file, and because the have the same product name, they're being overridden. I could make them have different names, but that would make importing them really cumbersome.
Note that this is not a problem for 3rd-party frameworks because Carthage is already building them in separate directories.
EDIT 08/22/2015: I've filed a radar with a sample project: http://www.openradar.me/22392501
EDIT 08/24/2015: This has been acknowledged in Xcode 7 Beta 6 release notes as a known issue:
EDIT 09/9/2015: Xcode 7.1 Beta release notes hint that this is fixed, but I haven't confirmed it yet.
This is working for me in Xcode 7.1.
I’m using a similar configuration with my own frameworks, but I set a different name when creating it in each platform (MyFramework and MyFramework-watchOS). Don't forget to set a common product name manually (mine is MyFramework on both) in the build settings tab of each framework.

OS X Framework Library not loaded: 'Image not found'

I am trying to create a basic OS X Framework, right now I just have a test framework created: TestMacFramework.framework and I'm trying to import it into a brand new OS X Application project.
I have built the .framework file and imported it into the new project, The framework appears to link okay, and I can reference the public header file I added to the framework build phases section.
However, when I try to run the container Application I get the following Error:
dyld: Library not loaded: /Library/Frameworks/TestMacFramework.framework/Versions/A/TestMacFramework
Referenced from: /Users/samharman/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/TestMacContainer-dzabuelobzfknafuhmgooqhqrgzl/Build/Products/Debug/TestMacContainer.app/Contents/MacOS/TestMacContainer
Reason: image not found
After a bit of googling I realised I needed to add a Copy Files section to my container application build phases, so I have done this and set it up like so...
However, I am still getting the runtime error. I'm obviously doing something wrong here, but the Apple developer library resource for this references Xcode 2, so isn't very helpful!
What have I missed?
UPDATE:
I can see in the build log that my TestMacFramework.framework is being copied into the .app contents/frameworks directory, but it isn't being installed to the Library/Frameworks directory on the HD
UPDATE 2:
The build links correctly if I manually copy the TestMacFramework.framework into the Library/Frameworks directory
[Xcode 11+]
The only thing to do is to add the framework to the General->Frameworks, Libraries And Embedded Content section in the General tab of your app target.
Make sure you select the 'Embed & Sign' option.
[Xcode v6 -> Xcode v10]
The only thing to do is to add the framework to the Embedded binaries section in the General tab of your app target.
So I managed to get it working, it's quite simple when you have the right instructions. What I was looking for was a 'private' framework which lives in the App bundle rather than being written to the system library folder.
Building The Framework
Add a target to create a Cocoa Framework
Within that targets 'Build Settings' configure the 'Installation Directory' to '#executable_path/../Frameworks'
Build library, and access the .framework from the archive or products directory
Including The Framework
Drag the created .framework file into the Xcode Project, be sure to tick 'Copy Files to Directory'
In the containing applications target, add a new 'Copy File Build Phase'
Set the 'Destination' to 'Frameworks'
Drag in the created .framework
It was quite simple for me, i just added my framework to my embedded binaries under app targets
The options above where not possible for me to include.
I solved it by specifying the Runpath Search Path
This is on the 'Build Settings' tab.
In the 'Linking' section.
Change 'Runpath Search Paths' into $(inherited) #executable_path/Frameworks
I ran into the same issue but the accepted solution did not work for me. Instead the solution was to modify the framework's install name.
The error in the original post is:
dyld: Library not loaded: /Library/Frameworks/TestMacFramework.framework/Versions/A/TestMacFramework
Referenced from: /Users/samharman/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/TestMacContainer-dzabuelobzfknafuhmgooqhqrgzl/Build/Products/Debug/TestMacContainer.app/Contents/MacOS/TestMacContainer
Reason: image not found
Note the first path after Library not loaded. The framework is being loaded from an absolute path. This path comes from the framework's install name (sometimes called rpath), which can be examined using:
otool -D MyFramework.framework/MyFramework
When a framework is embedded into an app this path should be relative and of this form: #rpath/MyFramework.framework/MyFramework. If your framework's install name is an absolute path it may not be loaded at runtime and an error similar to the one above will be produced.
The solution is to modify the install name:
install_name_tool -id "#rpath/MyFramework.framework/MyFramework" MyFramework.framework/MyFramework
With this change I no longer get the error
Deleting derived data saved it for me
None of these issues solved this for me. The problem in the end was pretty easy. It looks like its a pretty major Xcode bug which I have logged the problem and fix under Apple bug: 29820370. If you are struggling (as it seems like there are several pages of problems similar to this ) then it would be great if you can raise a bug on bug reporter: https://bugreport.apple.com/ and reference the bug I raised to gain visibility. I want to make Xcode back into the pleasure that it was before - and this is something I am sure Xcode should have fixed itself.
Here is the fix:
1. Open Keychain - go to Apple Worldwide Developer Cert.
2. Double Click on it
3. Change the permission level from "always trust" to use System Defaults
4. Save and close it
5. Restart Xcode, Clean and build your project and it should be gone.
Screenshot below of the correct settings:
Hope this helps!
When you drag a custom framework into a project under Xcode 10.1, it assumes that the framework is a system framework and puts the framework into "Link Binary With Libraries" section of "Build Phases" under your target.
System frameworks are already on the device so it is not copied over to the device and thus cannot execute at runtime so KABOOM (crash in __abort_with_payload, and disinforming error: "Reason: image not found"). This is because the framework code is not copied to the device...
In reality, to have Xcode both link the custom framework and ensure that it is copied along with your code to the iOS device (real or simulator) the custom framework needs to be moved to "Copy Bundle Resources". This ultimately packages the framework along with your code executable to be available on the device together.
To add a custom framework to a project and avoid the Apple crash:
Drag custom framework into your iOS project file list
Click ProjectName in Navigator -> TargetName -> "Build Phases" ->
Link Binary With Libraries disclosure triangle
Drag custom framework out and down to "Copy Bundle Resources" section below (Xcode now moves the framework reference, fixed in Xcode 10)
Run in simulator or device
The custom framework thus gets copied along with your code to your target device and is available at runtime.
[editorial: you would think Xcode would be smart enough to figure out the difference between one of it's system frameworks which need not be copied to the device and a custom framework that is, oh I don't know, in the project root directory hierarchy... 🙄]
Xcode 11 :
in Xcode 11 add framework into General->Frameworks, Libraries And Embedded Content
after adding make sure you select Embed & Sign option
There should be a 'Run Script' into 'Build Phases' with this: '/usr/local/bin/carthage copy-frameworks'
On the 'Input Files' of that 'Run Script', you should add the path to your libraries. Like this:
If you accidentally reset your keychain, this can occur due to missing Apple certificates in the keychain. I followed this to solve my problem.
I had the same issue and was able to fix by re-downloading the WWDR (Apple Worldwide Developer Relations Certification Authority).
Download from here: http://developer.apple.com/certificationauthority/AppleWWDRCA.cer
If you are using Xcode 11, ensure that you have the framework added in Frameworks, Libraries, and Embed Content under Target settings - General. Change Embed status from - 'Do not Embed' to 'Embed & Sign'
What solved it for me was changing abstract_target to target for the main target in my Podfile. I had previously set it to abstract_target and this caused the described error. Now it works like a charm
I faced this issue with Xcode 13 betas with the UniformTypeIdentifiers.framework. The app failed to run on iOS versions lower than 13.
The below approach fixed the issue :
Go to the target -> Build Phases -> Link Binary With Libraries -> Add the framework -> Add the status as "Optional"
The above worked perfectly for me! Hope this helps!
For Xcode 8, some stale products will be removed from derived data folder refer to this solution.
Apple: In macOS 10.12 and later, Xcode cleans up stale derived data, precompiled headers, and module caches. (23282174)
The Xcode build system supports stale file removal of some types of build artifacts that were produced in a previous build, but have since been removed from the project.
Base on the author's thought, I found this build log from my case.
Remove stale build products
/bin/rm -rf /Users/usename/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/myapp-esvvhwwwwngijeemhatmklwzoxnb/Build/Products/Debug-iphonesimulator/myapp.app/Frameworks/AliyunVodPlayerSDK.framework
/bin/rmdir /Users/usename/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/myapp-esvvhwwwwngijeemhatmklwzoxnb/Build/Products/Debug-iphonesimulator/myapp.app/Frameworks
After creating a new copy file phase and copy the target stale framework to Frameworks destination, the above removal log disappears after rebuilding.
Just clarify my situation and reason, hope it's helpful for someone.
For me this was the solution, after many hours of searching!!
For some reason, well into the development of a Swift 2.3 custom Framework, Xcode 8 had removed the DYLIB_INSTALL_NAME_BASE setting from the project.pbxproj file. A little walk into the Build Settings / Dynamic Library Install Name Base setting back to #rpath fixed it.
(from https://forums.developer.apple.com/thread/4687)
I found that this issue was related only to the code signing and certificates not the code itself. To verify this, create the basic single view app and try to run it without any changes to your device. If you see the same error type this shows your code is fine. Like me you will find that your certificates are invalid. Download all again and fix any expired ones. Then when you get the basic app to not report the error try your app again after exiting Xcode and perhaps restarting your mac for good measure. That finally put this nightmare to an end. Most likely this has nothing to do with your code especially if you get Build Successful message when you try to run it. FYI
Got the issue when trying Xcode 9 beta and going back to Xcode 8. A simple Clean on the target resolved the issue.
I had the same issue for a different reason.
I've created a new configuration to Debug and Release (under PROJECT -> Info tab -> Configuration).
And I had to change my pod frameworks shell script (Pods-"appName"-frameworks.sh , under Targets Support Files) to make it work.
[Xcode 9]
The only thing that worked for me:
Target > Build Phases > [CP] Embed Pods Frameworks
Uncheck "Show environment variables in build log" and "Run script only when installing"
I tried many fixes, but what worked for me was to delete a missing target listed in the build tab of the build scheme. You can get to it by opening the edit window of the current scheme.
Edit: My UI testing target was not working as well, and the solution I found was to delete it and generate it again.
open xcode -> general -> Embedded Binaries -> add QBImagepicker.framework and RSKImageCropper -> clean project
just add QBImagePicker.framework and RSKImageCropper.framework at embedded binaries worked for me
I think there is no fixed way to solve this problem since it might be caused by different reason. I also had this problem last week, I don't know when and exactly what cause this problem, only when I run it on simulator with Xcode or try to install it onto the phone, then it reports such kind of error, But when I run it with react-native run-ios with terminal, there is no problem.
I checked all the ways posted on the internet, like renew certificate, change settings in Xcode (all of ways mentions above), actually all of settings in Xcode were already set as it requested before, none of ways works for me. Until this morning when I delete the pods and reinstall, the error finally gonna after a week. If you are also using cocoapod and then error was just show up without any specific reason, maybe you can try my way.
Check my cocoapods version.
Update it if there is new version available.
Go to your project folder, delete your Podfile.lock , Pods file, project xcworkspace.
Run pod install
I experienced that problem only when running on real device (iPhone SE). On simulator project worked as expected.
I did try all fixes from this very thread and from here.
None of those worked for me.
For me problem was solved after restarting iPhone (sic!).
I did:
clean build folder,
clean derived data,
delete app from device,
reboot device
And it finally works. :)
If every other solution fails don't forget to try it out.
Xcode 11 :
Build Phases -> Embed Frameworks
This might happen with Pod Frameworks.
I was facing the same issue with AnswerBotProvidersSDK.framework and my mistake was, I set Run Script checked for Install builds only in targets build phases.
Incorrect settings:
Correct Settings:
For me for some reason xCode (12.5 up to this moment) decided that my Notification Service Extension Target should not have correct paths to frameworks. I suspect that this is happened after I've updated from xCode 12.1 to 12.5.
So I was getting the same error related to one of my internal frameworks. To fix this problem do the following:
go to Project's General Tab
Select your target (in my case it was Notification Service Extension Target)
Make sure that Framework and Libraries section contains your missing framework. I've left it Embed Without Signing in my NSE Target, but it is also was added with Embed & Sign to my primary app target
Keep your target selected and switch to Build Settings tab
There in a search bar enter LD_RUNPATH_SEARCH_PATHS (make sure that All possible settings will be displayed and not just Basic)
You will see Runpath Search Paths and it was empty for me.
Add 3 following values there:
$(inherited)
#executable_path/Frameworks
#executable_path/../../Frameworks
This is what helped me.

ld: library not found for (on Simulator only)

Suddenly began getting this error when running my app on iOS 7 Simulator.
ld: library not found for -lacmobileshim
clang: error: linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to see
invocation)
On Device this problem doesn't happen and the app runs OK.
Have already searched for this library inside SDK but couldn't find it. Have no idea what's going on cause it was running OK both on Simulator and Devices before and haven't added any additional library to my project.
Is there a way to set Library Search Path in Build Settings just for this library?
Should reinstall SDK be a workaround?
These are the libraries i'm including in my project:
After get the same headache as updated to Xcode 6/iOS 8 sdk, just found a simple way to solve this issue with libacmobileshim.dylib and also other dynamic libraries that were causing the same problem when building the app on simulator. Just delete the dynamic libraries from Build Phases settings and the app is running perfectly again on simulator. Hope it may help someone with the same problem.
libacmobileshim.dylib is in the iOS Device SDK, but it is not in the simulator SDK. External developers should have no need for this library, so I'm confused as to why you're linking against it.
Looking at that list of libraries that you're linking against, I suspect a bunch of them aren't even needed by your project. You should audit that list and eliminate unnecessary linkage.

Xcode cannot run using the selected device after upgrade to Xcode 5.0

I upgraded to xcode 5.0 today. I then pressed play to run my project in the iOS simulator. This initially worked. Then I decided that I wanted to run the profiler. When I did that, I got the message:
Xcode cannot run using the selected device.
Choose a destination with a supported architecture in order to run on this device.
I looked at a couple past posts on this problem and decided to do a Clean and Build. Now I can no longer run in the profiler or the simulator. I consistently get the message:
Xcode cannot run using the selected device.
Choose a destination with a supported architecture in order to run on this device.
How can I resolve this?
Here are various settings:
My Deployment Target is 6.1
I have also tried changing the deployment target to 7.0, but that did not work either
It appears that the problem is not related to the architecture in the build settings as the error might suggest. Rather, I found that the problem seems to be related to the Build Options Compiler for C/C++/Objective C. I was using a gcc compiler (com.apple.compilers.llvmgcc42) and Xcode 5 has marked this as unsupported.
If I change the compiler to apple's default Apple LLVM 5.0, the project builds and it can now run in the simulator. The downside is that I have a lot of compiler warnings from code related to cocos2D v1.0 source code. But, at least I have a way forward.
Please follow below step
1>Go to Project Build setting
2>Change compiler for c/c++/objective c as Default compiler(Apple LLVM 5.0) (see in below image)
I had to change compiler for Default compiler (Apple LLVM 5.0) at two places:
Build Settings > Build Options > Compiler for C/C++/Objective-C (change to LLVM)
Build Rules > Files *.mc using GCC (change to LLVM)
Hard to find because code compiles even if Build Rules point to an undefined compiler.
After inspecting all the build settings for 15 minutes, this worked for me (Xcode 5.0.2):
Quit and restart Xcode
Check that the Executable File (also known as CFBundleExecutable) in the Info.plist file is set to ${EXECUTABLE_NAME} as opposed to any hardcoded value. This will ensure that even if you change your project name or target name or scheme name, that it still works.
This issue often occurs after duplicating targets on older projects.
Set the following in your Info.plist for the target:
Bundle Name = ${PRODUCT_NAME}
Bundle Display Name = ${PRODUCT_NAME}
Executable file = ${EXECUTABLE_NAME}
Build and run with these settings, after a successful build they can be changed to anything you want.
This works for me: "Quit and restart Xcode". I recently updated something and the testing device on Xcode said: 'iDevice' not iPhone or iPod. So I restarted then my iPhone came back to the target list.
I had this error when I changed the value of the "Bundle name"-key in the Target Properties. Changing it back to "%{PRODUCT_NAME}" solved the problem for me.

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