'"Symbols Tool failed" error while exporting iPhone application with APP Store Profile

After successful Archive, while exporting the Archive to "Save for App Store Deployment", I got the following error: "Symbol Tool Failed".

During the Export sequence, I have observed, "Binary and Entitlements" section, has two entries. 1) The app store targetAppName (5 Entitlements). with valid Provisioning Profiles. 2) One of the build files FTALDeviceDetailsViewController.o (o Entitlement) with Provisioning Profiles (none)

I bet the second entry here is what is causing the error. Here is the error log:

Any one know how to remove the second entry?

I found another interesting information, regarding this issue:

Unser Archive folder ActiveLife\ 11-12-14\,\ 3.56\ AM.xcarchive/Products/Applications/ActiveLife.app/

I found following 3 files those are generated in response to second Entitlement file: 

FTALDeviceDetailsViewController.d
FTALDeviceDetailsViewController.dia
FTALDeviceDetailsViewController.o

I have manually deleted these 3 files, and now I am able to generate .ipa file.

Now still mystery to me is; why are these files generated and how to fix the root of the problem?

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Solution 1:[1]

The reason for the issue is, some how FTALDeviceDetailsViewController.m file is ended up Copy Bundle Resources causing this is be treated as separate target. When I delete the file from the Copy Bundle Resource, every thing worked as expected.

Now the mystery questions to me, what are .d .dia generated? This is up for further study.

Solution 2:[2]

I experienced the same "Symbols Tool Failed" issue yesterday. With the following more detailed error:

Archive upload failed due to the issues listed below.

Unable to validate your application.
The path '/var/folders/c6/wfv094t921j7q1bzhht5wtdnhvjv1/T/XcodeDistPipeline.blK/Packages/XXXXXX.ipa' does not contain a file.

Symbols Tool Failed

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The cause of the problem was that a third party library (*.a file) had accidentally been included in the "Copy Bundle Resources" "Build Phase". The give-away that this was the problem was that this *.a library appeared in the list of "Binary and Entitlements" screen when submitting the upload:

Extra library in binary and entitlements

Ultimately the third party source code had been added to our workspace as a "Folder Reference" and someone had checked the 'target membership' for that folder. This resulted in the the third parties libary folder (which contained the *.a) being included in the "Copy Bundle Resources". Simply unchecking the 'target membership' box for the folder fixed the issue.

Solution 3:[3]

Unchecking "Upload your app's symbols to receive symbolicated reports from Apple" option fixes the "Symbol tools failed" error when you Archive the app in Organiser window of Xcode.enter image description here

Solution 4:[4]

I faced this too, and trying to find something wrong with the copy bundle resources, as the previous answers, I found a folder being copied, removing it solved the problem.

Solution 5:[5]

Basically some framework has been added to Copy Bundle Resources. Remove it to resolve the issue!

Solution 6:[6]

Could also be that there is a framework unnecessarily added in 'Embed Frameworks' in Xcode Build Phases

Solution 7:[7]

"Symbols Tool Failed" error can also be caused by this.

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Xcode 13.1 - Check BuildTarget -> General -> Frameworks and Libraries. If something is marked as Embed And Sign it may need to be changed to Do Not Embed.

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Solution 1 brbabu
Solution 2 Oliver Pearmain
Solution 3 RohitAneja
Solution 4 JRafaelM
Solution 5 itzo
Solution 6 Adam Smith
Solution 7 Kibitz503

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