iOS 18.2 simulator not installed in image macos-14/20250224.833

[bill-kan-codebox]

Description

iOS 18.2 simulator not installed in image macos-14/20250224.833 broke my azure devops build for ios app.

My previous used image macos-14/20250127.727 did not have this problem.

Failed to build iOS app
Uncategorized (Xcode): Unable to find a destination matching the provided destination specifier:
{ generic:1, platform:iOS }

Ineligible destinations for the "Runner" scheme:
	{ platform:iOS, id:dvtdevice-DVTiPhonePlaceholder-iphoneos:placeholder, name:Any iOS Device, error:iOS 18.2 is not installed. To use with Xcode, first download and install the platform }

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iOS 18.2 is not installed. To download and install the platform, open
Xcode, select Xcode > Settings > Platforms, and click the GET button for the
required platform.

For more information, please visit:
https://developer.apple.com/documentation/xcode/installing-additional-simulator-runtimes
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This is the commit i found
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Platforms affected

• Azure DevOps
• GitHub Actions - Standard Runners
• GitHub Actions - Larger Runners

Runner images affected

• Ubuntu 20.04
• Ubuntu 22.04
• Ubuntu 24.04
• macOS 13
• macOS 13 Arm64
• macOS 14
• macOS 14 Arm64
• macOS 15
• macOS 15 Arm64
• Windows Server 2019
• Windows Server 2022
• Windows Server 2025

Image version and build link

problem image - https://github.com/actions/runner-images/blob/macos-14/20250224.833/images/macos/macos-14-Readme.md

good image -
https://github.com/actions/runner-images/blob/macos-14/20250127.727/images/macos/macos-14-Readme.md

Is it regression?

https://github.com/actions/runner-images/blob/macos-14/20250127.727/images/macos/macos-14-Readme.md

Expected behavior

https://github.com/actions/runner-images/blob/macos-14/20250224.833/images/macos/macos-14-Readme.md should have ios 18.2 simulator installed.

Actual behavior

Uncategorized (Xcode): Unable to find a destination matching the provided destination specifier:

Repro steps

build ios

[bill-kan-codebox]

repro step
Run xcodebuild with simulator iPhone 16 Pro (18.2)

[MohitDangwal]

Facing the same issue..builds are defaulting to use 18.2 but there are no simulators for it.
I think the default os version somewhere is tagged to 18.2 causing this, no references for 18.2 in project files.

[erik-bershel]

I am going to close this item as a duplicate. Please consider continuing discussion in an original issue.