# Random \`Action failed: Select Xcode Version\` error

**URL:** <https://discuss.circleci.com/t/random-action-failed-select-xcode-version-error/10198>\
**Category:** Build Environment\
**Tags:** osx, xcode\
**Created:** [February 7, 2017, 3:43pm UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/random-action-failed-select-xcode-version-error/10198 "2017-02-07T15:43:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
**Page:** 1

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**Author:** ![SlawomirMazgaj](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/circleci/user_avatar/discuss.circleci.com/slawomirmazgaj/32/13521_2.png) [@SlawomirMazgaj](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/SlawomirMazgaj)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2017, 3:43pm UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/random-action-failed-select-xcode-version-error/10198/1 "2017-02-07T15:43:18Z")

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Hello, so we’ve got CI set up for quite a while now and it was doing a really great job so far. Unfortunately we start getting some weird errors yesterday. It is during:  
`Select Xcode Version`

There was no recent changes in .yml file. Also we do not specify Xcode version anywhere.

All we got is:

```auto
sudo xcode-select --switch /Applications/Xcode-7.0.app && xcodebuild -version
xcode-select: error: invalid developer directory '/Applications/Xcode-7.0.app'

sudo xcode-select --switch /Applications/Xcode-7.0.app && xcodebuild -version returned exit code 1

Action failed: Select Xcode Version

```

We usually try to rebuild and after few tries all of the sudden it works.  
Can we get some more details about what is going on?

Best Regards,  
Slawomir

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**Author:** ![ScalaWilliam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@ScalaWilliam](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/ScalaWilliam)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2017, 10:41pm UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/random-action-failed-select-xcode-version-error/10198/2 "2017-02-07T22:41:23Z")

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Seconded. Having this problem here too  
[https://circleci.com/gh/ActionFPS/ActionFPS-Game/238](https://circleci.com/gh/ActionFPS/ActionFPS-Game/238)

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**Author:** ![alexey](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/circleci/user_avatar/discuss.circleci.com/alexey/32/42_2.png) [@alexey](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/alexey)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2017, 11:01pm UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/random-action-failed-select-xcode-version-error/10198/3 "2017-02-07T23:01:02Z")

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We are very sorry about this. This happened due to a corrupted image on one of the hosts in production. We have identified the faulty host and will have it fixed shortly. Thank you for your patience.

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**Author:** ![alexey](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/circleci/user_avatar/discuss.circleci.com/alexey/32/42_2.png) [@alexey](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/alexey)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2017, 11:08pm UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/random-action-failed-select-xcode-version-error/10198/4 "2017-02-07T23:08:54Z")

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We have removed the faulty host from the production environment, the builds should not be hitting this issue anymore. Please let us know if you still see this error. Thanks!

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**Author:** ![aksswami](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/circleci/user_avatar/discuss.circleci.com/aksswami/32/16220_2.png) [@aksswami](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/aksswami)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2017, 11:09pm UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/random-action-failed-select-xcode-version-error/10198/5 "2017-06-01T23:09:42Z")

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I am also facing the same issue for my build. And multiple rebuild also ends up with this.

```
sudo xcode-select --switch /Applications/Xcode-8.3.2.app && xcodebuild -version
xcode-select: error: invalid developer directory '/Applications/Xcode-8.3.2.app'

sudo xcode-select --switch /Applications/Xcode-8.3.2.app && xcodebuild -version returned exit code 1

Action failed: Select Xcode Version
```

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**Author:** ![rohara](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/circleci/user_avatar/discuss.circleci.com/rohara/32/5744_2.png) [@rohara](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/rohara)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2017, 4:38pm UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/random-action-failed-select-xcode-version-error/10198/6 "2017-11-07T16:38:04Z")

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