Xcode Archive Fails for React Native Project – "Run custom shell script 'Bundle React Native code and images'"

Question

I am working on a React Native project, and while building the project in Xcode works fine, for releasing the app to app store, and archiving it fails with the following error:

Command PhaseScriptExecution failed with a nonzero exit code

This error occurs in the "Run custom shell script 'Bundle React Native code and images'" phase.

Details:

• Xcode Version: 16.0 (16A242d)
• Node Version: /opt/homebrew/bin/node (Output from which node)
• React Native Version: 0.74.3
• macOS Version: 15.0.1 (24A348)

Build Phase Script:

Here’s the script currently in the "Bundle React Native code and images" phase:

set -e

WITH_ENVIRONMENT="$REACT_NATIVE_PATH/scripts/xcode/with-environment.sh"
REACT_NATIVE_XCODE="$REACT_NATIVE_PATH/scripts/react-native-xcode.sh"

/bin/sh -c "$WITH_ENVIRONMENT $REACT_NATIVE_XCODE"

What I’ve Tried:

1. Checked for the existence of with-environment.sh and react-native-xcode.sh in node_modules/react-native/scripts – The scripts folder is missing.

2. Reinstalled node_modules using npm install and yarn install – no change.

3. Verified that $REACT_NATIVE_PATH is empty when echoed.

4. Updated the script to directly use:

   export NODE_BINARY=/opt/homebrew/bin/node
   ../node_modules/react-native/scripts/react-native-xcode.sh
   

   – This didn’t solve the issue.

5. Cleaned the build folder in Xcode and removed DerivedData.

6. Ran pod install --repo-update in the ios directory.

Additional Information:

• Error occurs only during the archive process, not during a regular build.
• I checked the version-specific documentation and couldn't find a clear solution.

Question:

• Has anyone encountered this issue where the scripts folder is missing in node_modules/react-native?
• Is there a known fix or workaround to make the archive step succeed?

Any help or pointers would be greatly appreciated!

I have tried multiple solutions that GPT suggested but nothing got fixed unfortunately :(

Alot of other stackoverflow answers suggested this fix but this was already fixed in my code by default:

update all the generated ...-frameworks.sh files to add the -f flag to the call to readlink. In other words, need to replace:

source="$(readlink "${source}")"

with

source="$(readlink -f "${source}")"

Answer 1

I came across the same error too, here's how to actually debug the issue

• Identify the failing script phase, which in my case is the "Bundle React Native code and images."
• Expand the error log to view detailed steps. (click on hamburger menu to the right of script phase)
• Scroll down to locate the specific error message.

in my case it was this Error: Unable to resolve module ../../../../assets/icons/BullseyeIcon

Fix any missing assets or incorrect paths in your code attempt to Archive the project again Goodluck!