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My distribution certificate is about to expire and I would like to know:

If I revoke it and create a new one, will my current testers' apps stop working?

These testers are using a version of the app build with an ad-hoc provisioning profile. These are not app-store version, but test version.

I'm assuming they will continue to work normally since the certificate isn't validated every time they use the app, but I want to be sure before I revoke it.

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The version on their devices will run until the installed profile expires. It should only affect applications that are not installed yet and will be installed by the old ipa. Only the new ipa with the new profile is able to be installed after rejection.

So far my experiences with it

geo
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  • everything went well? Or were there any unexpected problems? – geo May 24 '13 at 09:12
  • This has been postponed until next week. I'll let you know how I get on. – theDuncs May 24 '13 at 09:20
  • Thanks geo! So, if I revoke my distribution certificate, need to renew the adHoc provisioning certificate, right!? But do I need to release (create new ipas) new versions whit the new provisioning certificate? The ipas released before will not be valid to install?? Thanks – Frade Oct 15 '15 at 17:55
  • Basically, What happens to the ad-hoc apps NOT installed?? – Frade Oct 15 '15 at 18:08
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    "Only the new ipa with the new profile is able to be installed after rejection. " ;) your old ipa will try to verify against the server with an old cert. Haven't tried it in last time, but this is the logic. You are signing your apps with a profile, and in this profile the cert is contained. And if you try to verify with a rejected cert, you will fail. The validation is also only done on installing, so after installation you can use it on – geo Oct 16 '15 at 10:35
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Has this been done? What happened to the ad-hoc apps already installed when you revoked your team Distribution Certificate?

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