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# Xcode 26.2 Release Notes

Update your apps to use new features, and test your apps against API changes.

## Overview

Overview Xcode 26.2 includes Swift 6.2.3 and SDKs for iOS 26.2, iPadOS 26.2, tvOS 26.2, macOS 26.2, and visionOS 26.2. Xcode 26.2 supports on-device debugging in iOS 15 and later, tvOS 15 and later, watchOS 8 and later, and visionOS. Xcode 26.2 requires a Mac running macOS Sequoia 15.6 or later. Address Sanitizer Resolved Issues Fixed: Address Sanitizer is currently incompatible with hardware memory tagging.  (161649378) Coding Intelligence Resolved Issues Fixed: Users interacting with ChatGPT in Xcode might experience performance issues when the assistant is applying code changes.  (163507099) Fixed: Users interacting with ChatGPT in Xcode may not receive previews of sample code.  (164573607) Instruments Resolved Issues Fixed: Instruments would sometimes fail to automatically find a dSYM for a profiled binary, resulting in lack of symbols in the trace.  (126836231) Fixed: Environment updates would show up in the cause and effect graph as multiple nodes instead of being logically grouped  (161448568) Fixed: Resolved an issue that would result in longer than expected load times for deferred mode recordings of all processes on an attached device.  (162242393) Fixed: The Allocations instrument sometimes fails to report reference counting operations for native Swift types.  (163080666) Fixed: After focusing on a subtree, the Call Tree/Flame Graph toggle may not be clickable  (163147572) Fixed a crash that would occur when sorting specific columns in the Foundation Models instrument  (164113337) Localization Resolved Issues Fixed: Resolved an issue where the wrong string could be annotated in a screenshot in Localization Catalog Editor.  (162370185) (FB20608107) Metal New Features GPU Profiling in Metal Debugger is now available for Metal 4. This also requires macOS/iOS/visionOS 26.2 beta 2 or newer.  (136244517) Source Editor Resolved Issues Fixed: New installations of Xcode will no longer make themselves the default editor for JSON, YAML, or Markdown files.  (164323314) StoreKit Resolved Issues Fixed: SubscriptionStatus.all returning old SubscriptionStatus after a subscription change.  (163505178) Swift Interoperability with C/C++ New Features You can now annotate C types with the SWIFT_SHARED_REFERENCE attribute.  (156056071) Retain and release operations for SWIFT_SHARED_REFERENCE types can now return an integer type.  (157853183) Retain and release operations for SWIFT_SHARED_REFERENCE types can now be methods of the type. You can now annotate a C/C++ type with SWIFT_SHARED_REFERENCE(.doRetain, .doRelease) to use methods doRetain and doRelease as the lifetime operations for the type.  (160696723) Testing Resolved Issues Fixed: Swift Testing exit tests run correctly when the Swift upcoming “nonisolated(nonsending) By Default” feature (NonisolatedNonsendingByDefault) is enabled.  (164424869)

## See Also

### Xcode 26

- [Xcode 26.6 RC Release Notes](xcode-release-notes/xcode-26_6-release-notes.md)
- [Xcode 26.5 Release Notes](xcode-release-notes/xcode-26_5-release-notes.md)
- [Xcode 26.4.1 Release Notes](xcode-release-notes/xcode-26_4_1-release-notes.md)
- [Xcode 26.4 Release Notes](xcode-release-notes/xcode-26_4-release-notes.md)
- [Xcode 26.3 Release Notes](xcode-release-notes/xcode-26_3-release-notes.md)
- [Xcode 26.1.1 Release Notes](xcode-release-notes/xcode-26_1-release-notes.md)
- [Xcode 26.0.1 Release Notes](xcode-release-notes/xcode-26_0_1-release-notes.md)
- [Xcode 26 Release Notes](xcode-release-notes/xcode-26-release-notes.md)