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title: EXC_CRASH (SIGKILL)
framework: xcode
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role_heading: Article
path: xcode/sigkill
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# EXC_CRASH (SIGKILL)

The operating system terminated the process, often because a background task violated a requirement, device resources were limited, or the user force quit the app.

## Overview

Overview The crash report contains a Termination Reason field with a code that explains the reason for the crash. In the following example, that code is 0xdead10cc: Exception Type:  EXC_CRASH (SIGKILL) Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000000, 0x0000000000000000 Exception Note:  EXC_CORPSE_NOTIFY Termination Reason: Namespace RUNNINGBOARD, Code 0xdead10cc The Termination Reason code is one of the following values:

## See Also

### Exceptions

- [EXC_ARITHMETIC](xcode/exc_arithmetic.md)
- [EXC_BAD_ACCESS](xcode/exc_bad_access.md)
- [EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGBUS)](xcode/sigbus.md)
- [EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGSEGV)](xcode/sigsegv.md)
- [EXC_BREAKPOINT (SIGTRAP) and EXC_BAD_INSTRUCTION (SIGILL)](xcode/sigtrap_sigill.md)
- [EXC_CRASH](xcode/exc_crash.md)
- [EXC_CRASH (SIGABRT)](xcode/sigabrt.md)
- [EXC_CRASH (SIGQUIT)](xcode/sigquit.md)
- [EXC_CRASH (SIGSYS)](xcode/sigsys.md)
- [EXC_CRASH (SIGTERM)](xcode/sigterm.md)
- [EXC_GUARD](xcode/exc_guard.md)
- [EXC_RESOURCE](xcode/exc_resource.md)