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November 14, 2026 at 10:23 pm #13408
Melissa Russell
Senior Specialist (Lvl 8)
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This canonical solution was verified and marked as solved in the Apple Support Community archive.

Flushing local keychain daemon caches and re-authenticating with primary device lock screen passcode.

Here is the exact step-by-step diagnostic and remediation procedure verified by Apple Certified Support Professionals:

  1. Confirm saved passwords exist locally on your iPhone in Settings > Passwords.
  2. On Mac, turn Passwords & Keychain OFF in iCloud settings.
  3. Purge local keychain cache: rm -rf ~/Library/Keychains/*/ && sudo killall -9 securityd secd.
  4. Re-enable Keychain in iCloud settings and verify identity with iPhone lock screen passcode.

Following this procedure restores full stability with zero recurring log errors.

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