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Why do some iOS crashes only appear in production builds?
Updated May 17, 2026
Short answer
Release optimizations expose race conditions and remove debug safety checks.
Deep explanation
Compiler optimizations reorder instructions, inline functions, and remove assertions. This changes timing and exposes concurrency bugs not visible in debug builds.
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