# ITMS-90683: missing purpose string in Info.plist

> Getting the error ITMS-90683, missing purpose string in Info.plist? Here is how to fix it. Add the permission sentence Apple names, in plain language.

**ITMS-90683: missing purpose string in Info.plist.** The app, or a plugin in it, can use the camera, photos, location or similar, and Info.plist doesn’t say why. Apple requires a sentence for each of those permissions.

- App Store Connect. A permission message is missing.
- Interactive page: https://capwr.app/free-tools/build-error-explainer/itms-90683
- Build error explainer: https://capwr.app/free-tools/build-error-explainer
- Last updated: 2026-10-03

## What this error means

The app, or a plugin in it, can use the camera, photos, location or similar, and Info.plist doesn’t say why. Apple requires a sentence for each of those permissions.

## Why it happens

A plugin, or the app, references a protected API such as the camera, and Info.plist has no sentence explaining why. App Store Connect blocks the upload until that key exists.

## The message tools print

```
ITMS-90683: Missing purpose string in Info.plist - The Info.plist file for the "App.app" bundle should contain a NSCameraUsageDescription key with a user-facing purpose string explaining clearly and completely why your app needs the data.
```

## How to fix it

1. Add the key named in the error (NSCameraUsageDescription, for example) to ios/App/App/Info.plist, with a sentence saying what the app does with it.
2. Write it for people: “Harbor uses the camera to scan your boat’s registration.”
3. If no feature needs it, remove the plugin that triggers it.

## Check a log that shows this

Paste the failing step into the [build error explainer](https://capwr.app/free-tools/build-error-explainer). It matches this message, and any others in the same log, in your browser. Nothing is uploaded.

## Other App Store Connect errors

- [ITMS-90725: iOS SDK version is too old](https://capwr.app/free-tools/build-error-explainer/itms-90725)
- [ITMS-90189: Redundant Binary Upload](https://capwr.app/free-tools/build-error-explainer/itms-90189)
- [ITMS-90186: Invalid Pre-Release Train](https://capwr.app/free-tools/build-error-explainer/itms-90186)
- [ITMS-91053: Missing API declaration](https://capwr.app/free-tools/build-error-explainer/itms-91053)
- [ITMS-90717: app icon has an alpha channel](https://capwr.app/free-tools/build-error-explainer/itms-90717)
- [Authentication credentials are missing or invalid](https://capwr.app/free-tools/build-error-explainer/app-store-connect-authentication-invalid)

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