iTMSTransporter upload ipa to iTunes Connect Success but choose in TestFlight Failed

Question

As I see the link upload ipa to testflight，then refer the example,

/usr/local/itms/bin/iTMSTransporter \
-m upload -jwt ex**** \
-asc_provider Apple \
-v eXtreme \
-assetFile /Users/jappleseed/Downloads/MyApp.ipa \
-distribution DeveloperId \
-primaryBundleId com.apple.contentdelivery.theFruitStand

but I got the error message, why it happened?

ERROR: The '-assetFile' option cannot specify a file with an extension of '.ipa' when -distribution is set to 'DeveloperId'.

then I try this command, make the .ipa to .zip,

 /usr/local/itms/bin/iTMSTransporter \
-m upload -jwt ex**** \
-asc_provider Apple \
-v eXtreme \
-assetFile /Users/jappleseed/Downloads/MyApp.zip \
-distribution DeveloperId \
-primaryBundleId com.apple.contentdelivery.theFruitStand

then it show success, but I can not found the ipa in iTunes Connect, as iTunes Connect not showing my uploaded IPA.

Package Summary:

1 packages were uploaded successfully.

Face this situation, then I try this command again, and upload.itmsp contains [metadata.xml, Myapp.ipa].

/usr/local/itms/bin/iTMSTransporter \
-m upload -jwt ex**** \
-asc_provider Apple \
-v eXtreme \
-f /Users/jappleseed/Downloads/upload.itmsp/ \
-distribution DeveloperId \
-primaryBundleId com.apple.contentdelivery.theFruitStand

it also told me success message, and I can see the build version in iTunes connect, but I can not choose the version in TestFlight, then I can not do more.

1 packages were uploaded successfully:

/Users/jappleseed/Downloads/upload.itmsp/

Answer 1

Use username/password authentication (-m username -p yourpassword) instead of JWT. This solved the issue for me.