A 'Processing files' spinner in Xcode that lingers for 5–15 minutes is normal for a project with 30+ Swift files and 13+ SwiftPM dependencies (especially transitive crypto/network packages from GoogleSignIn and similar). It's a one-time cost per Xcode version per clean build — incremental indexing after that takes seconds. Don't interrupt it or you'll pay the cost again.
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