Mac OSX App : How to test a production build correctly?

Question

There are certain features that I need to test on my Mac OSX App that is going to be only available on the production build. However, I keep getting this error Message from debugger: Terminated due to code signing error. I am trying to use my distribution provisioning profile, but it isn't working. Developer one works fine however. I tried "Save for Mac App Store Development", "Export as a Mac Installer Package", "Export as a Mac Application" and running it through Xcode. None of it works, it keeps crashing due to code sign error. I've been stuck on this for hours. Perhaps I am missing something.

Polyphagia

Can you post output from console.app? – Threepiece

If you are trying to create a Release version for that testing, then you will need to sign it with a valid Apple Developer account with a macOS Developer certificate. – Quiver

For the specific error (Message from debugger: Terminated due to code signing error), it could be something like #28804010 – Billmyre