'Xcodebuild: Unable to find a destination matching the provided destination specifier

I want to test same unit test on various platform versions. However, I can't due to a xcodebuild error.

I built my project

 xcodebuild build-for-testing \
     -configuration Debug \
     -scheme UnitTest \
     -sdk iphonesimulator \
     -enableCodeCoverage YES \
     -derivedDataPath "derivedData"

and test project executed successfully with the following command:

xcodebuild test-without-building \
    -configuration Debug \
    -derivedDataPath "derivedData" \
    -resultBundlePath TestResultsA \
    -project UTSSampleSwift.xcodeproj \
    -scheme UnitTest \
    -sdk iphonesimulator \
    -destination 'platform=iOS Simulator,OS=13.5,name=iPhone SE (2nd generation)' \
    -enableCodeCoverage YES

I want to test on OS=12.2 and I already installed the simulators for 12.2 However, the following command fails

xcodebuild test-without-building \
    -configuration Debug \
    -derivedDataPath "derivedData" \
    -resultBundlePath TestResultsE \
    -project UTSSampleSwift.xcodeproj \
    -scheme UnitTest \
    -sdk iphonesimulator \
    -destination 'platform=iOS Simulator,OS=12.2,name=iPhone 8' \
    -enableCodeCoverage YES

With error message:

Build settings from command line:
    SDKROOT = iphonesimulator13.5

xcodebuild: error: Unable to find a destination matching the provided destination specifier:
                { platform:iOS Simulator, OS:12.2, name:iPhone 8 }

        Available destinations for the "UnitTest" scheme:
                { platform:macOS, arch:x86_64, variant:Mac Catalyst, id:521A4BA2-C8DB-50F6-9112-FA4FB75F8B5D }
                { platform:iOS Simulator, id:FB9D6640-64BC-48D2-869F-2D8AE3D10984, OS:13.5, name:iPad (7th generation) }
                { platform:iOS Simulator, id:2327E5B6-8073-4DA7-BB2C-4D9F29E8A74F, OS:13.5, name:iPad Air (3rd generation) }
                { platform:iOS Simulator, id:176CD5F5-F59D-401F-8D9C-2567C97BF14F, OS:13.5, name:iPad Pro (9.7-inch) }
                { platform:iOS Simulator, id:50CDB544-EB94-494D-BA02-2A387F49C36A, OS:13.5, name:iPad Pro (11-inch) (2nd generation) }
                { platform:iOS Simulator, id:2D39CA24-88E5-4012-A461-63404BBF8DD5, OS:13.5, name:iPad Pro (12.9-inch) (4th generation) }
                { platform:iOS Simulator, id:CEC5D35B-9038-4557-ABD8-414290716B84, OS:13.5, name:iPhone 8 }
                { platform:iOS Simulator, id:A375FB0B-6F1C-4249-95B8-EC71D9FB6144, OS:13.5, name:iPhone 8 Plus }
                { platform:iOS Simulator, id:81EFCF5E-372A-4CB4-94D5-409D23237392, OS:13.5, name:iPhone 11 }
                { platform:iOS Simulator, id:884192AD-0156-4E86-87F7-BFC24D451D33, OS:13.5, name:iPhone 11 Pro }
                { platform:iOS Simulator, id:A2F32AF0-CE1E-47F3-9D5A-D3E906B7977B, OS:13.5, name:iPhone 11 Pro Max }
                { platform:iOS Simulator, id:0EB5214D-201F-405F-BDAF-E77089398CA9, OS:13.5, name:iPhone SE (2nd generation) }

        Ineligible destinations for the "UnitTest" scheme:
                { platform:iOS, id:dvtdevice-DVTiPhonePlaceholder-iphoneos:placeholder, name:Generic iOS Device }
                { platform:iOS Simulator, id:dvtdevice-DVTiOSDeviceSimulatorPlaceholder-iphonesimulator:placeholder, name:Generic iOS Simulator Device }

What should I do?

Additional information

xcodebuild -version

Xcode 11.5
Build version 11E608c

xcodebuild -showsdks

iOS SDKs:
    iOS 13.5                        -sdk iphoneos13.5
iOS Simulator SDKs:
    Simulator - iOS 13.5            -sdk iphonesimulator13.5

Solution 1:^[1]

I had a similar issue and the issue was my project deployment target was too high. Double check your deployment target is iOS 12.2 or lower.

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