Hello, Our app was submitted on August 7 and has remained in “Waiting for Review” with no status change. This is now a launch-blocking issue for a scheduled enterprise customer rollout on August 13. Hundreds of participants are already scheduled for mobile user testing and are unable to proceed without the iOS app. We have submitted an expedited review request and contacted Developer Support, but have not received a response or any update from either channel. At this point, the App Review delay is directly blocking a committed enterprise launch and participant testing schedule. We would greatly appreciate any urgent assistance in getting this case reviewed or escalated to the appropriate App Review team. App Name: Satellica App Apple ID: 6797731123 Submission ID: b7105850-5a17-489d-907d-550febe3895a Thank you.

Hello, my app was rejected with this reason - Guideline 2.1 - Performance - App Completeness. Bug description: Sign in with Apple requests the Apple ID password rather than entering a code. The issue is that I'm using Clerk inside Expo and they don't support native Apple signIn, only web based. But when users open signIn for the first time - they need to login for appleId via web. I already submitted rejection appeal with explanation. Did someone encounter similar problems? The flow works correctly. In fact even apple testers went through and created accounts.

Hello, I am experiencing an unusually long wait for the first submission of my iOS app. App Store Connect details: Platform: iOS Version: 1.0 First submission for this app First submission for my developer account Current submission date: July 30, 2026 at 21:11 Current status: “Waiting for Review” Apple ID: 1413120388 The submission has now been in “Waiting for Review” for 12 days and has never moved to “In Review”. There are no messages in the Resolution Center and I have not received any request for additional information. The previous submission, made on July 28, was removed by me. The current submission is the new submission from July 30. The app is a fairly complex collaborative social application centered around maps, including shared geo-organizers and collaborative elements. I understand that review times can vary, especially for a first submission and for a more complex application. I am not requesting an expedited review. I would simply like to ask whether the current submission is correctly queued for App Review, or whether there might be an issue preventing the review from starting. Any guidance would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

Hello Developer Community, We have submitted our brand new app to the app store that many people worked really hard on. We have been waiting anxiously to see what apple says. However, the app never leaves the "waiting to be reviewed" state, and it has been more than a week since we have uploaded it. We know Apple put back to the queue if we update build and we haven't made any update. Why its taking too long. We have committed a date our clients it will on App Store by 5th Aug (submitted on 30th July) but no work from Apple yet. Now its creating question on crediblity us from our clients.

Hi Apple Developer Community, Our first iOS release (Version 1.0) has been stuck in “Waiting for Review” since August 7 with no status change. We have already submitted an expedited review request due to a critical, time-sensitive business need this week. We have also tried contacting Apple Developer Support through multiple channels. We requested a phone callback but have been waiting for over six hours without being connected, and we have not yet been able to reach the support team. Could someone from Apple please advise whether there may be an issue with the submission, or whether there is any additional action we should take to help move the review forward? Any guidance or assistance would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

Our app Broons Tea Room (App ID: 6795576807) has been waiting for review for more than 10 days. We have also submitted an expedited review request, but we haven't received any update yet. Could you please check the status of our app and help expedite the review if possible? Please let us know if you need anything from our side. Thank you for your help.

Hello Apple App Review Team, Our app Broons Tea Room (App ID: 6795576807) has been waiting for review for more than 10 days. We have also submitted an expedite review request, but we haven't received any update yet. Could you please check the status of our app and help expedite the review if possible? Please let us know if you need anything from our side. Thank you for your help.

Hi Apple Developer Community, Our app has been waiting for App Review for around 15 days, and we still haven't received any update or response from the App Review team. The app was submitted for review on July 26, 2026, and it has remained in the "Waiting for Review" status since then. We have also tried contacting the appropriate support/contact team, but unfortunately, we haven't received a response there either. This is blocking our production release and affecting our customers who are waiting for the app. Could anyone advise what we should do in this situation or how we can escalate the review? Bundle Ids: com.sanisetu.supervisor / com.sanisetu.worker Submission Date: July 26, 2026 Current Status: Waiting for Review Time Waiting: ~15 days Any guidance would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

Our app — a screen-time / focus app — has had no App Review activity for two weeks, and we believe the trigger was an automated Guideline 2.5.1 check that froze an otherwise actively progressing review. (This forum account is linked to the developer account in question; we can provide the App ID, bundle IDs, submission IDs, and support case numbers through any private channel on request.) Context: Jul 2–5: Our first submission (Version 1.0.0) was under active review. We went through several ordinary metadata / paywall-related iterations, and the reviewer responded within roughly 24 hours each time. Nothing related to Screen Time was raised in these human reviews of builds 9 and 10. Jul 8: After we submitted build 11 — which addressed the remaining human-review feedback — we received an automated Guideline 2.5.1 (Performance: Software Requirements) message stating that the app uses the Screen Time API but has not been submitted with the Family Controls entitlement, and that review of the submission cannot proceed. All reviewer activity stopped at that point, and there has been none since. What we verified: The Family Controls (Distribution) entitlement is granted to our account and assigned to all four bundle IDs (the main app plus its DeviceActivityMonitor, ShieldAction, and ShieldConfiguration extensions). We verified with codesign that com.apple.developer.family-controls = true is present in the code signature and embedded provisioning profile of every one of the four executables in the submitted IPA — so the entitlement named in the automated message is present in the flagged build. For context: builds 9 and 10, with an identical Screen Time API surface and identical entitlements (verified at the binary level with nm against the submitted artifacts), had been human-reviewed on Jul 2–5 with no Screen Time-related objection. We recognize those builds may simply not have reached the automated analysis stage before being superseded, so we do not draw firm conclusions from that. What we did anyway (build 12, submitted Jul 9): In case the automated check actually concerns the separate com.apple.developer.family-controls.app-and-website-usage entitlement (which we do not request and do not need), we removed every reference from our main app to the APIs associated with it: AuthorizationStatus.approvedWithDataAccess, ManagedSettings.Application.bundleIdentifier, ManagedSettings.Application.localizedDisplayName, ManagedSettings.ActivityCategory.localizedDisplayName, and ManagedSettings.WebDomain.domain. We verified with nm that none of the four executables in the build 12 IPA reference these APIs. The app does not use FamilyActivityData, DeviceActivityReport, app usage events, web usage events, or App and Website Usage data access. No automated message has appeared for build 12. What has happened since: Jul 9–14: No reviewer activity on build 12. We filed an expedited review request and opened two Developer Support cases (Jul 8 and Jul 14). No response to any of them. Around Jul 15: Hoping to clear the frozen state, we cancelled and resubmitted the same Version 1.0.0 / build 12. Around Jul 17: Filed a second expedited review request for the new submission. Jul 22 (today): The new submission has been in "Waiting for Review" since Jul 15, with no reviewer activity and no reply to either support case or either expedite request. What we are asking: Could someone check whether the Jul 8 automated flag is still attached to the app record and blocking reviewer assignment, and help get the current submission assigned to a reviewer? If the automated check flags build 12 again, could the message specify which entitlement and which binary / API references triggered it, so we can address it precisely? We can provide codesign output, entitlement plists, provisioning profile dumps, and nm symbol listings on request. Thank you.

Hello, Our app has been in "Waiting for Review" since August 2, 2026 with no status change and no communication. App name: Matchup Sport Apple ID: 6782085896 Bundle ID: app.matchupsports.matchup Build: 1.0.0 (38), uploaded July 29, 2026 Submitted: August 2, 2026 Support case: 20000129837883 (opened August 6, no resolution) What we have already verified on our side: Build 38 shows Validated and passed beta review for external TestFlight; it is currently distributed to external testers with sessions logged and no crashes reported All metadata is complete: description, keywords, screenshots, promotional text Support URL and Marketing URL are live and reachable A working demo account is provided in App Review Information along with review notes Export compliance is answered (App Uses Non-Exempt Encryption: No) Paid Apps Agreement and Free Apps Agreement are Active; tax forms are Active DSA trader status is declared at both account and app level This is the first submission on this developer account. I would like to confirm that nothing is blocking the submission from entering review, and whether any action is required from our side. Thank you.

Hi everyone, My app has been stuck in “Waiting for Review” for about 10 days, and I’m wondering if anyone has experienced something similar recently. Details: Submission ID: 0f5f47ab-fa7e-4def-a1ae-d1d23665289c Submitted: August 1, 2026 There hasn’t been any update or message from App Review so far. Is this kind of delay normal, or should I contact Apple Developer Support? I’m also wondering if cancelling and resubmitting would help, or if that could make the wait even longer. Thanks for any advice or experience you can share.

App Name: OurHouse App ID: 919471395 We turned in a very necessary update Tuesday August 4th. Heard back from Apple that we got rejected for keywords in our metadata that we've been using successfully for 5+ years and never changed. Those same keywords were used for a submission as recently as 3 weeks ago that went through with no issues. We were told this at 10:44PM PST by 11:14PM my team responded asking what keywords specifically were violating guidelines and it's been complete radio silence since then. We even removed any and all keywords and resubmitted, and now our App has been stuck in review for 6 days. I am pleading for help, I've been stonewalled by every department and cannot reach Apple Review. As I'm writing this I've been waiting for 3 hours for an advisor or anyone to speak with about this. Our app has hundreds of thousands of users that are unable to login currently, our customer service team is completely overloaded and we are out of options. What can we even do? Please help!

I ship a macOS audio player on the Mac App Store. I want to re-enable a remote-control feature, but I got rejected for it once already and I want to avoid burning another review cycle. I'd appreciate guidance from anyone who has shipped this pattern. What the feature does The Mac app runs a small local HTTP server (BSD sockets + GCD) on port 7777 and advertises itself over Bonjour as _tmstudioplayer._tcp. A companion iOS app discovers it with NWBrowser and controls playback: transport, volume, EQ, and so on. Everything stays on the local network. There is no cloud service, no account, no login, and no user data leaves the device. The server only accepts connections while the Mac app is running and in the foreground. This requires com.apple.security.network.server, plus NSLocalNetworkUsageDescription in Info.plist. The rejection An earlier build was rejected because com.apple.security.network.server was declared but App Review could not observe any functionality that justified it. That was fair. At the time the iOS companion app did not exist publicly, so from the reviewer's side the entitlement genuinely looked unused. I removed the entitlement, and the app was approved and is on the store today with the remote feature disabled. The iOS app now exists and works end to end. So I would like to turn the feature back on. The actual problem The feature is, by definition, not demonstrable on a single machine. To see it work, a reviewer needs a Mac and an iPhone on the same local network, with a build of the iOS app installed. As far as I can tell, App Review does not link a macOS app record and an iOS app record so they get reviewed together — they are separate submissions in separate queues. So I cannot simply say "review these two together and you'll see it work." That leaves me guessing at the right approach, and each guess costs a review cycle. What I'm asking What is the correct submission order? Should the iOS companion be live on the App Store first, so I can point to it by name and App ID in the macOS Review Notes? Is a public TestFlight build enough? Does a reviewer even accept a TestFlight link as evidence? Is a demo video sufficient on its own? I can record the full flow — launching the Mac app, the iPhone discovering it over Bonjour, and control working — and attach it to App Review Information. Has that alone been accepted for a local-network feature, or does the reviewer still need to reproduce it? Is there a supported way to point one submission at another? Anything better than a plain-text description in the Review Notes — an App ID reference, a link, an attachment convention that reviewers actually follow? Does a reviewer have a second device available at all? If a two-device local-network setup is simply not something App Review will perform, I'd rather know now and plan around it than assume otherwise. Is there a fallback demo path I'm missing? For example, shipping a loopback/self-test mode in the Mac app that exercises the server on 127.0.0.1 and shows the result in the UI, so the entitlement is demonstrably used without a second device. Would that satisfy the "entitlement must be used" requirement on its own? What I'll do either way If the answer is that this cannot be demonstrated reliably, I'll keep the entitlement out and ship the remote feature only in a direct-distribution (notarized, non-sandboxed) build. I'd just rather not find that out through another rejection. Any first-hand experience with local-network / companion-device features on the Mac App Store would help a lot. Thanks.

Hi. Does anyone know who we can contact about app store reviews taking too long. Our app has been waiting/in review for about two weeks. This is very confusing. We even expedited our build

We are looking for guidance on how to proceed with a repeated App Review rejection under Guideline 5.6 for our iOS app. The review message says the app shows unusual behavior commonly associated with fraudulent activity and that features appeared to be intentionally hidden during review. However, no specific screen, feature, account state, flow, or reproduction steps have been provided despite follow-up requests. The app includes legitimate account-state-dependent flows. Some screens become available only after normal user eligibility is met, such as after a purchase, a savings plan activation, sufficient balance, or a holding period. Examples include transaction history, sell/withdrawal, rewards, and physical delivery. To support App Review, we have already provided two review accounts: one pre-purchase account and one post-purchase account. We have also updated App Store screenshots to cover the major functionality screens and uploaded complete screen-recording videos in App Review Messages for both account states. Both accounts use the same production app, backend, APIs, eligibility rules, and feature configuration as regular users. There are no reviewer-specific permissions, reviewer-only configurations, or hidden feature flags. We do not want to keep resubmitting blindly without understanding what Apple observed. What is the recommended way to obtain a specific issue description or reproduction path for a Guideline 5.6 rejection when the response remains generic? Is requesting an App Review appointment or call appropriate in this situation?

Hello Apple Developer Community, I would like to ask for some advice regarding my app review status. App Name: TopRead Apple ID: 6787079131 Submission ID: 20c08ed4-8199-43da-9521-02d0a0f735ae Here is the timeline: July 22: Submitted my app for App Review. July 30: Received a rejection notice from the App Review Team. July 30: Addressed all the issues mentioned in the review feedback and resubmitted the updated version on the same day. Today: It has been 11 days since the resubmission, and the status is still showing "Waiting for Review". I have also contacted Apple Developer Support regarding this matter (Case ID: 20000122447322). However, the response only mentioned that the app is still waiting in the review queue and did not provide an estimated review timeline. We fully understand that App Review requires time and follows a standard process. However, this extended waiting period is beginning to significantly impact our business operations, release schedule, and user expectations. Since we have already addressed the issues from the previous review and submitted the updated version, we would appreciate any advice from the community or Apple team regarding whether this waiting time is normal, or if there are any recommended next steps we should take. Thank you very much for your time and any guidance you can provide. Best regards, TopRead Team

Hi, I’m experiencing a recurring App Review issue with my app Lux Broker – Tycoon Game. This is not an isolated delayed submission. Almost every recent version of this app has followed the same pattern: Version 1.2.0: waited approximately 7 days before entering review, then review completed in about 5 minutes Version 1.3.0: waited approximately 7 days, then review completed in about 5 minutes Version 1.4.0: waited approximately 7.5 days, then was reviewed/rejected in about 4 minutes Version 1.4.0 resubmission: waited more than 8 days, then was approved in about 5 minutes I am now facing a more urgent situation with version 1.4.1. The currently released version contains a critical production issue that prevents affected users from opening the game. Version 1.4.1 was submitted on August 9, 2026 at 8:57 PM specifically to fix this issue. Because existing users are actively affected, I submitted an Expedited Review Request, and Apple confirmed: “We’ll expedite review for Lux Broker – Tycoon Game.” However, the submission is still in Waiting for Review and has not entered review. I have also contacted Developer Support regarding the issue. Apple ID: 6771816081 Submission ID: 2bb4927f-9a5f-4513-b390-5eec0a0fd216 Support Case: 20000132990094 My concern is not simply that one submission is taking longer than usual. There appears to be a consistent pattern affecting this specific app: submissions remain in “Waiting for Review” for approximately 7–8 days, while the actual review itself consistently takes only a few minutes. This has now become a critical production issue because the currently available version is preventing affected players from accessing the game. The fix is already submitted and the expedited review request has already been approved. Could someone from Apple please check whether this submission is correctly routed to the expedited review queue, or whether there is an app-level review routing issue affecting this application? Any help escalating this to the appropriate App Review team would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

I have been waiting a week since I initially posted my app for review. since then there have been no emails, updates, or progress. I tried sending an email through the contact us page in App Store Connect with no response. I even tried calling and I sat on hold waiting for someone to pick up for 4 hours before I had to get off. Case ID: 20000128292512 what else can I do in order to get the ball rolling on this? I need to get it live soon

Hi all, I’m building a sandboxed macOS app that, among other things, lets the user create and associate an Apple Note with a calendar meeting. The user explicitly initiates the action. The app uses AppleScript to create the note, obtain its identifier, and open it in Notes. Notes only declares the com.apple.Notes.openlocation scripting access group. Note creation is not covered, so com.apple.security.scripting-targets does not appear sufficient. The working implementation requires: com.apple.security.automation.apple-events com.apple.security.temporary-exception.apple-events for com.apple.Notes NSAppleEventsUsageDescription Has anyone successfully shipped a Mac App Store app using this temporary exception to control the built-in Notes app? Is this potentially acceptable with a clear entitlement explanation and Feedback Assistant report, or should I assume that note creation through AppleScript cannot be included in a Mac App Store build? Is there another supported API that can create an Apple Note and return an identifier or openable URL for it?

Hello, Our app has been in "Waiting for Review" since August 5, 2026, with no status change and no messages in App Store Connect. App Name: Voxen AI Apple ID: 6790147633 Version: 1.0.0 (132) Submission ID: bd9db3ca-72f9-46ad-ace5-6fdfc873e59f Date Submitted: Aug 5, 2026 at 4:49 PM Could someone from App Review check whether this submission is stuck in the queue, or let us know if any action is needed on our side? Thank you.