Notarization stuck on "In Progress"

Code Signing Notarization
johnbean393
johnbean393 OP
Created Jan ’25
Replies 4
Boosts 2
Views 630
Participants 5

Hi there, I've developed a macOS app in Swift and SwiftUI. I'm planning to distribute the app outside of the App Store, so I'm currently getting it notarized. This is my first time notarizing an application.

My application is signed correctly during the build / archive process, but whether I try to notarize the .app via Xcode's organizer or a .dmg via notarytool, it seems to get stuck.

The status of Notarization attempts have been been stuck "In Progress", with the earliest attempt approaching 4 days.

Below is the output of xcrun notary tool history

Successfully received submission history.
  history
    --------------------------------------------------
    createdDate: 2025-01-01T08:25:21.033Z
    id: be860d89-9edd-4330-9358-aa3766772041
    name: Sidekick.zip
    status: In Progress
    --------------------------------------------------
    createdDate: 2024-12-31T17:08:37.493Z
    id: 9cbd609e-d287-4217-afe3-362386159805
    name: Sidekick-beta.dmg
    status: In Progress
    --------------------------------------------------
    createdDate: 2024-12-31T15:35:11.609Z
    id: 3e22c207-e156-410d-a0d1-24a587bfdca6
    name: Sidekick.zip
    status: In Progress

I've been searching for similar issues on the developer forums, and while others have warned about long wait times for first-time notarization requests, I've never come across anyone else who had to wait 4 days.

Replies  4
Boosts  2
Views  630
Participants  5
touchdowndemco
touchdowndemco OP
Jan ’25

Did you figure this out? Same thing is happening here.

0
jpmc3630
jpmc3630 OP
Feb ’25

Happening to me too. Super annoying. Did they eventually go through?

0
LawrenceLiu
LawrenceLiu OP
Feb ’25

Same exact happening to me now too. Literally just started randomly. We need to ship fast but Apple is so annoying.

0
SteveSnowden
SteveSnowden OP
Mar ’25

Well into March 2025 and still happening :(

judging from replies and other threads, first timers appear to be experiencing this more than others. Eventually (days it appears) things get unclogged and the notarization advances beyond In Progress.

this leads me to suspect that there is an initial human process for developer accounts attempting notarizations - and there is a backlog.

mine is stuck for about 24 hours now, which is nowhere near the days that some are reporting :(

0
Notarization stuck on "In Progress"
First post date Last post date
 
 
Q