Struggling to Notarize Electron macOS App – Stuck for Hours

Hey everyone,

I've been trying to notarize my Electron macOS app for the past two days without any success. My longest attempt took nearly 4 hours, and my current attempt has already been running for 2 hours and 26 minutes.

From what I can see in the logs, the signing step has completed successfully, and the app is currently in the notarization stage. But it's been stuck there with no real updates or progress indicators.

Is this kind of delay normal? Has anyone else experienced such long notarization times?

Any help or insight would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks in advance.

Answered by DTS Engineer in 831637022

You can expect that most uploads will be notarised quickly. Occasionally, some uploads are held for in-depth analysis and may take longer to complete.

As you notarise your apps, the system will learn how to recognise them, and you should see fewer delays.

Share and Enjoy

Quinn “The Eskimo!” @ Developer Technical Support @ Apple
let myEmail = "eskimo" + "1" + "@" + "apple.com"

Update:

i ran the xcrun notarytool history command and got this:

history
--------------------------------------------------
createdDate: 2025-03-26T16:36:36.912Z
id: 1bb20a0f-37f1-4969-bdfb-65be5cd22a4e
name: Grabalo AI.zip
status: In Progress
--------------------------------------------------
createdDate: 2025-03-26T04:25:16.952Z
id: 52d1a819-c04a-454f-9c4f-3108563699c9
name: Grabalo AI.zip
status: In Progress
--------------------------------------------------
createdDate: 2025-03-26T03:24:44.453Z
id: 5fcee621-32b0-4910-b557-3aa0ed2edaf6
name: Grabalo AI.zip
status: In Progress
--------------------------------------------------
createdDate: 2025-03-26T03:05:13.287Z
id: 99a0e4c9-bb65-4fa9-8a72-3f70357df7e3
name: Grabalo AI.zip
status: In Progress
--------------------------------------------------
createdDate: 2025-03-26T02:45:02.696Z
id: 8211a295-beba-42eb-add7-09b8b26a8fd7
name: Grabalo AI.zip
status: In Progress
--------------------------------------------------
createdDate: 2025-03-26T02:39:57.046Z
id: a057c727-b149-4d56-9c10-f38760b5fd58
name: Grabalo AI.zip
status: In Progress
--------------------------------------------------
createdDate: 2025-03-26T02:36:13.998Z
id: 36729ec2-8461-4253-9eac-4293939e928a
name: Grabalo AI.zip
status: In Progress
--------------------------------------------------
createdDate: 2025-03-26T02:23:24.564Z
id: 0cda84e1-8f5a-49b2-84b6-9929e0e5dc78
name: Grabalo AI.zip
status: In Progress
--------------------------------------------------
createdDate: 2025-03-26T02:08:42.707Z
id: 9122120a-d34d-429e-ab76-a56a46b11cd4
name: Grabalo AI.zip
status: In Progress
--------------------------------------------------
createdDate: 2025-03-26T01:46:04.562Z
id: ac419b60-d5be-4d74-a13b-01860e3b6496
name: Grabalo AI.zip
status: In Progress
--------------------------------------------------
createdDate: 2025-03-26T00:43:17.230Z
id: bfec54ac-c4fe-4666-9d77-e06a5ed05fde
name: GrabaloAI.zip
status: In Progress
--------------------------------------------------
createdDate: 2025-03-25T21:49:59.396Z
id: 65558dd4-7000-4742-8fdc-480fe2c498fd
name: Grabalo AI.zip
status: In Progress

You can expect that most uploads will be notarised quickly. Occasionally, some uploads are held for in-depth analysis and may take longer to complete.

As you notarise your apps, the system will learn how to recognise them, and you should see fewer delays.

Share and Enjoy

Quinn “The Eskimo!” @ Developer Technical Support @ Apple
let myEmail = "eskimo" + "1" + "@" + "apple.com"

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