long wait time for usernotifications.filtering entitlement

Hi, happy new year, I'm a Product Manager for a communications app that's currently in testflight. We requested the com.apple.developer.usernotifications.filtering entitlement on December 3rd, and have yet to receive a response from Apple. I understand that the holiday break may have gotten in the way, however it feels like we were lost in the queue as it's been 6 weeks with no response. Our app owner has checked-in inside appstoreconnect but has not received anything back.

  • Is this common? Is there any process for getting a status update?
  • Are we doing something wrong?

Without this entitlement we cannot make the device ring in the background. The app is a voice and video messaging platform.

Hi, some additional context:

  • The app is in open beta and not public yet.
  • Multiple support emails did not get a reply
  • The entitlement request does not get reflected on the app listing in the developer portal.
long wait time for usernotifications.filtering entitlement
 
 
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