Is it necessary to submit the app for review and complete the review process in order to respond to the age restriction survey?

Or, can we consider the response completes once the prompt disappears?

I will write down the sequence of events in order.

  • A prompt appeared on our app's page asking us to respond to the survey.
  • However, likely because the app hadn't been updated for many years, the “Edit” option for age restrictions was not displayed; instead, “View” was shown.
  • After creating a page for the new app version, “Edit” appeared. We hadn't planned to release the new version to the App Store at this time, but we only created the new page to respond to this survey.
  • After entering “edit” and answering the age restriction survey, the prompt disappeared.
  • I contacted Apple Support to find out if just answering would suffice, but they told me to submit the app for review. However, as mentioned above, we have no plans to modify and release this app.
  • Since it's an old app, I updated the environment, built it, and submitted it, but issues were pointed out. (I think it's because it's an old app.)
  • When I asked the Apple Review team the same question as at the beginning, they suggested I post it here.

Many thanks!

Is it necessary to submit the app for review and complete the review process in order to respond to the age restriction survey?
 
 
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