Extended Review Delay Disrupting Roadmap Planning for a Small Team

Hi everyone, I'm hoping to find some guidance — or perhaps connect with others who've faced something similar — regarding multiple app updates from our team that have now been waiting in "Waiting for Review" for well beyond the standard timeframe. To give some context on the timeline: we submitted 3 separate app updates between February 6 and February 12, 2026. As of today, none of them have moved through review. That's now approaching 2–3 weeks of waiting across all three submissions, with no status change in sight. We're a small, independent development team, and like many here, we operate with limited resources and tight planning cycles. These updates carry new features that our existing users have been anticipating, and that we've built our near-term roadmap around. Having all three stalled at the same stage — simultaneously — with no visibility into when they might move, makes it genuinely difficult to plan what comes next, communicate with our users, or commit to any kind of delivery timeline. We've done everything we could on our end:

Filed an Expedited Review Request after waiting well past the typical window Followed up with Apple Developer Support via email — it's now been over 4 business days with no response received

The uncertainty itself is the hardest part. For a larger organization, an unpredictable review timeline is an inconvenience. For a small team, it touches everything — sprint planning, communication with users, and confidence in the roadmap we've laid out. When multiple apps are affected at once, that pressure multiplies significantly. We have full respect for the review process and everything Apple does to maintain the quality of the App Store. We're simply asking if anyone from the App Review team might be able to look into our submissions, or if fellow developers have found effective ways to navigate situations like this. Any help or insight would mean a great deal to us. Thank you.

Extended Review Delay Disrupting Roadmap Planning for a Small Team
 
 
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