Recently, my app got rejected due to Guideline 2.3.3 - Performance - Accurate Metadata and I got a message during rejection as: The issues we've identified below are eligible to be resolved on your next update. If this submission includes bug fixes and you'd like to have it approved at this time, reply to this message and let us know. You do not need to resubmit your app for us to proceed.
I replied to them, requesting approval, and resubmitted the app, but app again got rejected. I think the reason for rejection may be that I resubmitted, which the review didn't ask. After the second rejection, I replied immediately within 5 minutes, requesting approval without resubmitting the app.
The following is the timeline for the review process happened so far in GST: Jul 11, 2026 at 12:17 AM - Waiting for review
Jul 11, 2026 at 3:27 AM - Rejected
Jul 11, 2026 at 7:11 AM - Replied for Approval since eligible
Jul 11, 2026, at 6:54 PM - Changed the status to Waiting for review since no update from Apple, and resubmitted
Jul 12, 2026 at 7:06 PM - Rejected again with the same reason - Guideline 2.3.3 - Performance - Accurate Metadata (The issues we've identified below are eligible to be resolved on your next update. If this submission includes bug fixes and you'd like to have it approved at this time, reply to this message and let us know. You do not need to resubmit your app for us to proceed.)
Jul 12, 2026 at 7:10 PM - Requested approval through comments. (Within 5 minutes after rejection)
Jul 13, 2026 at 6:28 AM - Follow-up message to review team: This release contains a critical production bug fix for our users, and the actual release has already been delayed too much, so we would greatly appreciate any update on the review status and approval as early as possible.
Since this is a critical release, can anyone tell me whether the steps I followed are correct?