Three notarization submissions stuck “In Progress” 17+ hours — first submissions for a newly issued Developer ID team

All notarization submissions from our team are stuck at “In Progress”; none has reached a terminal state (neither Accepted nor Invalid). Environment • Team ID: F2Q623H7F9 • Developer ID Application certificate issued 2026-07-25 18:35 UTC. These are this team's first-ever notarization submissions — there is no prior successful notarization to compare with. • Auth: App Store Connect API key (.p8 + key ID + issuer ID), not an Apple ID password. • Submitted with • Payload: xcrun notarytool submit from GitHub-hosted macos-14 runners, not a local Mac, so a client-side upload crash is not a factor. ditto -c -k --keepParent zip of Mel.app, ~17 MB — a native Rust/egui desktop app. Not Electron; no accessibility APIs. Stuck submissions — all three still “In Progress”, confirmed via both xcrun notarytool info and independently via the Notary REST API ( GET /notary/v2/submissions/{id} ): 1. 8ad4dde0-06f1-43b5-acf4-2847b4cce10e — created 2026-07-25 21:39:24 UTC (oldest; 17+ hours elapsed) 2. 9d60e50e-474c-41f6-920d-1b4a1e1f57b4 — created 2026-07-26 10:24:32 UTC 3. cea068bb-6ffa-4a18-ba49-0dec625071ca — created 2026-07-26 11:25:48 UTC Every upload was accepted (“Successfully uploaded file”). None was rejected. xcrun notarytool log <uuid> returns “Submission log is not yet available”, which we understand is expected for a non-terminalsubmission. Signing verified locally before each submission codesign --force --deep --timestamp --options runtime --entitlements <path>/mel.entitlements --sign "Developer ID Application: … (F2Q623H7F9)" Mel.app codesign --verify --deep --strict --verbose=2 Mel.app → “Mel.app: valid on disk” and “Mel.app: satisfies its Designated Requirement”. Hardened runtime enabled; secure timestamp present. Service status — the Developer ID Notary Service has shown “Operational” on developer.apple.com/systemstatus for the entire window covering all three submissions. What we have deliberately not done — we have stopped resubmitting. We understand that re-uploading the same build only adds backlog for the service to grind through once the state clears, so we are holding at three submissions and polling instead of retrying. Request — we are not asking for a rejection reason; nothing has been rejected. We are reporting the UUIDs and creation dates as the guidance asks, so these can be distinguished from orphaned submissions that will never reach a terminal state. Question: Are a new team's first submissions subject to an extended review period, and if so what completion time should we expect for 8ad4dde0-06f1-43b5-acf4-2847b4cce10e?

You can expect that most uploads will be notarised quickly. Occasionally, some uploads are held for additional 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.

For lots of additional info about notarisation, see Notarisation Resources. Specifically, it links to a Q&A with the notary service team that’s quite instructive.

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Three notarization submissions stuck “In Progress” 17+ hours — first submissions for a newly issued Developer ID team
 
 
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