Unusually long “Waiting for Review” 9 days on a resubmitted update

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Deniz_Filikci OP
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Hi all,

I resubmitted an iOS update (build 1.1 (6)) on July 24, 2026 after fixing the issue behind a previous rejection. It has now been in “Waiting for Review” for 9 days and has never moved to “In Review”.

Timeline:

•	Rejected over AppTrackingTransparency (a dormant ad SDK). SDK and tracking usage strings removed, App Privacy set to “Data Not Used to Track You”.

•	July 24, 2026: resubmitted
•	August 2, 2026: still “Waiting for Review”

•	Contacted Developer Support — no substantive reply so far.

I have deliberately not cancelled and resubmitted, since that sends you to the back of the queue.

Are others seeing similar wait times right now? I’m mainly trying to work out whether this is a general backlog, or whether resubmissions after a privacy-related rejection get routed differently.

Thanks

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htduck OP
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You're not alone. My app has been in queue for 10 days now too. For some reason, there has been an unusually large backlog of app reviews.

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