App ID 6794306744. Version 1.2.0 submitted 2 August, still "Waiting for Review" — six business days at the time of writing.
I'm not posting to ask anyone to speed it up. I have a specific question about how expedited review requests are supposed to behave.
I submitted two expedited review requests for this version. I have received:
- no confirmation that either request was received
- no notification that either was declined
- and I can find no representation of the request anywhere — not in App Store Connect, and not in the App Store Connect API
So from my side a submitted expedite request is indistinguishable from one that was declined, and from one that never arrived at all.
Is this the intended behaviour? On previous versions of this app expedite requests were granted within minutes, so I know the mechanism works — I just can't tell what happened this time.
Two related questions for anyone who knows:
- Is there any surface (UI or API) where the status of an expedited review request can be seen? I've looked at reviewSubmissions and appStoreVersions and there's nothing there.
- Does an account lose access to expedited review silently after repeated requests? If so, is that communicated anywhere?
For context on the submission itself: 7 items (the version plus two auto-renewable subscriptions and three non-consumables), all showing "Ready for Review", no errors, no missing metadata, build in VALID processing state. This is the first version of this app to include in-app purchases.
Two support requests (5 and 8 August) have not been answered yet.
If anyone else is currently seeing unusually long Waiting for Review times on a first submission containing IAPs, I'd be interested to know — it would help tell a systemic queue issue apart from something specific to my account.