Our update has been sitting in "Waiting for Review" since August 14, 2026 — over 7 days (171 hours as I write this).
Details:
- iOS app, version 3.1.1, build 170 — build is VALID and correctly attached to the version
- Submission created, release type set to "after approval"
- No rejection, no Resolution Center message, no request for additional information
- Developer support case opened Aug 18 — still no reply
- The app was transferred to a new team (company account) on Aug 14, a few hours before the upload. The only warning we got was ITMS-90076 (keychain access change due to the new team ID), which is expected after a transfer and documented as non-blocking.
Context that makes this painful: we have a commercial launch scheduled for September 1 that depends on this update, and the version currently live has bugs this release fixes.
Questions for anyone in the same boat:
- Has anyone seen 7+ day waits specifically since the August 8 maintenance? Several threads here suggest a backlog.
- Did an app transfer right before the upload put your submission in a slower lane? That is the one thing that makes our case unusual.
- For those who eventually got through: what actually moved it — expedited review, a support case, or just time? (We already used an expedite earlier, so we would rather not burn another one.)
Not looking to vent, just trying to figure out whether this is the general backlog or something specific to our submission that we could fix on our side.