Membership terminated under 3.2(f) - appeal filed, seeking advice from anyone who has been through reinstatement

Question

Created 21h

Replies 1

Boosts 0

Participants 2

Has anyone successfully appealed an Apple Developer account termination under Section 3.2(f)?

My individual developer account (about 50 live apps, all my own work, all revenue through StoreKit subscriptions) was terminated effective August 24, 2026 under Section 3.2(f) of the ADP Agreement. I believe it was triggered by internal tooling I built to automate my own App Store Connect workflow — metadata, build uploads, submissions — only on my own apps. I've filed an appeal through the official form, replied to the termination notice, and written to appstorenotices.

For anyone who has been through this:

Did your appeal succeed, and how long did Apple take to respond?
Was the response you received a form letter or specific?
Were you able to recover the withheld balance from legitimate sales, and through what channel?
Is there any official channel I've missed beyond the appeal form, the termination-notice reply, and appstorenotices?

Any firsthand experience would mean a lot. Thank you.

Answer 1

mfortunas OP

20h

I’m facing the same problem and don’t know where else to turn, as I’ve completely lost access to my account. It was the first app I ever built—I didn’t use any templates—yet I was accused of fraud and had my account banned. Even though I asked for help identifying the issue they detected and explained that I’m a beginner, it didn't matter. I’m upset because there’s a big difference between simply refusing to publish an app and accusing me of fraud and banning me without even giving me a chance to defend myself or explaining exactly what the problem was.