422 - Beta Contract Missing

Hi,

I'm a new Apple Developer program member and over about a 10-day period, I have been blocked from beta testing my app. I have been getting repeated 422's about a TestFlight Beta contract not attached to app 6812131455 . I submitted a Feedback Assistant ticket, FB24795679, where an engineer replied and said things were unblocked. I believe that I was able to get one more build uploaded after that but then the problem recurred and completely blocked me from sharing the TestFlight External beta link with new testers.

I am uploading using the Transporter App and then trying to attach in Appstore Connect. I emailed Apple Developer support and they sent me only basic information about what 4xx HTTP status codes were, so I followed up via phone to Developer Support under ticket 102964195981. I've been calling over the past 3 days and a Senior Advisor has not picked up the ticket yet.

Diagnostic information is below, including a sanitized HAR file. The error is reproducible, even with new builds, even with going through and confirming all requested data input fields are filled out and agreements are signed (to the best of my knowledge).

I am developing an ad-free, free app with a focus on accessibility for the visually impaired. Can someone help me find a durable solution here?

Much appreciated--I see others have had this issue. Happy to capture further debug logs to assist in a fix.

captured_at_utcsourcebuild_numbermethodurlhttp_statuserror_codeerror_idx-apple-jingle-correlation-keyx-apple-request-uuidx-responding-instance
2026-09-24T15:07:48.547415+00:00live116POST/iris/v1/betaAppReviewSubmissions422ENTITY_UNPROCESSABLE.BETA_CONTRACT_MISSING7ef85ee6-412e-4535-b8f7-16cb8da406c85QSUAQZ4MOELPIGMJXUJD4UBP4ec254043-3c63-88b7-a0cc-4de891f2817fac-gateway-api:ac-gateway-api-main-5d674cb558-bp79n:ac-gateway-api-main-5d674cb558-bp79n👎 :::prod

session.sanitized.har

Same issue here, on multiple apps under our team.

Feedback Assistant: FB24923952 Developer Support case: 102970576491 (open 5 days, no response) Team ID: DBD8C84SD6 Affected App IDs: 6813978702, 6808238004, 6813906917

  • POST /iris/v1/betaAppReviewSubmissions returns 422 ENTITY_UNPROCESSABLE.BETA_CONTRACT_MISSING (request ID: 13ac59e5-6047-4581-aefe-83ea336a5a2b)
  • Builds are processed and valid: internalBuildState = IN_BETA_TESTING, externalBuildState = READY_FOR_BETA_SUBMISSION
  • Internal TestFlight builds are listed but cannot be installed by any tester, on any device or Apple ID
  • Free Apps and Paid Apps Agreements, bank account and tax forms are all Active; Test Information is complete
  • The same behavior occurs on other independent teams at the same time

This is blocking a client delivery. If someone from Apple could route FB24923952 to the TestFlight team to check the beta-contract state for our team, it would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you.

422 - Beta Contract Missing
 
 
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