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Hello, I am posting here to ask whether anyone has recently experienced a similar situation. My app has remained in “Waiting for Review” for an unusually long time. Timeline: The initial submission stayed in “Waiting for Review” for about 10 days I assumed it might be related to a temporary queue or system issue, so I canceled that submission and resubmitted The current submission was resubmitted on March 19, 2026 It is still showing “Waiting for Review” I have contacted Apple through multiple support cases regarding this issue. Some of those cases have not received a response, and despite these inquiries, there has still been no visible review activity. In addition, I submitted an expedited review request on March 17, 2026. Later, on March 31, 2026, I received a response from Apple Developer Support confirming that the expedited review request had been accepted and that the review should begin shortly. However, even after that response, the submission still remains in “Waiting for Review,” and there has been no visible change indicating that the actual review has started. For reference, the related support case IDs are: 102846840976 102853198849 I have also already reviewed and updated the relevant account-side items, including agreements/contracts and related App Store Connect requirements, and I do not see any visible issue on my side. Current status: No rejection No “In Review” status No visible error in App Store Connect At this point, I am trying to understand whether: this is currently a known review queue delay, it is normal for an accepted expedited review to remain in “Waiting for Review” for this long, or there may be some hidden submission or account issue that does not appear in App Store Connect. If anyone has experienced a similar situation recently, I would appreciate hearing whether the review eventually started on its own or whether any additional action was required. Thank you.

Hi everyone, I am writing to seek help regarding my Apple Developer Program enrollment. I successfully paid the $99 USD enrollment fee on March 31, 2026. I received the official invoice (Web Order Number: D009560930), and my credit card was successfully charged. However, as of today, my developer account is still pending and has not been activated. I have already sent two separate emails to Apple Developer Support requesting assistance over the past few days, but I have not received any response or update from them yet. Has anyone experienced a similar delay recently? Is there any other way to escalate this issue or contact support directly to get my account activated? I have attached my invoice for reference. Any advice or help from the Apple team would be greatly appreciated! Thank you.

Hello, I’m looking for help with my Apple Developer Program enrollment. I was charged twice for the Apple Developer Program, but my membership is still not active. I have already contacted Apple Developer Support multiple times and have not received a response. Current support case IDs: 102858984144 102856097291 Timeline: First support requests were submitted on March 30, 2026 Another enrollment-related request was submitted on April 2, 2026 As of today, there has been no reply and my membership is still inactive What I need: Confirmation of the status of both payments Activation of my Apple Developer Program membership Refund of the duplicate charge if both payments were successfully captured I can provide masked order numbers and payment proof if needed. If anyone from Apple staff is able to review or escalate this case, I would greatly appreciate it. Thank you.

While working on a heart rate measurement app (photoplethysmography via camera), we faced systematic err=-17281 (FigCaptureSourceRemote) issues on real devices starting from iOS 17+, and the problem became more noticeable after iOS 26. The error often appeared during AVCaptureSession initialization or when restarting capture, especially under high frame rates (30-60 FPS) and frequent foreground/background transitions. Root cause (our understanding): Camera hardware/session not fully released after previous use Race conditions between session teardown and new setup Changes in AVFoundation capture pipeline in recent iOS versions Our solution: Instead of blocking delays, we implemented asynchronous retry logic with explicit hardware readiness check via AVCaptureDevice.lockForConfiguration().

Hi everyone, I’m looking for some advice or assistance regarding my Apple Developer Program enrollment. I completed my purchase and paid the $99 fee back on March 5th. Today is March 23rd, and my account is still not activated. It has been 18 days of total silence. I have already sent multiple follow-up emails to Apple Support, but I haven't received a single response. My payment was successfully processed, but I haven't received any confirmation or activation emails since then. Here are my transaction details: Invoice Number: MC55225030 Web Order Number: D009495884 Sales Order Number: AEU2369279 Has anyone else experienced such a long delay recently? Is there any other way to escalate this issue besides the standard contact form? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

Hello Everyone and @Apple Developer Support , I subscribed to the Apple Developer Program today, April 5th, 2026. The payment has already been charged to my bank account, but my account still shows the status “Purchase your membership. To continue your enrollment, complete your purchase now. Your purchase may take up to 48 hours to process.” In my naivety, I clicked it again, assuming the payment hadn’t gone through. As a result, I’ve now paid for the membership twice and been billed twice. Thanks in advance for your help and feedback! Gibril

Hi everyone Please i need someone to explain this, I wanted to ask if anyone has experienced something similar with their payments. In March, in App Store Connect → Trends → Proceeds, I can see that my total proceeds are $343. However, in Payments and Financial Reports, Apple shows that they will pay me only $258 USD. From what I understand, taxes and Apple’s commission are already deducted when calculating proceeds, so I’m confused about why there is still such a big difference between the proceeds amount and the final payment. Has anyone faced this before or knows what could explain this gap? Thanks in advance for your help!

Hi everyone, My app has been stuck in "In Review" status for over 20 days with no updates. I submitted the app on March 1, 2026, the status changed to "In Review" on March 4, 2026, and after that no changes. App ID: 6755649144 I also reached out to Apple Developer Support on March 15 but haven't received any response. Support Case ID: 102845096494 Could someone from App Review please take a look? Also any advice on how to move things forward would be appreciated. Thank you!

New member here, please be gentle :) I am getting ready for App Review for my first iOS app, and I am curious if ANY level of obfuscation is allowed? Say I had a drone controller App, I might have something like this: struct Drone{ var name : String var forwardVelocity : Double var lateralVelocity : Double var verticalVelocity : Double var receivedSignalStrength : Int var rssThreshhold : Int var gpsCoordinates : Data func reverseCourse(){ //do a 180 //... } } func onUpdateReceivedSignalStength(drone:Drone){ if drone.receivedSignalStrength < drone.rssThreshhold{ drone.reverseCourse() } } But I don't really want to make it easy for someone to pull the strings from the binaries and try and copy my work. I realize it's pretty much inevitable, but it seems sensible to protect my IP as much as I can. Is something like this acceptable? struct D{ //obfuscated Drone var parameter1 : String //name var parameter2 : Double //forwardVelocity var parameter3 : Double //lateralVelocity var parameter4 : Double //verticalVelocity var parameter5 : Int //receivedSignalStength var parameter6 : Int //rssThreshhold var parameter7 : Data //gpsCoordinates func funcSeven(){ //do a 180 //... } } func funcSix(d:D){ //check if signal strength requires a course reversal if d.parameter5 < d.parameter6{ // signal strength less than threshhold d.funcSeven() //reverse course } } The comments make it clear what the similarly-named parameters are doing, and what the functions do. I fully understand that something like the below is a no-no, just writing it made my eyes bleed: struct DDF{ var SXR : String var KYV : Double var GTC : Double var DKY : Double var ENY : Int var WKN : Int var DJV : Data func BDO(){ //do a 180 //... } } func PUL(KHY:DDF){ if KHY.ENY < KHY.WKN{ KHY.BDO() } } Is there any level of IP protection through obscurity that is acceptable? I realize that the more genericized the variable and function names are, the harder it is to debug, but that might be an acceptable trade-off against IP protection. To be clear, my app isn't anything to do with drones, this was just a vehicle to ask the question with. My code isn't currently at all obfuscated, everything is in clear terms, but I am wondering if I could/should obfuscate the critical parts before App Review and release? The reason for my concern is that a key feature of the app is something very novel, and I have filed a patent application for it. The patent (if granted) won't be granted for 18-24 months, so anything I can do to protect the IP seems like the right thing to do. As a complete newcomer to releasing Apps, I have no experience at all, so I would be grateful for any help/steers from those that do have experience in trying to protect their IP while not making life difficult for the App Review team. Thanks in advance! 6502A

i payment on 6th SEP,its still pending ,cant finish the purchase

I see a yellow banner on my App Store Connect page with the following message: Apple Developer Program License Agreement Updated The updated Apple Developer Program License Agreement needs to be reviewed. In order to update your existing apps and submit new apps to the App Store, the Account Holder must review and accept the updated agreement by signing in to their account on the Apple Developer website." I am the account owner and I don't see any option to accept the license agreement. I see that the last agreement was signed on 13th December 2021 and it is accepted. I don't see any other agreements anywhere. I am unable to release any apps due to this issue. Does anyone know how to resolve this?

I have now registered twice and had no response from customer service. I see dozens of other people on the forum with the same issue. This needs to be resolved and someone from apple needs to speak up.

Hello everyone, My app (ID: 6758741935) was submitted on Feb 15, 2026 at 3:51 PM, 2026, and has been stuck in "Waiting for Review" status for over 50 days. I contacted Developer Support and received confirmation that it's proceeding normally, but no update since. On average, Apple reviews 90 percent of apps within 24 hours. However, there might be cases that need more review time, but mine exceeds 50 days.. Any recent experiences with long queues? Thanks!

Now I consider myself a pretty patient person. But I have been waiting over 3 weeks for a very simple app review of a point release of my app. Which is holding up months of work which is live on android. I have tried the accelerate your review process and it led no where. It's quite disappointing that things like this happen and there seems no accountability or tracking for its resolution.

With the Voice Conversational Entitlement, can a CarPlay app establish a turn-based audio interface that operates in two modes: Speaking mode: Audio Session configured for playback Buffered audio Listening mode: Switch Audio Session to .record or .playAndRecord Activate SFSpeechRecognizer And continue toggling back and forth. The app should listen for responses to questions or other audio cues, and assuming those answers are correct (based on analysis of results from SFSpeechRecognizer), continue this pattern of mode 1 and 2 alternating. This appears to be a valid use of this entitlement. Does this also require the Audio App Entitlement, or is the Voice Conversational Entitlement sufficient? Are there other obstacles to this type of app that I'm not seeing? Or perhaps this is technically possible, but unlikely to pass app store review?

[Submitted as FB21961572] When navigating from a tile in a scrolling LazyVGrid to a child view using .navigationTransition(.zoom) and then returning, the source tile can lag behind the rest of the grid if scrolling starts immediately after returning. The lag becomes more pronounced as tile content gets more complex; in this simplified sample, it can seem subtle, but in production-style tiles (as used in both of my apps), it is clearly visible and noticeable. This may be related to another issue I recently filed: Source item disappears after swipe-back with .navigationTransition(.zoom) CONFIGURATION Platform: iOS Simulator and physical device Navigation APIs: matchedTransitionSource + navigationTransition(.zoom) Container: ScrollView + LazyVGrid Sample project: ZoomTransition (DisappearingTile).zip REPRO STEPS Create a new iOS project and replace ContentView with the code below. Run the app in sim or physical device Tap any tile in the scrolling grid to navigate to the child view. Return to the grid (back button or edge swipe). Immediately scroll the grid. Watch the tile that was just opened. EXPECTED All tiles should move together as one coherent scrolling grid, with no per-item lag or desynchronization. ACTUAL The tile that was just opened appears to trail behind neighboring tiles for a short time during immediate scrolling after returning. MINIMAL CODE SAMPLE import SwiftUI struct ContentView: View { @Namespace private var namespace private let tileCount = 40 private let columns = [GridItem(.adaptive(minimum: 110), spacing: 12)] var body: some View { NavigationStack { ScrollView { LazyVGrid(columns: columns, spacing: 12) { ForEach(0..<tileCount, id: \.self) { index in NavigationLink(value: index) { RoundedRectangle(cornerRadius: 16) .fill(color(for: index)) .frame(height: 110) .overlay(alignment: .bottomLeading) { Text("\(index + 1)") .font(.headline) .foregroundStyle(.white) .padding(10) } .matchedTransitionSource(id: index, in: namespace) } .buttonStyle(.plain) } } .padding(16) } .navigationTitle("Zoom Transition Grid") .navigationSubtitle("Open tile, go back, then scroll immediately") .navigationDestination(for: Int.self) { index in Rectangle() .fill(color(for: index)) .ignoresSafeArea() .navigationTransition(.zoom(sourceID: index, in: namespace)) } } } private func color(for index: Int) -> Color { let hue = Double(index % 20) / 20.0 return Color(hue: hue, saturation: 0.8, brightness: 0.9) } } SCREEN RECORDING

Hello, I would like to request an escalation regarding my app review status. My app (Apple ID: 6758756966) was submitted for review on February 24 and has been in “Waiting for Review” status for an extended period, with no progress so far. I have contacted Apple Developer Support multiple times (Case IDs: 102840237455, 102840079647, 102846664998, 102841727941) starting from March 9, but unfortunately, I have not received any response to any of these requests. I have also submitted three expedited review requests, but none of them have been acknowledged. Could you please: • confirm whether the submission is still active in the queue • check if there are any issues preventing it from moving forward • and assist in escalating the review if possible If any additional information is required from my side, I am ready to provide it immediately. Thank you very much for your time and support.

Device: iPhone 15 Pro Max, iOS 26.4 Xcode: Latest version, development signing with "Automatically manage signing" Team: Registered Apple Developer Program (Organization) Problem DeviceActivityReport SwiftUI view renders completely blank. The Report Extension's makeConfiguration(representing:) is never called (confirmed via App Group counter that stays at 0). The DeviceActivityMonitorExtension callbacks (intervalDidStart, eventDidReachThreshold) also never fire. What works AuthorizationCenter.shared.requestAuthorization(for: .individual) → .approved DeviceActivityCenter().startMonitoring() → registers schedules successfully, center.activities returns them ManagedSettingsStore.shield.applications → blocks apps correctly from the main app process Screen Time is enabled and actively collecting data (Settings > Screen Time shows per-app usage: Clash Royale 2h 35m, etc.) App Group UserDefaults(suiteName:) read/write works from the main app What doesn't work DeviceActivityReportExtension.makeConfiguration() is never called (callCount stays 0 in App Group) DeviceActivityMonitorExtension.intervalDidStart() is never called No extension callbacks fire at all — the extension process is never launched by iOS Confirmed it's NOT our app's issue We created a brand new Xcode project from Apple's template: File > New > Project > App File > New > Target > Device Activity Report Extension Added Family Controls capability to both targets Embedded DeviceActivityReport view in ContentView with daily filter Built and ran on the same device Result: Same blank screen. The template project's Report Extension also never renders any data. Console errors Failed to locate container app bundle record. The process may not be entitled to access the LaunchServices database or the app may have moved. (501) personaAttributesForPersonaType for type:0 failed with error Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=4099 "The connection to service named com.apple.mobile.usermanagerd.xpc was invalidated: Connection init failed at lookup with error 159 - Sandbox restriction." LaunchServices: store (null) or url (null) was nil: Error Domain=NSOSStatusErrorDomain Code=-54 "process may not map database" Attempt to map database failed: permission was denied. This attempt will not be retried. Failed to initialize client context with error Error Domain=NSOSStatusErrorDomain Code=-54 "process may not map database" What we've tried Deleting app, rebooting device, reinstalling Re-requesting FamilyControls authorization on every launch Embedding extensions with "Embed & Sign" (not just "Embed Without Signing") Verified all 3 .appex files are in PlugIns/ directory at runtime Verified App Group (group.com.parentguard.app) is accessible Verified all App IDs and capabilities registered in Apple Developer portal Tried different DeviceActivityFilter configurations (daily, hourly) Placed DeviceActivityReport view at root of view hierarchy Clean build, new provisioning profiles Extensions embedded [Diagnose] Found extension: DeviceActivityReportExtension.appex [Diagnose] Found extension: DeviceActivityMonitorExtension.appex [Diagnose] Found extension: ShieldConfigurationExtension.appex Question Has anyone gotten DeviceActivityReport or DeviceActivityMonitorExtension to work on iOS 26.4 with a development-signed build from Xcode? Is there a specific configuration or workaround that makes the extension process launch? The Sandbox restriction error (159) on usermanagerd.xpc seems to be the root cause — is there an entitlement or device setting we're missing?

Hello everyone, I paid for an Apple Developer subscription, but after about 5-6 days I still can't access my developer funds. Please help me access and activate my developer account. I haven't received a response for several days and I'm very upset. I don't know what to do. They're not responding to my requests and the phone number isn't listed anywhere, so I can't call. The Apple Developer subscription appears in the App Store subscriptions, money is being withdrawn from my account, the account isn't active, and my Apple Developer account is empty. This is my first and very frustrating experience. Order code: W1314135156

Guideline 4.2.2 - Design - Minimum Functionality I'm trying to understand why this is happening. My app is a resource for Domestic Violence Survivors. Its not a wrapper of a mobile site -- there isn't a tool that exists like this currently on the market. The app has native features like Quick Exit and a Privacy cover. How can I get past this? What else is needed?