General: Forums topic: Code Signing Forums subtopic: Code Signing > Notarization Forums tag: Notarization WWDC 2018 Session 702 Your Apps and the Future of macOS Security WWDC 2019 Session 703 All About Notarization WWDC 2021 Session 10261 Faster and simpler notarization for Mac apps WWDC 2022 Session 10109 What’s new in notarization for Mac apps — Amongst other things, this introduced the Notary REST API Notarizing macOS Software Before Distribution documentation Customizing the Notarization Workflow documentation Resolving Common Notarization Issues documentation Notary REST API documentation TN3147 Migrating to the latest notarization tool technote Fetching the Notary Log forums post Q&A with the Mac notary service team Developer > News post Apple notary service update Developer > News post Notarisation and the macOS 10.9 SDK forums post Testing a Notarised Product forums post Notarisation Fundamentals forums post The Pros and Cons of Stapling forums post Resolving Error 65 When Stapling forums post Many notarisation issues are actually code signing or trusted execution issue. For more on those topics, see Code Signing Resources and Trusted Execution Resources. Share and Enjoy — Quinn “The Eskimo!” @ Developer Technical Support @ Apple let myEmail = "eskimo" + "1" + "@" + "apple.com"

Hi all, I'm submitting a Developer ID-signed, hardened-runtime app for notarization. Every submission returns: "statusCode: 7000 statusSummary: Team is not yet configured for notarization. Please contact Developer Programs Support..." Team ID: V67NRZ84A2. Apple Developer membership is active, Developer ID Application certificate is valid, signing/verification all clean. Already opened a support case last week via the recommended path. The "contact page" on the developer site said Apple usually responds within 2 business days.... Has anyone hit this and gotten it resolved? How long did it take, and was there a more effective channel than the standard support form? I've seen people on Reddit claim they've actually been able to call a Developer phone line, but I haven't seen a valid phone number anywhere. I appreciate your response!

Hello, I have been hitting status code 7000 on every notarization submission since April 21, 2026. The notable detail: earlier submissions on April 18 and April 20 from the same team were Accepted normally. Whatever flag flipped between April 20 and April 21 is on the notary side, because nothing changed on my end. Team details Team ID: ZS76A62WJ4 Organization: KENOPA LTD (UK private limited company) Role: Account Holder Apple Developer Program: Active until April 17, 2027 Apple Developer Program License Agreement: accepted April 16, 2026 Paid Apps Agreement, Free Apps Agreement: both Active in App Store Connect W-8BEN-E and banking: Active Certificate Type: Developer ID Application Identity: "Developer ID Application: KENOPA LTD (ZS76A62WJ4)" Valid through 2027-02-01, full chain trusted App details Platform: macOS (native AppKit, Objective-C, no Electron) Hardened runtime: enabled Code signing passes verify and strict checks Sandbox: not used (Developer ID distribution outside the App Store) Submission history (Team ID ZS76A62WJ4) Accepted submissions: 2026-04-18 10:00 UTC 39856e43-... 2026-04-18 10:03 UTC 3edf2f4f-... 2026-04-18 10:25 UTC 858c52e7-... 2026-04-20 17:17 UTC 4766f3ce-... 2026-04-21 03:58 UTC 9eed3336-... 2026-04-21 05:44 UTC b759941f-... Then everything since flips to Rejected with code 7000: 2026-04-21 19:10 UTC bedc99ad-... 2026-04-21 20:24 UTC 4dbb55f0-... 2026-04-22 07:36 UTC 50e1420e-... 2026-04-24 04:11 UTC 7e4adf81-... 2026-04-25 04:31 UTC 4c0367ea-... 2026-04-25 08:02 UTC a3ce5f56-... (still In Progress at the time of posting) I can paste the full submission IDs in a follow-up if helpful. Sample notary log The body of every Rejected log is the same: status: Rejected statusCode: 7000 statusSummary: "Team is not yet configured for notarization. Please contact Developer Programs Support..." Submissions all upload successfully, sit "In Progress" for hours-to-days, then flip to Rejected with this code. What I have verified All four agreements (Apple Developer Program License, Apple Developer Agreement, Paid Apps, Free Apps) are accepted and Active. Re-checked under the Account Holder login on both portals. Banking and W-8BEN-E are Active. Developer ID Application, Apple Distribution, and Apple Development certificates are all valid and the private keys import cleanly. App Store Connect API key works (notarytool history returns the full list with no auth errors). Same codesign invocation, same notarytool submit flags, same hardened runtime entitlements that worked on April 18-20 still produce the rejection on April 21+. Existing support channels Opened a support ticket via the developer contact form under "Development and Technical / Other Development or Technical Questions" (the exact path the error message specifies). Also emailed Developer Programs separately. Question Has anyone with the same "was working, then suddenly 7000 with no other change" pattern had it resolved? I am aware that DTS engineers have stated on this forum that they cannot escalate this. I am trying to get a sense of: Typical resolution time once a Developer Programs case is open (reports range from days to two-plus months). Whether anyone has found a particular wording of the support request that gets routed faster. Whether the Account Holder doing anything specific in the portal (re-accepting an agreement, toggling something in Membership, etc.) ever cleared this for someone. Thanks.

Hi, I have two notarization submissions stuck "In Progress" for over 18 hours. This is my first time notarizing on this Developer ID account. Submission 1: c1ae7112-79d9-4ada-92a8-bcf87930b5a3 (submitted ~24 hours ago) Submission 2: e201629a-35ef-48a9-b6c4-efbdeecee839 (submitted ~12 hours ago) Team ID: PH4PLAN782 Bundle ID: com.SoundHawkStudio.ComboDyn Type: macOS Audio Unit plugin (.component), universal binary (x86_64 + arm64), Developer ID Application signed, hardened runtime enabled. I have also filed support case 102876329587. Both submissions remain In Progress with no transition to Accepted or Invalid. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

Hey everyone, Just enrolled in the Apple Developer Program yesterday and tried to notarize my first macOS app. I submitted via notarytool and the submission has been sitting at "In Progress" for over 22 hours now. I've submitted twice and both are stuck. The app is a macOS utility built with PyInstaller. I signed it with my Developer ID Application cert, enabled hardened runtime, added a secure timestamp, and included the appropriate entitlements. Everything looked fine on my end. When I query with notarytool info it just says status: In Progress. No rejection email, no acceptance email, nothing. Is this a known issue for first-time submissions? Or is there something specific about PyInstaller apps that causes this? Submission IDs if anyone from Apple is reading this: b512bd92-7eca-4975-823e-9561d5c2ad63 f90cd69f-cf36-4762-bcda-0d0b047d5f49 Already filed a support ticket but wanted to check here too.

Hi, I have a notarization submission that has been stuck in "In Progress" for over 26 hours with no resolution. Apple's system status page shows no incident for the Developer ID Notary Service. Submission details: Submission ID: 23dc147c-6355-49a8-8ebf-78ae40ba19a3 Team ID: 5DX9FFYJHV App: Chakra Browser (Chromium-based, arm64, macOS) Bundle ID: com.chakra.Browser.development Submitted: 2026-04-22 at 19:09 UTC Current status: In Progress I also have two earlier submissions for the same app that are stuck in the same state: 23fe6ea2-325b-4ae8-84a4-4f913e7d3aea (submitted ~17:58 UTC, same day) 943e737a-1c45-468d-ae6b-1ef7358fc1a5 (submitted ~18:32 UTC, same day) The app is signed with a valid Developer ID Application certificate. The zip is ~243 MB (738 MB app bundle). Entitlements used: com.apple.security.cs.allow-jit, com.apple.security.cs.allow-unsigned-executable-memory, com.apple.security.cs.disable-library-validation. These are standard for Chromium-based browsers. xcrun notarytool log returns "Submission log is not yet available" for all three submissions, so there is no error output to share. Has anyone seen notarization stuck this long without a reported service incident? Is there anything I can do to get these unblocked, or do I need to file a TSI? Thanks

Hi, I’m requesting investigation of two CtxVault notarization submissions that have remained "In Progress" well past 24 hours. Team ID: DCY4ZS6CS6 App / archive: CtxVault.zip Platform: macOS direct distribution Pending submissions: e2f25e8c-8bf6-44e6-8e60-24b22467b7e6 — created 2026-04-22T12:50:04.988Z — still In Progress 1f41ff2d-cf61-4509-beba-3389f4496ba7 — created 2026-04-22T12:40:23.167Z — still In Progress Context: This is a new Developer ID release path for a personal team. Earlier submissions were Invalid due to unsigned nested Mach-O files inside a bundled Python runtime. That issue was corrected before the two pending submissions above. The current app is signed with Developer ID Application, hardened runtime, and secure timestamps. Local validation passes: codesign --verify --deep --strict spctl assessment on the signed app notarytool accepts the upload and returns submission IDs, but the submissions do not complete and no log is yet available. Earlier invalid submission for context: b4e665a0-98eb-4b92-b44c-58a0a2c6122e Could someone from Apple please confirm whether this team is stuck in queue or under extended review, and whether any team-side provisioning or backend action is needed? I am intentionally not creating more duplicate submissions while these corrected jobs remain pending. Thanks.

I've tried to notarize my app recently and got the error:{ "logFormatVersion": 1, "jobId": "...", "status": "Rejected", "statusSummary": "Team is not yet configured for notarization", "statusCode": 7000, "archiveFilename": "myapp.dmg", "uploadDate": "2019-06-20T06:24:53Z", "sha256": "...", "ticketContents": null, "issues": null }I've never heard about "team configuration for notarization" previously. What are the steps to resolve that issue?Thanks in advance.

I’m looking for guidance on a notarization submission that has been stuck in In Progress for over 24 hours. Details: Team ID: 94B7AVM73F Certificate: Developer ID Application: Bilal Ahmed Qureshi (94B7AVM73F) Tool: xcrun notarytool File: FlashcardGeneratorTrial-AppleSilicon.dmg Submission ID: 7817f9d0-32da-452f-9e2d-fff43478ccf6 Submission created: 2026-04-17T22:10:01.402Z Current status: xcrun notarytool info still reports In Progress This has now been ongoing for more than 24 hours The submission uploaded successfully and received a valid submission ID The Developer ID certificate is valid and correctly paired with the private key in Keychain security find-identity -v -p codesigning returns 1 valid identity Environment: First-time notarization on this developer account macOS direct distribution outside the Mac App Store DMG signed with Developer ID Application certificate Hardened runtime and timestamp enabled during signing I’ve seen some other recent reports of long notarization delays, especially for first-time submissions, so I’m trying to understand whether this is expected queueing / in-depth analysis, or whether there may be an issue with this specific submission. Questions: Is this normal for a first notarization on a new Developer ID account? Is there anything I should do besides wait? Can Apple check whether this submission is stuck in the queue? Thanks.

This is my first time submitting an app for notarization. Both submissions have been stuck "In Progress" with no logs available. Body: This is my first time submitting an app for notarization. Both submissions have been stuck "In Progress" with no logs available. Submission 1: ID: 43ea68c1-5291-42c6-b0e1-3cacab4ca01a Submitted: 2026-04-09T02:05:34Z Status: In Progress (15+ hours) Submission 2: ID: 12ea49a0-64cf-495e-af7e-9aad5aabe30f Submitted: 2026-04-09T17:06:51Z Status: In Progress (1+ hour) Details: Team ID: PWTWN9N25D App: Native macOS SwiftUI app (arm64), ~84 MB zipped Signed with Developer ID Application certificate, Hardened Runtime enabled All embedded helper binaries individually codesigned with Hardened Runtime codesign --verify --deep --strict passes Submitted via xcrun notarytool submit with --keychain-profile notarytool log returns "not yet available" for both Apple System Status shows all services available

Hi, All notarization submissions for our new Electron macOS app have been stuck in "In Progress" for over 24 hours, with no logs available. Environment: Team ID: T7632V8V2D Certificate: Developer ID Application (valid, identity 83AC47F44D984509D5530439DD32729076B84982) Tool: xcrun notarytool submit (Xcode CLI) App: Electron 33, signed with hardened runtime, entitlements include allow-jit and allow-unsigned-executable-memory File: zip of .app (~236MB for arm64, ~104MB for x64) codesign --verify --deep --strict passes with no issues Apple System Status shows "Developer ID Notary Service: Available" Stuck submissions (all "In Progress", no logs available): ea0fd8d4-1f2d-4266-aa84-aa3f3ba9a8fb (Apr 8, 09:40 UTC) dfaacdd2-1a11-4844-b8b7-b07bae809a7b (Apr 7, 16:49 UTC) 8256e1f0-e501-4423-8744-35b5b78ec87f (Apr 7, 10:32 UTC) a477d536-d84a-4c25-99ca-d125e0a22de1 (Apr 7, 09:07 UTC) This is our first time notarizing any app on this developer account. We understand first-time submissions may be routed to in-depth analysis, but 24+ hours with no progress on any of the 4 submissions seems unusual. Could someone from Apple check our team's queue status? Any guidance would be appreciated. Thank you.

Hi, I'm notarizing my Electron macOS app (DMG) for the first time with our new Developer ID, and most submissions have been stuck in "In Progress" for over 24 hours. Environment: Team ID: BSS9KAH6Z2 Certificate: Developer ID Application (valid until 2031) Tool: xcrun notarytool submit (Xcode CLI) App: Electron 28, signed with hardened runtime File: DMG (~131MB), 104 files inside .app What happened: Total 19 submissions over the past 24 hours Only 4 were Accepted (2 DMGs + 2 zips) The other 15 are still "In Progress" with no log available The 4 Accepted ones took 1~1.5 hours each codesign --verify --deep --strict passes with no issues Accepted submission log shows "issues": null Apple System Status shows "Developer ID Notary Service: Available" What I've tried: Submitting as DMG directly Submitting as ditto zip of .app Submitting via electron-builder's built-in notarize Using both app-specific password and keychain profile auth Verified entitlements (allow-jit, disable-library-validation) Since some submissions did get Accepted, I don't think there's an issue with my signing or configuration. Is this expected for first-time submissions from a new team? Is there anything on Apple's side that needs to be configured for my team? Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.

We've been notarizing apps for a while now and have been through agreement changes before. But we still keep getting the following error when trying to notarize: Conducting pre-submission checks for myapp.dmg and initiating connection to the Apple notary service... Error: HTTP status code: 403. A required agreement is missing or has expired. This request requires an in-effect agreement that has not been signed or has expired. Ensure your team has signed the necessary legal agreements and that they are not expired. We've been through every document in our account to ensure it is signed. Is there any way to determine what document is not signed or what our issue is ? ...thanks

Hello, I am the Account Holder for VectorForge LLC (Team ID: WCFQ8X3RVH). I have been blocked from notarizing any macOS application since at least March 2026. Every submission is rejected with statusCode 7000: { "jobId": "896ce43a-f77c-4b4e-87d2-5260035a37fe", "status": "Rejected", "statusSummary": "Team is not yet configured for notarization.", "statusCode": 7000, "archiveFilename": "?.zip", "uploadDate": "2026-03-22T18:38:40.189Z" } Support history (all unresolved): • Case 102838799002 — contacts on Mar 7, Mar 23, Mar 26, Apr 2, 2026 • Case 102851046683 — contacts on Mar 23, Mar 25, 2026 • Case 102859151238 — opened Apr 2, 2026 (Membership and Account) Each time I have been told the case is being escalated or forwarded to another team, with no follow-up or resolution. Most critically: I am now unable to submit any new support ticket through the Apple Developer portal at all. Every attempt returns "There was a problem processing your request." I have no notarization access and no support access. I am asking: Is there a formal appeal process for accounts in this state? What can a developer do when both notarization and the support portal are inaccessible? Team ID: WCFQ8X3RVH Legal Entity: VectorForge LLC Primary case: 102838799002

Hello, I am a new macOS developer. I've been working on my first Mac application and I am trying to notarize it for distribution using notarytool. However, I've encountered a persistent issue where all my submissions are stuck in the "In Progress" status for several days. As this is my first time going through this process, I initially thought I might have done something wrong. However, I have verified my app with codesign --verify --verbose --deep and it returns "valid on disk" and "satisfies its Designated Requirement". I have also tried bumping the version from 0.1.0 to 0.1.1 and removing spaces from the file names, but the new submission is also stuck. Stuck Submission History (Total 4 submissions): ID: 8cb4aebb-e2d5-4091-b279-18272c3a6ca9 (Created: 2026-04-03 - Latest) ID: 0e9a3584-1a21-471a-bc72-4da3f98e2683 (Created: 2026-04-02) ID: 59b70ef1-0b8e-480d-ba33-df872a691610 (Created: 2026-04-01) ID: 685d8fdb-1e55-4cdd-8203-688991c50dd3 (Created: 2026-04-01) As a first-time developer, it’s frustrating to see these initial submissions hang for so long without any logs or errors to troubleshoot. Is there any specific reason why a first-time submission for a new Mac app might be queued this long? I would appreciate it if someone from Apple could help clear these stuck submissions or provide some guidance as to what might be causing this delay. Thank you very much.

I'm trying to sign my application but the build times out after 90 minutes waiting for notarytool to return. This seems to be getting worse and worse. I have now updated the timeout to 10hours, to see if I can get a response at all. Something is very wrong with the tool. This was working fine up until about the 28th March 2026.

Team ID: MB9VR977ND We have changed apple developer account for the our application, after changing account we have submitted app for notarization multiple times but all showing in-progress without any logs. do we need to wait until this passed from apple side ? does submitting many request has any issue ? Submission id: 8c5ac51d-bcd3-4fc4-9b38-671e5ea2bf14

We have 8 consecutive notarytool submit submissions for the same .dmg artifact all stuck In Progress with no movement and no logs available. Submission IDs (all Recall-0.3.6-arm64.dmg, Team ID: H9S7XRPUCA): Diagnostic evidence: notarytool log on all 8 returns exit 69 (log not available) — no rejection reason, no processing output The app bundle submitted as a ZIP (same binary, same signing, submission d21e9fea) was accepted in 41 seconds at 2026-03-27T02:15Z A separate probe submission of a small signed binary on the same team (fcf018c5) was accepted in ~5 minutes All prior Recall DMG builds (0.1.0–0.3.5) processed normally in ~8 minutes on this same team Normal processing time for this team/account is ~8 minutes Conclusion: Content and signing are clean. Account queue is healthy. The issue appears specific to the DMG submission path for this build. Requesting Apple investigate the stuck DMG submissions and advise on next steps.

All notarization submissions remain stuck "In Progress" and never complete. Tested both DMG and ZIP formats — same result. This has been consistent across 5+ attempts on March 29, 2026. App: Electron desktop app (arm64), signed with Developer ID Application, hardened runtime enabled, secure timestamp present. DMG submissions (all stuck): 568cc9c3-e711-41ba-99ce-6af5a1860ae9 (10 min timeout) e0a345c3-ddf8-4771-bdda-e0bc133ff723 (20 min timeout) 6757e5a9-d95b-45b3-95d5-41cb23384bea (20 min timeout) ZIP submission (.app bundle via ditto, ~207MB): Also stuck "In Progress" for 10+ minutes notarytool log returns "Submission log is not yet available" for all submissions. Developer ID Notary Service shows "Available" on System Status page. Environment: macOS GitHub Actions runner (macos-latest), latest Xcode, xcrun notarytool. Seeing similar reports from other developers this week. Is there a known service issue?

Hi, My first notarization submission has been stuck in "In Progress" for several hours with no status change. I'm wondering if it's being held for in-depth analysis given the nature of the app. The app is a macOS dictation utility triggered by a global hotkey. It captures audio input, transcribes it, and pastes the result at the cursor position in whatever app the user is focused on. Because of how it works, it relies on a combination of APIs that may be less common in typical submissions: continuous microphone access, programmatic clipboard manipulation, global keyboard event monitoring, and Accessibility APIs to inject text into the frontmost application. This is the first submission for this app, so there's no prior notarization history for the system to learn from. Is this the kind of profile that typically triggers in-depth analysis? Is there anything I should check or provide, or is waiting the right move here? Thanks

The following process to sign my .pkg installer for distribution outside the app store have been working for over a year and recently the notarization fails with a rc = 69. I not aware of any changes other then xtools updates for the latest macos 15.6.1. Admittedly I felt lucky to have gotten it all to work initially and I could really use help. Thanks in advance! Bill The signing (no errors): productsign --sign macos_cert myapp.pkg The notarization (rc=69): xcrun -v notarytool submit myapp.pkg --apple-id my_apple_id --team-id XXXXXXXXXX