Notarization stuck "In Progress" for 26+ hours

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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?

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DTS Engineer OP

Apple

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You can expect that most uploads will be notarised quickly. Occasionally, some uploads are held for in-depth analysis and may take longer to complete. As you notarise your apps, the system will learn how to recognise them, and you should see fewer delays.

For lots of additional info about notarisation, see Notarisation Resources. Specifically, it links to a Q&A with the notary service team that’s quite instructive.

do I need to file a TSI?

Well, TSIs are no longer a thing [1] but, even if they were, this isn’t something that DTS can help with.

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[1] See my comments in this post.

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