All notarization submissions stuck "In Progress" for 24+ hours — first-time Electron app

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I'm submitting my first macOS app (an Electron app, signed with Developer ID Application certificate and hardened runtime) for notarization using xcrun notarytool submit with App Store Connect API key authentication.

All 6 of my submissions have been stuck at "In Progress" for over 24 hours now. The oldest submission is 27+ hours old. None have transitioned to Accepted or Invalid.

Here's what I've verified:

Code signing is valid: codesign --verify --deep --strict passes
Hardened runtime is enabled
Uploads succeed: Each submission receives a valid submission ID and the file uploads successfully to Apple's servers
API key auth is working: Using App Store Connect API key (.p8 file), Key ID, and Issuer ID
Tried both locally and via GitHub Actions CI — same result
Polling Apple's status endpoint eventually times out with NSURLErrorDomain Code=-1001 "The request timed out" when checking

https://appstoreconnect.apple.com/notary/v2/submissions/<id>

Logs are not available (notarytool log returns "not yet available" for all submissions)
Apple Developer System Status shows "Developer ID Notary Service" as Available

Submission history:

createdDate: 2026-02-04T20:27:16Z — status: In Progress createdDate: 2026-02-04T16:45:18Z — status: In Progress createdDate: 2026-02-04T13:40:23Z — status: In Progress createdDate: 2026-02-04T12:29:52Z — status: In Progress createdDate: 2026-02-04T11:26:36Z — status: In Progress createdDate: 2026-02-04T11:21:39Z — status: In Progress

Entitlements used:

com.apple.security.cs.allow-jit
com.apple.security.cs.allow-unsigned-executable-memory
com.apple.security.cs.disable-library-validation
com.apple.security.network.client
com.apple.security.files.user-selected.read-write

This is my first time notarizing any app on this developer account. I've seen other threads mentioning that first-time submissions can be "held for in-depth analysis," but 24+ hours with no feedback at all seems excessive.

Is anyone else currently experiencing this? Is there anything I can do to unblock my account's notarization queue, or do I just need to wait? Any guidance from DTS would be greatly appreciated.

I've also emailed Apple Developer Support but haven't received a response yet.

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Answer 1

DTS Engineer OP

Apple

2d

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.

Share and Enjoy
—
Quinn “The Eskimo!” @ Developer Technical Support @ Apple
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Answer 2

ismaelbencharef OP

2d

I have been experiencing the very same Issue.

It's extremely frustrating as we're meant to be releasing today.

The service was working fine, then all of our submissions started getting stuck for 24+ hours.

None of the submissions have been processed at all yet.

Hopefully they resolve this issue soon.

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Answer 3

honify OP

1d

Same issue, after 48 hours, nothing

createdDate: 2026-02-05T06:18:32.832Z
id: XXXXX-bf33-4e51-9ec2-bd229942b5bc
name: XXXXX-Free.zip
status: In Progress
--------------------------------------------------
createdDate: 2026-02-05T06:12:02.754Z
id: XXXXX-5564-4b89-bf76-fb2acd65b4ca
name: XXXXX-Free.zip
status: In Progress
--------------------------------------------------
createdDate: 2026-02-04T21:33:19.879Z
id: XXXXX-2f5d-4838-8b3f-829e878e9009
name: XXXXX-Free.zip
status: In Progress
--------------------------------------------------
createdDate: 2026-02-04T20:53:22.640Z
id: XXXX-f16b-4cd4-ac3f-cdc0db0d15ee
name: XXXX-Free.zip
status: In Progress

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