Title Notarization submissions stuck “In Progress” for 5+ days (SwiftUI macOS menu bar app)

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grad13 OP

Created 21h

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Notarization submissions stuck “In Progress” for 5+ days (SwiftUI macOS menu bar app)

Hello,

I’m experiencing an issue where all notarization submissions remain “In Progress” for several days.

Environment

macOS native app written in Swift / SwiftUI
Menu bar application
Built with Xcode
Developer ID Application signing
Hardened Runtime enabled
App Sandbox disabled
Uses SMAppService for “Start at Login”

Artifact structure

ClaudeUsageTracker.zip
└ ClaudeUsageTracker.app

(no nested directory)

Verification

codesign --verify --deep --strict --verbose=2 ClaudeUsageTracker.app

This succeeds without errors.

Notarization submissions

2026-03-06 — In Progress
- ID=215814fc-57c5-4f99-88fe-ed2db4d3e3d9
2026-03-06 — In Progress
- ID=70948178-191c-4840-a9c7-52c321b725e5
2026-03-09 — In Progress
- ID=14a88b79-df4d-4d83-9bfe-fa6eafc9bf76

All submissions remain In Progress for 5+ days, and notarytool log is not available yet.

Command used

xcrun notarytool submit ClaudeUsageTracker.zip \
  --keychain-profile "notarytool-profile"

The app is a small utility and the archive is only a few MB.

Is there a known issue with the notarization queue or with accounts getting stuck in a processing state?

Any guidance would be appreciated.

Thanks.

Repository: https://github.com/grad13/Claude-Usage-Tracker

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Answer 1

ljhdev OP

21h

This is worrying, as someone who has just created an apple dev account, my menubar is also in notarization for almost 24 hours. Would be happy to see what might be happening for you.

Maybe getting in contact with support might help also.

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Answer 2

DTS Engineer OP

Apple

6h

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.

Notarization submissions stuck “In Progress” for 5+ days

In my experience five days is longer than normal for submissions that hit the “in-depth analysis” path. However, it’s not completely unheard of. If you remains stuck after a week, please reply here with:

The UUID and creation date of your earliest request.
The UUID and creation date of your latest request.

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