I had submitted my app for notarization and it shows the below error -
"status": "Rejected",
"statusSummary": "Team is not yet configured for notarization. Please contact Developer Programs Support at developer.apple.com under the topic Development and Technical / Other Development or Technical Questions.",
"statusCode": 7000,
I have raised a ticket in the support but no reply yet.
Kindly help ASAP
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We were recently approved for the "User Assigned Device Name" for a specific app Identifier. The "Additional Capabilities" tab isn't present on that App ID. I am an admin in the developer portal, and this does not appear for the account holder as well. Any help would be appreciated.
I am trying to notarize my first macOS app for direct distribution outside the Mac App Store using Developer ID Application signing.
Team ID:
32S6XVAQPY
Environment:
macOS app distributed via Developer ID
notarytool with a saved keychain profile
archive exported locally, app zipped with ditto
What I already verified locally:
The archived app is signed with:
Developer ID Application: (32S6XVAQPY)
codesign --verify --deep --strict passes
spctl shows:
source=Unnotarized Developer ID
syspolicy_check distribution only reports the expected missing notary ticket
Hardened runtime is enabled
The app bundle and nested Sparkle executables were re-signed and now have valid Developer ID signatures with secure timestamps
Important note:
I previously had a real signing issue in nested Sparkle binaries, and Apple rejected that submission quickly as Invalid. I fixed those signatures, and now new submissions no longer fail quickly but remain stuck In Progress.
Submission IDs currently stuck:
bea6c4b3-b107-4c81-8042-6c58b1cf5087
5489e29c-d583-4779-a125-ca0fbd9cad0b
Earlier invalid submission with a concrete Sparkle signing error:
10df648b-eca8-428f-98d6-4cb4096153ad
Apple reported invalid Developer ID / missing secure timestamp on:
Sparkle.framework/Versions/B/Updater.app/Contents/MacOS/Updater
Sparkle.framework/Versions/B/Autoupdate
Sparkle.framework/Versions/B/XPCServices/Downloader.xpc/Contents/MacOS/Downloader
Sparkle.framework/Versions/B/XPCServices/Installer.xpc/Contents/MacOS/Installer
That Sparkle issue has since been fixed locally and re-verified.
Question:
Is there currently a notarization backlog or any known issue affecting first-time macOS notarizations or Developer ID submissions? At this point the remaining submissions appear valid locally but sit In Progress for a very long time.
Hi there,
We've discovered a problem with our iOS app. We've been attempting to add a Driverkit driver to it, but any time we run the app through Testflight, the driver installs fine, but when we go to enable the driver toggle in the app's settings, the toggle stays on, but in the device logs I can see:
could not insert bundle at <private> into manager: <private>
As you would expect - this means the driver is not actually enabled and does not respond to a device being connected to the iPad.
This does not happen when building & running the app locally, nor does it happen when installing an Ad Hoc build.
We also have a different app, not yet shipped. We are able to add the driver to that app without issue. It works after going through Testflight.
What we have discovered now is that everything works fine even if we just create an entirely new app with it's own bundle IDs. I should point out that in all cases, we're keeping the capabilities the same for each of these apps/IDs - including the managed capabilities.
The bundle IDs that have this problem are older (5 years old or more). It seems like any newer ID will work, but trying to add the driver (and the associated managed capabilities) to an older app/ID results in this vague error message, with no further details.
If we inspect the resulting dexts, we can also see that the "Internal requirements code size" is different on the ones that fail. The failing ones have a size of 204 bytes, whereas the working ones all have a size of 220 bytes. Not sure if that's related but it's strikingly consistent.
Does this mean there is an issue with older app IDs, and we need Apple to manually refresh them in some way before the driverkit capabilities will work after going through Testflight? We have two apps in this state, both are of the same vintage (~5 years+).
We've been battling this issue for months on and off, so would appreciate some help.
the iOS app store package's entitlements file has an issue. After updating to a new version to fix the entitlements file, the app still crashes upon opening but can function normally after a restart. What methods can the app side use to resolve this entitlements file issue without requiring a restart to open and use the app properly?
Hi guys,
I am new to the Apple Developer Program (enrolled a few days ago) and this is my first
app notarization attempt. I've been experiencing significant delays - all submissions
have been stuck at "In Progress" for over 24 hours.
Details:
macOS app signed with Developer ID Application certificate
Using xcrun notarytool with app-specific password
Hardened runtime enabled
codesign --verify --deep --strict passes
Team ID: QVHM976XC5
Submission IDs (all stuck "In Progress"):
5f494a89-0db0-4cc6-944f-ca2fe399e870 (latest - 8+ hours)
938f6b8d-0d00-45f5-861d-68fe470df6c2
d0edcbfe-8464-455f-b077-bebaa5b9aab7
I understand new developers may experience longer initial processing, but 24+ hours
seems excessive. Is there anything I should check or any additional steps required
for new accounts?
Any guidance appreciated.
Topic:
Code Signing
SubTopic:
Notarization
I'm submitting a native macOS app (Swift/SwiftUI, arm64) that includes Sparkle.framework for auto-updates. All binaries are signed with a Developer ID Application certificate using --options runtime and --timestamp.
I've submitted 12+ times over the past two days, both from local notarytool submit and from GitHub Actions CI. Every submission uploads successfully and returns a valid submission ID, but then stays at "In Progress" indefinitely — none have resolved to Accepted or Invalid.
Two early submissions did eventually come back "Invalid" — Apple's rejection log showed the Sparkle nested binaries had ad-hoc signatures (they were being signed as individual Mach-O files instead of bundle directories). I fixed this with proper inside-out bundle signing. Since the fix, local codesign --verify --deep --strict passes cleanly, but all ~10 subsequent submissions remain stuck at "In Progress".
9UT54V24XG
Would appreciate any guidance, or if someone from the notary team could check our queue. Happy to provide specific submission IDs.
Topic:
Code Signing
SubTopic:
Notarization
I double-click it, and it doesn't install. I drag it to the provisioning profile folder, and it gets deleted immediately. It's an Apple Developer problem. I've already wiped my Mac clean twice and reinstalled everything, and I'm still having this problem.
Topic:
Code Signing
SubTopic:
Certificates, Identifiers & Profiles
Tags:
Health and Fitness
Provisioning Profiles
The process has been stuck "In Progress" for 8 days now. We had a scheduled New Year Offer for our software that would run based around this important new update, and obviously we missed it because of this crazy issue. Notarization used to take a few seconds. Now it does not work, neither on my newly set up Mac, nor in my old (completely unchanged) one.
My company and finances are totally frozen at this point due to this issue. PLEASE help, look into my actual account and do what is needed!
Topic:
Code Signing
SubTopic:
Notarization
I made a macOS application using Swift Package and distributed it in dmg format through Apple Notary service. However, we received a report from a user that it can be launched from a disk image mounted from dmg, but when copied to /Applications, the app is broken and does not start.
I looked into why this happened, I noticed that the codesign command returned different results when copying the application bundle and /Applications on the volume mounted dmg with Finder.
Mounted dmg: OK
❯ codesign --verify --deep --verbose /Volumes/azoo-key-skkserv/azoo-key-skkserv.app
/Volumes/azoo-key-skkserv/azoo-key-skkserv.app: valid on disk
/Volumes/azoo-key-skkserv/azoo-key-skkserv.app: satisfies its Designated Requirement
Copied by Finder: Bad
codesign reports that there are 148 added/missing files.
❯ codesign --verify --deep --verbose /Applications/azoo-key-skkserv.app
/Applications/azoo-key-skkserv.app: a sealed resource is missing or invalid
file added: /Applications/azoo-key-skkserv.app/Contents/Resources/AzooKeyKanakanjiConverter_KanaKanjiConverterModuleWithDefaultDictionary.bundle/Contents/Resources/Dictionary/louds/グ1.loudstxt3
(skip...)
file missing: /Applications/azoo-key-skkserv.app/Contents/Resources/AzooKeyKanakanjiConverter_KanaKanjiConverterModuleWithDefaultDictionary.bundle/Contents/Resources/Dictionary/louds/グ1.loudstxt3
(skip...)
Copied by ditto: OK
❯ ditto /Volumes/azoo-key-skkserv/azoo-key-skkserv.app /Applications/azoo-key-skkserv.app
❯ codesign --verify --deep --verbose /Applications/azoo-key-skkserv.app
/Applications/azoo-key-skkserv.app: valid on disk
/Applications/azoo-key-skkserv.app: satisfies its Designated Requirement
I made a simple macOS application to explain this problem in an easy-to-understand way. You can download dmg in github releases, mount dmg, copy it in the Finder, and check if there is a problem by running the codesign command.
https://github.com/mtgto/example-utf8-mac-notarization
As a result, I learned the following two things.
Occurs only with resources with file names whose values change due to NFC/NFD normalization
No problems occur with the resources of the application itself. Generated by the Swift Package resources that the application depends on
I think this is a problem with Finder or Gatekeeper.
Topic:
Code Signing
SubTopic:
General
Hi,
My certificates expired and I created new ones.
But now Xcode shows me in Apple Accounts status of Mac App Distribution that the Missing Private...
Howto fix the missing private key?
I need to sign a .pkg for upload with Transporter.
Further I generated a CSR for App License Delivery ALD certificates.
https://developer.apple.com/help/account/certificates/create-a-certificate-signing-request/
And with App Store Connected I created new certificates.
In Xcode I had to remove the Apple Account and add it again, after altering currency. This procedure was described somewhere because Xcode was not able to connect my account. This is fixed now.
Hi everyone!!
I am submitting an App for Notarization for the first time, I have several attempts, some returned invalid and other show In Progress for more than 8 hours.
Is that normal?
I addressed the issues that make the other ones Invalid.
Thanks so much!
Hey there!
Thanks so much for all the great posts about this topic!
I'm fairly new to Mac development since a few months back, and I've been really impressed with Apple's developer tools and ecosystem so far. It's been an exciting journey building for macOS!
However, I've hit a bit of a roadblock with the notarization process via direct download and would really appreciate some guidance from you more experienced developers. I understand that Apple has built a well-designed automated system to maintain high security for users, but I'm wondering:
What's the normal timeframe for notarization to complete?
What are usually the most common reasons if it takes longer than expected?
Is there anyone at Apple who can help if the process gets stuck?
I'm really excited to launch my app and continue developing for this amazing platform, so any tips from experienced Apple developers would be hugely appreciated!
Thanks in advance! 🙏
Topic:
Code Signing
SubTopic:
Notarization
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.
The actual error:
pkgbuild: error: Could not find appropriate signing identity for “Developer ID installer: My Name (DeveloperID)”.
I'm trying to sign a program written with gfortran. The steps worked the last time (Mar 23) I built this code.
The steps to error:
a) xcrun notarytool store-credentials --apple-id "xxx" --team-id "yyy"
Giving Profile Name zzz and App-specific password
b) codesign --force --timestamp --options=runtime -s "Developer ID Application: My Name (yyy)" AppName
c) pkgbuild --root ROOT --identifier org.aaa.bbb --version "1.1.1" --sign "Developer ID installer: My Name (yyy)" AppName.pkg
ROOT contains the package contents
At this point I get the error
pkgbuild: error: Could not find appropriate signing identity for “Developer ID installer: My Name (yyy)”
Are there steps that have changed. Any suggestions?
Thanks, David
Hi
First, I hope I'm in the right place, I'm not certain. I'm having my first attempt at IOS development and want to see the progress I've made on my phone. I plugged it in to my Mac and selected it as a preview device and got the following messages in the Signing & Capabilities screen:
Your team has no devices from which to generate a provisioning profile. Connect a device to use or manually add device IDs in Certificates, Identifiers & Profiles. https://developer.apple.com/account/
No profiles for '...' were found: Xcode couldn't find any iOS App Development provisioning profiles matching '...'.
My account and personal team are shown in the Xcode settings, but it says 0 Provisioned Devices. I also tried restarting, and enabled developer mode on the phone. I checked the provided link, but saw nowhere to add a device ID. Clearly I don't understand what I'm doing. Can anyone help me make sense of this?
Topic:
Code Signing
SubTopic:
Certificates, Identifiers & Profiles
Today, I used xcrun notarytool submit to upload my packaged Electron app for macOS—once as a .zip file and once as a .dmg—for Apple notarization. However, both submissions have been stuck at "Current status: In Progress" for several hours now.
I’ve also checked the status using xcrun notarytool info, and it keeps returning status: In Progress.
Could someone please help me understand what might be going wrong?
This is quite urgent—if a technical support engineer or anyone from the team could take a look, I’d be glad to provide the UUIDs of my notarization requests.
Topic:
Code Signing
SubTopic:
Notarization
Is the Notary service unavailable again? The system-status page shows it as being green but I am back to receiving the same error as previously which fixed itself once the notary service went green again and I am unable to notarize and staple my Distribution PKG.
I am currently having issues uploading my app to appstoreconnect.apple.com/notary/ for notarization. It times out after hanging for a while. I get the following error.
13:42:04 "LocalDataTask <D84AED32-B05B-4439-8BDC-40C0F89B89F1>.<1>"
13:42:04 ), NSLocalizedDescription=The request timed out., NSErrorFailingURLStringKey=https://appstoreconnect.apple.com/notary/v2/asp?, NSErrorFailingURLKey=https://appstoreconnect.apple.com/notary/v2/asp?, _kCFStreamErrorDomainKey=4})
Topic:
Code Signing
SubTopic:
Notarization
Hello everyone,
I am developing a Flutter iOS application that includes a Widget Extension + Live Activity (ActivityKit).
The project runs successfully on the iOS simulator when
launched directly from Xcode, but it cannot be signed properly via Flutter and I cannot upload the build to App Store Connect due to the following CodeSign error:
Command CodeSign failed with a nonzero exit code
Provisioning profile "…" doesn't include the entitlement:
com.apple.developer.activitykit.allow-third-party-activity
This error never goes away no matter what I try.
And the main problem is that my App ID does NOT show any ActivityKit or Live Activity capability in the Apple Developer portal → Identifiers → App ID.
So I cannot enable it manually.
However:
Xcode requires this entitlement
Flutter requires this entitlement
When I add the entitlement manually in the .entitlements file, Xcode says:
“This entitlement must be enabled in your Developer account. It cannot be added manually.”
So I am stuck in a loop where:
Apple Developer portal does not show ActivityKit capability
Xcode demands the ActivityKit entitlement
Signing fails
App Store upload fails
And Live Activity is a critical feature of my app
What I have already done
✔ “Automatically manage signing” is enabled
✔ Correct Team is selected for both Runner and the Widget Extension
✔ Bundle IDs are correct:
com.yksbuddy.app
com.yksbuddy.app.TimerWidgetExtension
✔ Deleted Derived Data completely
✔ Tried removing all ActivityKit-related entitlement keys manually
✔ Deleted Pods, reinstalled, rebuilt
✔ App Group settings match between Runner and Extension
✔ The same Live Activity code works perfectly in a clean Xcode-only project
✔ But fails only inside a Flutter project structure
✔ Xcode builds & runs on simulator, but App Store upload always fails due to missing entitlement
Core Problem:
In my Apple Developer “Identifiers → App ID” page, the Live Activity / ActivityKit capability does NOT appear at all, so I cannot enable:
Live Activities
ActivityKit
Third-party activity entitlement
Without being able to enable this capability, I cannot create a valid provisioning profile that includes:
com.apple.developer.activitykit.allow-third-party-activity
Flutter + Xcode insists this entitlement must exist, but Apple Developer portal does not give any option to enable it.
Topic:
Code Signing
SubTopic:
Certificates, Identifiers & Profiles
Tags:
WidgetKit
ActivityKit
Entitlements