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

Code Signing Notarization
bralca OP
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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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