Good point, @sadasdasrewrew. This seems like an important feature for Shield Actions. ManagedSettingsUI should be able to support opening the parent app for the shield. Hopefully this will be implemented by Apple soon enough, as it seems straightforward enough. I hope that people seeing this will also leave feedback so that it is implemented more quickly.

Agreed fully, @thomas_maht. Adding feedback to Apple in the hopes that they throw in this tweak as it seems like an easy win / low-hanging fruit for a substantial improvement on the ManagedSettingsUI API.

Now at 3 weeks of no update, email, or timeline from the screentime/entitlements team after putting in my entitlement request. Hoping there can be transparency on this soon, my app is ready for Testflight otherwise 🙏

Sorry to hear, Justin, and that doesn't seem to bode well for the rest of us. I received this message 10 days ago: "I see you are asking about the time line for the approval or a way to track it along the way. Currently the specific team that will review your request, does not provide an estimated time. Thank you for contacting Apple Developer Program Support." This is probably my biggest point of stress with Apple right now, as my beta testers can't get the app until Apple responds.

Hey @eskimo, do you know how long the entitlement process is supposed to take? I'm seeing it range here from between <7 days to >3 months and I'm a bit stressed about trying to hear back about whether I can testflight my project. Thanks if there's any insight you might have.

Hi @eskimo, I've been waiting on the distribution entitlement request response for over a month (my app is ready to go for testflight otherwise). Do you know if there's any way for me to reach out to follow up with support on this? Emailing and forums have gotten me nowhere so far. Thank you. Daniel

Hey @justindiraddo, No, I'm at ~4 weeks so not as bad as you. I've been trying to be very proactive, contacting folks within the screentime team, even went to the NYC WTC genius bar to chat with the head genius of ~20 years (he gave me some names/tips for calling corporate, still no luck though). Want to maybe sync offline about this and pool tips/ideas? To avoid posting personal info here, here's a burner email: dss2606 at gmail. I can give you my personal contact from there if you want.

@ksen17, when you recieved your entitlement can I ask how you were notified (by email)? Just trying to be aware of where I should keep an eye out for potential updates.

Thank you for the feedback, Thomas. It is highly appreciated as always.