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Apple destroyed four years of work and never told us why.
Six people. Four years. One app on the App Store since 2022 — completely free, no payments, no in-app purchases, no subscriptions. Sixteen released versions. Real users. In May 2026 Apple flagged our developer account for termination. The stated reason: "dishonest or fraudulent activity" under Section 3.2(f) and Guideline 5.6.2. That was the entire explanation. Not which app. Not which metadata. Not which action. Not which build. Nothing. We asked. Six times over three months. We offered to revert our branding, remove any feature they named, re-verify every piece of company information. We asked, plainly: tell us what we did wrong and we will fix it today. The App Review Board answered twice — the same template both times. "A pattern of manipulative or misleading behavior," followed by a generic list of things such behavior "can include, but is not limited to." Not one specific. Not once. In four months. What that looks like from our side: — Three apps pulled from the App Store overnight — Earnings frozen — App transfers disabled — Three months of "we are experiencing a higher case volume" — A final decision that repeats the original accusation word for word — A reinstatement petition filed on 27 August. Thirteen days. No response. No phone call. No human being. No specifics. No appeal beyond a web form that answers with a template. Apple's own Guideline 5.6.2 reads: "Providing verifiable information to Apple and customers is critical to customer trust." Verifiable. Apple demands verifiable information from developers, then terminates them on grounds it refuses to specify, and calls that a review process. Six people lost their work. Their families lost their income. Four years of building on a platform that can end your business overnight and owes you no explanation. If you build on the App Store, understand what you are building on. If you have been through this — reply here. I want to know how many of us there are.
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Update stuck in "Waiting for Review" for 2+ weeks — App ID 1606970462, no support response (multiple cases)
Hello App Review Team, Our app update has been stuck in "Waiting for Review" with no movement and no communication, and I would appreciate a manual look or escalation. App: Telegraff: call, send, receive Apple ID: 1606970462 Version: 11.6.0 Submitted: May 14 Current live version: 11.5.10 (Ready for Distribution) This is an update to an app that is already live on the App Store, not a new submission. The previous versions (11.5.9 and 11.5.10) passed review normally in March. Context I want to share proactively: we are in the middle of an official rebranding of our application — the name, branding, and positioning are being updated as part of this change. All of it is our own brand and our own product; it is not affiliated with or imitating any other company, and we hold the rights to the branding we use. We are happy to provide ownership documentation or any clarification the review team needs. The same update has already passed moderation and is live on Google Play, so our iOS and Android releases are now out of sync and we cannot ship updates to our existing iOS users, which is seriously affecting our business. What I have already tried, without result: Expedited review requests submitted several times — no effect. Multiple emails to Apple Developer Support — only automated acknowledgements, no substantive reply. Case IDs: 102902702809, 102900916785, 102894706008. The Resolution Center is unavailable because the status is still "Waiting for Review," so I cannot reach the review team directly from there. Could someone please look into whether there is an account-level or pipeline issue blocking this submission, or escalate it manually? If there is a specific concern (branding, metadata, content, or account), I will address it immediately — I just need concrete feedback instead of silence. Thank you for your help.
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Apple destroyed four years of work and never told us why.
Six people. Four years. One app on the App Store since 2022 — completely free, no payments, no in-app purchases, no subscriptions. Sixteen released versions. Real users. In May 2026 Apple flagged our developer account for termination. The stated reason: "dishonest or fraudulent activity" under Section 3.2(f) and Guideline 5.6.2. That was the entire explanation. Not which app. Not which metadata. Not which action. Not which build. Nothing. We asked. Six times over three months. We offered to revert our branding, remove any feature they named, re-verify every piece of company information. We asked, plainly: tell us what we did wrong and we will fix it today. The App Review Board answered twice — the same template both times. "A pattern of manipulative or misleading behavior," followed by a generic list of things such behavior "can include, but is not limited to." Not one specific. Not once. In four months. What that looks like from our side: — Three apps pulled from the App Store overnight — Earnings frozen — App transfers disabled — Three months of "we are experiencing a higher case volume" — A final decision that repeats the original accusation word for word — A reinstatement petition filed on 27 August. Thirteen days. No response. No phone call. No human being. No specifics. No appeal beyond a web form that answers with a template. Apple's own Guideline 5.6.2 reads: "Providing verifiable information to Apple and customers is critical to customer trust." Verifiable. Apple demands verifiable information from developers, then terminates them on grounds it refuses to specify, and calls that a review process. Six people lost their work. Their families lost their income. Four years of building on a platform that can end your business overnight and owes you no explanation. If you build on the App Store, understand what you are building on. If you have been through this — reply here. I want to know how many of us there are.
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Update stuck in "Waiting for Review" for 2+ weeks — App ID 1606970462, no support response (multiple cases)
Hello App Review Team, Our app update has been stuck in "Waiting for Review" with no movement and no communication, and I would appreciate a manual look or escalation. App: Telegraff: call, send, receive Apple ID: 1606970462 Version: 11.6.0 Submitted: May 14 Current live version: 11.5.10 (Ready for Distribution) This is an update to an app that is already live on the App Store, not a new submission. The previous versions (11.5.9 and 11.5.10) passed review normally in March. Context I want to share proactively: we are in the middle of an official rebranding of our application — the name, branding, and positioning are being updated as part of this change. All of it is our own brand and our own product; it is not affiliated with or imitating any other company, and we hold the rights to the branding we use. We are happy to provide ownership documentation or any clarification the review team needs. The same update has already passed moderation and is live on Google Play, so our iOS and Android releases are now out of sync and we cannot ship updates to our existing iOS users, which is seriously affecting our business. What I have already tried, without result: Expedited review requests submitted several times — no effect. Multiple emails to Apple Developer Support — only automated acknowledgements, no substantive reply. Case IDs: 102902702809, 102900916785, 102894706008. The Resolution Center is unavailable because the status is still "Waiting for Review," so I cannot reach the review team directly from there. Could someone please look into whether there is an account-level or pipeline issue blocking this submission, or escalate it manually? If there is a specific concern (branding, metadata, content, or account), I will address it immediately — I just need concrete feedback instead of silence. Thank you for your help.
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May ’26
signing macos C++ APP
AMFI: When validating /Users/path/to/product: Code has restricted entitlements, but the validation of its code signature failed. Unsatisfied Entitlements: com.apple.developer.team-identifier anyone could help to solve this problem when I try to open my release build of the app ?
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