Notarytool stuck at "In Progress"

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I've been trying to notarize an installer (.pkg file) on a new laptop. Previous versions have been notarized successfully on a previous Mac.

However, in spite of having the required certificates (same as the old Mac, generated for the new Mac) the submission gets stuck at "In Progress".

Doing it multiple times (even hours apart) doesn't help.

Is there a FAQ / suggested list of steps to help resolve this issue?

Here's what I see:

xcrun notarytool history --keychain-profile "(my profile name)" results in (problem started with v4, the first version I've tried on this new Mac):

createdDate: 2023-10-17T01:34:36.911Z
id: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
name: xxxxxxxxxx-v4.pkg
status: In Progress
--------------------------------------------------
createdDate: 2023-10-17T01:33:59.191Z
id: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
name: xxxxxxxxxx-v4.pkg
status: In Progress
--------------------------------------------------
createdDate: 2023-10-16T21:01:25.832Z
id: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
name: xxxxxxxxxx-v4.pkg
status: In Progress
--------------------------------------------------
createdDate: 2023-10-16T19:57:44.776Z
id: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
name: xxxxxxxxxx-v4.pkg
status: In Progress
--------------------------------------------------
createdDate: 2023-10-02T14:17:34.108Z
id: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
name: xxxxxxxxxx-v3.pkg
status: Accepted
--------------------------------------------------
createdDate: 2023-09-28T14:04:46.211Z
id: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
name: xxxxxxxxxx-v2.pkg
status: Accepted
--------------------------------------------------
createdDate: 2023-09-20T17:28:46.168Z
id: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
name: xxxxxxxxxx-v1.pkg
status: Accepted
--------------------------------------------------

xcrun notarytool log xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx --keychain-profile "(my profile name)" results in:

Submission log is not yet available or submissionId does not exist
  id: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Answered by DTS Engineer in 895002022

There’s been a lot of water under the bridge since this thread started in 2023, so I wanted to post a quick update…

If you’re notarising your product and it gets stuck in the In Progress state for a significant period of time, it’s likely that it’s been held for “additional analysis”. Here my standard spiel about that:

You can expect that most uploads will be notarised quickly. Occasionally, some uploads are held for additional 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.

I don’t want this thread to become a ‘catch all’ for every single instance of this additional analysis, so I’ve locked it. However, I’m happy to continue answering notary questions here on the forums. Specifically:

  • If all of your notary requests have been stuck in the In Progress state for more than a week, please start a thread including the request UUID and the creation date of the earlier stuck request.
  • If a small number of your requests are stuck in the In Progress state but new requests get processed normally, please start a thread including the request UUIDs and creation dates of each of the stuck requests.

If you start a new thread, put it in the Code Signing > Notarization. That way I’ll be sure to see it go by.

Finally, if requests start failing with the message Team is not yet configured for notarization, see this post.

Share and Enjoy

Quinn “The Eskimo!” @ Developer Technical Support @ Apple
let myEmail = "eskimo" + "1" + "@" + "apple.com"

Same issue as everyone above. We've been waiting for more than 3 days at the moment. Just posting our submission ids here for visibility. b3d3541a-ca4e-479e-9d45-746dde99fdf8 c660ac01-2d50-45e3-9e9c-9ccdd7a52f59 0e6ff963-012c-4213-aab1-ffcafe0504c4 f8010ffa-aaa9-4d63-bfd5-f681d17ef374

Will post an update if the status changes from Pending to something else.

Adding mine to the list, been waiting for 48 hours:

createdDate: 2025-01-01T09:53:22.437Z
id: b1097be7-30e6-42fb-b770-717aaf0b574e
name: *******
status: In Progress
--------------------------------------------------
createdDate: 2025-01-01T07:44:59.266Z
id: 041cad57-e095-47a0-9034-8c859d10a032
name: *******
status: In Progress
--------------------------------------------------
createdDate: 2025-01-01T02:29:23.828Z
id: 8a8a5007-8cc3-48a7-a4b9-74a16085285c
name: *******
status: In Progress
--------------------------------------------------
createdDate: 2024-12-31T19:54:48.766Z
id: d5ce52c1-279b-4277-8956-0601f5c6c873
name: *******
status: In Progress
--------------------------------------------------
createdDate: 2024-12-31T19:48:25.100Z
id: aa7f5e96-5628-463e-920d-465a8e28369b
name: *******
status: In Progress
--------------------------------------------------
createdDate: 2024-12-31T19:46:07.432Z
id: 11c88d31-52c0-45eb-b8aa-37ac2e8fd859
name: *******
status: In Progress
--------------------------------------------------
createdDate: 2024-12-31T19:36:48.979Z
id: f2c35ec8-7220-4529-b74e-ed5afe51b926
name: *******
status: In Progress
--------------------------------------------------
createdDate: 2024-12-31T19:27:49.532Z
id: 5549fafa-ce0c-459b-a3fb-b7eb578cd6a5
name: *******
status: In Progress
--------------------------------------------------
createdDate: 2024-12-31T19:00:13.724Z
id: 0f82bdfa-79d3-4fda-8b15-b29302934b04
name: *******
status: In Progress
--------------------------------------------------
createdDate: 2024-12-31T18:45:55.548Z
id: 55ba9445-e470-4fdf-a8e0-e6a11fe2fd2e
name: *******
status: In Progress
--------------------------------------------------
createdDate: 2024-12-31T18:37:57.923Z
id: 330828a1-87cc-42f9-80b1-a7fade83a788
name: *******
status: In Progress
--------------------------------------------------
createdDate: 2024-12-31T18:32:20.518Z
id: 9a3adc86-87b6-422d-94e5-b0d82314296b
name: *******
status: In Progress
--------------------------------------------------
createdDate: 2024-12-31T18:26:09.233Z
id: 716eb189-4aba-4ebc-8859-7b0fcca81d47
name: *******
status: In Progress
--------------------------------------------------
createdDate: 2024-12-31T10:38:12.371Z
id: b356e378-ccaf-4e1b-af3e-931b63d9da16
name: *******
status: In Progress
--------------------------------------------------
createdDate: 2024-12-31T09:03:42.108Z
id: c4beb27c-ea13-4837-833f-c68c5b9f4c80
name: *******
status: In Progress
--------------------------------------------------
createdDate: 2024-12-31T07:14:28.537Z
id: 6ac9d06b-fd36-468e-87ef-fc9bad1c330c
name: *******
status: In Progress
--------------------------------------------------
createdDate: 2024-12-31T06:44:45.596Z
id: eee1c593-9d82-46b4-b8e2-ccedbe2bf510
name: *******
status: In Progress
--------------------------------------------------
createdDate: 2024-12-31T06:13:51.079Z
id: bd7791b9-0c10-479a-922d-031e3f1032b4
name: *******
status: In Progress

I'm facing the same issue. Been stuck for 4 days now. My submissions are below-

Successfully received submission history. history -------------------------------------------------- createdDate: 2025-01-07T05:48:26.803Z id: efa61176-0fec-4655-86cf-a3af9abc8b3d name: XXXXXXXXXXXXX.dmg status: In Progress -------------------------------------------------- createdDate: 2025-01-07T05:32:53.232Z id: 1dd21082-90ed-48a2-a166-f055f3467608 name: XXXXXXXXXXXXX.dmg status: In Progress -------------------------------------------------- createdDate: 2025-01-07T05:31:07.238Z id: b14d8e0b-006e-48ec-80dd-68d5c472f3ab name: XXXXXXXXXXXXX.dmg status: In Progress -------------------------------------------------- createdDate: 2025-01-07T02:32:38.708Z id: c39c06fb-72b6-4cf0-89cf-cb94f9aa0a74 name: XXXXXXXXXXXXX.dmg status: In Progress -------------------------------------------------- createdDate: 2025-01-05T19:38:46.372Z id: 6b45b6ff-e4b9-41f1-8357-d68e133643dc name: XXXXXXXXXXXXX.dmg status: In Progress -------------------------------------------------- createdDate: 2025-01-05T08:07:58.738Z id: 951a4a55-b29e-4764-96b7-8ede73b9d1e5 name: XXXXXXXXXXXXX.dmg status: In Progress -------------------------------------------------- createdDate: 2025-01-04T19:38:59.471Z id: a00fb45a-0c39-48d1-b5ea-d9e33a77e616 name: XXXXXXXXXXXXX.dmg status: In Progress -------------------------------------------------- createdDate: 2025-01-03T19:39:11.614Z id: d98920c4-3697-4140-b25d-dee468fb2be3 name: XXXXXXXXXXXXX.dmg status: In Progress -------------------------------------------------- createdDate: 2025-01-03T15:23:13.174Z id: d4acc014-ba0e-4c78-86f5-ac4174652336 name: XXXXXXXXXXXXX.dmg status: In Progress -------------------------------------------------- createdDate: 2025-01-03T12:40:08.357Z id: 613cb8fe-2d95-4760-a6ac-993261c2ca40 name: XXXXXXXXXXXXX.dmg status: In Progress -------------------------------------------------- createdDate: 2025-01-03T08:10:28.389Z id: 9ae9bc73-8f71-45c2-8fa2-069b90037eb5 name: XXXXXXXXXXXXX.pkg status: In Progress -------------------------------------------------- createdDate: 2025-01-03T07:59:55.142Z id: b3e2ead4-1336-4798-9251-197c0025b554 name: XXXXXXXXXXXXX.dmg status: In Progress -------------------------------------------------- createdDate: 2025-01-03T07:22:56.806Z id: 21dde05a-0e7f-442f-9efe-b258a981ac55 name: XXXXXXXXXXXXX.pkg status: In Progress -------------------------------------------------- createdDate: 2025-01-03T06:44:20.306Z id: 7af70d77-1bab-4b17-aeba-7ddc75c030f9 name: XXXXXXXXXXXXX.pkg status: In Progress

Facing similar issue, stuck since last 3 days. Can't proceed with any further development. Is there a permanent fix or workaround for this issue. Highly frustrating!!!

Successfully received submission history.
  history
    --------------------------------------------------
    createdDate: 2025-01-07T05:48:26.803Z
    id: efa61176-0fec-4655-86cf-a3af9abc8b3d
    name: BlueStacks_5.21.675.7514.dmg
    status: In Progress
    --------------------------------------------------
    createdDate: 2025-01-07T05:32:53.232Z
    id: 1dd21082-90ed-48a2-a166-f055f3467608
    name: BlueStacks_5.21.675.7514.dmg
    status: In Progress
    --------------------------------------------------
    createdDate: 2025-01-07T05:31:07.238Z
    id: b14d8e0b-006e-48ec-80dd-68d5c472f3ab
    name: BlueStacks_5.21.675.7617.dmg
    status: In Progress
    --------------------------------------------------
    createdDate: 2025-01-07T02:32:38.708Z
    id: c39c06fb-72b6-4cf0-89cf-cb94f9aa0a74
    name: BlueStacks_5.21.675.7617.dmg
    status: In Progress
    --------------------------------------------------
    createdDate: 2025-01-05T19:38:46.372Z
    id: 6b45b6ff-e4b9-41f1-8357-d68e133643dc
    name: BlueStacks_5.21.675.7514.dmg
    status: In Progress
    --------------------------------------------------
    createdDate: 2025-01-05T08:07:58.738Z
    id: 951a4a55-b29e-4764-96b7-8ede73b9d1e5
    name: BlueStacks_5.21.675.7514.dmg
    status: In Progress
    --------------------------------------------------
    createdDate: 2025-01-04T19:38:59.471Z
    id: a00fb45a-0c39-48d1-b5ea-d9e33a77e616
    name: BlueStacks_5.21.675.7514.dmg
    status: In Progress
    --------------------------------------------------
    createdDate: 2025-01-03T19:39:11.614Z
    id: d98920c4-3697-4140-b25d-dee468fb2be3
    name: BlueStacks_5.21.675.7514.dmg
    status: In Progress
    --------------------------------------------------
    createdDate: 2025-01-03T15:23:13.174Z
    id: d4acc014-ba0e-4c78-86f5-ac4174652336
    name: BlueStacks_5.21.675.7514.dmg
    status: In Progress
    --------------------------------------------------
    createdDate: 2025-01-03T12:40:08.357Z
    id: 613cb8fe-2d95-4760-a6ac-993261c2ca40
    name: BlueStacks_5.21.670.4202.dmg
    status: In Progress
    --------------------------------------------------
    createdDate: 2025-01-03T08:10:28.389Z
    id: 9ae9bc73-8f71-45c2-8fa2-069b90037eb5
    name: BlueStacksInstaller_5.21.670.4101_signed.pkg
    status: In Progress
    --------------------------------------------------
    createdDate: 2025-01-03T07:59:55.142Z
    id: b3e2ead4-1336-4798-9251-197c0025b554
    name: BlueStacks_5.21.670.4101.dmg
    status: In Progress
    --------------------------------------------------
    createdDate: 2025-01-03T07:22:56.806Z
    id: 21dde05a-0e7f-442f-9efe-b258a981ac55
    name: BlueStacksInstaller_5.21.670.4101_signed.pkg
    status: In Progress
    --------------------------------------------------
    createdDate: 2025-01-03T06:44:20.306Z
    id: 7af70d77-1bab-4b17-aeba-7ddc75c030f9
    name: BlueStacksInstaller_5.21.670.4101_signed.pkg
    status: In Progress

Having the same issue here, without changing anything in the CI system we are using since 2 years... Any submission since this morning just gets stuck in "In Progress".

Example submission:

createdDate: 2025-01-15T10:19:15.969Z
  id: fbce64f8-d29f-4c6f-9473-6e5afb446861
  name: ***
  status: In Progress

I have been building, notarizing, and distributing my app with mostly no issues for over a year. Today the notarizing has been hanging for almost 10 hours. I've retried several times. Using xcrun notarytool history I see all my attempts are stuck with status: In Progress.

Based on some responses it seems wise to retry the notarization because sometimes a new attempt will pass even if previous runs are still stuck In Progress. But it's not clear if doing it too frequently will slow it down even further. Any advice here?

Any new conclusions? I've been stuck here for more than 21 hours.

 createdDate: 2025-04-24T11:29:38.852Z
    id: 8703461b-4f36-416c-93fd-51a5115040fe
    name: xxx.zip
    status: In Progress

A summary for folks who are hitting this issue:

  1. The first time you submit a new app for notarization, the existence of certain code in your submission (perhaps Electron, or accessibility APIs, or something else Apple deems sensitive from a security perspective) can flag your account for "additional analysis".
  2. Once you've been flagged for additional analysis, your notarytool submissions will just spin on "In Progress" for roughly 2-10 days, waiting for human review by Apple.
  3. There does not appear to be a way to be notified when this human review completes and you can resubmit. The least-bad option is to just retry from time to time, vibrating with anticipation about when you can share your new product with testers.
  4. There does not seem to be a way to tell the difference between a notarization that is actually in progress (wait until it completes) vs. one that is still blocked on human review (you should just cancel the submission and try another day). Given this, setting a timeout of 10 or 20 minutes on your script may be helpful in preserving one's sanity and/or CI budget.

It would be helpful for developers if Apple would reject these requests with something like "Pending Manual Review".

This is still an issue. A pretty horrible experience for a new developer in this ecosystem, I must say.

Facing the same issue, stuck for more than 12+ hours now Tried sending a simple test app too, that also got stucked.

Successfully received submission history. history -------------------------------------------------- createdDate: 2026-06-23T02:29:35.134Z id: 0af4a2be-aa8d-4bed-ab0b-173bd1b62538 name: test.zip status: In Progress -------------------------------------------------- createdDate: 2026-06-22T18:13:35.034Z id: 37e99554-376f-419f-8648-cf8ba39ea1ff name: Breather.zip status: In Progress -------------------------------------------------- createdDate: 2026-06-22T17:17:47.385Z id: 53fb3f5e-45e1-4435-9b46-6420d3fc1c98 name: Breather.zip status: In Progress

There’s been a lot of water under the bridge since this thread started in 2023, so I wanted to post a quick update…

If you’re notarising your product and it gets stuck in the In Progress state for a significant period of time, it’s likely that it’s been held for “additional analysis”. Here my standard spiel about that:

You can expect that most uploads will be notarised quickly. Occasionally, some uploads are held for additional 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.

I don’t want this thread to become a ‘catch all’ for every single instance of this additional analysis, so I’ve locked it. However, I’m happy to continue answering notary questions here on the forums. Specifically:

  • If all of your notary requests have been stuck in the In Progress state for more than a week, please start a thread including the request UUID and the creation date of the earlier stuck request.
  • If a small number of your requests are stuck in the In Progress state but new requests get processed normally, please start a thread including the request UUIDs and creation dates of each of the stuck requests.

If you start a new thread, put it in the Code Signing > Notarization. That way I’ll be sure to see it go by.

Finally, if requests start failing with the message Team is not yet configured for notarization, see this post.

Share and Enjoy

Quinn “The Eskimo!” @ Developer Technical Support @ Apple
let myEmail = "eskimo" + "1" + "@" + "apple.com"

Notarytool stuck at "In Progress"
 
 
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