Unusually long “Waiting for Review” times this week (App Store + TestFlight delays?)

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Hi everyone,

I’m currently experiencing unusually long review waiting times and wanted to ask if others see the same behavior this week.

My situation:

• App Store update has been in “Waiting for Review” significantly longer than usual • A newly submitted build also seems stuck • TestFlight processing is slower than I normally see • Expedited review request and contact attempts didn’t change the status so far

What confuses me is that I still see other apps receiving updates, so I’m unsure whether this is a broader review delay or something submission-specific.

I’m not trying to escalate anything — just looking to understand if this is currently affecting more developers.

Would really appreciate hearing about your recent experiences.

Thanks and good luck to everyone waiting 🙂

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wadehunter OP

I am having the same issue. I plan on reaching out tomorrow if I continue to have no response (8 days as of right now).

Kancha OP

Hi, I am experiencing the same issue. Resubmitted on 09 Feb Mon (UK time) 1208 hrs and today is Tue, 17 Feb... Have you you already been through this? Has your status been flipped to In Review? 🙏

MobilePablo OP

Same, waiting since 11.02

gkleanthous OP

22h

Same here, app (6756549279) is in waiting for review, but no updates

CreamyK OP

21h

We're also experiencing this. Ours is a mature B2B application. "Waiting for review" since 13th February.

It is unusually long this time around and it's starting to really interfere with our release schedule

franktong OP

20h

14 days

dylanwolf OP

19h

I've been trying to patch a critical bug fix since mid January. I tried expedited reviews as well. No luck.

moazbasha88 OP

19h

I’m experiencing the same issue. I submitted my app for review and waited 5 days with no progress, so I cancelled the submission because I couldn’t understand the reason for the delay. I uploaded a new build yesterday and resubmitted it for review. Has anyone found what’s causing this or how to speed it up?

Dev-Don OP

19h

Same here

demo84 OP

15h

Yes I had 2 apps waiting a week. Have tried resubmitting new builds and they are still waiting after 3 days.

mpksol OP

13h

Same - app still waiting for review, far longer than is usual

Industrial Designer OP

12h

This was expected. Apple open the AI flood gates with those agent in XCode. Meaning repeating trash Apps are overpopulating the Store and in consequence, unjustified weeks long review times.

This is a big🖕 to the Developer community, 🍏is siding with AI generators, which now PIRATE our code directly through agents.

They should at least have the decency to remove the anual fee, but no.. too much greed involved🤑

CombineSwift OP

Same here! I uploaded two apps for review and it has been many days "Waiting for the review".

VulcanCCIT OP

I sent a Multiplatform set of builds, iOS, and Mac on February 12th to TestFlight. iOS was approved about 24 hours later, but it took 3 days on the Mac...the Mac was rejected (rightly so lol)..I sent a fix that night on the Mac (February 15th) and as of February 17th the Mac is still Waiting for review. Hope that helps.

franktong OP

My app finally went into review on day 15. The review itself was super fast—I got feedback in just 10 minutes. It looks like the two-week wait is a pretty solid timeline.