Notarization stuck in "In Progress" for over 2 hours with valid Developer ID Application certificate

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babyshark OP

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Hello,

I'm trying to notarize my Electron macOS application using a valid Developer ID Application certificate.

Environment:

Apple Developer Program: Active
Developer ID Application certificate: Successfully created
App size: ~130 MB (ZIP)
Using notarytool (via electron-builder / GitHub Actions)

The submission was uploaded successfully, and I received a Submission ID.

Submission ID: e48ead02-a837-42cd-9d90-c4c0f014e589

However, the notarization has remained in:

Status: In Progress

for more than 2 hours.

Running both:

xcrun notarytool info <submission-id>

and

xcrun notarytool history

continues to report:

Status: In Progress

No notarization log is available yet.

I have already contacted Apple Developer Support, but I wanted to ask the community:

Is it normal for a notarization submission to remain "In Progress" for several hours?
Has anyone experienced this recently and eventually received an "Accepted" status?
Could this indicate a temporary Apple-side queue or backend issue?

Any insight would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you.

Answer 1

DTS Engineer OP

Apple

1d

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.

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