Notarization submissions stuck In Progress for 68h; byte-identical resubmission also stuck; earlier submissions from same team accepted

Hello, We are experiencing an issue where two recent notarization submissions are stuck indefinitely in the "In Progress" status, with no notarization logs available to inspect. Details for the impacted submissions:

  • Team ID: FYSU26MR78
  • Submission ID 1: afb11f83-06c2-40c8-89ef-ad7042d1f309 (Submitted: 2026-08-02 05:21 UTC — 68h)
  • Submission ID 2: 65aeb3d0-c204-4906-84c3-f08487989f3f (Submitted: 2026-08-02 16:23 UTC — 57h)

Two details that may help narrow this down:

  • Two OTHER submissions from the same team, made within hours of these on the same day, were ACCEPTED normally — including a .dmg of the same application from the same build pipeline and signing configuration. Submission ID 1 has therefore been overtaken by both submissions made before it.
  • Submission ID 2 is a resubmission of the exact same file as Submission ID 1 (byte-identical), made after the first stalled. It is now also stuck, so this does not appear specific to a single upload.

The build is a universal (arm64 + x86_64) app signed with a Developer ID Application certificate, hardened runtime enabled, secure timestamp present. codesign --verify --deep --strict passes and the bundle satisfies its Designated Requirement. It is a large bundle — roughly 465 MB .dmg with several thousand nested Mach-O binaries. Uploads succeed and return a submission ID every time; only processing never completes. Is there a known backend delay with the notary service, or can an Apple engineer assist in checking the status of these submission tickets? If they are stuck rather than queued, is there any way to have them cancelled so we can resubmit cleanly? notarytool does not appear to expose a cancel command.

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.

Two details that may help narrow this down:

Right. Both of those data points are indicative of the additional analysis case.

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Notarization submissions stuck In Progress for 68h; byte-identical resubmission also stuck; earlier submissions from same team accepted
 
 
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