Local Push Connectivity: approved for development only, resubmitted for App Store — only received the automated "Network Extension (additional values)" confirmation

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In August 2026 we requested the Local Push Connectivity entitlement. On September 12 we received two emails one minute apart: the automated "Network Extension (additional values) entitlement confirmation" from developer@email.apple.com, followed by a reply from Local Push Review ("Re: Requesting Network Extension App Push Entitlement") stating the request was "approved for development and testing purposes only. If and when you have a product ready for the store, please resubmit your request and include a description of your product."

We built the NEAppPushProvider, tested it on the vessel's Wi-Fi, and resubmitted through the same request page on September 15. On October 20 we received only the same automated "Network Extension (additional values) entitlement confirmation" — identical wording to September 12 — and no reply from Local Push Review.

Since the same automated confirmation accompanied the development-only approval, we can't tell what the October 20 assignment means. The App ID editor shows Network Extension (additional values) either way.

Is our resubmission approved for App Store distribution, or is it still pending review? Our team ID is M4S46K7L33.

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We built the NEAppPushProvider, tested it on the vessel's Wi-Fi, and resubmitted through the same request page on September 15. On October 20 we received only the same automated "Network Extension (additional values) entitlement confirmation" — identical wording to September 12 — and no reply from Local Push Review.

You're fully approved. These emails are generated by the system that modifies your team configuration, so the second email happened because you were transitioned from dev-only to full.

In addition:

Is our resubmission approved for App Store distribution, or is it still pending review?

...if you were only approved for development, you'd have never gotten this far. Development only approval means the ONLY builds you can sign are development builds, which means you couldn't create an App Store (or TestFlight) signed build, much less submit it.

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Kevin Elliott
DTS Engineer, CoreOS/Hardware