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Notarizing macOS software - Account Permissions
We are trying to notarize a MacOS app on our paid developer business account for the past 3 weeks. After many hours of processing, we received the following error: Team is not yet configured for notarization. Please contact Developer Programs Support at developer.apple.com under the topic Development and Technical / Other Development or Technical Questions.", "statusCode": 7000, Has anyone else experienced this issue and if so, how was it resolved? We have reached out to support to ask them to enable this configuration and received no reply. Any advice or guidance would be appreciated.
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Notarization submissions stuck "In Progress" for 2+ days
Multiple notarization submissions have been stuck at "In Progress" status for over 2 days with no resolution or error: 4996643b-4512-4025-9648-028fbafca82f - submitted Jan 18 b6db6cd0-dad7-4a8e-b1fc-379467c1086d - submitted Jan 17 88f269c1-56ea-4404-98ba-edbe9a05b3d2 - submitted Jan 19 No logs available (notarytool log returns "not yet available"). The submissions were uploaded successfully and received submission IDs. Is there a known issue with the notarization service?
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Urgent: Team is not yet configured for notarization, please help
So we are building a Tauri app and I have no been able to get our App to be Notarized using Developer ID. We have a ticket open for 3 months now. Can anyone help me out here? { "logFormatVersion": 1, "jobId": "e2ec4d13-bb83-41d4-a497-ba80cf830af1", "status": "Rejected", "statusSummary": "Team is not yet configured for notarization. Please contact Developer Programs Support at developer.apple.com under the topic Development and Technical / Other Development or Technical Questions.", "statusCode": 7000, "archiveFilename": "HIDDEN", "uploadDate": "2026-01-23T16:13:37.589Z", "sha256": "fd52815d5edf14b66b25529e89c207b2acff2c41642261e1049a479f19f2b72f", "ticketContents": null, "issues": null } How do we escalate to engineering team? Sincerely, Nash Gadre https://camouflagenetworks.com
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App notarization is taking long
Hi, I read that notarization should be fairly quick. I thought that it was stuck, so I ended up sending a few submissions of the same app. I was wondering if you'd able to tell me the status of my latest submission (id: a094f93d-8bb2-47fe-a411-b6e357456ec7). It has been saying "In Progress" for over 3 hours now. If it is held for in-depth review, would you be able to tell me what's the wait period is like? Thanks!
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Error 7000 “Team is not yet configured for notarization” - All submissions rejected
I’m trying to notarize an Electron app for distribution outside the Mac App Store, but every submission is rejected with error 7000. Team Details: Team ID: P3HATASMP9 Organization: Rose Ai Labs, Inc. Role: Account Holder Apple Developer Program: Active membership Certificate: Type: Developer ID Application Identity: “Developer ID Application: Rose Ai Labs, Inc. (P3HATASMP9)” Status: Valid in Keychain Access with full certificate chain App Details: Platform: macOS (Electron) Hardened runtime: Enabled Code signing: Successful (codesign -v passes) Submission History (all rejected with same error): Jan 20, 2026: d2f5e812-d443-4858-895e-ca9828f65d6b Jan 20, 2026: 4864e851-99d4-49df-87b8-22a6b280f4fc Jan 21, 2026: 69b177bd-5f08-4363-a2bb-1d286dd9f047 Jan 21, 2026: a181071b-e874-4794-90f3-c172b112900e Jan 21, 2026: ae3ec87f-60da-4826-91df-a247cd4fd46f Jan 21, 2026: b7165e2f-19a8-4d4a-9e00-21e85550ec8b Jan 24, 2026: 2b83d46d-6606-450f-9ffe-cbfa0f0bf179 Jan 27, 2026: ed8ba49c-b24f-422b-9271-44dff805fb61 Error from notarytool log: status: Rejected statusCode: 7000 statusSummary: Team is not yet configured for notarization. Please contact Developer Programs Support at developer.apple.com under the topic Development and Technical / Other Development or Technical Questions. What I’ve verified: Developer ID certificate is valid and trusted Apple Worldwide Developer Relations Certification Authority chain is complete App is properly code-signed with hardened runtime Using notarytool with valid credentials (submission uploads successfully) Account Holder role with full permissions Existing support case: 102808512705 I’ve had this issue for over a week with no resolution. The error message says “Team is not yet configured for notarization” which suggests something needs to be enabled on Apple’s side. Has anyone encountered this and found a resolution?
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Verify an app before sending to Notary service
Hi, we are sending MacOS apps packaged in a ZIP archive or DMG disk image to the Notary Service. Before we send the app for notarization, we check the code signature via command codesign -vvv --deep --strict /path/to/app_or_bundle The result is positive and it does not provide any gaps. (And yes, we are following the inside out code signing approach, mentioned at Using the codesign Tool's --deep Option Correctly) Unfortunately, the result of the Notary service provided that one file has no signature, which was not detected by the signature verification command. The path of the binary was in <app_name>.app.zip/<app_name>.app/Contents/Resources/inst/<binary> How I can be verify like a the Notary service does it on our side? Best regards, Stefan
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URGENT: Multiple Notarization Submissions Stuck "In Progress" 5+ Days - Blocking Release
Hi Apple Developer Relations / Notary Service Team, CRITICAL: All notarization submissions stuck "In Progress" since Feb 1, 2026 (5+ days). Blocking product release. Latest (PRIORITY): 9bf1e3ca-33ed-4185-816c-2e06ff539f25 Stuck submissions: a9f1abf6-04a1-462c-b7d1-91e834b44c1a 94a172f8-4aa6-475c-a7ec-fd83c8cfc49a e2c033da-a1d0-480c-a3b5-5401a8dd3d03 eecefd87-8bf9-496c-86c8-c6f0d6a550e0 b1d27d30-7111-4cc7-9f0e-3f44aac43a97 Details: Team ID: JA8C8B5W34 App: 323MB DMG (codesign verified) notarytool log: "not available" (In Progress) Status page: Green Requests: Process 9bf1e3ca-33ed-4185-816c-2e06ff539f25 Queue status / ETA? @Quinn or Notary team - production blocker!
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All notarization submissions stuck "In Progress" for 24+ hours — first-time Electron app
I'm submitting my first macOS app (an Electron app, signed with Developer ID Application certificate and hardened runtime) for notarization using xcrun notarytool submit with App Store Connect API key authentication. All 6 of my submissions have been stuck at "In Progress" for over 24 hours now. The oldest submission is 27+ hours old. None have transitioned to Accepted or Invalid. Here's what I've verified: Code signing is valid: codesign --verify --deep --strict passes Hardened runtime is enabled Uploads succeed: Each submission receives a valid submission ID and the file uploads successfully to Apple's servers API key auth is working: Using App Store Connect API key (.p8 file), Key ID, and Issuer ID Tried both locally and via GitHub Actions CI — same result Polling Apple's status endpoint eventually times out with NSURLErrorDomain Code=-1001 "The request timed out" when checking https://appstoreconnect.apple.com/notary/v2/submissions/<id> Logs are not available (notarytool log returns "not yet available" for all submissions) Apple Developer System Status shows "Developer ID Notary Service" as Available Submission history: createdDate: 2026-02-04T20:27:16Z — status: In Progress createdDate: 2026-02-04T16:45:18Z — status: In Progress createdDate: 2026-02-04T13:40:23Z — status: In Progress createdDate: 2026-02-04T12:29:52Z — status: In Progress createdDate: 2026-02-04T11:26:36Z — status: In Progress createdDate: 2026-02-04T11:21:39Z — status: In Progress Entitlements used: com.apple.security.cs.allow-jit com.apple.security.cs.allow-unsigned-executable-memory com.apple.security.cs.disable-library-validation com.apple.security.network.client com.apple.security.files.user-selected.read-write This is my first time notarizing any app on this developer account. I've seen other threads mentioning that first-time submissions can be "held for in-depth analysis," but 24+ hours with no feedback at all seems excessive. Is anyone else currently experiencing this? Is there anything I can do to unblock my account's notarization queue, or do I just need to wait? Any guidance from DTS would be greatly appreciated. I've also emailed Apple Developer Support but haven't received a response yet.
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Notarised app crashing, build app not crashing
I have an app that only crashes once it's been notarised. I read a few posts that essentially said before trying to identify issues by reviewing the crash report I should ensure signing and notarisation has happened correctly. I've worked through the document "Resolving common notarization issues" spctl -vvv --assess --type exec: gives no errors and correctly returns my developer id. codesign -dvv: returns a timestamp My app uses a hardened runtime. My app shows up in Xcode as a macOS Archive (e.g not a Generic Xcode Archive) Here is the crash report. Translated Report (Full Report Below) Process: Scene Finder [44479] Path: /Users/USER/Downloads/Scene Finder.app/Contents/MacOS/Scene Finder Identifier: Version: 0.9 (20250206.1) Code Type: ARM-64 (Native) Parent Process: launchd [1] User ID: 501 Date/Time: 2025-02-11 13:09:03.7786 +1000 OS Version: macOS 15.3 (24D60) Report Version: 12 Anonymous UUID: EE8B1269-0A8A-3AB6-516B-C752E8A18B5A Sleep/Wake UUID: 436CD7CF-7B13-4A9C-9425-7EF94CC007A9 Time Awake Since Boot: 98000 seconds Time Since Wake: 9524 seconds System Integrity Protection: enabled Crashed Thread: 0 Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread Exception Type: EXC_CRASH (SIGABRT) Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000000, 0x0000000000000000 Termination Reason: Namespace SIGNAL, Code 6 Abort trap: 6 Terminating Process: Scene Finder [44479]
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Unable to staple - Error 65
I'm about at my wit's end trying to figure out why I can sign and notarize code, but am unable to staple the notarization, no matter what I do. I've reinstalled Xcode, reinstalled certificates, and tried about every suggestion that I can find, but still no luck. 2023 M3 MacBook Pro, OS X 15.3.1, Xcode 16.2. I have created a very basic Xcode app to test this with. I am building the project: codegen generate && xcodebuild -project SimpleNotarizationTest.xcodeproj -scheme SimpleNotarizationTest -configuration Release clean build (see attached file for build log) build-log.txt The signature and entitlements verify: codesign -d --entitlements :- ~/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/SimpleNotarizationTest-*/Build/Products/Release/SimpleNotarizationTest.app Output: Executable=/Users/minter/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/SimpleNotarizationTest-ecqihdiubptfnldimmjgnqpjr xun/Build/Products/Release/SimpleNotarizationTest.app/Contents/MacOS/SimpleNotarizationTest warning: Specifying ':' in the path is deprecated and will not work in a future release <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "https://www.apple .com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd"><plist version="1.0"><dict><key>com.apple.security.app-sandbox</key><true/><k ey>com.apple.security.files.user-selected.read-only</key><true/></dict></plist> I created a zip file: ditto -c -k --keepParent ~/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/SimpleNotarizationTest-*/Build/Products/Release/SimpleNotarizationTest.app SimpleNotarizationTest.zip I submitted the app for notarization and it was approved: xcrun notarytool submit SimpleNotarizationTest.zip --apple-id "$APPLE_ID" --password "$APPLE_APP_SPECIFIC_PASSWORD" --team-id "$APPLE_TEAM_ID" --wait Output: Conducting pre-submission checks for SimpleNotarizationTest.zip and initiating connection to the Apple notary service... Submission ID received id: d2c0d6b0-cd55-4fa6-b958-09767d562a33 Upload progress: 100.00% (23.6 KB of 23.6 KB) Successfully uploaded file id: d2c0d6b0-cd55-4fa6-b958-09767d562a33 path: /Users/minter/tmp/simple-app-stapling/SimpleNotarizationTest.zip Waiting for processing to complete. Current status: Accepted......... Processing complete id: d2c0d6b0-cd55-4fa6-b958-09767d562a33 status: Accepted I attempt to staple the app: xcrun stapler staple -v ~/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/SimpleNotarizationTest-*/Build/Products/Release/SimpleNotarizationTest.app And it fails. See verbose stapling log. verbose-stapling-log.txt The top line is that it finds and downloads the ticket, but can't/won't staple. Downloaded ticket has been stored at file:///var/folders/dd/cgm9_v3n399_zqqsphgzs5jh0000gn/T/1b7cb7d8-9a9e-462c-831b-09de1b896d9e.ticket. Could not validate ticket for /Users/minter/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/SimpleNotarizationTest-ecqihdiubptfnldimmjgnqpjrxun/Build/Products/Release/SimpleNotarizationTest.app The staple and validate action failed! Error 65. Wade-Minter~/tmp/simple-app-stapling(:|✔) % From my debugging, I can say: The code signature appears valid and includes a secure timestamp from Feb 23, 2025 The app is properly signed with Developer ID Application The notarization ticket is being successfully retrieved from Apple's servers (as shown in the verbose output) The ticket is being downloaded to a temporary location, but the stapler is failing to validate it with error 65 The app bundle structure appears complete with all required components The CDHash matches between the code signature and the notarization ticket: 604544b32d7074dd77e2e6f2070f6e2d41f6368d If I run: spctl -a -vv ~/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/SimpleNotarizationTest-*/Build/Products/Release/SimpleNotarizationTest.app The output is: Wade-Minter~/tmp/simple-app-stapling(:|✔) % spctl -a -vv ~/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/SimpleNotarizationTest-*/Build/Products/Release/SimpleNotaspctlionTest.app /Users/minter/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/SimpleNotarizationTest-ecqihdiubptfnldimmjgnqpjrxun/Build/Products/Release/SimpleNotarizationTest.app: rejected source=Unnotarized Developer ID origin=Developer ID Application: Fourth Line LLC (6U2KJ5KDT4) To summarize: The app is being recognized as "Unnotarized Developer ID" despite successful notarization The stapler is able to retrieve the ticket but fails during validation The error code 65 consistently appears during stapling attempts All code signing and bundle integrity checks pass The notarization ticket is being successfully downloaded but not successfully attached Any insight will be appreciated, since I've exhausted every option that I can find.
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Feb ’25
Error "The staple and validate action failed! Error 65 "
Hello everyone, I’m currently developing an Electron application, and I’m trying to properly sign and notarize it for macOS. The notarization process itself seems to complete successfully—the file is accepted without issues. However, when I attempt to staple the notarization ticket to the executable, I consistently get Error 65 with TheStableAndValidateActionFailed. The issue is puzzling because the executable does not change at any point during the process. After facing this issue multiple times in my own project, I decided to test it on a more controlled setup. I followed the steps from this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYBLfjT57hU and the instructions from this macos-code-signing-example which have previously worked for others. Yet, even with this setup, I still get the same Error 65. Below, I have attached the verbose logs for reference. I’m trying to understand what could be causing this issue—whether it’s related to certificates, the signing process, or something else entirely. Has anyone encountered a similar problem, and if so, how did you resolve it? Any insights would be greatly appreciated!
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Mar ’25
Struggling to Notarize Electron macOS App – Stuck for Hours
Hey everyone, I've been trying to notarize my Electron macOS app for the past two days without any success. My longest attempt took nearly 4 hours, and my current attempt has already been running for 2 hours and 26 minutes. From what I can see in the logs, the signing step has completed successfully, and the app is currently in the notarization stage. But it's been stuck there with no real updates or progress indicators. Is this kind of delay normal? Has anyone else experienced such long notarization times? Any help or insight would be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance.
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Mar ’25
Notarization of Electron MacOS App taking too long
I started the notarization process for my electron app (just a browser window loading a URL) yesterday (26/03/2025) at around 05:23 GMT. I noticed in a couple of posts here in the forum that it may sometimes take a day to notarize the first app submitted by a team, but it has been over 30 hours now. Here's the log from xcrun notarytool history. createdDate: 2025-03-26T05:23:11.102Z id: ddcb3fca-4667-4acb-8fd1-3298a7c244cc name: xolock-browser.zip status: In Progress Do help me out here, I have zero idea why this is taking so long. Thanks in advance!
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Mar ’25
Python App Notarization Issues for mac
I have been trying to notarize my application for about a month via this command - xcrun notarytool submit "Backlsh.zip" --apple-id "" --password "" --team-id "" but it throws error - { "logFormatVersion": 1, "jobId": "c8173ee6-edd2-4c51-a86b-8f3b8dea0a84", "status": "Rejected", "statusSummary": "Team is not yet configured for notarization. Please contact Developer Programs Support at developer.apple.com under the topic Development and Technical / Other Development or Technical Questions.", "statusCode": 7000, "archiveFilename": "Backlsh.zip", "uploadDate": "2025-03-06T05:33:56.287Z", "sha256": "b45e579f0c47070b55d74ac49e49c81d32f2315bd290ca5592f71f314018c44d", "ticketContents": null, "issues": null } I have raised ticket to apple support but i havent received any help yet ! I have tried to submit 5 times. Kindly help !
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Apr ’25
NotaryTool failing with invalid server certificate
Hi All. I'm having a notarization issue trying to get a product built. Starting around the beginning of April, I have a notarization process failing every time with an invalid server certificate. The returned error is: Error: HTTPError(statusCode: nil, error: Error Domain=NSURLErrorDomain Code=-1202 "The certificate for this server is invalid. You might be connecting to a server that is pretending to be “notary-artifacts-prod.s3.amazonaws.com” which could put your confidential information at risk." UserInfo={NSLocalizedRecoverySuggestion=Would you like to connect to the server anyway?, _kCFStreamErrorDomainKey=3, NSErrorPeerCertificateChainKey=( "<cert(0x107810200) s: *.s3.amazonaws.com i: Amazon RSA 2048 M01>", "<cert(0x107810c00) s: Amazon RSA 2048 M01 i: Amazon Root CA 1>", "<cert(0x107811400) s: Amazon Root CA 1 i: Starfield Services Root Certificate Authority - G2>", "<cert(0x107811c00) s: Starfield Services Root Certificate Authority - G2 i: Starfield Class 2 Certification Authority>" The problem certificate appears to be "Amazon RSA 2048 M01" which appears to be expired. The error fires in response to an 'xcrun notarytool log' command. The initial ' xcrun notarytool submit' has already worked. The build server in this case is running Jenkins, with a Makefile driven notarization stage. It all worked perfectly until a build on April 3rd, all builds have failed since. I have tried using '--no-s3-acceleration'. But that fails even faster with: Conducting pre-submission checks for ICFA.zip and initiating connection to the Apple notary service... Submission ID received id: d50a2157-7acb-4bd6-b1d1-6d0b1d52d5c9 Error: The operation couldn’t be completed. (Network.NWError error 2.) Any help or suggestions would be appreciated. Right now I have folks needing a valid build. Thanks in advance.
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Apr ’25
notarization - not a valid developer certificate
I have a binary which I have signed with a valid developer certificate. Here is how I verify the signature was correctly applied: % codesign -dvv ./test_program.exe Executable=/Users/REDACTED/code_signing/test_program.exe Identifier=com.REDACTED.hello_world Format=Mach-O thin (arm64) CodeDirectory v=20500 size=489 flags=0x10000(runtime) hashes=9+2 location=embedded Signature size=9071 Authority=Mac Developer: REDACTED NAME (REDACTED_ID) Authority=Apple Worldwide Developer Relations Certification Authority Authority=Apple Root CA Timestamp=Apr 16, 2025 at 11:26:43 AM Info.plist=not bound TeamIdentifier=REDACTED Runtime Version=14.2.0 Sealed Resources=none Internal requirements count=1 size=192 ============================== Additionally, I have confirmed in keychain access that my certificate is valid. Here is the output from the GUI: Issued by: Apple Worldwide Developer Relations Certification Authority Expires: Wednesday, April 15, 2026 at 3:50:14 PM Eastern Daylight Time This certificate is valid ============================== When I zip then send the executable for notarization, I get an "Invalid" response. Here is the log from that response: % xcrun notarytool submit ./test_program.zip --keychain-profile REDACTED --wait Conducting pre-submission checks for test_program.zip and initiating connection to the Apple notary service... Submission ID received id: 0d64c285-eb59-4b34-b911-0e6cbb1dbc16 Upload progress: 100.00% (6.39 KB of 6.39 KB) Successfully uploaded file id: 0d64c285-eb59-4b34-b911-0e6cbb1dbc16 path: /Users/REDACTED/code_signing/test_program.zip Waiting for processing to complete. Current status: Invalid......... Processing complete id: 0d64c285-eb59-4b34-b911-0e6cbb1dbc16 status: Invalid =============================== And here is the log indicating the reason for the notarization failure: xcrun notarytool log "0d64c285-eb59-4b34-b911-0e6cbb1dbc16" --keychain-profile REDACTED "./log_file.txt" { "logFormatVersion": 1, "jobId": "0d64c285-eb59-4b34-b911-0e6cbb1dbc16", "status": "Invalid", "statusSummary": "Archive contains critical validation errors", "statusCode": 4000, "archiveFilename": "test_program.zip", "uploadDate": "2025-04-16T16:23:38.993Z", "sha256": "9e3bd03301f4930a0e4015873b435c8d64c291e7c63d0552f17652dc7ce16195", "ticketContents": null, "issues": [ { "severity": "error", "code": null, "path": "test_program.zip/test_program.exe", "message": "The binary is not signed with a valid Developer ID certificate.", "docUrl": "https://developer.apple.com/documentation/security/notarizing_macos_software_before_distribution/resolving_common_notarization_issues#3087721", "architecture": "arm64" } ] } ============================== The notarization server saying that it's not signed by a valid developer certificate, but to the best of my ability I have confirmed that a valid developer certificate is being used.
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Apr ’25
Notarization stuck in progress for new Apple Developer Account
I use the 'notarytool' to notarize applications and .pkg installers for Developer ID distribution. When using the notary tool with a fresh Apple Developer account, the notarization process remains stuck in the 'In progress' state. However, if I try the same app with an older developer account (one that has notarized at least one app in the past), the notarization works. All agreements are accepted in developer portal and Appstore Connect.
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Apr ’25