Hello, I've developed an application using Electron with JAVACRIPT. I have managed to deploy to both Windows and the web but having trouble deploying the application to my Mac users.
It's my first time deploying an application for Mac but feel like I'm stuck at the last hurdle and out of ideas so I'm reaching out for help.
My application is successfully signing but during the build and when my Notarize.js is running it seems to get stuck indefinitely.
I can check and see the status of the Notarize attempts but they seem to be stuck "In Progress". Here are the logs.
Successfully received submission history.
history
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createdDate: 2025-01-06T00:59:45.245Z
id: 1dc39b5f-fdca-4bf2-a6f6-fa793de2786e
name: Popcorn-1.0.0.dmg
status: In Progress
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createdDate: 2025-01-04T08:01:36.168Z
id: c575b015-edd6-4e09-8da5-7ae09f4f67db
name: Popcorn-1.0.0.dmg
status: In Progress
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createdDate: 2025-01-03T08:30:31.528Z
id: 570ae540-8cce-4418-ab09-7f6be33dc245
name: Popcorn-1.0.0.dmg
status: In Progress
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createdDate: 2025-01-03T07:57:56.701Z
id: 42748de8-026a-4663-9fd2-88c7608588d3
name: Popcorn-1.0.0.dmg
status: In Progress
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createdDate: 2025-01-03T06:30:19.569Z
id: 5140caa0-df14-491a-b148-82015f9856da
name: popcorn.zip
status: In Progress
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createdDate: 2025-01-03T05:56:28.916Z
id: 535c6be1-4999-4b3e-9766-42512a8deb67
name: popcorn.zip
status: In Progress
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createdDate: 2025-01-03T02:51:04.893Z
id: ead2268c-62b2-4b4b-8850-c1cdb5313d6a
name: popcorn.zip
status: In Progress
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createdDate: 2025-01-03T01:50:51.954Z
id: d0c44281-a788-4704-a057-4620d284516d
name: popcorn.zip
status: In Progress
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createdDate: 2025-01-03T00:48:54.445Z
id: 3d13727c-06a3-49d7-902b-4001522107c3
name: Popcorn-1.0.0.dmg
status: In Progress
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createdDate: 2025-01-02T13:35:26.715Z
id: 1823a550-a9ff-467a-8a60-dd3e42305258
name: Popcorn-1.0.0.dmg
status: In Progress
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createdDate: 2025-01-02T13:23:41.894Z
id: cbc341a2-9a51-43d6-83ae-713443c84fec
name: popcorn.zip
status: In Progress
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createdDate: 2025-01-02T12:21:44.561Z
id: 1af34419-655f-49b8-bea0-05b4232c46a7
name: Popcorn-1.0.0.dmg
status: In Progress
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createdDate: 2025-01-02T11:34:03.732Z
id: 8c4ab3b5-2ea9-4220-9667-94011bcf76fb
name: popcorn.zip
status: In Progress
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createdDate: 2025-01-02T11:19:16.052Z
id: 093dfb8a-9058-417d-acd3-8ea5d0bb654a
name: popcorn.zip
status: In Progress
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createdDate: 2025-01-02T11:13:14.676Z
id: 556b7c1c-d114-4717-b0f7-4f1614ada845
name: popcorn.zip
status: In Progress
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createdDate: 2025-01-02T10:52:36.834Z
id: ce3d3c8a-d218-4978-8757-2ca9d12aad76
name: popcorn.zip
status: In Progress
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createdDate: 2025-01-02T09:27:13.535Z
id: b65ec764-baab-444d-809b-e4242d70548b
name: popcorn.zip
status: In Progress
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createdDate: 2025-01-02T09:27:01.176Z
id: be228acc-e6a2-48f2-937b-5b2962275052
name: popcorn.zip
status: In Progress
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createdDate: 2025-01-02T09:19:19.182Z
id: d99fc10b-c424-4d0c-a2aa-37a9e9165d91
name: Popcorn-1.0.0.dmg
status: In Progress
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createdDate: 2025-01-02T08:55:43.064Z
id: 2e7f8df7-9c0b-4dd0-8df7-8f3428c0bfa0
name: popcorn.zip
status: In Progress
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createdDate: 2025-01-02T08:19:48.676Z
id: 678355da-e413-4b1a-92a8-776a6ff6a055
name: popcorn.zip
status: In Progress
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createdDate: 2025-01-02T07:58:48.278Z
id: 8591f8d7-1d57-4e80-af90-d77190160a20
name: popcorn.zip
status: In Progress
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createdDate: 2025-01-02T07:54:41.193Z
id: f029dfeb-3f14-4f65-83e2-d9356ef6ac00
name: popcorn.zip
status: In Progress
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createdDate: 2025-01-02T07:27:50.613Z
id: 574f2563-d533-4885-947a-2f57170196af
name: popcorn.zip
status: In Progress
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createdDate: 2025-01-02T07:09:54.203Z
id: 589f7f3a-d231-4911-8ad6-9d2c15a61ac0
name: popcorn.zip
status: In Progress
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createdDate: 2025-01-02T05:39:02.574Z
id: 9edd43de-6d14-4743-87fc-ab570bee7399
name: Popcorn.zip
status: In Progress
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createdDate: 2025-01-02T04:36:12.342Z
id: ba02116d-1aad-4521-8667-ad086b14c1cb
name: Popcorn.zip
status: In Progress
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createdDate: 2025-01-02T03:22:49.185Z
id: b8585c81-b7f5-4c35-9bd6-62157c6ce4bc
name: Popcorn.zip
status: In Progress
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I have multiple submissions for an app notarization. The goal is to distribute the DMG on my website rather than the app store (which I also have a submission in review for). These are the notarization logs:
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createdDate: 2025-06-23T20:26:46.597Z
id: 75972c58-bc83-44a9-b3af-4aff1b1839c3
name: Mira-Assist-Fresh.dmg
status: In Progress
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createdDate: 2025-06-23T17:53:11.825Z
id: 4bccdfb6-6663-41d3-89bc-c0a15fbdd4b8
name: Mira Assist.zip
status: In Progress
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createdDate: 2025-06-23T17:45:10.342Z
id: fedca538-7619-4a7f-bcc8-3199d6e4b1a6
name: Mira-Assist-1.0.0-Hardened.dmg
status: In Progress
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createdDate: 2025-06-23T02:51:04.289Z
id: 19a866b9-e664-4641-b137-6ac852c14ac9
name: Mira Assist-1.0.0.dmg
status: In Progress
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createdDate: 2025-06-23T02:44:25.372Z
id: 455209e5-91dd-4324-aac0-d582f88efc95
name: Mira Assist-1.0.0.dmg
status: In Progress
The earliest of which occured more than 18 hours ago.
This is my first time submitting an app for notarization. I also have a developer account that was created ~1-2 days ago.
From what I've read online, notarization usually occurs in less than 10 minutes.
When querying for the logs, it juts says that the submission ID is invalid or the logs aren't available yet.
Submission log is not yet available or submissionId does not exist
id: 75972c58-bc83-44a9-b3af-4aff1b1839c3
Tried notarizing my app yesterday afternoon via Mac terminal, and when I came back to work this morning it was still "In Process...". I closed terminal, and checked appleid.apple.com, and it was asking me to reset my password- maybe because the notarization timed out?
Either way, I reset my password, generated a new app-specific password and tried notarizing the app again, but it's now been 3 hours and it's still "In Process..." again.
When I check the status via terminal, nothing seems off- and the status is In Progress.
How can I determine if there's a bigger issue I need to fix before notarizing?
UUID: e7ae29c8-2478-41a3-93b4-3f274de643d0
Topic:
Code Signing
SubTopic:
Notarization
Whilst waiting for the company developer account I successfully notarised an app/pkg
On switching to the company account the app/pkg has been stuck in progress for over 2 days (see below)
The initial submission was via Xcode and later via command line.
The last one was when I updated bundle ids etc and built with Github Actions.
The initial submission did coincide with a service outage, however that is marked as resolved.
I would like to cancel all of them now that I have switched the signing account and the bundle ID but there seems no way to do this?
Thoughts and comments welcome.
Thanks
Paul
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createdDate: 2025-08-14T11:03:24.837Z
id: edf215d0-4d15-4075-aa6f-4755a35b3d45
name: ZenityEndpointAgent.pkg
status: In Progress
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createdDate: 2025-08-12T21:36:36.345Z
id: 9c98de09-d3aa-449b-ad47-7e721b0342c5
name: AIEdgeDeviceAgent.pkg
status: In Progress
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createdDate: 2025-08-12T16:58:50.891Z
id: 9206f9be-0fc4-4c6c-aa66-8fcbe3332155
name: AIEdgeDeviceAgent.pkg
status: In Progress
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createdDate: 2025-08-12T10:37:35.624Z
id: b20d1dd0-084e-441c-87a6-641fb088819e
name: AIEdge Device Agent.zip
status: In Progress
Hi everyone,
Has anyone seen notarization behave like this?
We have one specific app (let’s call it App A) with a Network Extension system extension. Whenever we submit App A for notarization:
• Its submission stays “In Progress” indefinitely
• The provisioning profile for its system extension becomes Invalid on its own
• All our other apps suddenly fail notarization
• And the whole team immediately gets:
StatusCode 7000 – “Team is not yet configured for notarization.”
Apple Support restored notarization once(Case 102738171569), and we confirmed other apps notarize fine — until we submit App A again, which instantly triggers the same team-wide block. This cycle has repeated twice.
We verified:
• Hardened runtime
• Proper system extension signing
• No private API usage
• No get-task-allow
• No ATS violations
What’s confusing is that this doesn’t look like a normal notarization rejection. Normal failures don’t invalidate provisioning profiles or disable notarization for the entire team. It feels more like an automated security heuristic or misclassification.
My questions:
1. Can a single app or system extension trigger an automated team-wide notarization disable?
2. Can an entitlement or NE configuration issue cause StatusCode 7000 instead of a standard rejection?
3. If this could be a false positive, is there a specific team at Apple who can manually review/clear it?
Any insight would be greatly appreciated.
Hi,
This is my first time notarizing an app with Developer ID.
I have submitted multiple notarization requests, and all of them have been
stuck in "In Progress" status. The oldest one was submitted over 24 hours ago.
Is this normal for first-time submissions?
How long should I wait before contacting support?
Thanks!
Topic:
Code Signing
SubTopic:
Notarization
I've been trying to have an app I've built notarized by Apple. The processing hangs there for hours just waiting.
I even tried with a tiny 1KB test file, it has been stuck for 25+ minutes, and I have 7 real submissions stuck for 24+ hours.
Any Apple representative can help please? I need to publish and release my app asap.
Topic:
Code Signing
SubTopic:
Notarization
Hello, We are currently using Apple Notarization (notarytool) for distributing a macOS app, and we are experiencing very long notarization times for large app bundles.
[Issue]
For apps with large binary sizes, notarization consistently takes around 3.5 to 4.5 hours from submission to completion.
This delay is causing practical issues in our release pipeline, especially when:
A hotfix or urgent update is required
Multiple builds must be notarized in a short time
CI/CD-based distribution is expected to complete within a predictable timeframe
[Environment]
Platform: macOS
Notarization method: notarytool
Distribution: Outside Mac App Store
App size: 100 GB~ (compressed ZIP)
Signing: Hardened Runtime enabled, codesigned correctly
Submission status: Successfully accepted, but processing time is very long
[What we have confirmed]
The notarization eventually succeeds (no failures)
Re-submitting the same build shows similar processing times
Network upload itself completes normally; the delay is in Apple-side processing
Smaller apps complete notarization much faster
[Questions]
Is a 3–4+ hour notarization time expected behavior for large macOS apps?
Are there recommended best practices to reduce notarization processing time for large binaries?
For example, splitting components, adjusting packaging, or specific signing strategies
Is there any official guidance or limitation regarding notarization queueing or processing based on app size?
Are there known service-side delays or regional differences that could affect processing time?
Any insight or confirmation would be greatly appreciated, as this directly impacts our production release workflow.
Thank you.
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.
Hello,
I've been developing a mac app built with Electron Builder. In August, I was successfully notarizing my app and able to send it to testers without them receiving a malware warning. I took a two month break. When I came back in October, I am not able to distribute my app without the malware warning.
I can't for the life of me figure out what I could be missing, unless my developer account was flagged by Apple for some reason. All the diagnostics I run on my app package show that it is properly signed, notarized, and stapled.
Here are some diagnostics I have run on the app:
Command: codesign -dv --verbose=4 "/Volumes/Form Desktop 1/Form.app"
Output:
Executable=/Volumes/Form Desktop 1/Form.app/Contents/MacOS/Form
Identifier=co.Form.desktop
Format=app bundle with Mach-O thin (arm64)
CodeDirectory v=20500 size=763 flags=0x10000(runtime) hashes=13+7 location=embedded
VersionPlatform=1
VersionMin=720896
VersionSDK=917504
Hash type=sha256 size=32
CandidateCDHash sha256=cedcaef933c003c01b4d9ef6925a413fe6b4a585
CandidateCDHashFull sha256=cedcaef933c003c01b4d9ef6925a413fe6b4a585bf61e19751e8158775600b00
Hash choices=sha256
CMSDigest=cedcaef933c003c01b4d9ef6925a413fe6b4a585bf61e19751e8158775600b00
CMSDigestType=2
Executable Segment base=0
Executable Segment limit=16384
Executable Segment flags=0x1
Page size=4096
CDHash=cedcaef933c003c01b4d9ef6925a413fe6b4a585
Signature size=8973
Authority=Developer ID Application: Jacob LEELAND (92D98F49FU)
Authority=Developer ID Certification Authority
Authority=Apple Root CA
Timestamp=Nov 14, 2025 at 8:25:09 PM
Notarization Ticket=stapled
Info.plist entries=30
TeamIdentifier=92D98F49FU
Runtime Version=14.0.0
Sealed Resources version=2 rules=13 files=35090
Internal requirements count=1 size=176
RESULT: ✅ SIGNED WITH DEVELOPER ID
✅ NOTARIZATION TICKET STAPLED
✅ HARDENED RUNTIME ENABLED
----------------------------------------------------------------
Command: spctl --assess --verbose=4 --type execute "/Volumes/Form Desktop 1/Form.app"
Output:
/Volumes/Form Desktop 1/Form.app: accepted
source=Notarized Developer ID
RESULT: ✅ GATEKEEPER ACCEPTS APPLICATION
----------------------------------------------------------------
Command: xattr -l "/Volumes/Form Desktop 1/Form.app"
Output:
(No extended attributes)
----------------------------------------------------------------
Command: stapler validate "/Volumes/Form Desktop 1/Form.app"
Output:
Processing: /Volumes/Form Desktop 1/Form.app
The validate action worked!
RESULT: ✅ NOTARIZATION TICKET VALID
[signing-verification-report.txt](https://developer.apple.com/forums/content/attachment/45b41936-6e7a-4f4f-8e80-bc1e3136c84e)
code-block
I have attached a more complete diagnostic text file as well. I have tried notarizing the .dmg in addition to the app bundle, but no combination seems to work as far as I can tell.
I appreciate any help or point in the right direction. I've wasted many days of development time on this, lol.
In an AppleScript applet, compiling and exporting in Script Editor replaces a custom icon with the default. To retain a custom icon, it is necessary, after exporting, to use Finder's "Get info..." to copy the icon from another file and paste into the icon for the applet. The custom icon is stored in the "Icon?" file, located in the root of the applet bundle. The applet can then be signed and notarized.
With macOS Tahoe, that procedure no longer works. That is because the notarization process now wipes the "Icon?" file. The file remains in place but has zero size. Thus Finder shows the default applet icon.
Does anyone know of a way to provide a custom icon for a signed and notarized AppleScript applet ?
Starting a few hours ago (roughly 2:45PM Eastern time) we began experiencing elevated latency with the Developer ID Notary Service. There is nothing listed on the developer system status page about degraded performance or a service outage.
Operations that usually take ~15 minutes, are stacking up for hours.
The oldest pending entry we have was created at 2:45PM Eastern:
createdDate: 2025-06-24T18:45:22.539Z
id: 5209a4d2-eae4-4714-aa8e-6961677ff2e
We currently have 27 pending builds in the notary service since we are required to notarize internal builds to ensure we satisfy our requirements so this is creating an issue for us.
Hi Apple team,
I have a recently created dev account and submitted two different 20-30 mb .apps for notary through the notary tool. I have read that this should only take minutes at this size of an app but both have been stuck in progress for almost 24+ hours.
Below are the UUIDs of the notary submissions. Also I tried re-submitting but these are also stuck in progress.
Successfully received submission history.
history
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createdDate: 2025-09-26T11:46:32.643Z
id: 9714758e-e216-496d-80f8-422f77011ebe
name: <>.zip
status: In Progress
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createdDate: 2025-09-25T21:48:46.161Z
id: c2a81300-c903-4277-8ef3-70205a690c76
name: <>.zip
status: In Progress
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createdDate: 2025-09-25T18:24:36.205Z
id: 42742be1-c7e5-4483-a2c5-95e89086d070
name: <>.zip
status: In Progress
--------------------------------------------------
createdDate: 2025-09-25T16:35:09.059Z
id: a404256e-40c2-4dca-97fc-983e70ea4b7b
name: <>.zip
status: In Progress
Hello,
I'm experiencing a persistent issue where all my notarization submissions remain stuck in "In Progress" indefinitely. This has been happening for the past several days, affecting multiple submissions.
Environment:
macOS 26.2 (Build 25C56)
Using xcrun notarytool submit for submissions
Team ID: M3FN25UQK2
Timeline of the issue:
Starting from January 2nd, 2026, my submissions began getting stuck in "In Progress"
As of January 6th, I have 6+ submissions that have been "In Progress" for 24-72+ hours
Prior to this, notarization was working normally (I have multiple "Accepted" submissions from January 1st)
What I've tried:
Verified my Developer ID Application certificate is valid and properly installed
Checked Apple Developer System Status page (shows "Operational")
Verified code signatures using codesign -vvv --deep --strict
Contacted Apple Developer Support (no response yet)
Checked my Apple Developer account for any pending agreements or warnings (none found)
Is there any known issue affecting notarization processing, or could my Team ID be rate-limited/flagged? Any guidance on how to resolve this would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you!
Hi, overnight I'm getting "HTTP status code: 403. Invalid or inaccessible developer team ID for the provided Apple ID. Ensure the Team ID is correct and that you are a member of that team." in my pipeline running notarytool store-credentials. I'm getting --apple-id, --team-id and --password from CI variables. Double checked the values (even though they shouldn't change). Tried a new app specific password
I did not change anything to cause this and my apple developer account is active. Really scratching my head what's going on here. Some assistance would be greatly appreciated!
Topic:
Code Signing
SubTopic:
Notarization