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Corrupt App Store binaries crashing on launch

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Re: Corrupt App Store binaries crashing on launch

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Any developers know how to change an app update that is "Waiting for Review" from "Automatically Release" to "Hold for Developer Release?"

Not possible without rejecting the binary unfortunately. If you submitted it a day ago or so, just reject it. It'll get dropped down in the queue but if the situation calls for it, might be necessary.

Re: Corrupt App Store binaries crashing on launch

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The only time Apple gave out hard numbers on their review setup, a couple of years ago, they had two reviewers check each submission, with an average of 6.5 minutes per reviewer per submission spent checking it. Obviously, that average contains quite a bit of variation.

That checks out with my experience. Typically an app will go from 'in review' to 'processing for the app store' in about 15 mins.

Interesting. I don't think I've ever had one take < 1 hour, and most are 3+ hours from 'In Review' to 'Processing for App Store' or 'Rejected'. 12-24 hours is fairly common for me, and I just had one approved the other day that was 'In Review' for ~48 hours.

Re: Corrupt App Store binaries crashing on launch

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

The only time Apple gave out hard numbers on their review setup, a couple of years ago, they had two reviewers check each submission, with an average of 6.5 minutes per reviewer per submission spent checking it. Obviously, that average contains quite a bit of variation.

That checks out with my experience. Typically an app will go from 'in review' to 'processing for the app store' in about 15 mins.

My app always takes many hours to review. There are a lot of buttons.

Re: Corrupt App Store binaries crashing on launch

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Any developers know how to change an app update that is "Waiting for Review" from "Automatically Release" to "Hold for Developer Release?"

In the same spot. We have multiple apps with updates, partly to get our keywords back together after the "Chomp" store search update. I had been hoping we'd get reviewed in the next day or two, but now I'm happy to wait a few more days so we don't hit this issue.

Re: Corrupt App Store binaries crashing on launch

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One of my apps went into "In Review" status at midnight (19 hours ago) and still hasn't been rejected or approved. The rejection or approval has always happened in less than 12 hours for me, so it seems like Apple might be holding all approvals until they've resolved this issue. At least, I hope that's the case... I really feel for the developers who got a slew of one-star reviews because of this.

Re: Corrupt App Store binaries crashing on launch

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One of my apps went into "In Review" status at midnight (19 hours ago) and still hasn't been rejected or approved. The rejection or approval has always happened in less than 12 hours for me, so it seems like Apple might be holding all approvals until they've resolved this issue. At least, I hope that's the case... I really feel for the developers who got a slew of one-star reviews because of this.

I've had apps "In Review" for a couple days.

Re: Corrupt App Store binaries crashing on launch

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This is also happening to our app, Gaia GPS, and it's pretty much ruining my holiday. It seemed to effect US users around noon PDT, and then a batch of international users around 5 pm PDT.

Not part of this, but I have experienced in the past sporadic download corruptions with users. I've never figured out the exact cause, but a reinstall has always solved it. It's been roughly 10-15 users out of 25000 or so purchases. My best guess is that some part of the distribution pipeline does not fully validate the app package and re-download it if it fails.
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