Hello, I am following up on several notarization requests in order to understand the process better.
I submitted my first notary request yesterday and it took several hours to complete (where I submitted two other requests along the way thinking they may be stuck). They were all accepted after ~3 hours had passed since the first request was made. In that time I discovered a bug and had to rebuild/codesign, and submitted to notarize again. I've now had two requests with the new build (.zip file) "in progress" for ~18 hours. The bug fix I made between builds was innocuous and I'm wondering if my jobs are getting flagged due to recent account lockouts when I was first setting up my organizations' developer account.
I've seen several replies here in the forum from DTS Engineers - hi Quinn :), so I'm aware of the possibility of 'rare' in-depth analysis, however I've experienced it in 100% of my requests.
What is causing my requests to always require in-depth analysis and is there anything I can do to prevent it?
My notarytool history is below for reference.
Thank you in advance.
createdDate: 2026-03-15T22:59:23.053Z
id: 9c7ecc81-daf4-4cae-afe9-7f8186067f79
status: In Progress
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createdDate: 2026-03-15T21:10:04.576Z
id: a1df8b50-c897-49f5-ad0d-f2264a03f145
status: In Progress
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createdDate: 2026-03-15T20:41:24.946Z
id: 640e7cd6-035f-437b-9eab-9a3db415911a
status: Accepted
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createdDate: 2026-03-15T18:40:26.944Z
id: 00b9e907-04eb-4561-8353-dae7520202e0
status: Accepted
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createdDate: 2026-03-15T17:16:48.426Z
id: 3163ba2b-e3c8-4216-ae8a-bac351b82f8a
status: Accepted
It seems that you’ve already seen my standard spiel about this. I’ve included it below, for the sake of others that stumble across this thread but also so I can quote it.
What is causing my requests to always require in-depth analysis … ?
I’m not sure I’d put it that way. Rather, it’s that the system is taking its time to “learn how to recognise” you submissions.
is there anything I can do to prevent it?
We have some advice on that topic in the “Q&A with the notary service team” that I reference in my standard spiel.
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Quinn “The Eskimo!” @ Developer Technical Support @ Apple
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You can expect that most uploads will be notarised quickly. Occasionally, some uploads are held for in-depth 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.