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Notarization is the process of scanning Developer ID-signed software for malicious components before distribution outside of the Mac App Store.

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Checking DMG notarization. Rejected, but works fine
I have a misterous problem with checking DMG notarization. It fails: bash-3.2$ spctl -a -t open --context context:primary-signature -v MyApp.dmg MyApp: rejected source=no usable signature However this DMG installs fine on Big Sur 11.2.2, macOS allows to run this app, and checking of notarization for installed app was passed: bash-3.2$ spctl -a -v '/Applications/MyApp.app' /Applications/MyApp.app: accepted source=Notarized Developer ID I checked other downloaded apps (Intel or Universal). Some DMG files pass DMG notarization (for example, Audacity), and some fails (PerfectTablePlan). Why? For my app (Universal) I use the following code to codesign and notarize: codesign --timestamp --options runtime --force --deep -s "Developer ID Application: MYCOMPANY" "My.app" // Creating DMG with EULA license xcrun altool --notarize-app --primary-bundle-id MyApp -u "my@email.com" -p "abc123" --file MyApp.dmg xcrun stapler staple MyApp.dmg
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Mar ’25
Notarization stuck on "In Progress"
Hi there, this is the first time I submitted a Mac app for notarization but looks like all my submissions are stuck in in progress for like one day at the moment. Can anyone help take a look? This is my submission history: Successfully received submission history. history -------------------------------------------------- createdDate: 2025-01-16T00:23:18.445Z id: 0581680c-9cfe-4e5b-9cc9-3ba101c9fd52 name: MiniCalendar.zip status: In Progress -------------------------------------------------- createdDate: 2025-01-15T05:12:13.480Z id: 55a03297-491b-4d30-8126-45d488a6beb9 name: MiniCalendar.zip status: In Progress -------------------------------------------------- createdDate: 2025-01-15T04:27:40.510Z id: 092f558f-01d0-48e5-9761-58dda54de23c name: MiniCalendar.zip status: In Progress -------------------------------------------------- createdDate: 2025-01-15T01:12:55.923Z id: 3aa74a6f-bcb8-4911-9d18-fcbb3e9a6c11 name: MiniCalendar.zip status: In Progress
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Jan ’25
Notary Request Stuck In Pending
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 -------------------------------------------------- createdDate: 2025-09-26T11:46:32.643Z id: 9714758e-e216-496d-80f8-422f77011ebe name: <>.zip status: In Progress -------------------------------------------------- createdDate: 2025-09-25T21:48:46.161Z id: c2a81300-c903-4277-8ef3-70205a690c76 name: <>.zip status: In Progress -------------------------------------------------- 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
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Notarization issue with keys
Keys can vary; an account is not necessary, as only Team Keys are suitable for notarization. It seems that Developer role is sufficient for notarization. We have tried both keys and roles of Developer and Account Manager - the behavior is the same. Multiline There are two types of API keys: Team Access to all apps, with varying levels of access based on selected roles. Individual Access and roles of the associated user. Individual kevs aren't able to use Provisioning endpoints, access Sales and Finance, or notaryTool. BlockQuote Here are the parameters used for notarization via API key: `-k, --key key-path    App Store Connect API key. File system path to the private key. -d, --key-id key-id    App Store Connect API Key ID. For most teams this will be a 10 character alphanumeric string. -i, --issuer issuer    App Store Connect API Issuer ID. The issuer ID is a UUID format string.` The notarization result shows as successful, and on the same machine, the package appears as notarized. However, when the package is transferred to another system, it is displayed as not notarized.
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Dec ’24
Notarization: The operation couldn't be completed. (SotoS3.S3ErrorType.multipart error 1.)
Hello, For my macOS app, on Xcode version 15.4 (15F31d) on macOS 14.5 (23F79) I follow Organizer > Distribute App > Direct Distribution, and I get a Notary Error "The operation couldn't be completed. (SotoS3.S3ErrorType.multipart error 1.)" It's been happening since 3 days. In the IDEDistribution.verbose.log file I see: https://gist.github.com/atacan/5dec7a5e26dde0ec06a5bc4eb3607461
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Apr ’25
Notarization service issue
This has been going on for at least a couple of hours for us: notarizing doesn't complete. Our last job ran for over 90 minutes before CircleCI timed it out. We're using xcrun notarytool submit with the --wait option; it contined to say "Current status: In Progress" for, as I said, 90 minutes or so. (Normally it takes about 70 seconds.) https://developer.apple.com/system-status/ says everything is normal. This does not seem to be the case for us. 😄
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Jan ’25
Team ID suddenly invalid
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!
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Jun ’25
Issues with Notarization and Stapling
Hello, I am trying without luck to create a .dmg or .pkg for my electron app that can be opened by any user on a mac. Every time I fail. All is happening by the same pattern. Here is the last try with creating a .pkg instead of .dmg. The app is built and it is signed correctly (I suppose) codesign --verify --verbose=1 dist/mac-universal/VIVIDTIME.app dist/mac-universal/VIVIDTIME.app: valid on disk dist/mac-universal/VIVIDTIME.app: satisfies its Designated Requirement I created a .pkg pkgbuild --root "dist/mac-universal/VIVIDTIME.app" \ --install-location "/Applications/VIVIDTIME.app" \ --identifier "app.vividtime.mac" \ --version "1.1.0" \ --sign "Developer ID Installer: Pavel Bochkov-Rastopchin (2QKDCTR5Y3)" \ dist/VIVIDTIME.pkg pkgbuild: Inferring bundle components from contents of dist/mac-universal/VIVIDTIME.app pkgbuild: Adding component at Contents/Frameworks/Mantle.framework pkgbuild: Adding component at Contents/Frameworks/VIVIDTIME Helper.app pkgbuild: Adding component at Contents/Frameworks/VIVIDTIME Helper (GPU).app pkgbuild: Adding component at Contents/Frameworks/Electron Framework.framework pkgbuild: Adding component at Contents/Frameworks/Squirrel.framework pkgbuild: Adding component at Contents/Frameworks/VIVIDTIME Helper (Renderer).app pkgbuild: Adding component at Contents/Frameworks/VIVIDTIME Helper (Plugin).app pkgbuild: Adding component at Contents/Frameworks/ReactiveObjC.framework pkgbuild: Using timestamp authority for signature pkgbuild: Signing package with identity "Developer ID Installer: Pavel Bochkov-Rastopchin (2QKDCTR5Y3)" from keychain /Users/innrvoice/Library/Keychains/login.keychain-db pkgbuild: Adding certificate "Developer ID Certification Authority" pkgbuild: Adding certificate "Apple Root CA" pkgbuild: Wrote package to dist/VIVIDTIME.pkg
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Feb ’25
Notarization: "Team isn't configured for notarization"
I've tried to notarize my app recently and got the error:{ "logFormatVersion": 1, "jobId": "...", "status": "Rejected", "statusSummary": "Team is not yet configured for notarization", "statusCode": 7000, "archiveFilename": "myapp.dmg", "uploadDate": "2019-06-20T06:24:53Z", "sha256": "...", "ticketContents": null, "issues": null }I've never heard about "team configuration for notarization" previously. What are the steps to resolve that issue?Thanks in advance.
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Oct ’25