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With Signal, the biggest issue we have is that review times are extremely inconsistent. Sometimes it's 4 hours, sometimes it's 5 days, and there's no visibility
by greysonp 11d ago
With Signal, the biggest issue we have is that review times are extremely inconsistent. Sometimes it's 4 hours, sometimes it's 5 days, and there's no visibility as to why. Our working theory is that there's automated and manual queues, and occasionally, for whatever reason, we fall into the manual queue. But when you work on an app that has weekly updates, randomly getting hit with a review time of several days really throws off your groove. And it can obviously be terrible for moments where you're fixing a critical issue.
- joshuakcockrell 11d agoI agree with this. I had a production Play Store submission approved within 4 hours last week. It feels so random.
- LilBytes 11d agoThank you for Signal <3
- busymom0 11d agoHas it ever happened where your submission goes to review and then just sits in the "In Review" state for many days? I am talking 4-5 days? or sometimes longer than a week? And then it gets approved? That's been happening randomly to me.
- voakbasda 11d agoI hope someone will sue the ever-loving shit out of Apple when their foot dragging prevents a critical update from going out in time to prevent a 0-day from being widely exploited.
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- neilv 11d agoInteresting. And all the history of Kafkaesque review interactions that various developers have had could be subpoenaed, as evidence of a pattern: that delays aren't necessarily due to excellence and good faith.
- voakbasda 11d agoGiven the sibling reply, I can imagine them claiming national security prevents them from releasing those records. But that’s okay; I am fairly certain we can find enough developers willing to tell their tales.
- Shywim 11d agoYou can request an expedite review from Apple. We already did this, and our app was up in the next 1-2 hours.
- elijahciali 11d agoI can imagine Apple probably has an automated review of a diff, and probably makes a manual review anytime a system API call changes
- MrDresden 10d agoAs someone who also has to deal with the review process on the Playstore, I feel your pain. Reviews timelines have been all over the place for the past year. I greatly appreciate that I can now get Signal via Obtainium directly from your VCS. It feels like I am sometimes even getting multiple weekly updates.