Last Thursday, a user in my Discord community complained that their app had been submitted to App Store Connect for four or five days but still hadn’t entered the review process. While I was enthusiastically analyzing the possible reasons with everyone, my heart suddenly skipped a beat: it seemed that the app I submitted on Monday hadn’t received any review updates either.

Someone suggested I apply for an “Expedited Review”. However, when I clicked into the page, the system prompted that I had “no eligible apps”. Upon closer inspection, I realized I was just a bit rusty from not updating my apps for so long—although my app had completed all the prerequisite steps, I simply hadn’t clicked the “Submit for Review” button at all.

Just a few hours after I finally clicked the button, the app was successfully approved and published.

…. 👇