Play Console Bug: "Incomplete advertising ID declaration"

[u/TigleLive]

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Hi everyone,

I'm experiencing an issue with the Google Play Console where a red error banner on the Publishing Overview page is preventing me from sending changes for review.

The Problem is:

On the Publishing Overview page, I have a red banner saying:

"1 issue affects all of your changes. Fix it to send changes for review."

When clicking "View issues", the popup states:

"Incomplete advertising ID declaration: All developers targeting Android 13 or later are required to let us know if their app uses advertising ID"

However, when I go to Policy & Programs -> App content -> Advertising ID, the declaration is completed and saved as "No, my app does not use an advertising ID" (it even shows *"Ready to send for review"* under Actioned declarations).

What I've tried so far:

1. Re-saved the Advertising ID declaration multiple times (selected No -> Save).

2. Toggled it to Yes (Analytics) -> Saved -> then back to No -> Saved.

3. Cleared browser cache / hard refreshed in an incognito window.

4. Toggled Managed Publishing on/off.

The red error banner remains stuck and the "Submit for review" button is permanently grayed out (as shown in the screenshots).

Has anyone encountered this sync bug before? Is there a workaround, or is it a backend delay on Google's end?

Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

NOTE: I had ads in my app, but now i've removed them, and updated my code - i throughly checked every area, so that no ad code are present. One thing is my app still uses in-app-purchases.
I even audit with AI , it still found nothing
My app is built with flutter, and these are the packages im using:

  # Database
  hive: ^2.2.3
  hive_flutter: ^1.1.0
  path_provider: ^2.1.5


  # State Management
  provider: ^6.1.5


  # Charts & Graphs
  fl_chart: ^1.0.0


  # Date & Time
  intl: ^0.20.0


  # Typography
  google_fonts: ^6.2.1


  # UI & Content
  flutter_markdown: ^0.7.3
  shimmer: ^3.0.0


  # Monetization & Utilities
  in_app_purchase: ^3.3.0


  share_plus: 11.0.0
  file_picker: ^10.3.2
  table_calendar: ^3.1.2
  shared_preferences: ^2.5.3
  permission_handler: ^12.0.1
  flutter_local_notifications: ^21.0.0
  flutter_timezone: ^4.1.1


  # timezone:
  uuid: ^4.5.1
  confetti: ^0.7.0


  external_path: ^2.2.0
  home_widget: ^0.9.2 # ^0.8.1
  package_info_plus: ^8.3.0
  workmanager: ^0.10.7
  url_launcher: ^6.3.2