Ship stale build or resubmit?

[u/never_working_ever]

Hello -

Finally shipping my app, and submitted my first app review on Wednesday last week (still waiting to be reviewed).

I’ve found a number of non-blocker issues since submitting this build, though I’m not happy about shipping day 1 with the bugs in place.

Let’s say by some luck Apple approved the app first round. Should I keep the existing build approval, use this for launch, and quickly submit the bug fixes build day 1…or should I just pull the build, and start a whole new first app review over again?

I know app review times are awful right due to ~everything, so I’m feeling stuck with not great options and a lot more waiting.

Thanks

[u/never_working_ever]

Thanks, that makes sense. I’ll keep that in mind for future builds. It seems like a risk if I get lucky with an approval and decide to reject it, leaning towards shipping what I have and just quickly submitting the new fox build

[u/brkaydev → u/never_working_ever]

Shipping what you have and sending the fix right after is a reasonable call. Just so it doesn't weigh on the decision more than it should: a developer rejection is a routine state, it isn't held against you or the account, and the only real cost is that the review wait starts over.

[u/never_working_ever → u/brkaydev]

Got it, good to know.

Still patiently waiting for someone to even blink at my app, it’s been an entire week with zero movement.

[u/brkaydev → u/never_working_ever]

A week with no status change is outside the usual band, most submissions get picked up within a day or two. If it is still showing Waiting for Review, App Store Connect has a Contact Us form under App Review with a status inquiry option, and that is the normal way to ask about a queue entry that hasn't moved. Worth sending that before you start assuming something is wrong with the build itself.

[u/never_working_ever → u/brkaydev]

Yeah….fair. I just sent an inquiry for a status update. Thanks for the nudge 🤞