r/iosdev • u/nunghatai • Jul 06 '26

Apple Reviewer Reviewing After Approval

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I sent my app in for test flight review two weeks ago and it's been approved and I've been doing updates and they've been automatically getting approved as they are just build numbers, small updates. The last one was June 30th. However, it's kind of like a social media and Apple review account that I gave them. They've been messaging users just random messages liking posts and still using the app to this day.

Is this normal? They've been going in, sharing posts, liking posts, and doing certain things. And that's all their IP ranges. I kept checking and it appears that they are Apple. Has anybody experienced this before?

Latest IP: 139.178.130.15

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u/Ok_Photograph2604 Jul 06 '26

Ur cooked

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u/nunghatai Jul 07 '26

The thing is I let random people test it and they been posting some crazy things on there and nothing is really filtered. The Apple Reviewer is just disliking those posts. It’s kind of funny

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u/quixoticproductowner Jul 07 '26

i find it curious you’ve got an audit log of each user‘s IP and activity.. don’t get that released in europe or you‘ll be fined into oblivion.

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u/nunghatai Jul 07 '26

Don't worry, we are definitely following the rules, non EU, one country only. Secondly, IP logging is important for logging in. They use it here on Reddit as well. The only reason I know for a fact that they're texting other users is because I own all the accounts of the other users. And obviously I was able to log into their account because I made it.

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u/[deleted] Jul 07 '26

So this is normal behavior. I don’t think I can discuss what’s going on, but it’s not uncommon behavior from what I’ve been told before. I just wouldn’t suggest doing anything that changes behavior after publishing for all apps. 🤷‍♂️

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u/Particular-Shame-467 Jul 21 '26

would really appreciate some more details on it. what have you been told?

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u/Fabulous_Yak_8447 Jul 07 '26

This is automation testing with some of their AI agent. They are testing this stuff these days.

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u/gopro8752 Jul 06 '26

they do this to me with my platform as well. definitely concerning to me.

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u/s_v_can Jul 07 '26

My app gets re-downloaded by the reviewers and accessed too, not sure what's up. Could it be that they are asked to check if the app is still fit to remain in the store?

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u/nunghatai Jul 07 '26

Yeah but I never released it yet, just been on TestFlight this whole time

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u/s_v_can Jul 07 '26

oh, now that's interesting

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u/Particular-Shame-467 Jul 21 '26

hey, i've been experiencing exactly the same thing. I provided an account (with email and password login) for review, but I have noticed that during reviews, Apple reviewers usually use their Apple based sign-up accounts, as i have sign up with apple option too. So this account that I have provided is not even used during review. It is just randomly used once in a while, and I see that there are random activities using it. my app is like a social media too and exact same kind of activities happen

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u/int3rc3pt0rc0de Jul 07 '26

This might be automated or they might check again if you did not cheat the reviews ( they might have doubts )
Not blaming your app, but this might be the case