Notarization Taking 20 Hours (and still counting)

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Created Mar ’25

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I'm developing an app using Electron Builder for a potential port to Windows in the future. I've had a heck of a time getting credentials to work and felt like I was in some sort of time loop doing the same things over and over again to no avail. I finally was able to sign my app, sign the .dmg and start the notarization process. That was last night and it still says "In Progress". If anyone is able to push it through, that would be awesome! (id: 2520e724-7069-408a-9ea4-60b23e8435a7)

I saw another thread on here where people stated it was taking forever, I'm not sure if this is just because its my first time, but I was hoping to get a beta out to testers this weekend. I just need a version that doesn't get flagged as "Malware" by Gatekeeper. This is just for a standalone macOS application, not the App Store.

Is there a reason that this process takes an absurd amount of time? Will it always be like this or is this just a fluke and it was a bad time to try?

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ainformatico OP

Mar ’25

Having the same issue here. Not an electron app though. Classic Swift app. My first time. Took me some time to figure out all the signing and now that is done, the notarisation has been running for 8h and it just says "In Progress". Wondering the same question: Is there a reason that this process takes an absurd amount of time? Will it always be like this or is this just a fluke and it was a bad time to try?

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DTS Engineer OP

Apple

Mar ’25

You can expect that most uploads will be notarised quickly. Occasionally, some uploads are held for in-depth analysis and may take longer to complete.

As you notarise your apps, the system will learn how to recognize them, and you should see fewer delays.

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ainformatico OP

Mar ’25

Update on my end. The first (ever) notarisation took 40h to finish. Then, it was all green. Just did my second one and it took 5min. Something that I learnt is that is worth doing the "Validate app" with custom settings, before the notarisation as that will help encounter problems with the final build. e.g. Not signing correctly embedded files.

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