Struggling to Notarize Electron macOS App – Stuck for Hours

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javierrosas OP

Created Mar ’25

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Hey everyone,

I've been trying to notarize my Electron macOS app for the past two days without any success. My longest attempt took nearly 4 hours, and my current attempt has already been running for 2 hours and 26 minutes.

From what I can see in the logs, the signing step has completed successfully, and the app is currently in the notarization stage. But it's been stuck there with no real updates or progress indicators.

Is this kind of delay normal? Has anyone else experienced such long notarization times?

Any help or insight would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks in advance.

Answered by DTS Engineer in 831637022

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 recognise them, and you should see fewer delays.

Share and Enjoy
—
Quinn “The Eskimo!” @ Developer Technical Support @ Apple
let myEmail = "eskimo" + "1" + "@" + "apple.com"

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Answer 1

javierrosas OP

Mar ’25

Update:

i ran the xcrun notarytool history command and got this:

  history
    --------------------------------------------------
    createdDate: 2025-03-26T16:36:36.912Z
    id: 1bb20a0f-37f1-4969-bdfb-65be5cd22a4e
    name: Grabalo AI.zip
    status: In Progress
    --------------------------------------------------
    createdDate: 2025-03-26T04:25:16.952Z
    id: 52d1a819-c04a-454f-9c4f-3108563699c9
    name: Grabalo AI.zip
    status: In Progress
    --------------------------------------------------
    createdDate: 2025-03-26T03:24:44.453Z
    id: 5fcee621-32b0-4910-b557-3aa0ed2edaf6
    name: Grabalo AI.zip
    status: In Progress
    --------------------------------------------------
    createdDate: 2025-03-26T03:05:13.287Z
    id: 99a0e4c9-bb65-4fa9-8a72-3f70357df7e3
    name: Grabalo AI.zip
    status: In Progress
    --------------------------------------------------
    createdDate: 2025-03-26T02:45:02.696Z
    id: 8211a295-beba-42eb-add7-09b8b26a8fd7
    name: Grabalo AI.zip
    status: In Progress
    --------------------------------------------------
    createdDate: 2025-03-26T02:39:57.046Z
    id: a057c727-b149-4d56-9c10-f38760b5fd58
    name: Grabalo AI.zip
    status: In Progress
    --------------------------------------------------
    createdDate: 2025-03-26T02:36:13.998Z
    id: 36729ec2-8461-4253-9eac-4293939e928a
    name: Grabalo AI.zip
    status: In Progress
    --------------------------------------------------
    createdDate: 2025-03-26T02:23:24.564Z
    id: 0cda84e1-8f5a-49b2-84b6-9929e0e5dc78
    name: Grabalo AI.zip
    status: In Progress
    --------------------------------------------------
    createdDate: 2025-03-26T02:08:42.707Z
    id: 9122120a-d34d-429e-ab76-a56a46b11cd4
    name: Grabalo AI.zip
    status: In Progress
    --------------------------------------------------
    createdDate: 2025-03-26T01:46:04.562Z
    id: ac419b60-d5be-4d74-a13b-01860e3b6496
    name: Grabalo AI.zip
    status: In Progress
    --------------------------------------------------
    createdDate: 2025-03-26T00:43:17.230Z
    id: bfec54ac-c4fe-4666-9d77-e06a5ed05fde
    name: GrabaloAI.zip
    status: In Progress
    --------------------------------------------------
    createdDate: 2025-03-25T21:49:59.396Z
    id: 65558dd4-7000-4742-8fdc-480fe2c498fd
    name: Grabalo AI.zip
    status: In Progress

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Answer 2

DTS Engineer OP

Apple

Mar ’25

Recommended

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 recognise them, and you should see fewer delays.

Share and Enjoy
—
Quinn “The Eskimo!” @ Developer Technical Support @ Apple
let myEmail = "eskimo" + "1" + "@" + "apple.com"

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