App Store review / Message or errors
App Store review · first-hand
App Store Connect messages and errors we hit
Each page: what it means, our dated cases, and the change that worked. Overview with the chart: App Store rejections, decoded.
Message or error"Your first in-app purchase must be submitted with a new app version"This message means App Store Connect will not review an app's first in-app purchase or subscription on its own. Attach it to an app version: on the ve...Message or error"Review the updated Paid Applications Schedule"The banner means Apple changed the Paid Applications agreement and the Account Holder must accept it in App Store Connect (Business, or Agreements, Ta...Message or errorApp Store Connect error 409 ("not in valid state")A 409 Conflict from the App Store Connect API means the thing you are changing is locked by its state: an item inside an open review submission, or a ...Message or errorApp Store Connect: Resubmit greyed out until "Update Review"After App Review rejects a version, the Resubmit button stays disabled until you open the version page and click Update Review, then Continue. That re...Message or errorCan the App Store Connect API create an app? (No: 403)No. The App Store Connect API can read and update apps, versions, metadata, builds, in-app purchases and submissions, but creating the app record itse...Message or errorApp Store Connect offer codes: the limits we hitOffer codes give free or discounted access to a subscription or in-app purchase. Two limits caught us in the API: a one-time-use batch rejected 100,00...Message or errorApp Review Board appeal: what we filed and what came backYou appeal a rejection through Apple's App Review appeal form (Contact Us, App Review, appeal). The form takes at most 5 apps and 2,000 characters per...