Notarization submissions stuck "In Progress" for 24+ hours - new team first submissions

Code Signing Notarization
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Hi,

I'm notarizing my Electron macOS app (DMG) for the first time with our new
Developer ID, and most submissions have been stuck in "In Progress" for over 24 hours.

Environment:

  • Team ID: BSS9KAH6Z2
  • Certificate: Developer ID Application (valid until 2031)
  • Tool: xcrun notarytool submit (Xcode CLI)
  • App: Electron 28, signed with hardened runtime
  • File: DMG (~131MB), 104 files inside .app

What happened:

  • Total 19 submissions over the past 24 hours
  • Only 4 were Accepted (2 DMGs + 2 zips)
  • The other 15 are still "In Progress" with no log available
  • The 4 Accepted ones took 1~1.5 hours each
  • codesign --verify --deep --strict passes with no issues
  • Accepted submission log shows "issues": null
  • Apple System Status shows "Developer ID Notary Service: Available"

What I've tried:

  • Submitting as DMG directly
  • Submitting as ditto zip of .app
  • Submitting via electron-builder's built-in notarize
  • Using both app-specific password and keychain profile auth
  • Verified entitlements (allow-jit, disable-library-validation)

Since some submissions did get Accepted, I don't think there's an issue with my signing or configuration. Is this expected for first-time submissions
from a new team? Is there anything on Apple's side that needs to be
configured for my team?

Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.

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duals OP
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Update: Resolved

The issue was the DMG format. electron-builder on Apple Silicon creates APFS DMGs by default, and Apple's notary service has a known issue with APFS
DMGs (Apple DTS: r. 134264492).

  • APFS DMG → stuck "In Progress" forever
  • HFS+ DMG → Accepted in 2 minutes

Fix: create the DMG manually with HFS+ instead of letting electron-builder
create it with APFS.

hdiutil create -size 500m -fs HFS+ -volname "MyApp" /tmp/temp.dmg hdiutil attach /tmp/temp.dmg -readwrite cp -R "MyApp.app" "/Volumes/MyApp/" ln -s /Applications "/Volumes/MyApp/Applications"
hdiutil detach "/Volumes/MyApp" hdiutil convert /tmp/temp.dmg -format UDZO -o MyApp.dmg
xcrun notarytool submit MyApp.dmg --keychain-profile "profile" --wait
xcrun stapler staple MyApp.dmg

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