First submissions: not enough reports yet

First submissions: 13 posts, 3 finished, 10 still waiting. About 3 days.
Updates: 3 posts, 0 finished, 3 still waiting. Still waiting after at least 8 days.
Expedited: 4 posts, 1 finished, 3 still waiting. About 5 hours.

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What people are saying

37 posts this week. Separate from the measured times.

Most posts this week come from developers whose apps have sat in Waiting for Review for about a week or longer, and first-time submissions often mention 5 to 12 days. A few people said a new app cleared in 2 to 3 days, and some updates to existing apps still went through within a day, so the slow cases may be louder than typical. Expedited requests were mixed: one crash fix was approved within hours, while several others saw no movement after a week. People who post tend to be the ones still waiting, so treat this as a mood check, not a measured time.

Summarized by AI from public posts. Updated Oct 18.

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Questions

How long does review take right now?

Each submission type has its own waiting time. The page shows the middle report once enough developers have published a time for it.

What slows review down?

These times describe the reports we have. They do not show a cause, and they are not a promise of a faster review.

Does expedited review work?

Expedited review is listed on its own. When enough reports exist, the page puts that time next to the time for an update. That describes those reports. It does not promise a faster review.

How we calculate

The "about" figure is the middle report, after sorting published reports from the last 14 days. When the number of reports is even, it sits halfway between the two in the middle. "9 in 10" is the time that 9 in 10 reports were at or under. A report much longer than the rest is left out before those figures are chosen. A small share of the shortest and longest remaining reports is set aside, so one unusual wait does not swing the figure. A report far outside the rest can be held until a person checks it, so it is not counted yet. A day with too few reports is a gap, not a zero. Posts on X are counted on their own and are not part of these times. A separate line combines those reports with what people are posting about their reviews. It stays hidden when there is too little to go on. None of this is a promise about how long a review will take.