[Now live: AI self-review and App Store review dashboard] Back in February, we posted about longer app review times and what was causing them. Submission volume had grown significantly, and our process wasn’t keeping up. A lot of you shared your frustrations, and we heard you. We’ve spent the las…

I’m currently going through the submission process and wanted to share some feedback from a developer perspective. One challenge isn’t just the “assigning a reviewer” stage, but the overall lack of communication throughout the entire review lifecycle. While Shopify provides a general expectation (…

100% agree. We just want a timeline with communication

Communcation is definitely key. I’t’s super demoralizing knowing you submitted your app early (March 22nd) with no change and waiting for a reviewer to be assigned, while you see other apps submitted in early April moving through and getting approved. Customer support constantly mentions that apps …

[image] Umar_Faiq: Whilst this new step is a step in the right direction, it still doesn’t help us much as our app is already under review. i was about to say that it doesn’t accelerate the process, to be honest. Even if you get a 100% score and still have to wait 40 days for a reviewer to jo…

In this situation you are not creating the right app. If it’s for internal use, create a custom app not public. No app approval process required.

Hello, we have used this tool, but we have been waiting for an auditor for 2 weeks. Could you please take a look?

I also used this tool and passed 100%, but I’m still waiting like you. I think this tool only helps us detect potential issues early, so reviewers don’t need to leave feedback and we don’t have to spend time fixing issues and resubmitting for another review. It doesn’t really help speed up the appl…

We were using custom apps and they are no longer a thing: Legacy custom apps can’t be created after January 1, 2026 - Shopify Changelog . And yes, we could do an individual install link for every customer but that creates a lot of manual work in the backend for many dozens of clients that will be con…

Agreed. I’m terrified of pushing out a change that may impact the review process or cause any temporary downtime and suddenly the review begins.

[image] Hello Shopify Community, I hope this message finds you well. I’m reaching out because our app has been pending App Store review since April 9, 2026, and we still haven’t received any response or status update from the review team. We’ve already addressed every requirement we could verify…

App Store review updates: New tools to speed up submissions

Shopify App Store

Topicimes May 12, 2026, 11:26am 27

Please. Look a this : App Store review rejected twice for "invalid Anthropic API key" — key validates fine on every test, possible paste-pipeline issue?

@jzaz

Topic		Replies	Views
Longer App Store Review Times: What You Need to Know Shopify App Store app-store	69	8603	April 21, 2026
2 months stuck in "We are assigning you a reviewer" Shopify App Store app-store	28	635	June 10, 2026
App submission status – reviewer assignment taking time Shopify App Store app-store , partner-dash	8	322	January 28, 2026
Apps stuck in "we're assigning a reviewer" since a month Shopify App Store app-store	11	158	May 4, 2026
App review pending 3+ weeks Shopify App Store app-store	2	91	April 22, 2026

App Store review updates: New tools to speed up submissions

Related topics