Hi everyone,
I applied to the Build for Shopify program about two weeks ago and haven’t heard back yet.
I was wondering if anyone here has experience with the process
how long did it take for you to receive a response?
Just trying to understand the usual timeline.
Thanks in advance 
Hi @Boost_Apps
We are experiencing longer than usual waiting times for BfS reviews so ~2 to 3 weeks is expected. If you’re still not seeing any notification in 7 days, please post on this topic again, and tag me, and I’ll check your submission on my side.
Same here, we applied right around Christmas and still haven’t heard the first set of feedback.
Hopefully we get to hear on this soon.
Hi liam thank you!
We have not been contacted yet.
Hi @Liam-Shopify — thank you for the clarification, appreciate it.
We also completed the app submission checklist. Im not sure this is the correct thread. The screen shot shows that the final approval has not failed but it is not approved. Its been a week since it has been like this.
The app is live on a dev store and we’ve logged in and interacted with it multiple times to generate embedded session data.
We’re seeing all preliminary checks pass, but Embedded App Checks haven’t turned green yet.
Happy to provide a test store, screen recording, or any additional access you need..
Thanks again for offering to take a look when appropriate.
Hi @Liam-Shopify
Same here, I’ve submitted our Growave app for BFS review on Dec 15, and still haven’t gotten any updates on how it’s going. I would much appreciate your help here!
@Liam-Shopify I would like to have my app approved and on the market as soon as possible. Is there anything else that I nee dto do. According to the check list, there is nothing left. i just need to have the embeded app checked. Which is shouldhave done already but is not. please advise.
?.. Still no one contact us
Any news?.. @Liam-Shopify
You have the Embedded App Checks that is still left on the list. That’s a strong indication you do not have the App Bridge properly imported through the CDN or that it’s implemented improperly. Hard to say exactly what issue you’re running into, but do a search here for “Embedded App Checks” and you’ll see others (including myself) ran into issues with this section, but ultimately showed it was incorrectly implemented.
It’s been a month since we applied and we still haven’t heard back @Liam-Shopify .
When can we expect to hear from the team?
DMing you for details @lezlet
Have shared the info requested. Look forward to hearing back
It’s been a month since we applied and we still haven’t heard back @Liam-Shopify
Thanks for the guidance — appreciate you pointing that out.
You were right: the issue was related to Embedded App Checks / App Bridge initialization.
I traced it to my dev tunnel expiring (Cloudflare trycloudflare URL), which caused intermittent 302/530 iframe failures and made it look like App Bridge wasn’t loading correctly. Once I restarted shopify app dev, regenerated the tunnel, and confirmed:
App Bridge is loaded via Shopify CDN
createApp() is initialized before rendering
iframe embedding is stable
no further embedded redirect loops
Network tab shows clean 200s on embedded routes
…the Embedded App Checks cleared and the app now loads consistently inside admin.
So in my case it wasn’t the App Bridge import itself — it was a dead tunnel breaking the embedded handshake.
Posting this in case it helps others chasing the same phantom App Bridge issue.
Thanks again.
