My new build of apps is in iTunes Connect with the status Processing

Question

Perhaps I have a stupid question, but after upgrading to Xcode 7 I sent a new version of my application to the App Store (by standard: Archives - Organizer - Download to the App Store). But now this is my build in iTunes Connect on the Preerelease tab with status processing (about 12 hours), and I don't know why. Why is my build in the Prereleasse tab? I used to upload a new assembly in the same way, and I could send it for a few minutes for review. Thanks for reference.

Update: After more than 48 hours, I can finally submit my new build for viewing !; -)

Answer 1

The problem seems to be related specifically to Xcode 7. Some people mentioned these tasks to get it going:

1) Use the Loader app, not Xcode, to send to iTunes.

2) Retry with the new beta version of Xcode 7.1.

3) Retry using the old Xcode 6.4.

Your objection may vary.

Edit: the problem seems to be resolved now, it seems to be related to this Xcode vulnerability in China, which caused significant delays in iTunes Connect.

Answer 2

This is not a feature of Xcode; instead, it is actually an iTunes feature to connect to.

All of your downloaded archives go directly to the Pre-Validation tab and allow you to distribute them to some specific users for beta testing through TestFlight (optional) before you install it for production.

This process allows you to debug the performance of your application and allows you to actually maintain a build log without publishing the application to the public. When you're all set up, you select the best from Prerelease collections and publish it for the real production environment, for the public.

More Apple documentation is available here.

And by the way, I think that your processing problem should be automatically resolved if you give it some time (maybe 24 hours or so), or you may need to uninstall the application and download it again. You may know that Apple is too busy to maintain its security in the App Store, right now;) !!!