| name | asc-submission-health |
| description | Validate App Store submission readiness, submit prepared versions, and monitor review status with current asc commands. Use when shipping or troubleshooting review submissions. |
asc submission health
Use this skill to reduce review submission failures and monitor review state. The current readiness command is asc validate; legacy submit-preflight and submit-create shortcuts must not be used.
Preconditions
- Auth configured and app/version/build IDs resolved.
- Build processing completed or the command uses a high-level flow with
--wait.
- Metadata, app info, screenshots, review details, content rights, encryption, pricing, and availability are expected to be complete.
Pre-submission checklist
1. Verify build status
asc builds info --build-id "BUILD_ID"
Check:
processingState is VALID.- encryption fields are understood before submission.
2. Run canonical readiness validation
asc validate --app "APP_ID" --version "1.2.3" --platform IOS --output table
Use strict mode when warnings should fail automation:
asc validate --app "APP_ID" --version "1.2.3" --platform IOS --strict --output table
If you already have the exact version ID:
asc validate --app "APP_ID" --version-id "VERSION_ID" --platform IOS --output table
3. Encryption compliance
If the build uses non-exempt encryption:
asc encryption declarations list --app "APP_ID"
asc encryption declarations create \
--app "APP_ID" \
--app-description "Uses standard HTTPS/TLS" \
--contains-proprietary-cryptography=false \
--contains-third-party-cryptography=true \
--available-on-french-store=true
asc encryption declarations assign-builds \
--id "DECLARATION_ID" \
--build "BUILD_ID"
If the app truly uses only exempt transport encryption, prefer updating the local plist and rebuilding:
asc encryption declarations exempt-declare --plist "./Info.plist"
4. Content rights declaration
asc apps content-rights view --app "APP_ID"
asc apps content-rights edit --app "APP_ID" --uses-third-party-content=false
5. Age rating declaration
Inspect the current declaration before editing it:
asc age-rating view --app "APP_ID" --output table
API 4.4.1 adds the socialMedia and socialMediaAgeRestricted declarations;
the other age-rating declarations predate this schema. Set the new values only
when they accurately describe the app:
asc age-rating edit --app "APP_ID" --social-media false --social-media-age-restricted false
Apple requires userGeneratedContent=true before socialMedia can be true.
It also requires both ageAssurance=true and socialMedia=true before
socialMediaAgeRestricted can be true. Inspect the current declaration before
a partial edit, or set every prerequisite explicitly in the same command.
Prefer --age-rating-override-v2 when an override is required; the original
--age-rating-override flag is deprecated.
6. Version metadata and localizations
asc versions view --version-id "VERSION_ID" --include-build --include-submission
asc localizations list --version "VERSION_ID" --output table
For canonical metadata repair:
asc metadata pull --app "APP_ID" --version "1.2.3" --platform IOS --dir "./metadata"
asc metadata validate --dir "./metadata" --output table
asc metadata push --app "APP_ID" --version "1.2.3" --platform IOS --dir "./metadata" --dry-run --output table
asc metadata push --app "APP_ID" --version "1.2.3" --platform IOS --dir "./metadata"
7. App info localizations and privacy policy
asc apps info list --app "APP_ID" --output table
asc localizations list --app "APP_ID" --type app-info --app-info "APP_INFO_ID" --output table
For subscription or IAP apps, make sure privacy policy URL is populated:
asc app-setup info set --app "APP_ID" --primary-locale "en-US" --privacy-policy-url "https://example.com/privacy"
8. Screenshots
asc screenshots list --version-localization "LOC_ID" --output table
asc screenshots sizes --output table
asc screenshots validate --path "./screenshots" --device-type "IPHONE_65" --output table
9. Digital goods readiness
asc validate iap --app "APP_ID" --output table
asc validate subscriptions --app "APP_ID" --output table
Use JSON when you need exact diagnostics:
asc validate subscriptions --app "APP_ID" --output json --pretty
When the product uses API 4.4.1 version-scoped metadata, inspect the exact
version resources that will be submitted:
asc iap versions list --iap-id "IAP_ID" --paginate --output table
asc iap versions view --version-id "IAP_VERSION_ID" --output table
asc iap versions localizations list --version-id "IAP_VERSION_ID" --paginate --output table
asc iap versions image --version-id "IAP_VERSION_ID" --output table
asc iap versions images list --version-id "IAP_VERSION_ID" --paginate --output table
asc subscriptions versions list --subscription-id "SUB_ID" --paginate --output table
asc subscriptions versions view --id "SUBSCRIPTION_VERSION_ID" --output table
asc subscriptions versions localizations list --version-id "SUBSCRIPTION_VERSION_ID" --paginate --output table
asc subscriptions versions images primary --version-id "SUBSCRIPTION_VERSION_ID" --output table
asc subscriptions versions images list --version-id "SUBSCRIPTION_VERSION_ID" --paginate --output table
asc subscriptions groups versions list --group-id "GROUP_ID" --paginate --output table
asc subscriptions groups versions view --version-id "GROUP_VERSION_ID" --output table
asc subscriptions groups versions localizations list --version-id "GROUP_VERSION_ID" --paginate --output table
Capture each version .data.id from its create response before resolving or
mutating these children.
10. App Privacy advisory
The public API cannot fully verify App Privacy publish state. If validation reports an advisory, use the web-session flow or confirm manually.
asc web privacy pull --app "APP_ID" --out "./privacy.json"
asc web privacy plan --app "APP_ID" --file "./privacy.json"
asc web privacy apply --app "APP_ID" --file "./privacy.json"
asc web privacy publish --app "APP_ID" --confirm
Manual fallback:
https://appstoreconnect.apple.com/apps/APP_ID/appPrivacy
Submit
Submit a prepared version
Use asc review submit for explicit App Store review submission:
asc review submit --app "APP_ID" --version "1.2.3" --build "BUILD_ID" --dry-run --output table
asc review submit --app "APP_ID" --version "1.2.3" --build "BUILD_ID" --confirm
Use --version-id "VERSION_ID" when you have already resolved the version.
Upload and submit in one flow
asc publish appstore --app "APP_ID" --ipa "./App.ipa" --version "1.2.3" --submit --dry-run --output table
asc publish appstore --app "APP_ID" --ipa "./App.ipa" --version "1.2.3" --submit --confirm
Add --wait when the command should wait for build processing.
Multi-item review submissions
Use the lower-level review-submission API when the submission needs multiple review items, such as Game Center component versions:
asc review submissions-create --app "APP_ID" --platform IOS
asc review items add --submission "SUBMISSION_ID" --item-type appStoreVersions --item-id "VERSION_ID"
asc review items add --submission "SUBMISSION_ID" --item-type gameCenterChallengeVersions --item-id "GC_CHALLENGE_VERSION_ID"
asc review items add --submission "SUBMISSION_ID" --item-type inAppPurchaseVersions --item-id "IAP_VERSION_ID"
asc review items add --submission "SUBMISSION_ID" --item-type subscriptionVersions --item-id "SUBSCRIPTION_VERSION_ID"
asc review items add --submission "SUBMISSION_ID" --item-type subscriptionGroupVersions --item-id "GROUP_VERSION_ID"
asc review submissions-submit --id "SUBMISSION_ID" --confirm
For non-renewing IAPs that Apple requires to be selected with the next app version, the public API can reject both direct review items and standalone IAP submission. After validating IAP readiness, use the web-session attachment only for that web-only gap:
asc web review iaps attach --app "APP_ID" --iap-id "IAP_ID" --confirm
This command requires an authenticated Apple web session and should be documented in the handoff.
Monitor
asc status --app "APP_ID"
asc submit status --id "SUBMISSION_ID"
asc submit status --version-id "VERSION_ID"
asc review submissions-list --app "APP_ID" --paginate
Cancel and retry
asc submit cancel --id "SUBMISSION_ID" --confirm
asc submit cancel --version-id "VERSION_ID" --app "APP_ID" --confirm
asc review submissions-cancel --id "SUBMISSION_ID" --confirm
Fix validation issues, then submit again with asc review submit or asc publish appstore --submit --confirm.
Common submission errors
Version is not in valid state
Check:
- Build is attached and
VALID.
- Encryption declaration is resolved or exempt.
- Content rights declaration is set.
- Required localizations and screenshots are present.
- Review details are present.
- Pricing and availability exist.
- App Privacy has been reviewed and published in App Store Connect.
Export compliance must be approved
Either upload export compliance documentation or rebuild with exempt encryption metadata if that accurately describes the app.
Multiple app infos found
Use the exact app-info ID:
asc apps info list --app "APP_ID" --output table
Notes
- Do not use legacy submit-preflight or submit-create shortcuts; they are removed.
- Use
asc validate for readiness.
- Use
asc review submit for prepared-version submission.
- Use
asc publish appstore --submit --confirm for high-level upload plus submission.
- App Privacy publish state is not fully verifiable through the public API.
- Use
--output table for human status and JSON for automation.
- macOS submissions follow the same review flow but use
--platform MAC_OS.
