It turned out that there was nothing wrong with my configuration and I didn't need to get the build approved for external testing. My laptop had been on for a few days and, it seems, somehow that it was causing an issue in XCode. When I restarted my laptop, on the first attempt the products were returned. An unusual issue and (somewhat stereotypical) solution.
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