Unable to submit app for notarisation - "No suitable application records were found."

Hi all,

A few days ago I was unable to submit my app for notarisation, I would get this error message:

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No suitable application records were found. Verify your bundle identifier ‘com.<snip>’ is correct.

This made no sense since I've never had to create an identifier to notorize apps that I distribute myself. Then, the next day the notorization succeeded with no warnings (and no intervention of any kind on my behalf).

However, for the last two days I've been trying to notorize the same app again (with a small bug fix) and once again keep getting the error above. Now I'm beginning to wonder if it's a problem with my set up or a problem with Apple's servers.

As a test I created the bundle ID on the developer site, but that didn't help.

Can anyone shed some light on what light be happening?
Answered by DTS Engineer in 646771022
The No suitable application records were found. message is associated with App Store distribution rather than notarisation. It means that you’re trying to submit an app to the App Store (or validate it for submission to the App Store) where there’s no matching record for the app in App Store Connect.

Notarisation is quite separate from the App Store and does not require an App Store Connect record. Notarisation should never return this message.

So, the next time this crops up, check that you’re using the right subcommand in altool. --validate-app and --upload-app are for dealing with the App Store. For notarisation you want --notarize-app.

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Quinn “The Eskimo!” @ Developer Technical Support @ Apple
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The No suitable application records were found. message is associated with App Store distribution rather than notarisation. It means that you’re trying to submit an app to the App Store (or validate it for submission to the App Store) where there’s no matching record for the app in App Store Connect.

Notarisation is quite separate from the App Store and does not require an App Store Connect record. Notarisation should never return this message.

So, the next time this crops up, check that you’re using the right subcommand in altool. --validate-app and --upload-app are for dealing with the App Store. For notarisation you want --notarize-app.

Share and Enjoy

Quinn “The Eskimo!” @ Developer Technical Support @ Apple
let myEmail = "eskimo" + "1" + "@apple.com"
Thanks Quinn. I was just having a brain-dead moment.

I saw the big "Validate" button and was trying to so that first, since I had it in my head that I had to notarise before exporting. This despite the fact that I've done this operation tens of times before.
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