Is this one of those scams where someone calls you from "Apple Support" and says, "We think you've been hacked, please go to blah blah blah in your settings app, do you see a thing that starts 'duration_ms'? You do? Yeah, that means you've been hacked, don't worry we can fix it for you, please go to ivebeenhack3d.com and install the special un-hack tool, yeah we have to call it bankingtrojan.app for security reasons, oh by the way there is a small charge for this assistance, we accept bitcoin". ?

I just uploaded a new build for TestFlight from which I had removed libcrypto, and I still got an email saying that I am missing an API declaration for NSPrivacyAccessedAPICategoryFileTimeStamp. So I attempted to identify the symbol: % cd ~/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/blah/Build/Products/Debug-iphoneos/blah.app % nm blah | grep 'NSFileCreation' % nm blah | grep 'NSFileModification' % nm blah | grep 'fileModification' % nm blah | grep 'NSURLContentModification' % nm blah | grep 'NSURLCreation' % nm blah | grep 'getattr' % nm blah | grep ' _stat' % nm blah | grep 'fstat' % nm blah | grep 'lstat' So... no sign of any of the symbols in the published list. What's going on here? Is my method for looking for symbols flawed? Is the published list of symbols incomplete? In particular, I am using C++ std::filesystem functions that access file timestamps, but they still aren't on the list; maybe they have been added to the checker but not to the published list?

This Section shall not apply to providers of online platforms allowing consumers to conclude distance contracts with traders that qualify as micro or small enterprises Hmm, where are the brackets in that? Is it: This Section shall not apply to (providers of online platforms allowing consumers to conclude distance contracts with traders) that qualify as micro or small enterprises Or: This Section shall not apply to providers of online platforms allowing consumers to conclude distance contracts with (traders that qualify as micro or small enterprises) ? I believe it is the former. Apple is in no sense a micro or small enterprise, obviously. And if there were any doubt, read clause 2 of article 29: this Section shall apply to providers of online platforms allowing consumers to conclude distance contracts with traders that have been designated as very large online platforms Apple has been so-designated. this Exclusion for micro and small enterprises formula is also present on the Section 3 In section 3, it's absolutely clear that it is referring to the size of the platform, not of the traders using the platform. Do you think my conclusion is accurate? No. (By the way, someone asked how long they have to supply the required data: I now see that the regulation provides 12 months; Apple may or may not actually allow that long!)

I believe it is not possible to do the first step of creating a new app using the API.

On this page: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/appstoreserverapi See the section "Refund information", and in particular "Send Consumption Information". I believe there is a WWDC video that describes this.

Apple don't tell us what their policy is, and it may depend on the customer's location.

You need to check if those symbols are present in your executable. You can do this with objdump or nm. There have been other threads on the forum about doing that, which you should be able to find using search.

Wrote a reply to the reviewer 24 hours ago (10 min after the rejection), explaining that the screenshots are in compliance They decide what is compliant. If they say they aren't compliant, then they aren't compliant. Any ways to speed up the process of getting the new version approved? I suggest that you just remove all the problematic screenshots for the time being. That should get the app back on the store. Then create new ones that are exactly as they want them. Don't bother appealing or trying to communicate with them in any way.

my company publishes free apps on behalf of customers. although this means we do not publish paid apps, I think we identify ourselves as a trader, if I interpret that legalese stuff correctly Yes.

I am pretty fluent in English, but this is pretty weird legalese. You're German, right? https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/DE/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32022R2065 „Unternehmer“ jede natürliche oder juristische Person, unabhängig davon, ob sie in privatem oder öffentlichem Eigentum steht, die für die Zwecke ihrer gewerblichen, geschäftlichen, handwerklichen oder beruflichen Tätigkeit entweder selbst oder durch eine andere in ihrem Namen oder Auftrag handelnde Person tätig wird;

Right, yours seems a slightly different situation. You may be able to fix it by going through whatever process there is for changing a business address.

If I stop providing my apps on the EU store am I no longer a 'trader'? I don't think that Apple's forms currently have a way of saying "I want to skip this, I don't want to sell in the EU". You could ask them to add that. We also don't know what happens if you just don't complete the forms. FWIW, for me having a business address available online only results in a few extra kg of junk mail per month.

This definition is unclear to me because I don’t know the definition of “trade, business, craft, or profession.” Dictionaries are available. But basically, they are all types of jobs. It is asking if you are doing this as a job. This is a hobby to me. Is my hobby my “craft” or “trade”? No, but... Does it matter if I have paid apps or IAP vs only free apps? Does it matter if I make a profit vs a net loss considering the annual developer fee? If you are making a profit - or trying to make a profit - then it's not a hobby, is it?! What do you tell the tax authorities about your income from this?

I see feedback from others, too. That sounds like a serious bug! (Have you filed a bug report? Ha ha ha) But maybe you're just referring to the spam that Apple puts in there, e.g. release notes, newsletters, surveys etc. I'm afraid you just have to ignore that. Or... maybe this is an enterprise thing? Are you seeing bugs from other people in your organisation? I don't know how that is supposed to work.

I don't understand where the problem in my app It seems that you mention Android or Windows in the app description, screenshots etc.