Apple Still Sitting on Entitlement Requests
Let me check my CarPlay entitlement request… ∞ days and counting.
The fact that developers think about separating an app and degrading the user experience because of app review times should sound your alarm bells. Same for HomeKit. Please fix review times for apps with special entitlements.
Apple engineers at WWDC: Can’t wait to see what you build.
Apple App Review: We can wait and you will wait.
I submitted an entitlement request 3 weeks ago and still haven’t heard anything.
Previously:
- Mac App Store and Investing Engineering Time
- Apple Sitting on Applications and Requests
- Requesting Entitlements, Still Broken
Update (2022-09-09): Oskar Groth:
Finally got approved for a DriverKit entitlement after just checks calendar 445 days 💀
Update (2023-02-03): Aaron Pearce:
Been trying to get an advanced HomeKit entitlement since July last year. Last update I heard was in December when I asked for an update and got back that it was escalated. Nothing since.
Update (2023-07-14): Greg de J:
160 days since my request to default-browser-requests@apple.com for @quichebrowser. Takes ~5 weeks to get a reply, where they ask information I already provided, or give wrong instructions contradicting Apple docs.
Update (2025-05-19): Brian Gerfort:
I’ve been waiting 4 months for an entitlement 🤷♂️
Same (or rather my client is) - it‘s not even a from-scratch request; they already have USBDriverKit and a few other DriverKit family entitlements. Now we need to add an audio driver, but Apple seems to be trying to run down some kind of clock of theirs. Contacted developer support, but nothing so far beyond a “I’ll forward it to the relevant team”.
