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Jon asked

How long does the certification process take?

Hi, I was wondering, how long does the certification process take? Best Jon
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April L. Hamilton answered
I submitted an app and received a reply with change requests 3-4 days later. I've made the changes and resubmitted, but it's only been since the weekend so I'm not surprised I haven't had a final response yet.
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James Chivers answered
Hi Jon - I can't remember the exact number of days between certification of my first app and the feedback, but it was probably just under a week. The feedback was extremely detailed and helpful. Like April, I recently addressed the feedback and re-submitted for certification. Check your app logs and/or enable additionally debugging - you should start seeing inbound requests when the certification process commences. I've since submitted a few more apps, as I expect others have too, so the certification team might be loaded up :) When I hear back - I'll update herein!
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James Chivers answered
Update: I submitted a number of apps 10 days ago, and heard back this evening with some feedback on one of them. They're all same code base with similar utterance data so I expect to not get feedback on them all.
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The Stig answered
Not to derail the thread, but how many apps have you submitted James? Just curious.
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