TestFight beta testing for internal testers - Build state is "processing"
I've been using TestFlight for a while but this is the first time I'm submitting a build for beta testing directly from iTunesConnect since Apple bought TestFlight itself.
I've been experiencing a weird behaviour (or maybe just the Apple's expected behaviour).
I've added the user to my team (they've admin role), and I've selected them as part of the TestFlight tester in the dedicated panel. I've uploaded a build, switched the TestFlight Beta Testing on in the Build tab and selected the Internal Testers (just one in the screenshot below) I would like to receive that build.
Then...nothing happens, the state is still "Processing" (what?? shouldn't it be immediate?) the tester doesn't receive any invitation and I'm stuck. There's obviously something I'm missing here.
Beside, even if one tester has already been invited, the panel still shows "To start testing, invite at least one tester". TestFlight was such a good product once...
The two snapshot below show the state of my iTunesConnect panel. Any idea?
Answer
It turned out that "Processing" a build, even if it is for internal testing only (i.e. the 25 accounts associated with your team) may take a couple of hours. Even if the binary has already been validated by Xcode and Application loader.
I'm posting this as an answer since I've found no evidence about how long the "Processing" state is supposed to be. Given the length of some of the reviewing process it could be seconds, minutes, hours or days so it's nice to know that in this case it lasted a couple of hours.
Now my console status is this one.
