/asc-submission-health

name: asc-submission-health
description: Diagnose App Store submission blockers and operate review health with asc, including readiness validation, repair routing, status monitoring, cancellation, and retry decisions. Use when validation fails, a version is not in a valid state, review status is unclear or stuck, or a failed submission must be repaired and retried. For staging, upload, publication, and submission execution, use asc-release-flow.

App Store submission health

Use this skill to explain why a release cannot proceed and to manage an existing review submission. Hand healthy release execution back to `asc-release-flow`.

Ownership boundary

This skill owns:

• readiness validation and blocker diagnosis;
• public-API, web-session, and manual repair routing;
• review status and history;
• cancellation and retry decisions.

Do not stage, upload, publish, or submit a healthy release from this skill.

Answer order

1. State whether the version is ready, blocked, or already under review. 2. Name each blocker and the evidence that proves it. 3. Separate public-API repairs from web-session and manual work. 4. Give one next command. Do not dump the entire repair catalog.

Establish the target

• Resolve `APP_ID`, the version string or `VERSION_ID`, `BUILD_ID`, platform, and any known `SUBMISSION_ID`.
• Configure auth with `asc auth login` or `ASC_*` environment variables.
• Use `ASC_BYPASS_KEYCHAIN=1` only for repository tests and isolated verification, not normal user sessions.
• Prefer IDs once the target is resolved; stop when app, version, or product resolution is ambiguous.

Diagnose readiness

Run the canonical readiness report first:

asc validate --app "APP_ID" --version "1.2.3" --platform IOS --output table

Use `--version-id "VERSION_ID"` when known. Add `--strict` when warnings must fail automation.

Ask the review-specific doctor for an ordered explanation:

asc review doctor --app "APP_ID" --version "1.2.3" --platform IOS --output table

Collect direct evidence when the report points at the build or version:

asc builds info --build-id "BUILD_ID" --output table
asc versions view --version-id "VERSION_ID" --include-build --include-submission --output table

For digital goods, run only the relevant product validator:

asc validate iap --app "APP_ID" --output table
asc validate subscriptions --app "APP_ID" --output table

Treat the ordered remediation plan from `asc validate` as the repair queue. Fix and verify one class of blocker before moving to the next.

Route repairs

Use public API commands when the blocker is build processing, metadata, screenshots, review details, encryption, content rights, age rating, availability, or version-scoped product metadata.

Read [references/readiness-repairs.md](references/readiness-repairs.md) when diagnostics identify one of those common blockers or a first-release availability gap.

Read [references/digital-goods.md](references/digital-goods.md) only when IAP or subscription validation fails, Apple requires first-review attachment, or a versioned product must join an existing review submission.

Read [references/app-privacy.md](references/app-privacy.md) only when validation reports an App Privacy advisory or the publish state cannot be confirmed through the public API.

When validation reports a Game Center component or version blocker, hand it to `asc-release-flow` and request the multi-item reference's **Prepare every item** section. Do not route Game Center through general readiness or digital-goods repairs.

Use the web-session commands only for a gap the public API cannot cover, and say that an authenticated Apple web session is required. Keep a manual App Store Connect fallback when the user declines web-session automation.

Decide whether the version is healthy

A version is ready to return to `asc-release-flow` when:

• `asc validate` has no blocking issues;
• the attached build is `VALID`;
• metadata, screenshots, app info, review details, content rights, encryption, age rating, pricing, and availability are resolved;
• the relevant `asc validate iap` and/or `asc validate subscriptions` checks have no blocking issues, and the required digital-goods versions are prepared;
• any Game Center version items have been checked through `asc-release-flow`'s multi-item submission reference;
• App Privacy is confirmed or published.

Do not call a version ready merely because one validator exits successfully. Report any warning that still needs a web-session or manual check.

Monitor review

Use app-scoped status when the submission ID is unknown:

asc review status --app "APP_ID" --version "1.2.3" --platform IOS --output table

Use exact submission or version IDs when available:

asc submit status --id "SUBMISSION_ID" --output table
asc submit status --version-id "VERSION_ID" --output table

Use the release dashboard for surrounding build and review signals:

asc status --app "APP_ID" --include builds,appstore,submission,review --output table

Use history to distinguish a current stall from earlier rejected or completed submissions:

asc review history --app "APP_ID" --version "1.2.3" --paginate --output table

Cancel an unhealthy submission

Resolve the exact active submission before cancelling. Preview status first, then require confirmation:

asc submit status --id "SUBMISSION_ID" --output table
asc submit cancel --id "SUBMISSION_ID" --confirm

When resolving by version, include the app for the modern review-submission lookup:

asc submit status --version-id "VERSION_ID" --output table
asc submit cancel --version-id "VERSION_ID" --app "APP_ID" --confirm

The lower-level equivalent is valid when the exact review submission is already known:

asc review submissions-cancel --id "SUBMISSION_ID" --confirm

Do not cancel a submission solely because review is taking longer tha