Does App Store Promote work for automatically releasing an app that has already been approved?

rohanp-91 commented 3 years ago

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Our release pipeline setup is as below:

Full Test Pass -> Upload to TestFlight and Submit for Review in PROD with release automatically unchecked (these two triggered in parallel) -> Promote to PROD

In the last Promote to PROD step, I want to use the App Store Promote ADO task and want to release the version that was previously submitted for review (might be at approved stage at this time as I am planning to trigger this task manually later). My question is whether the App Store Promote task, with release automatically selected, will work in releasing the already approved latest version to PROD or does it only work in promoting from TestFlight to PROD?

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alexander-smolyakov commented 3 years ago

Hey @rohanp-91, the Apple Promote task designed only to promote build from TestFlight to Production, and most likely the scenario you describe will not work.

However, if you need this functionality in the task, could you create a feature request for it and describe in more detail how you see this feature should work?

rohanp-91 commented 3 years ago

Hi @alexander-smolyakov,

Thanks for the response. I have opened feature request #225. Please let me know if I need to add any additional information in the feature request. Also, please feel free to drop me an email or ping me on Teams in case you have any questions. My alias is ropathak.

As of now, I am closing this issue. The requirement can be tracked in the feature request. Thanks!

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