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App Store Deployment — Pre-Flight Checklist

Last updated: 2026-07-08

Feature gates

  • Phase 0.5 — Info.plist hygiene done (ITSAppUsesNonExemptEncryption, arm64, icon)
  • Phase 9 — Push notifications wired (PushService, register/unregister, aps-environment: development entitlement in place; Xcode auto-signing upgrades to production on archive)
  • Phase 14 — UGC safety shipped (report message/user, block/unblock, mute, terms gate on register, blocked users in settings)
  • Unit tests — All 8 moderation API methods have bearer token + 401 error tests; ModerationModelTests covers BlockedUser/MutedUser Codable decoding

Accounts & credentials

Item Status Notes
Apple Developer Program membership active; agreements accepted in ASC ☐ $99/yr — verify at developer.apple.com
Your role on team BJA9558E4B is Admin or App Manager ☐ Check in App Store Connect
APNs Auth Key (.p8) created, Key ID recorded, handed to backend ☐ Portal → Certificates, IDs & Profiles → Keys → enable APNs; one-time download
Demo reviewer account registered and confirmed working on production ☐ Register at interlinedlist.com with email/password; keep creds in password manager
Privacy Policy URL live ✅ https://interlinedlist.com/privacy → 200 (verified 2026-07-07)
Support URL live ✅ https://interlinedlist.com/help → 307 redirect (acceptable for ASC)
Community Guidelines / EULA URL live and linked from RegisterView ✅ https://interlinedlist.com/terms → 200 (verified 2026-07-07)

Xcode project

Item Status Notes
App ID com.interlinedlist.app registered in portal with Push Notifications enabled ☐ Portal → Identifiers → App IDs
Automatic signing, team BJA9558E4B, archive signs cleanly ☐ Target → Signing & Capabilities
No unused capabilities or entitlements ☐ Only aps-environment is present
Build number incremented from any prior upload ☐ agvtool next-version -all

App Store Connect record

Item Status Notes
App record created (name: InterlinedList, bundle ID, SKU: interlinedlist-ios, Full access) ☐ appstoreconnect.apple.com → Apps → "+"
Free pricing, all territories selected ☐ Pricing and Availability tab
Primary category: Social Networking ☐ App Information tab
Privacy Policy URL entered ☐ https://interlinedlist.com/privacy
Support URL entered ☐ https://interlinedlist.com/help
Age rating questionnaire completed ☐ Fill after Phase 14 confirmed — expected 17+

Assets

Item Status Notes
App icon: no empty wells, no alpha channel (verified in Xcode asset catalog) ☐ InterlinedList/Assets.xcassets/AppIcon.appiconset/AppIcon-1024.png
Screenshots: 6.9" set uploaded (iPhone 16 Pro Max, 1320 × 2868 px) ☐ Minimum screens: Feed, Compose, Lists, Profile, Settings
Screenshots: 6.5" set uploaded (iPhone 15 Plus, 1242 × 2688 px) ☐ Same minimum screens
App name (≤30 chars): "InterlinedList" ☐ Verify uniqueness in ASC at record creation
Subtitle (≤30 chars) ☐ e.g. "Social lists, shared"
Description (≤4,000 chars) ☐
Keywords (≤100 chars total, comma-separated) ☐
Promotional text (≤170 chars) ☐ Changeable without a new submission
What's New: "Initial release." ☐
App Privacy nutrition label completed and saved in ASC ☐ See §4 in App-Store-Deployment.md for declared data types

Upload & review

Item Status Notes
Build archived (Release, Any iOS Device / arm64) ☐ Product → Archive in Xcode
Build uploaded and processed (visible in TestFlight) ☐ Distribute App → App Store Connect → Upload
TestFlight smoke-test passed on a real device ☐ See smoke-test checklist below
Review notes written ☐ See review notes template below
Submit for Review ☐

Smoke-test checklist (real device, before submitting)

  • Email/password login and registration
  • OAuth (at least one provider — Mastodon or Bluesky)
  • Compose + post (text, image)
  • Feed scroll, dig/undig, reply
  • Lists and Documents CRUD
  • Organizations list loads (Bearer auth fix shipped 2026-07-07)
  • Deep-link callbacks (interlinedlist://reset-password, interlinedlist://verify-email)
  • Push notification receipt and tap routing
  • Settings, sign-out, delete-account flow
  • Report a message (tap ... on any post → Report)
  • Block a user (tap ... on any post or visit their profile → Block)

Review notes template

Demo login:
  Email:    <demo-account-email>
  Password: <demo-account-password>

Subscriptions are managed exclusively at interlinedlist.com.
There is no in-app purchase, paywall, or billing UI in this app.

To delete the account: Profile → Edit Profile → Delete Account (double-confirm).

To report content: tap the … menu on any post → Report.
To block a user: tap the … menu on any post or visit their profile → Block.