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Run the steps in order: set content rights, set the medical device declaration, create a review submission, add the appStoreVersions item, then submit with --confirm. Step four's error output lists exactly what is missing, and asc review doctor performs the same check beforehand.

App Store Connect rejects emoji in the description even though Google Play allows them, and the error message may not name emoji as the cause. Grep your metadata JSON files for non-BMP characters in the ranges U+1F300-1FAFF and U+2600-27BF to find the offending characters.

Creating an app requires an Apple web session with 2FA because the public App Store Connect API cannot create apps. The session expires within hours to a day, after which every asc web command may prompt again; log in manually rather than retrying in a loop.

The version string created by asc defaults to 1.0, but an Expo binary's CFBundleShortVersionString comes from app.json, often 1.0.0. Update the version string with asc versions update or pass --version when creating the app so they match.

The start date is evaluated in Cupertino time, so 'today' in your timezone may still be tomorrow there and get rejected. Use yesterday's date instead, for example with date -v-1d +%F on macOS.

No. Versions in WAITING_FOR_REVIEW, IN_REVIEW, or READY_FOR_SALE are locked and the API refuses media changes. Create the next version first, upload screenshots there, then submit that version.