apple resubmit: REJECTED review submission items are marked resolved before the submit (PATCH reviewSubmissionItems resolved: true; the version item by default, IAP / subscription items with --resolve-iaps), plan table 'mark resolved' rows; on 409 'not ready yet' the items are re-read and a REJECTED item out of scope stops the run at once naming it and how to resolve it, backoff only when none is left; an empty READY_FOR_REVIEW draft is never canceled (409 'not in cancellable state'): left as is, no cancel command, apple status labels it harmless and treats the cancel 409 as such; fake ASC blocks submit on REJECTED items and refuses to cancel empty drafts. Pitfall 30

skills/store-pitfalls/SKILL.md

@@ -399,11 +399,25 @@ that fails without the fix (see CONTRIBUTING.md).
   was 409 `ITEM_PART_OF_ANOTHER_SUBMISSION`: the version was still in the rejected submission.
 - **Cause:** a rejected submission stays open with UNRESOLVED_ISSUES and keeps its items (the REJECTED version, its
   IAPs); storebound only looked for READY_FOR_REVIEW drafts, and read the 409's "already added" as a duplicate.
-- **Do:** upload the fixed build, `storebound apple status` (shows the submission, its items and the command), then
-  `storebound apple resubmit --build <n>` (dry run, plan table) and after the owner's yes `--yes`. Expect "Version is
-  not ready to be submitted yet" for a few minutes after the build is attached: the command retries with backoff
-  (up to 10 min) and a re-run continues where it stopped.
+- **Also seen (same day):** with build 2 VALID, APP_STORE_ELIGIBLE and attached, every `PATCH reviewSubmissions/{id}
+  submitted: true` answered 409 STATE_ERROR "Version is not ready to be submitted yet, please try again later" for
+  25 minutes, and the console's Resubmit and Add for Review buttons were disabled. Retrying never helps: the
+  appStoreVersion item was still REJECTED. `PATCH /v1/reviewSubmissionItems/{item id}` with
+  `{"data":{"type":"reviewSubmissionItems","id":"<item id>","attributes":{"resolved":true}}}` answered 200, the item
+  went to READY_FOR_REVIEW, and the submit then passed (WAITING_FOR_REVIEW). The 7 IAP items were READY_FOR_REVIEW.
+  An empty READY_FOR_REVIEW draft (0 items) cannot be canceled: `canceled: true` answers 409 "Resource is not in
+  cancellable state". It is harmless; leave it (a later run reuses it).
+- **Do:** upload the fixed build, `storebound apple status` (shows the submission, its items, which are REJECTED and
+  not resolved, and the command), then `storebound apple resubmit --build <n>` (dry run, plan table with "mark
+  resolved" rows) and after the owner's yes `--yes`: it attaches the build, marks the REJECTED version item resolved,
+  then submits. REJECTED IAP / subscription items are marked resolved only with `--resolve-iaps` (after fixing what
+  App Review asked for). Right after a build is attached, "not ready yet" with nothing left REJECTED is retried with
+  backoff (up to 10 min) and a re-run continues where it stopped. Never offer a cancel command for an empty draft.
 - **Guard:** `chooseSubmission` (cli/lib/review-submit.ts) reuses an open submission and never creates a second one;
   `addItem` turns the 409 into a message naming the other submission (never the lag message: `isConflict` excludes
-  it), a draft created by the same run is canceled and the named one used; `submitWithRetry` (cli/apple/submission.ts);
-  `tests/resubmit.test.ts`.
+  it), a draft created by the same run is left as is (not cancellable) and the named one used; `resolveRejected` /
+  `toResolve` mark REJECTED items in scope resolved before the submit; `submitWithRetry` (cli/apple/submission.ts)
+  re-reads the items on "not ready", resolves those in scope and stops at once (naming the item and how to resolve
+  it) when one out of scope is left, backing off only when none is; `apple status` labels an empty draft "empty draft
+  (harmless; App Store Connect keeps it, not cancellable)" and treats the cancel 409 as harmless; the fake ASC blocks
+  the submit while an item is REJECTED and refuses to cancel an empty draft; `tests/resubmit.test.ts`.