In-App Purchases still Waiting for Review

Question

When we developed a new version of our app, we submitted new versions of some in-app purchases, which were the same as the old versions but consumable (so you can purchase them multiple times) and also to support a discount.

They were returned with a reason like "please submit together with the binary".

So we submitted them again after uploading the binary for the new app version.

The binary was reviewed and Approved. It is now Pending Developer Release.

But the new in-app purchases are still yellow and In Review!

However, when clicking on them, a checkmark in the page says "Cleared for Sals."

We are worried that if we release the new version of the app, people will go to purchase and won't see the new purchases, ruining our chance to offer the new purchases -- as very few people return to a purchases page just for the fun of it, and so all existing users will just choose from whatever is there now (the old purchases) and come away none the wiser.

Has anyone had this? Can you confirm 100% that Cleared for Sale is all you need even if we have a yellow status and app is In Review? Apple documentation seems to suggest that this status means we have to wait until the review has been completed. But they already reviewed the app, so this may be just a UX bug and we could be stuck waiting for nothing??

If you have had a similar experience with the App Store reviews, please advise us in an answer.

Answer 1

From my personal experience: do not release new version until 24 hours pass from In-App Purchase has approved.

I had such problem: IAP was approved (green) and new version was released at the same day (by expedited review). Whole day users had claiming that they can't buy product. App hadn't getting this IAP from Apple server (as others IAPs in this app worked). Apple support recommended just wait for 24 hours. When 24 hours passed from IAP was approved, this IAP became available for purchase.