Release to TestFlight

Steps

1. Open Publish, pick App Store, and open Send the build to TestFlight.
2. Click Send v… to TestFlight. That is your approval for testing.
3. Wait for Apple's processing, usually 5 to 30 minutes, until the release shows Ready for testers. Check status asks Apple now.
4. Add testers: the step Add testers in TestFlight walks it. Internal testers are users in Users and Access with an App Store Connect role, up to 100.
5. Testers install the TestFlight app, signed in with the Apple Account the invite went to, and accept it.

Good to know

• You need the App Store Connect API key connected, the app created in App Store Connect, and a finished IPA. See iOS builds.
• Build and send to TestFlight, on the step Build the app for the App Store, builds and sends in one go, after you confirm its price. While App Store Connect has no app with the bundle ID, the step offers only the build and points to Create the app in App Store Connect.
• A build on TestFlight reaches nobody until testers are added. External testers need Test Information and a short Beta App Review of the first build. A build stays installable for 90 days.
• On paid plans the upload runs the Release and Security checks first; a must-fix finding stops it. To ship a change, build again: the build number goes up by itself.

Related

Production release · Install and test on a device