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# Release to TestFlight

Send a signed IPA to TestFlight from Publish, let FluxNative follow Apple's processing, then add testers in App Store Connect.

![The App Store steps under Build and upload, with Send the build to TestFlight open](https://fluxnative.app/guide-media/testflight.4c0620f1.webp)

Send the build to TestFlight is the step after the build, under Publish, App Store.

## 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](https://fluxnative.app/docs/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.

**Note:** App Store Connect may ask about export compliance before testers can install. Answer it under the build, or in **Submit for review**.

## Related

[Production release](https://fluxnative.app/docs/production-release) · [Install and test on a device](https://fluxnative.app/docs/install-on-device)

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Send a signed IPA to TestFlight from Publish, let FluxNative follow Apple's processing, then add testers in App Store Connect.

Page: https://fluxnative.app/docs/testflight