Application loader stuck at the stage of “Verifying assets with the iTunes Store”

Question

I was about to upload an app to iTunes connect, but the application loader has been stuck at the stage of \"Verifying assets with the iTunes Store\" and pending for almost a

Answer 1

On Xcode 8.0 (8A218a), I was having this issue.

I had added the Associated Domains capability to handle Applinks. I had accidentally left a trailing '/' on my url. Removing this trailing slash fixed the issue.