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

Make sure your project is in "Prepare for Submission" on App Store Connect.

This happened to me as I already loaded a previous version of my app and found some new changes and was attempting to upload the new build. But the status on App Store Connect still said, "Waiting for Review". Rejecting the current build and changing the status to "Prepare for Submission" fixed the problem.