Beta testing: App not appearing in Play Store Beta tab

Question

I have been trying for several weeks now to get the Google Alpha / Beta testing functionality on the Play Store to work with no success. As far as I can tell I have followed

Answer 1

The suggestion from @Edgehog to use Open Testing solved my problem regarding being able to see my app in the Beta tab of the Play Store.

I have not found a reason yet why the closed beta testing (using emails or groups/communities) would not work.