I uploaded a new version of my Airtable marketplace extension about 15 days ago and it’s still stuck in the approval process. I tried contacting their support team around 7 days back but haven’t heard anything yet.
This whole situation has me worried about what would happen if I needed to fix a serious bug quickly. If the review process always takes this long, users would be stuck with broken features for weeks until the fix gets approved. That seems like a major problem for developers.
Has anyone else dealt with similar review delays recently? What did you do to speed things up or work around it?
Been through this pain too many times. 15 days is actually fast - I’ve seen reviews drag on 6+ weeks, especially during their conference season.
The real problem isn’t the wait, it’s zero communication. Their review team is a black box. Submit and pray.
For critical bugs, I architect extensions differently now. Keep your core logic in external services you control. The Airtable extension becomes just a thin UI talking to your backend.
Bug happens? Fix the backend instantly. Users get relief while the marketplace version rots in review.
I use this approach with Latenode for workflow automation. Makes development way more predictable since you’re not stuck waiting on Airtable’s broken process.
Don’t wait for Airtable to fix this - they’ve had years and clearly don’t care. Build around it instead.
Yeah, 15 days is standard for Airtable reviews. Sometimes it’s 3-4 weeks if they find issues and bounce it back.
You’re right about the bug fix problem. Had a client get stuck with a critical data sync issue - users complaining daily but we couldn’t do anything until Airtable’s review team got around to it.
Game changer for us: moved the main logic outside Airtable extensions into Latenode workflows. Now we fix bugs instantly without waiting for reviews. The Airtable extension just becomes a simple interface that calls our Latenode automations.
You also get better flexibility with external APIs, databases, and complex logic that Airtable can’t handle. We push updates, test versions, and A/B test features without touching the marketplace.
Approval times won’t improve, so build around them.
