Mac App Store Readiness: Residual Gaps for Sandboxed Monitors
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Also known as: Residual Mac App Store readiness gaps for a sandboxed menu-bar network/DNS monitor built with Python/py2app (Oct 2026, macOS 26-27): IPv6-only NAT64 review network, event-driven change detection, BYO-key AI consent, macOS 27 platform changes, packaging pipeline, Swift shell, export self-classification — verify against Apple docs
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- App Privacy nutrition label entries for optional third-party AI (frontier)
- App Sandbox behavior of configd access (frontier)
- App Store Connect upload validation errors for embedded Python (ITMS-90238, ITMS-90338) (frontier)
- Apple TN3179 Local Network privacy (frontier)
- Apple nested code signing order and inherit entitlement for helper executables (frontier)
- BIS annual self-classification report for exempt mass-market encryption (frontier)
- BYO API key consent design and Notes for Review template for optional AI and alert features (frontier)
- Briefcase Xcode-format MAS submission (frontier)
- Debouncing event bursts before re-probing (frontier)
- French encryption declaration for App Store distribution (frontier)
- IPv6-only DNS64 NAT64 review network and IPv4-literal probes and Guideline 2.5.5 and Internet Sharing NAT64 testing (frontier)
- ITSAppUsesNonExemptEncryption Info.plist key and App Store Connect export compliance answers (frontier)
- Keychain storage of user-supplied API keys in a sandboxed app (frontier)
- NSLocalNetworkUsageDescription and NSBonjourServices in py2app Info.plist (frontier)
- NSXPCConnection codesign requirement validation (frontier)
- Network.framework NAT64 prefix discovery (nw_path) (frontier)
- Note 3 to Category 5 Part 2 mass market criteria (frontier)
- SCDynamicStore and NWPathMonitor event-driven change detection replacing fixed-interval probing (frontier)
- SCDynamicStore keys for DNS and proxies (frontier)
- SMAppService vs XPC service for helpers (frontier)
- Swift shell with embedded Python helper over XPC in a sandboxed app (frontier)
- XPC service entitlements and container access for Python helpers (frontier)
- arm64-only py2app builds (frontier)
- getaddrinfo AI_DEFAULT synthesis in Python socket (frontier)
- macOS 27 and 26 platform changes affecting sandboxed menu-bar network apps (frontier)
- py2app and Python packaging pipeline for the Mac App Store nested signing entitlements and slimming (frontier)
Frontier under this node: App Privacy nutrition label entries for optional third-party AI, App Sandbox behavior of configd access, App Store Connect upload validation errors for embedded Python (ITMS-90238, ITMS-90338), Apple TN3179 Local Network privacy, Apple nested code signing order and inherit entitlement for helper executables, BIS annual self-classification report for exempt mass-market encryption, BYO API key consent design and Notes for Review template for optional AI and alert features, Briefcase Xcode-format MAS submission, Debouncing event bursts before re-probing, French encryption declaration for App Store distribution, IPv6-only DNS64 NAT64 review network and IPv4-literal probes and Guideline 2.5.5 and Internet Sharing NAT64 testing, ITSAppUsesNonExemptEncryption Info.plist key and App Store Connect export compliance answers, Keychain storage of user-supplied API keys in a sandboxed app, NSLocalNetworkUsageDescription and NSBonjourServices in py2app Info.plist, NSXPCConnection codesign requirement validation, Network.framework NAT64 prefix discovery (nw_path), Note 3 to Category 5 Part 2 mass market criteria, SCDynamicStore and NWPathMonitor event-driven change detection replacing fixed-interval probing, SCDynamicStore keys for DNS and proxies, SMAppService vs XPC service for helpers, Swift shell with embedded Python helper over XPC in a sandboxed app, XPC service entitlements and container access for Python helpers, arm64-only py2app builds, getaddrinfo AI_DEFAULT synthesis in Python socket, macOS 27 and 26 platform changes affecting sandboxed menu-bar network apps, py2app and Python packaging pipeline for the Mac App Store nested signing entitlements and slimming