app store connect - Error ITMS-90062: The value for key CFBundleShortVersionString must contain a higher version than that of the previously approved version

Question

I am trying to update my app for the first time and ran into this issue. I searched a lot but none of the solutions worked for me.

App Store Connect Operation Error

ERROR ITMS-90062: "This bundle is invalid. The value for key CFBundleShortVersionString [2020.0] in the Info.plist file must contain a higher version than that of the previously approved version [2020.0]. Please find more information about CFBundleShortVersionString at https://developer.apple.com/documentation/bundleresources/information_property_list/cfbundleshortversionstring"

And my info.plist file is :

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Answer 1

TL;DR: If you have an app version that was approved for the official app store, you cannot upload a build with the same version to TestFlight. You have to remove the app from official app store submission, or increase your TestFlight version #.

I figured out why this happened to me.

• I have an app in the app store with version 2010.

• I have been running an external beta test with version 2020, and build numbers in the range of 400-410

• In order to discover if my app would get rejected in the app store once I'm ready to actually release it in a few weeks, I submitted version 2020, build 407 for official app store review. I expected it to be rejected for various reasons. It was approved! However, i'm not ready to release it since I still have more fixes I want to implement. So, I let it sit there, waiting for me to do something with it.

• Then, I wanted to upload a newer build for my External beta, still version 2020, build 410, and I received this error.

• Thanks to user462990's answer, I realized that the error could be due to the fact that I have version 2020 currently approved and waiting to be launched into the official app store, so iTC didn't allow me to submit the same build # for a TestFlight external beta.

So, I selected "cancel this release" of the official approved version, and Viola! I can now upload a build with the same build #.