Status as mandatory parameter

[petr-miklenda]

Issue description

In this step, the status is not a mandatory parameter, however upload to GooglePlay is not possible, without specifying it. The documentation mentions the statusUnspecified, however with this value, the upload fails (failed build linked below) with error:

Error 400: Release status must be specified., badRequest

❗ And when status is not filled, upload is successful. However the app is directly released to given track , so I assume, that the completed is used as default value. This is potentially dangerous (and hidden) behavior. Is this please documented anywhere? I wasn't able to found anything related.

Bitrise info

• Build URL: Build URL.
• Bitrise Support enabled: YES / NO
• Log: https://app.bitrise.io/build/5833636b-b99b-4646-8e59-7e8aa082b68f?tab=log

Steps to reproduce

1. Upload the .apk (or .aab) to GooglePlay using different values of status parameter
   • statusUnspecified - fails (error mentioned above)
   • draft - works OK
   • inProgress - not tested
   • halted - not tested
   • completed - unintentionally tried and seems working OK
   • empty - works, but completed is probably used as default value

Summary

Is it possible to just upload the .apk (or .aab) to GooglePlay, without releasing it? Or releasing at least as a draft is the necessary? If so, can you please make status as mandatory param, to make the upload more clear?

[empowerRyan]

Seconding this, our team found recently that releases were being submitted for immediate Google Play review by this step without the status parameter specified. This prevented us from reviewing release warnings and setting a rollout strategy, as we had been doing without issue before.

We'll be trying out status : draft for our next release train to see how that works.

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