App Store Connect CLI 4.9.0 ships with agreements, TestFlight and pricing guard upgrades

On August 23, developer @rudrank released App Store Connect CLI 4.9.0 and detailed the new features in a thread. The update spans agreements management, TestFlight tester operations, Game Center safety, metadata validation and subscription pricing, with several features aimed squarely at automation workflows.

Confirmed

• Agreements: New asc web agreements status shows pending Developer Program agreement ID, title, version, date and download link; account holders can accept agreements via asc web agreements accept. Since Apple exposes no public App Store Connect API endpoint, this works via web simulation.
• TestFlight testers: Export supports precise filtering by --first-name and --last-name. Tester removal gains a --wait flag that polls until the tester returns 404 or REVOKED tombstone status (Apple may show removed testers as REVOKED); on timeout it still prints the deletion receipt and exits non-zero.
• Safety: Destructive Game Center relationship removals now require --confirm, as do tester removals and other destructive operations.
• Metadata: Offline metadata validation strengthened, e.g. asc metadata validate --dir ./metadata for pre-upload checks.
• Subscription pricing: New localized subscription price inheritance computes target prices from a source subscription ID with multiplier and rounding rules; a new "pricing guard" provides better keyword data and prevents agents from accidentally removing an app from all sale territories.

Why it matters

• Agreement acceptance previously required manual web interaction; moving it into the CLI enables automation. The pricing guard protects against agent-driven accidental delisting, valuable for anyone managing App Store assets automatically.

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