If you've published an Android app after November 2023, you've hit the wall: Google requires a closed test with 12 testers, active for 14 continuous days, before your app can go to production. Sounds simple until you actually try it. Here's what nobody tells you upfront, and what I learned the hard way: The part that actually breaks people It's not finding 12 people. It's keeping 12 people overlapping in the same 14-day window. If tester #7 installs on day 3 and uninstalls on day 9, they ...