If you opened a personal Google Play developer account on or after November 13, 2023, you cannot...
If you opened a personal Google Play developer account on or after November 13, 2023, you cannot publish to production until you have run a closed test with at least 12 testers who stayed opted in for 14 consecutive days.
I lost two weeks to this. Not because the rule is complicated, but because almost every detail that can go wrong is invisible until it does. Here is the version I wish I had read first.
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