Detailed Explanation

The Android Publisher API does not accurately reflect the status of a release as IN_REVIEW when the app is being reviewed internally by Google before being allowed to be published to the Play Store. Currently, the response incorrectly returns "IN_PROGRESS" for releases that are in-review.

Steps to Reproduce

Log in to the Google Play Developer Console with an account that has a published app in the Google Play Store
Submit a new release to be published
Locally, authenticate with the Google Play Publisher API
Perform an API call to request a new editId
Perform an API call to list all tracks for a given package_name + editId

Expected: the release you published will show as IN_REVIEW

Actual: the release you published returns a status of IN_PROGRESS

Possible Fix

Ideally, there'd be a new status that would accurately reflect the state of the release.
The Status documentation would also be updated to include a reference to the new status: https://developers.google.com/android-publisher/api-ref/rest/v3/edits.tracks#Status

Notes

For context, developers use the Android Publisher API to keep track of and manage releases on the Play Store.
https://developers.google.com/android-publisher/api-ref/rest/v3/edits.tracks#Release

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