Summary
When a version is rejected for a rules violation, the rejection is recorded against the account with no end date. Creators have no place to see their overall standing, how many active violations they carry, or when (if ever) an old one stops counting. I’m requesting an Account Health section in Creator Portal, and a policy where violations expire after a period of clean publishing.
The problem
Rejections stay “active” indefinitely. A mistake from a year ago weighs the same as one from last week.
There is no single view of account standing. Today you only find out you are in trouble when something is blocked or you get an email.
The appeal path (“if you believe this is wrong…”) leads to the violation, not to the account’s status, so you can’t tell how close you are to a real consequence.
Everyone makes mistakes, especially newer creators learning the Island Creator Rules. Without expiry, the system only ever gets worse for an account, never better.
Proposed solution
Account Health page (Creator Portal → Account):
A clear standing indicator: Good standing / Warning / At risk / Restricted, with a one-line explanation of what each level means and what it blocks (publishing, payouts, program eligibility).
A list of active violations: date, island and version, which rule was cited, the current appeal status, and the date it expires.
A history of expired violations, greyed out, so creators can learn from them without being punished forever.
A notification when standing changes in either direction.
Expiry after clean publishing:
Each violation expires after a set period (for example 90 or 180 days depending on severity) provided the account has no new violations in that time.
Expired violations no longer count toward standing or escalation.
Serious cases (IP theft, scams, repeated identical violations) can be excluded from expiry — the goal is forgiving honest mistakes, not clearing deliberate abuse.
Why it matters
Transparency: creators can see exactly where they stand instead of guessing.
Fairness: an old, resolved mistake shouldn’t carry the same weight as a fresh one.
Better behaviour: a visible path back to Good standing rewards creators who fix things and publish clean, which is what Epic wants anyway.
Precedent: YouTube Community Guidelines strikes expire after 90 days, and Steam / app stores show developers their account status. This is standard on other platforms.
Considerations
Keep expiry rules per severity so serious violations can’t be “waited out”.
Show the exact rule text and the rejected version so the creator can compare against what they fixed.
Appeals that succeed should remove the violation immediately, not wait for expiry.