a dubious distinction to be sure, and while you seem to be close to in the running, you may still have a long ways to go to win the award.

Just one point of comparison - it took 12 weeks for my applications: 5 weeks to go the 142 miles from post office in DC and be received at Philadelphia processing center. It took another 6 weeks after that for the approval notification and then about another week for the new passports and then cards to actually arrive. And mine is far from the worst.....

My passport is now on the way.

Mailed renewal with old passport to Philly office on August 6th. Priority mail was never scanned at destination but apparently that is common as I read they have their own post office.

Check cashed August 24

October 8th: Approved and shipped.

October 12th: Received, hopefully. But it's on the way. Mailed from Tucson but located number matches to New Orleans.

Passport for twinwife, sent the same day, is still in processing stage. No movement since check cashed in August. Her locator is New Hampshire

Still no movement? Mine went the same place as yours, about three weeks after yours, and is on the way to me as of yesterday. For my kids we got theirs a month ago but theirs went to Seattle.

When was that?
We had a passport appointment in the same area on Monday, check cashed and status "in process" on Thursday (seems to have gone to Boston). Fingers crossed.

I submitted applications in mid-March, received books in mid-June.

Still nothing. I looked back - mailed on July 2. They didn't mark it into the system for a month, but still....this is ridiculous.

Final DP:

Applied to renew (large) passport book + card. Expedited processing and shipping.

9/07: Mailed renewal application
9/10: Marked as delivered to PA
9/14: "In Process" with a locator # starting with 68
10/05: Online status showed "Approved"
10/07: Passport book arrived in mail. old epassport, NOT next gen.
10/09: Passport card arrived in mail

I haven't received the old passport back yet.

Ugh.... Got a Christmas-time trip to Dubai set up with my family -- then I notice my daughter will only have 4 months of validity left on her passport...

Luckily I snagged an appointment at an acceptance facility tomorrow for her, will expedite and pay for express mail. 10 weeks from tomorrow is the day after our outbound flight so hoping for a little luck. I'll report my times here so you get a data point.

Passport renewal request from southern CA:

7/7/21 - mailed passport (regular service)
7/28/21 - website showed application status as processing
10/15/21 - passport received, mailed from NH - old style passport

Thanks for that data point. Given that my wife's app was mailed in three weeks later and has the same processing center, I am betting we will have a few more weeks to wait.

reference point: child renewal at USPS, expedited everything

9/25 applied for both kids to renew at the post office, expedited application and express return mail
9/27 applications arrived at destination (Philadelphia) according to USPS
10/16 as of today, both applications still say "not available" and that it may take up to 4 weeks to be listed as "in process". Check has not been cashed. It's only been 3 weeks, but this doesn't seem like a good sign...

How bad is this?? We have flight itinerary/price locked for another week, at which point we will have to decide whether to book for this trip that would start Nov. 18 (which would be just under 8 weeks from when we applied). Dates are not flexible. Do we have hope?

My adult application renewal was mailed (expedited) the same day from the same USPS facility, and showed up as in process on 9/29, with check cashed the same day. No movement since then.

So it looks like your applications have not even been scanned in yet. Based on my internet research on this thread, you might be in trouble. The only hail Mary play you have left is a congressional inquiry. Google who your congressperson / representative is, they all have contact forms on their website and "passport help" is a choice. Sometimes that gets things moving. Technically given the timelines the State Department has given, you should not get yours in time, but there are data points on here of people getting passports in a month with congressional help.

Received and processing on 9/16 Philadelphia. Check cashed same day.
Approved exactly 1 month later 10/16 according.
Paid for expedited of course. (Not sure why anyone would not)
Received 10/20 (after weekend)
Old Version : (

PP Card received 3 days later.

Thank you. I reached out to my Senator's office and his aide responded right away and has submitted an inquiry. Really hoping that works!!

Now it's my turn.

Routine new application submitted to USPS in DC today, 10/20. No travel plans until March 2022 so I have the time to wait ...

Updates:
Marked as processing 10/25
Check cashed 10/26