Testing stripe app with external accounts without publishing on the marketplace

Hi there,

We’re currently developing and deploying Stripe apps and have run into challenges when trying to test them with external accounts.

Some features, like accessing the business_profile account data, appear to only work with connected accounts that have installed our app—not on our own account in test mode.

However, it seems the only way to test with external accounts is to go through the full app review process and make the app public. This isn’t straightforward for us, as a large enterprise, since the review process often involves input from marketing and legal teams. At this stage, we’re still focused on proving the app’s operational value from a development standpoint, and we’re not ready to take it live.

Question:
Is there a way to test Stripe apps with external (“friendly”) accounts without making the app public? If not, is this something Stripe has on the roadmap?