It’s not called ‘PR Approval’ it’s called PR Review for a reason.
Developer should fix broken test especially if there’s super fragile stuff involved ( and that should be fixed asap).
I use iCloud with family plan. I also get Apple Music, AppleTV+ and Arcade. I did have Buffalo NAS but found cloud easier and didn’t really trust that NAS.
All important stuff (apart photos) I backup to local ssd. I probably should backup photos as well.