From my experience, we (addon authors) usually doesn't get keys until Blizzard enables addons in the beta, which happens in the last few months of testing. When beta starts, they only have the default UI running for testers to help find the stock bugs. This is because addons complicate the process by having to deal with bugs of their own.
Originally Posted by Ketho
I'm also wondering if authors need an active account, since most authors don't actually play anymore I think.
It seems Blizzard doesn't give keys anymore but flags the account instead and they might only do that on active accounts.
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I got in a couple times with an inactive account, but that doesn't mean they can't change that at any time.