{
  "slug": "eas-channel-protection-commands-aa2b99460a01",
  "title": "eas channel protection commands",
  "tools": [
    "eas"
  ],
  "tags": [
    "agent"
  ],
  "introduced_at": "2026-09-09T20:11:08.000Z",
  "announced_at": "2026-09-09T20:11:08.000Z",
  "effective_at": null,
  "date_basis": "source-publication",
  "status": "unknown",
  "how": {
    "incantation": "When you need to restrict publishing and channel changes, protect the channel; remove that restriction with unprotect. Inspect protection status with channel:list or channel:view.",
    "examples": [
      "eas channel:protect <channel-name>",
      "eas channel:unprotect <channel-name>",
      "eas channel:list\n eas channel:view <channel-name>"
    ],
    "gotchas": [
      "Version: v24.0.0",
      "<channel-name> / [NAME]: Channel name to protect or unprotect; omitting it prompts channel selection.",
      "--json: Enable JSON output; implies --non-interactive.",
      "--non-interactive: Run without interactive prompts; supply a channel name when using this flag.",
      "--offset <value>: Start channel list pagination at this index; defaults to 0.",
      "--limit <value>: Number of channels to fetch per query; defaults to 10 and is capped at 25.",
      "[NAME] for channel:view: Name of the channel to view.",
      "Prerequisite: Requires EAS CLI 24.0.0 or later.",
      "Prerequisite: Only Release Managers, Admins, and Owners can run protect or unprotect."
    ]
  },
  "why_it_matters": "Manage protection for an EAS Update channel and inspect its protection status.",
  "sources": [
    "https://github.com/expo/eas-cli/releases/tag/v24.0.0",
    "https://github.com/expo/eas-cli/blob/v24.0.0/packages/eas-cli/src/commands/channel/protect.ts",
    "https://github.com/expo/eas-cli/blob/v24.0.0/packages/eas-cli/src/commands/channel/unprotect.ts",
    "https://github.com/expo/eas-cli/blob/v24.0.0/packages/eas-cli/src/commands/channel/list.ts",
    "https://github.com/expo/eas-cli/blob/v24.0.0/packages/eas-cli/src/commands/channel/view.ts",
    "https://docs.expo.dev/eas/protected-resources/"
  ],
  "rank": 0.92027,
  "judge": {
    "publish": true,
    "judge_model": "codex-cli/gpt-6-luna+typesafe/jev-1.13.0",
    "prompt_version": "extract-v7+enrich-v2+judge-v2x3+jev-publish-v1"
  },
  "review_state": "approved",
  "provenance": {
    "run_id": "wave2a-20261017",
    "verdict_id": "wave2a-20261017:wave2a-20261017-1f551a1c5be9e920-2:gate",
    "evidence_hash": "eef5374f35633337a4207aca1c2dc9d5af76539042ee0a1d8d33a7707723c104"
  },
  "review": {
    "draft_hash": "1e7106982adcab7ffb810ce7e840b6fbcc08c261e207f6c7e9add234ad9848dd",
    "reviewer": "publication-gate",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-07T00:00:00.000Z",
    "decision": "wave2a-20261017:gate",
    "reason": "3 of 3 judge runs approved with p_yes >= 0.9 (mean 0.92 >= 0.9; 2 needed) and Jev gave 0.74 (>= 0.6 needed)."
  }
}