{
  "slug": "eas-cli-adds-appium-eas-simulator-session-support-7611e9578af3",
  "title": "eas-cli adds Appium EAS Simulator session support",
  "tools": [
    "eas"
  ],
  "tags": [
    "agent"
  ],
  "introduced_at": "2026-08-20T16:22:08.000Z",
  "announced_at": "2026-08-20T16:22:08.000Z",
  "effective_at": null,
  "date_basis": "source-publication",
  "status": "unknown",
  "how": {
    "incantation": "When starting an EAS Simulator session for Appium, select the Appium session type. Start it with `eas sim:start --platform <ios|android> --type appium` and follow the connection instructions it prints.",
    "examples": [
      "eas sim:start --platform <ios|android> --type appium"
    ],
    "gotchas": [
      "Version: v22.2.0",
      "--platform: Device platform: `ios` or `android`.",
      "--type (required): Session type; use `appium` to enable the Appium automation interface. Allowed values: `agent-device`, `appium`, `argent`, `serve-sim`.",
      "--out-config-type: Connection configuration output: `dotenv` writes `.env.eas-simulator` (default); `env` prints shell exports. These are alternative output modes.",
      "Prerequisite: Install eas-cli, log in to an Expo account, and link the project (`eas init`)."
    ]
  },
  "why_it_matters": "When using an Appium session in an EAS Simulator workflow, use the supported eas-cli session handling.",
  "sources": [
    "https://github.com/expo/eas-cli/releases/tag/v22.2.0",
    "https://github.com/expo/eas-cli/pull/4190",
    "https://github.com/expo/eas-cli/blob/v22.2.0/packages/eas-cli/README.md"
  ],
  "rank": 0.96028,
  "judge": {
    "publish": true,
    "judge_model": "codex-cli/gpt-6-luna+typesafe/jev-1.13.0",
    "prompt_version": "extract-v7+enrich-v2+judge-v2x3-rejudge+jev-publish-v1"
  },
  "review_state": "approved",
  "provenance": {
    "run_id": "wave2a-20261017",
    "verdict_id": "wave2a-20261017:wave2a-20261017-46e1de99a7881ea3-1:rescue",
    "evidence_hash": "ae25a8d124067060842cbd3fdab12d7d0c147785c4e47d9d51478dad1a87eccd"
  },
  "review": {
    "draft_hash": "799e9c1344aad2072141cc799432eb6a9e5696439e245466d54953c21d6ca370",
    "reviewer": "publication-gate",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-07T00:00:00.000Z",
    "decision": "wave2a-20261017:rescue",
    "reason": "Rescue path: first rejected only because the extracted card lacked usage; judged again on the enriched card, 3 of 3 judge runs approved with p_yes >= 0.9 (mean 0.96 >= 0.9; 2 needed) and Jev gave 0.67 (>= 0.6 needed)."
  }
}