{
  "slug": "eas-simulator-sessions-default-to-authenticated-preview-links-bd43746a409a",
  "title": "eas simulator sessions default to authenticated preview links",
  "tools": [
    "eas"
  ],
  "tags": [
    "agent"
  ],
  "introduced_at": "2026-10-15T22:45:24.000Z",
  "announced_at": "2026-10-15T22:45:24.000Z",
  "effective_at": null,
  "date_basis": "source-publication",
  "status": "unknown",
  "how": {
    "incantation": "When a simulator preview must be public, start the session with `eas simulator:start --public-link`. To retrieve a session, run `eas simulator:get`; preview links follow the session’s saved sharing preference.",
    "examples": [
      "eas simulator:start --public-link",
      "eas simulator:get [--id <session-id>]"
    ],
    "gotchas": [
      "Version: v25.0.0",
      "--public-link: Select public preview sharing when starting a session.",
      "--id <session-id>: Simulator session ID; defaults to the ID saved in `.env.eas-simulator`.",
      "Prerequisite: `simulator:get` requires a logged-in EAS CLI context and project directory.",
      "Prerequisite: For `simulator:get` without `--id`, a prior `simulator:start` must have written `.env.eas-simulator`."
    ]
  },
  "why_it_matters": "Share an iOS simulator preview publicly or retrieve the preview using its saved sharing preference.",
  "before": "New simulator sessions used a different default, and public sharing did not use the `--public-link` option.",
  "sources": [
    "https://github.com/expo/eas-cli/releases/tag/v25.0.0",
    "https://github.com/expo/eas-cli/blob/v25.0.0/packages/eas-cli/src/commands/simulator/get.ts"
  ],
  "rank": 0.94039,
  "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-20261017-18db4970dfff2a52-0:gate",
    "evidence_hash": "81069a0873fc75c5bfcc569c7c86ecb81e04f81f0e843a085483bc77ad88593a"
  },
  "review": {
    "draft_hash": "4e7a21ebcf8a09c78fd967adc9dfbc45305db77b75949d8df076404b0cf5ec83",
    "reviewer": "publication-gate",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-15T22:45:24.000Z",
    "decision": "wave2a-20261017:gate",
    "reason": "3 of 3 judge runs approved with p_yes >= 0.9 (mean 0.94 >= 0.9; 2 needed) and Jev gave 0.77 (>= 0.6 needed)."
  }
}