{
  "slug": "eas-simulator-supports-device-selection-8b163af85b68",
  "title": "eas simulator supports --device selection",
  "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 a simulator session, pass `--device` to choose its virtual device; omit it to use the runner-chosen device.",
    "examples": [
      "eas simulator:start --device \"<iOS simulator name or UDID>\"",
      "eas simulator:start --platform android --device \"<AVD hardware profile id>\""
    ],
    "gotchas": [
      "Version: v22.2.0",
      "--device <value>: Virtual device for the session: iOS Simulator device name or UDID; Android AVD hardware profile ID. Defaults to a device chosen by the runner.",
      "Docs conflict: Current official EAS simulator guidance says `--device` requires eas-cli ≥22.4.0, later than card version v22.2.0; it does not establish availability at v22.2.0. https://github.com/expo/skills/blob/main/plugins/expo/skills/eas-simulator/references/run-your-app.md"
    ]
  },
  "why_it_matters": "When starting a simulator for a repository's development or testing workflow, select the virtual device to start.",
  "sources": [
    "https://github.com/expo/eas-cli/releases/tag/v22.2.0",
    "https://github.com/expo/eas-cli"
  ],
  "rank": 0.94029,
  "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-20261017-46e1de99a7881ea3-0:gate",
    "evidence_hash": "ae25a8d124067060842cbd3fdab12d7d0c147785c4e47d9d51478dad1a87eccd"
  },
  "review": {
    "draft_hash": "30bb41981972cfd07eb160abec86186377f340917d4db32108b13266a5012bef",
    "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 0.94 >= 0.9; 2 needed) and Jev gave 0.67 (>= 0.6 needed)."
  }
}