{
  "slug": "eas-update-commands-require-environment-for-sdk-55-and-later-d01d6ddb0d54",
  "title": "eas update commands require --environment for SDK 55 and later",
  "tools": [
    "eas"
  ],
  "tags": [
    "agent"
  ],
  "introduced_at": "2026-02-25T00:42:43.000Z",
  "announced_at": "2026-02-25T00:42:43.000Z",
  "effective_at": null,
  "date_basis": "source-publication",
  "status": "unknown",
  "how": {
    "incantation": "For projects using Expo SDK 55 or later, include `--environment` when running `eas update`. Choose the EAS environment whose variables the update should use.",
    "examples": [
      "eas update --channel <channel-name> --message \"<message>\" --environment <environment-name>"
    ],
    "gotchas": [
      "Version: v18.0.5",
      "--environment <value> (required): EAS environment used for server-side environment variables during command execution; examples include production, preview, and development.",
      "--channel <value>: Channel the published update should affect.",
      "--message <value>: Short message describing the update.",
      "Applies to update commands when SDK is 55 or later."
    ]
  },
  "why_it_matters": "Run an update command for a project using SDK 55 or later.",
  "sources": [
    "https://github.com/expo/eas-cli/releases/tag/v18.0.5",
    "https://docs.expo.dev/eas-update/getting-started/",
    "https://docs.expo.dev/eas/cli/"
  ],
  "rank": 0.94024,
  "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-20261017-7fd2071b25828722-0:gate",
    "evidence_hash": "e71ac8a6b213981c2c67050b760c04b5bf5f45c5c2546d7d615550bb678717b5"
  },
  "review": {
    "draft_hash": "fb64a5bd6f8838b21897ac04b660b671ee57d2fdd10d29d91efc570650e5e040",
    "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 0.75 (>= 0.6 needed)."
  }
}