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fix(mobile): make eas-dev.sh survive new sessions and first loads - #8617

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Problem

From a long agent session on EAS cloud simulators (2026-10-17):

  1. eas-dev.sh --new started a new session but kept the old eas simulator:egress client, which reads .env.eas-simulator once at start and so still tunneled to the old session. The app showed "Could not connect to the server" until someone killed the client by hand.
  2. The app's first load fails before the tunnel is up. agent-device open Superset relaunches without the Metro URL and fails again; only the dev-client URL recovers it. The script never checked that the load worked.
  3. (keyboard half) iOS's "slide to type" intro covers the screen the first time a keyboard opens.
  4. SwiftUI menu items (@expo/ui Menu) are not in agent-device snapshot, and nothing said so.

Fix

apps/mobile/scripts/eas-dev.sh

  • Records the egress client it starts (.tmp/eas-dev/egress.pid in the checkout). The client is healthy when that process is alive and its log names the current session and says the tunnel connected. On a new session, or when the client is not healthy, the script stops every egress client for this checkout (and its chisel child) and starts one for the current session. A reused session with a healthy client is left alone.
  • After the tunnel connects, it opens the dev-client URL and waits for a new iOS Bundled line in the Metro log, up to 3 tries of 90 s. It exits non-zero and names both logs if Metro never serves a bundle.
  • --reload does only that load and check. It starts nothing and fails with a clear message if Metro, the session or the egress client is missing.
  • On a new session it opens Settings, taps the search field, and presses Continue if the slide-to-type intro shows. simctl/defaults write are out of reach from the sandbox, so this marks the intro as shown the same way a person would, for the whole simulator.

.agents/skills/mobile-eas-dev/SKILL.md and the "Verifying in the real app" part of apps/mobile/AGENTS.md: how to reload, how to switch sessions, why the egress client must be replaced, the keyboard intro, and that SwiftUI menu items need coordinate taps.

Verification

On real EAS simulators from this cloud sandbox (with MOBILE_EAS_BUILD_ID set to an existing build, because of the separate fingerprint mismatch):

  • shellcheck 0.10.0: clean.
  • --new twice in a row. Each time the old session stopped, the old egress client and its chisel child were gone, the new client named the new session, the intro was found and dismissed, and attempt 1 saw Metro served the bundle. After each run the app was on screen, and focusing a text field showed the keyboard with no intro.
  • --reload: a new bundle was confirmed in 13 s.
  • Plain run on the live session: Reusing session, the egress PID did not change, and nothing was reloaded.
  • After killing the egress client by hand, --reload refused with a message, and a plain run restarted the client and confirmed a bundle.
  • I stopped the session afterwards with eas simulator:stop.

Review follow-up (second commit)

A review of the first commit found five bugs. #8616 and #8618 are closed in favour of this PR.

  • Dev overlays: every dev-client load passes disableAutoLaunch=1&disableFab=1, so no dev menu opens at launch and no gear covers the toolbar. Each session is a fresh install, so the flags go on every load, the first one included. This replaces test(mobile): guard the dev-launcher flags that hide dev overlays for agents #8616, which only added a test for the flags.
  • State per checkout: logs and PID files move from fixed /tmp paths to .tmp/eas-dev/ (gitignored). A PID is killed only when it is still an eas simulator:egress process. Before, two checkouts stopped each other's tunnel, and a reused PID could be killed.
  • macOS: the cwd filter used /proc, so on macOS it matched every egress client on the machine. It now uses lsof, and skips a client whose cwd is unknown.
  • Metro started elsewhere: the bundle check needs a Metro this script started (its PID is alive). Otherwise it takes the "not confirmed" path, not a 5-minute wait that ends in a false failure.
  • Dropped tunnel: the tunnel counts as healthy only when the last connected/disconnected line in the log is "connected".
  • Bun pin: the fingerprint lookup refuses when bun --version differs from .bun-version, before a 15-minute build that cannot match. Root cause of the fingerprint mismatch: cloud workspaces made before the Bun 1.4.2 pin (ci: cut a PR push from ~15 min of CI to ~2.5 #8101, Oct 3) keep the image's 1.3.14. The current golden installs the pinned version, so a new workspace fixes it. This replaces fix(install): warn when dependencies come from a bun other than .bun-version #8618's warning in bun install.
  • Exits when Metro does not start, rejects --new --reload, prints a line when no keyboard intro is found, and fixes the docs.

Verified from this cloud sandbox after the rebase on main:

  • Helper checks against fake logs and processes: connected / dropped / reconnected log, PID of another session, a reused PID, and another checkout's client. All 9 pass.
  • No build ID on a box with bun 1.3.14: refused right away with the message.
  • --new with MOBILE_EAS_BUILD_ID: egress connected, intro dismissed, Metro served the bundle on attempt 1. On screen: the app's sign-in, no dev menu, no gear.
  • --new --reload: refused. --reload: bundle confirmed. Plain run: reused the session and kept the tunnel.
  • Session stopped afterwards.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features
    • Added a reload option for an existing simulator session when Metro and its egress connection are ready.
  • Bug Fixes
    • Added Metro readiness checks and retries to improve app loading reliability.
    • Simulator launch links now prevent automatic app launch and hide the floating action button.
  • Documentation
    • Updated mobile development guidance for reloads, replacing sessions, keyboard setup, and interacting with menu items that may not appear in snapshots.
    • Clarified when to retry app loading and how to handle simulator connection issues.

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📝 Walkthrough

The mobile EAS script adds session-aware egress management, Metro readiness checks, retry-based app loading, and a --reload mode. Mobile instructions and simulator links describe these behaviors, development-client URL options, keyboard setup, and SwiftUI menu interaction.

Changes: Mobile EAS development session

Layer / File(s) Summary
Session setup and script state
apps/mobile/scripts/eas-dev.sh, apps/mobile/AGENTS.md
The script adds --reload argument handling, checkout-local state paths, and a Bun version check. The guide explains that a new session requires replacing the egress client.
Session-bound egress and simulator setup
apps/mobile/scripts/eas-dev.sh, apps/mobile/AGENTS.md, .agents/skills/mobile-eas-dev/SKILL.md
The script checks and starts egress for the active session and dismisses the keyboard introduction for new sessions. The guides describe keyboard setup and selecting SwiftUI menu items using screenshot coordinates.
Metro readiness and app reload
apps/mobile/scripts/eas-dev.sh, apps/mobile/AGENTS.md, .agents/skills/mobile-eas-dev/SKILL.md, .agents/skills/mobile-demo-record/SKILL.md, apps/mobile/.maestro/flows/host-states/never-connected.yml
The script checks Metro readiness, retries app loading while waiting for a new bundle, and adds reload prerequisite checks. The guides and simulator links document reload timing and development-client URL options.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant eas-dev.sh
  participant egress
  participant agent-device
  participant Simulator
  participant Metro
  eas-dev.sh->>egress: Verify egress for the simulator session
  eas-dev.sh->>agent-device: Open the development-client URL
  agent-device->>Simulator: Load the app
  eas-dev.sh->>Metro: Check for a new bundle log entry
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[Medium impact] Updates mobile simulator startup script with new reload and session handling.

Fix the unchecked PID before merging so one checkout cannot stop another checkout's tunnel.

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  1. P1 Another checkout loses its tunnel ▶
  2. P2 Old logs report false failures ▶
Fix with agent prompt
### Issue 1
apps/mobile/scripts/eas-dev.sh:122-124
`stop_egress` kills the PID from a machine-wide file without checking which checkout owns it. If checkout A has a running tunnel, starting a session in checkout B reads A's PID and kills A's client and its children. The checkout check in `egress_pids` does not cover this extra PID. Store the PID per checkout and verify the process before stopping it.

### Issue 2
apps/mobile/scripts/eas-dev.sh:151-159
`load_app` treats an existing `/tmp/superset-metro.log` as the running Metro server's log. If Metro exits and a developer restarts it in a terminal, that file remains but receives no new lines. The script reuses the running server, then waits through all three attempts and reports failure even when the app loads. Confirm that the log belongs to the active server before using it to decide whether loading failed.

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For each issue above, determine whether it is valid and should be fixed. If so, fix it directly.

Summary

Updates eas-dev.sh to replace stale tunnel clients, retry app loads, support --reload, and dismiss the keyboard intro. The docs explain the new workflow.

  • The egress tunnel follows the active simulator session.
  • The app reloads from Metro after its tunnel is ready.
  • New simulator sessions dismiss the slide-to-type intro.
  • The mobile guides explain how to reach SwiftUI menu items.

Diagram

%%{init: {'theme': 'neutral'}}%%
flowchart TD
  A[Run script] --> B{Reload only?}
  B -->|Yes| C[Require Metro, session, and client]
  C --> G[Open app and check Metro log]
  B -->|No| D[Start or reuse Metro and session]
  D --> E{New session or unhealthy client?}
  E -->|Yes| F[Stop old clients and start tunnel]
  F --> G
  E -->|No| H[Print session details]
  G --> I{New bundle logged?}
  I -->|Yes| H
  I -->|No| J[Retry, then fail]
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for pid in $(egress_pids) $(cat "$EGRESS_PID_FILE" 2>/dev/null || true); do
pkill -P "$pid" 2>/dev/null || true
kill "$pid" 2>/dev/null || true

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P1 Another checkout loses its tunnel

stop_egress kills the PID from a machine-wide file without checking which checkout owns it. If checkout A has a running tunnel, starting a session in checkout B reads A's PID and kills A's client and its children. The checkout check in egress_pids does not cover this extra PID. Store the PID per checkout and verify the process before stopping it.

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Path: apps/mobile/scripts/eas-dev.sh
Line: 122-124

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**Another checkout loses its tunnel**

`stop_egress` kills the PID from a machine-wide file without checking which checkout owns it. If checkout A has a running tunnel, starting a session in checkout B reads A's PID and kills A's client and its children. The checkout check in `egress_pids` does not cover this extra PID. Store the PID per checkout and verify the process before stopping it.

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For each issue above, determine whether it is valid and should be fixed. If so, fix it directly.

Comment thread apps/mobile/scripts/eas-dev.sh Outdated
Comment on lines +151 to +159
if [ ! -f "$METRO_LOG" ]; then
echo "==> Loading the app from Metro (not confirmed: Metro was not started by this script)"
agent_device open "$DEV_CLIENT_URL" >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
agent_device alert accept >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
return 0
fi
for attempt in $(seq 1 "$LOAD_ATTEMPTS"); do
echo "==> Loading the app from Metro (attempt $attempt of $LOAD_ATTEMPTS)"
before="$(bundle_count)"

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P2 Old logs report false failures

load_app treats an existing /tmp/superset-metro.log as the running Metro server's log. If Metro exits and a developer restarts it in a terminal, that file remains but receives no new lines. The script reuses the running server, then waits through all three attempts and reports failure even when the app loads. Confirm that the log belongs to the active server before using it to decide whether loading failed.

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Path: apps/mobile/scripts/eas-dev.sh
Line: 151-159

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**Old logs report false failures**

`load_app` treats an existing `/tmp/superset-metro.log` as the running Metro server's log. If Metro exits and a developer restarts it in a terminal, that file remains but receives no new lines. The script reuses the running server, then waits through all three attempts and reports failure even when the app loads. Confirm that the log belongs to the active server before using it to decide whether loading failed.

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For each issue above, determine whether it is valid and should be fixed. If so, fix it directly.

--new used to keep the egress client of the old session, so the app could
not reach Metro. The script now records the client it starts, replaces it
whenever a session starts or the client is not connected to the current
session, and keeps a healthy one on reuse.

After the tunnel connects, it loads the app through the dev-client URL and
waits for a new "iOS Bundled" line in the Metro log, three tries. --reload
does only that, so agents never need agent-device open Superset.

simctl is out of reach, so on a new session the script opens the keyboard
once in Settings and dismisses the slide-to-type intro.

Docs: how to reload and switch sessions, and that SwiftUI menu items need
coordinate taps.
- Pass disableAutoLaunch=1&disableFab=1 on every dev-client load, so no
  dev menu opens at launch and no gear covers the toolbar (replaces #8616).
- Keep egress and Metro logs and PIDs in .tmp/eas-dev/ of the checkout, and
  kill a PID only when it is still an egress client, so two checkouts no
  longer stop each other's tunnel.
- On macOS, find a client's cwd with lsof instead of matching every client.
- Confirm a load from the Metro log only when this script started Metro.
- Treat the tunnel as healthy only when its last state is "connected".
- Refuse the fingerprint lookup when bun differs from .bun-version, instead
  of starting a build that fails (the root cause behind #8618).
- Exit when Metro does not start; reject --new with --reload.

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🟡 Minor · Check the persisted PID's checkout before terminating it. · eas-dev.sh:126-128

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Check the persisted PID's checkout before terminating it.

When an egress process exits without stop_egress(), its PID file remains. If the OS reuses that PID for another checkout's eas simulator:egress process, egress_pids() accepts it because the persisted-PID branch checks only is_egress_client. start_egress() then calls stop_egress(), which kills that other checkout's tunnel.

Require the persisted PID's working directory to match the current checkout before returning it.

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 	pid="$(cat "$EGRESS_PID_FILE" 2>/dev/null || true)"
-	if [ -n "$pid" ] && is_egress_client "$pid"; then echo "$pid"; fi
+	if [ -n "$pid" ] && [ "$(process_cwd "$pid")" = "$PWD" ] && is_egress_client "$pid"; then echo "$pid"; fi
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