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ci(mobile): build Android store releases on Blacksmith#33565

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Problem

Android store builds (EAS profile production, submitted to the Play internal track) run on EAS cloud builders and take about 42 minutes. Gradle accounts for 39 minutes of that on 4 vCPU with no cache, compiling native code for four ABIs and running release lint.

Change

Android builds in a new android job in mobile-eas-production.yml on blacksmith-32vcpu-ubuntu-2404. The job runs eas build --local and then eas submit --platform android --profile production --path <aab> to the existing internal track.

  • ARM only. The production profile sets ORG_GRADLE_PROJECT_reactNativeArchitectures=armeabi-v7a,arm64-v8a. Development, preview, and emulator profiles keep all four ABIs. In the check runs, CMake built only arm64-v8a and armeabi-v7a, and the AAB contained only base/lib/arm64-v8a and base/lib/armeabi-v7a. The job now fails if any other ABI shows up.
  • No release lint. The profile's gradleCommand is :app:bundleRelease -x lintVitalAnalyzeRelease -x lintVitalRelease. No lintVital* task ran in the check runs. Lint still runs in CI elsewhere.
  • Caches on one Blacksmith sticky disk:
    • Gradle user home, with org.gradle.caching=true and no daemon.
    • ccache, wired in through CMAKE_{C,CXX}_COMPILER_LAUNCHER, which AGP passes through to CMake.
    • The pnpm store.
    • The EAS working directory, set to a fixed EAS_LOCAL_BUILD_WORKINGDIR. The fixed path keeps ccache keys stable, and putting it on the same disk as the store lets pnpm hardlink.
  • ccache compiler check. Gradle reinstalls NDK 27.1 on every run. That changes the compiler's mtime, and ccache's default compiler check uses the mtime. That gave 0 hits until CCACHE_COMPILERCHECK='%compiler% -v'.
  • Small install. The job runs only a filtered pnpm install --filter=@t3tools/mobile... (6–30 s from the warm store), not setup-vp. It can't skip the install entirely:
    • eas env:pull, eas build, and eas submit all load app.config.ts and must resolve its config plugins. Without node_modules they fail with "Failed to resolve plugin".
    • The install has to run scripts. react-native-enriched-markdown's postinstall downloads native assets, and the build's fingerprint check hashes them. With --ignore-scripts, EAS stops on "Runtime version calculated on local machine not equal to runtime version calculated during build".
  • Versioning is unchanged. autoIncrement and the remote version source stay as they are: eas build --local bumps the remote versionCode exactly like a cloud build.

iOS stays on EAS cloud. With the MOBILE_IOS_LOCAL_BUILDS repository variable unset, every iOS path runs today's eas build --platform ios … --auto-submit --no-wait, for both manual dispatches and the testflight reconcile.

Setting MOBILE_IOS_LOCAL_BUILDS=true moves iOS (production and testflight) to an ios job on blacksmith-12vcpu-macos-27. It mirrors the Android job:

  • eas build --local, then eas submit --platform ios.
  • A tag record, mobile-ios-build/<profile>/<version>/<fingerprint>.
  • Its own concurrency group.
  • It installs Apple's WWDR G3 intermediate.
  • EAS_LOCAL_BUILD_WORKINGDIR is a real path under $RUNNER_TEMP.
  • It requires the final /Applications/Xcode_27.1.app and fails with a clear error if it's missing. The image currently has only the 27.1 RC. MOBILE_IOS_ALLOW_XCODE_RC=true opts into the RC, so store binaries never come from an RC Xcode without someone choosing it.
  • No sticky disk: stickydisk mounts ext4 and only works on Linux runners.

Build record: git tags

Local builds don't appear in eas build:list, so the reconcile would rebuild Android on every merge. eas upload can register a local build with its fingerprint, but it creates an internal-distribution record with no build profile and no app version. The reconcile filters on profile and also needs the version to notice a version bump. It would also upload the whole AAB to EAS on every build.

Instead, each local build pushes a tag:

  • Android: mobile-android-build/<version>/<fingerprint>
  • iOS: mobile-ios-build/<profile>/<version>/<fingerprint>

The tag points at the commit that was built. The reconcile counts a build when either of these exists for the fingerprint:

  • a tag, or
  • a finished EAS build. That keeps the first merge after this lands from rebuilding a fingerprint EAS already built.

It treats the version as built when a tag exists for it. The tags don't match any v* release trigger, and no ruleset covers tags.

Ordering and failure handling:

  • Build, then submit, then record. The tag means "delivered", so it's pushed only after eas submit succeeds. If the runner dies or the submit fails, there's no tag and the next merge rebuilds and resubmits. A release can't be marked built without shipping.
  • If the record fails after a successful submit (three tries with backoff), the job fails loudly. The worst case is one extra build on the next merge with a new versionCode, which beats losing a release.
  • One tag push failed with fatal error in commit_refs. A probe then pushed tags with GITHUB_TOKEN at the main tip, an older non-workflow commit, the exact workflow-changing commit that had failed (5067b88), its parent, and a PR head. All five succeeded on the first try, so that failure was transient on GitHub's side.

Concurrency and failure rules

  • concurrency is now per job. The production job keeps mobile-eas-production, so OTAs still publish in merge order.
  • The store build jobs use mobile-android-store-build and mobile-ios-store-build, so OTAs on later merges don't wait about 10 minutes behind a build.
  • A queued store build re-checks its tag first and skips if an earlier run already built that fingerprint. Manual workflow_dispatch builds always build, including Android with a version override, which builds the pushed version commit.
  • A store build job runs only when the whole production job succeeded, so a merge whose OTA failed never ships a store build. I chose this over gating on just the reconcile step because it's simpler and holds without judging which failures are unrelated.
  • A failed local build is retried on the next merge. On EAS cloud, an errored build waited for a manual retry.

Measurements

Both platforms were measured with temporary PR-triggered copies of the jobs, using a non-incrementing profile and no submission. Those copies, the profiles, and a tag probe are removed from this branch.

EAS cloudBlacksmith coldBlacksmith warm
Android job~42 min10.6 min4.2 min
Android eas build step—9.1 min3.3 min
Gradle39 min, 1958 tasks executed7m19s, 997 executed / 186 from cache2m01s, 662 executed / 521 from cache
ccache (630 cacheable calls)—0 hits630 / 630 hits
iOS job12–13 min9.9 min (8.1 min eas build)—
  • Android cold is run 42710707200, attempt 1, with an empty sticky disk.
  • Android warm is run 42714313793, attempt 2: the same commit as its attempt 1, with Gradle and ccache warm.
  • Warm Gradle: every compile task, including R8, came from the build cache. What still executes is non-cacheable packaging (merges, AAR bundling, copies), CMake configure and link, and the JS bundle.
  • iOS is run 42714313998 with the 27.1 RC opted in.
  • A real merge also bumps the versionCode and runs eas submit, which these runs skipped.

Notes for the maintainer

  • This PR changes .github/workflows, so it needs a maintainer merge.
  • To switch iOS over, set the repository variable MOBILE_IOS_LOCAL_BUILDS=true. Set MOBILE_IOS_ALLOW_XCODE_RC=true only while the runner image lacks the final Xcode 27.1.
  • Nothing was submitted to Google Play or App Store Connect, and the production workflow was not run.

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.github/workflows/mobile-android-store-build-check.ymlline 116Outdated · 94423baOpen thread
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113+ eas-version: latest
114+ token: ${{ secrets.EXPO_PRODUCTION_TOKEN }}
115+ packager: npm
116+
MmacroscopeappBoton line 11613h ago

🟠 High workflows/mobile-android-store-build-check.yml:116

eas env:pull production fails on a fresh runner with PLUGIN_NOT_FOUND because it evaluates apps/mobile/app.config.ts before the workspace plugins are installed. The EAS action installs only the CLI, and the local builder cannot install dependencies until after EAS has evaluated the config; install the mobile workspace dependencies before invoking EAS.

Also found in 1 other location(s)

.github/workflows/mobile-eas-production.yml:508

The new Android job never installs the workspace dependencies before invoking EAS. On a fresh runner, eas build --local evaluates app.config.ts in the checkout before starting the local builder (EAS CLI src/build/runBuildAndSubmit.ts and src/project/expoConfig.ts), and that config lists plugins such as expo-asset and expo-font. Expo's resolvePluginForModule throws PLUGIN_NOT_FOUND when these are not installed (https://github.com/expo/expo/blob/sdk-55/packages/@expo/config-plugins/src/utils/plugin-resolver.ts). The install inside the local builder therefore cannot bootstrap this job: all Android store builds fail before compilation. Install the mobile workspace dependencies in this job before running EAS, as the production job does.

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3`eas env:pull production` fails on a fresh runner with `PLUGIN_NOT_FOUND` because it evaluates `apps/mobile/app.config.ts` before the workspace plugins are installed. The EAS action installs only the CLI, and the local builder cannot install dependencies until after EAS has evaluated the config; install the mobile workspace dependencies before invoking EAS.
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6- .github/workflows/mobile-eas-production.yml:508 -- The new Android job never installs the workspace dependencies before invoking EAS. On a fresh runner, `eas build --local` evaluates `app.config.ts` in the checkout before starting the local builder (EAS CLI `src/build/runBuildAndSubmit.ts` and `src/project/expoConfig.ts`), and that config lists plugins such as `expo-asset` and `expo-font`. Expo's `resolvePluginForModule` throws `PLUGIN_NOT_FOUND` when these are not installed (https://github.com/expo/expo/blob/sdk-55/packages/@expo/config-plugins/src/utils/plugin-resolver.ts). The install inside the local builder therefore cannot bootstrap this job: all Android store builds fail before compilation. Install the mobile workspace dependencies in this job before running EAS, as the production job does.
JJulius Marminge11h ago

Not applicable: this was the temporary check workflow, which has been removed from the PR. That file, like the real android/ios jobs, already ran a filtered pnpm install before eas env:pull. The PR body explains why the install is required.

JJulius Marminge11h ago

Confirmed for the real jobs at b9aad78. In mobile-eas-production.yml, both jobs run the filtered pnpm install --frozen-lockfile --prefer-offline --filter=@t3tools/mobile... before any EAS command. Android: install (L572), then eas env:pull (L591), then eas build --local (L607). iOS: install (L735), then eas env:pull (L755), then eas build --local (L760). The install keeps scripts, because the fingerprint check hashes native assets that a postinstall downloads. The green check runs used this same order.

.github/workflows/mobile-eas-production.ymlline 452Outdated · 94423baOpen thread
……@@ -386,3 +430,161 @@ jobs:
449+ env:
450+ APP_VARIANT: production
451+ NODE_OPTIONS: --max-old-space-size=8192
452+ EXPO_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.EXPO_PRODUCTION_TOKEN }}
MmacroscopeappBoton line 45213h ago

🟢 Low workflows/mobile-eas-production.yml:452

Android store builds finish without uploading their embedded bundle source maps, leaving production crash stacks minified. The local EAS build cannot access EAS secret-visibility variables, and this job does not pass MOBILE_SOURCEMAPS_R2 to the build-success upload hook; expose the GitHub secret in this job's environment so the hook can upload the maps.

No longer relevant as of a573a7d03ae4e68be71d8135d2dd5e9520d8371a

JJulius Marminge11h ago

Confirmed: the check run logged MOBILE_SOURCEMAPS_R2 is not set from the eas-build-on-success hook. Fixed in a573a7d by passing the GitHub secret to the Build step only, in both the android and ios jobs.

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Walkthrough

The production workflow routes Android and optional iOS builds to local store-build jobs. Reconciliation uses version-and-fingerprint tags to identify completed local builds. The platform jobs build and submit artifacts, then record tags.

Changes: Production Store Builds

Layer / File(s)Summary
Build reconciliation and routing
.github/workflows/mobile-eas-production.yml		The production job exposes build metadata from reconciliation or manual dispatch. Reconciliation checks local-build tags and routes Android and optionally iOS builds to local jobs; other paths can use EAS.
Android local store build
apps/mobile/eas.json, .github/workflows/mobile-eas-production.yml		The production profile specifies the release bundle task and ARM ABI list. The Android job builds locally, validates the AAB ABI set, submits the artifact, and records a version-and-fingerprint tag.
iOS local store build
.github/workflows/mobile-eas-production.yml		The iOS job builds and submits locally when requested. It selects Xcode 27.1 or, when enabled, its release candidate, and records a profile/version/fingerprint tag.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Change: Other

Sequence Diagram(s)

mermaid
1sequenceDiagram
2 participant Production as Production job
3 participant Android as Android store-build job
4 participant GooglePlay as Google Play
5 participant GitTags as Git tags
6 Production->>Android: Build metadata
7 Android->>Android: Build and validate AAB
8 Android->>GooglePlay: Submit AAB
9 Android->>GitTags: Record build tag

Possibly related issues

  • pingdotgg/t3code#26530 — The local Android build requires the production Google Services file, which relates to the issue’s build-configuration concern. It does not address the separate false-success registration behavior.

Possibly related PRs

  • pingdotgg/t3code#26596 — It exports the Google Services file path for fingerprint reconciliation, which connects to this PR’s fingerprint-based build recognition.
  • pingdotgg/t3code#33544 — It benchmarks local Android and iOS store builds on Blacksmith, the build path this PR uses for production.
  • pingdotgg/t3code#30462 — It adds iOS control-intent files to fingerprint inputs used by the optional local iOS build path.

Suggested labels: 🚀 Mobile Continuous Deployment

Suggested reviewers: gabrielelpidio

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