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APPLE — Apple's event is September 9, with the iOS 27 release candidate landing the same day. General release is September 14, preorders September 12, and retail September 18TESTING — That leaves five working days between the RC and the public release. For React Native and Expo apps, it is the last clean window to run everything against Xcode 27 and the iOS 27 SDKSIRI — iOS 27 rebuilds Siri from the ground up, which puts anything using Siri Intents or voice input at the top of the list to verifyPLAY — Google Play's target API level 36 requirement took effect on August 31. If you did not make it, an extension request through November 1 is still available in Play ConsoleEXPO — expo@57.0.17 moves React Native to 0.86.3 and clears the Hermes V1 memory regression that hit apps importing react-native-worklets or reanimatedRORK — The two Rork products build different things: the original generates React Native via Expo, while Rork Max generates Swift and compiles it on a cloud Mac fleetAPPLE — Apple's event is September 9, with the iOS 27 release candidate landing the same day. General release is September 14, preorders September 12, and retail September 18TESTING — That leaves five working days between the RC and the public release. For React Native and Expo apps, it is the last clean window to run everything against Xcode 27 and the iOS 27 SDKSIRI — iOS 27 rebuilds Siri from the ground up, which puts anything using Siri Intents or voice input at the top of the list to verifyPLAY — Google Play's target API level 36 requirement took effect on August 31. If you did not make it, an extension request through November 1 is still available in Play ConsoleEXPO — expo@57.0.17 moves React Native to 0.86.3 and clears the Hermes V1 memory regression that hit apps importing react-native-worklets or reanimatedRORK — The two Rork products build different things: the original generates React Native via Expo, while Rork Max generates Swift and compiles it on a cloud Mac fleet
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Leave image out of eas.json and an SDK bump moves your Xcode and pnpm too

If eas.json has no image field, your builds run on the auto alias. Move one SDK alias and Xcode, Node.js, pnpm and fastlane all change together. Here is how to read the image name out of your last green build and decide whether to pin it before Xcode 27 lands.