eas update using the wrong variables
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### Build/Submit details page URL
https://expo.dev/accounts/vytal_app/projects/vytal/channels/preview
### Summary
I am having an issue with my environment variables when I use eas update. I have an production, preview and a test app. When I build the apps using eas build everything works correctly. Then when I run eas update --channel preview --environment preview my acceptance app is being updated, however somehow it is updated with development environmentals.
I also get this:
Environment variables with visibility "Plain text" and "Sensitive" loaded from the "preview" environment on EAS:
When I add the preview variables in .env.local and then run eas update using the local env's, somehow it also using the development env variables.
What can cause this?
This is my eas file:
```
{
"build": {
"vytal-dev": {
"environment": "development",
"developmentClient": true,
"autoIncrement": true,
"distribution": "internal",
"android": {
"buildType": "apk"
},
"env": {
"BRAND": "vytal",
"ENV": "dev",
"EAS_PROJECT_ID": "123",
"APS_ENVIRONMENT": "development"
}
},
"vytal-test": {
"channel": "development",
"environment": "development",
"autoIncrement": true,
"android": {
"distribution": "internal"
},
"ios": {
"resourceClass": "m-medium"
},
"env": {
"BRAND": "vytal",
"ENV": "test",
"EAS_PROJECT_ID": "123",
"APS_ENVIRONMENT": "development"
}
},
"vytal-acc": {
"channel": "preview",
"environment": "preview",
"autoIncrement": true,
"android": {
"distribution": "internal"
},
"env": {
"BRAND": "vytal",
"ENV": "acc",
"EAS_PROJECT_ID": "123",
"APS_ENVIRONMENT": "development"
}
},
"vytal-prod": {
"channel": "production",
"environment": "production",
"autoIncrement": true,
"env": {
"BRAND": "vytal",
"ENV": "prod",
"EAS_PROJECT_ID": "123",
"APS_ENVIRONMENT": "production"
}
}
}
}
```
### Managed or bare?
Managed
### Environment
expo-env-info 2.0.8 environment info:
System:
OS: macOS 15.6.1
Shell: 5.9 - /bin/zsh
Binaries:
Node: 24.0.1 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v24.0.1/bin/node
Yarn: 1.22.22 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v24.0.1/bin/yarn
npm: 11.3.0 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v24.0.1/bin/npm
Watchman: 2025.04.28.00 - /opt/homebrew/bin/watchman
Managers:
CocoaPods: 1.15.2 - /usr/local/bin/pod
SDKs:
iOS SDK:
Platforms: DriverKit 24.2, iOS 18.2, macOS 15.2, tvOS 18.2, visionOS 2.2, watchOS 11.2
Android SDK:
API Levels: 33, 34, 35
Build Tools: 34.0.0, 35.0.0, 35.0.1, 36.0.0
System Images: android-36 | Google Play ARM 64 v8a
IDEs:
Android Studio: 2024.3 AI-243.25659.59.2432.13423653
Xcode: 16.2/16C5032a - /usr/bin/xcodebuild
npmPackages:
expo: ^54.0.29 => 54.0.30
expo-updates: ~29.0.15 => 29.0.15
react: 19.1.0 => 19.1.0
react-native: 0.81.5 => 0.81.5
npmGlobalPackages:
eas-cli: 16.7.0
expo-cli: 6.3.12
Expo Workflow: managed
### Error output
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### Reproducible demo or steps to reproduce from a blank project
Sending an update using `eas update --channel preview --environment preview -m "Updating preview app"` won't uses my environment variables.
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