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EAS Observe exited beta with usage-based pricing, and EAS CLI v23 added iOS build caching and renamed simulator session types.

EAS Observe is now generally available. Every plan includes 90 days of data retention; the Free plan gets 100,000 events per month and the main dashboard, while Starter and above get 500,000 events per month plus current and future observability dashboards. Overages bill at $5 per 1 million events on Starter and above. Projects can adjust sample rate or disable collection in settings.

EAS CLI v23 sped up iOS builds and renamed a simulator flag. CocoaPods dependencies are now cached between iOS builds, and EAS_BUN_FILTER_WORKSPACE limits bun install to a selected workspace. The preview-only session type renamed from --type serve-sim to --type web-preview-only — a breaking change for scripts using the old flag.

EAS Simulator sessions gained device and lifecycle controls. eas simulator accepts --device to pick a virtual device, an experimental --resource-class, and an opt-in --max-idle-time-minutes that stops idle sessions. Appium sessions are supported, and eas sim remains a shortcut for eas simulator commands.

Submission tooling now reports runtime and fingerprint. eas submit:list, view, retry, cancel, and status cross-reference EAS submissions with live App Store and TestFlight states; list and view include the submitted build's runtime version and fingerprint.

Orbit v2.8.1 fixed Android and signed-URL install issues. Physical device pairing on Windows and Linux no longer clips input, multi-gigabyte size formatting is corrected, and installs via long signed URLs no longer crash with ENAMETOOLONG.