Expo SDK Upgrade Intelligence
Is your Expo project ready to upgrade?
Expo SDK upgrades are notorious for breaking builds. Linchpin analyzes your package.json and tells you exactly what's safe, what's risky, and the order to upgrade.
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$npx linchpin-cli
What Linchpin Detects for Expo Projects
React version locks (Expo pins React to specific major versions)
Incompatible @types/react upgrades that break your build
react-native version constraints per SDK
Which packages are safe vs. Expo-managed
Upgrade order that won't blow up peer dependencies
Example: SDK 52 Upgrade Report
Linchpin Analysis
Safe to update: typescript, @babel/core, eslint
Needs attention: @sentry/react-native 7.x requires RN 0.76+
Skip: react@19 - Expo SDK 52 requires React 18.x
Recommended upgrade order:
1. npx expo install react-native-svg react-native-webview
2. npm install typescript@latest eslint@latest
3. npx expo install @sentry/react-native (after RN 0.76)
2. npm install typescript@latest eslint@latest
3. npx expo install @sentry/react-native (after RN 0.76)
Common Expo SDK Upgrade Issues
SDK 51 → 52
- React Native 0.76 upgrade
- New Architecture opt-in
- Metro config changes
SDK 52 → 53
- React 19 adoption
- Deprecated API removals
- Native module updates
Linchpin reads Expo's actual peer dependencies and blocks incompatible upgrades automatically.
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