nativekeel 0.1.4 → 0.1.6

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "nativekeel",
-  "version": "0.1.4",
+  "version": "0.1.6",
   "description": "Health check for React Native apps: version support, New Architecture blockers, unmaintained native modules and leaked secrets.",
   "type": "module",
   "bin": {

package/src/analyze.js

@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 import fs from 'node:fs';
 import path from 'node:path';
 import { cleanVersion, findPackageDir, installedVersion } from './project.js';
-import { createRegistry } from './registry.js';
+import { createRegistry, fetchJson } from './registry.js';
 import { scanSecrets } from './secrets.js';
 import { nativeChecks } from './native.js';
 import { findUnused, filesImportingWith } from './usage.js';
-import { matchKnownIssues } from './known-issues.js';
+import { matchKnownIssues, compareVersions } from './known-issues.js';
 import { COMPAT, bestRange, checkCompat } from './compat.js';
 import { interopProblems } from './interop.js';
 import {
@@ -31,8 +31,10 @@ const lineOf = (v) => {
 };
 
 // react, react-native and @react-native/* move together with the React Native version; @babel/* and types are tooling.
+// Also packages that move with React Native and React themselves (Metro, the scheduler, react-is).
 const isTracked = (name) =>
-  !['react-native', 'react', 'expo'].includes(name) &&
+  !['react-native', 'react', 'expo', 'react-dom', 'react-is', 'react-test-renderer', 'scheduler', 'hermes-engine'].includes(name) &&
+  !/^metro(-|$)/.test(name) &&
   !name.startsWith('@react-native/') &&
   !name.startsWith('@babel/') &&
   !name.startsWith('@types/');
@@ -53,9 +55,30 @@ function isNativeModule(root, name, dir) {
   return !!(dir && (dir.ios || dir.android) && !dir.web);
 }
 
+function readJsonFile(file) {
+  try {
+    return JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(file, 'utf8'));
+  } catch {
+    return null;
+  }
+}
+
+// Expo's pins are ~x.y.z (same minor), ^x.y.z (same major), or an exact version.
+export function satisfiesExpoRange(version, range) {
+  const m = String(range).trim().match(/^([~^]?)\s*(\d+)\.(\d+)\.(\d+)/);
+  if (!m) return true; // a range we do not understand: do not second-guess Expo
+  const [maj, min] = version.split('.').map(Number);
+  if (compareVersions(version, `${m[2]}.${m[3]}.${m[4]}`) < 0) return false;
+  if (m[1] === '^') return maj === Number(m[2]);
+  if (m[1] === '~') return maj === Number(m[2]) && min === Number(m[3]);
+  return compareVersions(version, `${m[2]}.${m[3]}.${m[4]}`) === 0;
+}
+
 // `offline: true` means the user asked for no network access (get returns nothing).
 export async function analyze(project, { get, now = new Date(), offline: forcedOffline = false } = {}) {
-  const registry = createRegistry(get);
+  // Requests that failed even after retries (rate limits, network): reported, never hidden.
+  const net = { failed: 0 };
+  const registry = createRegistry(get || ((url, headers) => fetchJson(url, headers, net)));
   const findings = [];
   const add = (f) => findings.push(f);
 
@@ -83,6 +106,9 @@ export async function analyze(project, { get, now = new Date(), offline: forcedO
   if (project.isLibrary) {
     warnings.push('This looks like a React Native library, not an app (react-native is a peer dependency, or android/ builds a library). App Store and Google Play checks were skipped; scan the app that uses it for those.');
   }
+  const reportIncomplete = () => {
+    if (net.failed && !offline) warnings.push(`${net.failed} request${net.failed === 1 ? '' : 's'} to npm or React Native Directory failed (rate limit or network), so some dependency checks may be missing. Run again in a few minutes.`);
+  };
   if (!offline && project.rnVersion && !rn) warnings.push('Could not fetch React Native releases from npm; version and New Architecture checks were skipped. Run again.');
   if (!offline && project.expoVersion && !expo) warnings.push('Could not fetch Expo releases from npm; the SDK check was skipped. Run again.');
 
@@ -122,14 +148,16 @@ export async function analyze(project, { get, now = new Date(), offline: forcedO
     }
 
     // 2. New Architecture
-    const off = ['android', 'ios'].filter((p) => project.newArch[p] === false);
+    // Not set means the default: off before 0.76, on from 0.76.
+    const unset = minorOf(current) < 76 ? ['android', 'ios'].filter((p) => project.newArch[p] === null) : [];
+    const off = ['android', 'ios'].filter((p) => project.newArch[p] === false || unset.includes(p));
     if (minorOf(current) < NEW_ARCH_ONLY_MINOR && off.length && rn.lines[0] >= NEW_ARCH_ONLY_MINOR) {
       add({
         id: 'new-arch-disabled',
         severity: 'critical',
         area: 'new-architecture',
-        title: `New Architecture is disabled (${off.join(' + ')})`,
-        detail: `The legacy architecture was removed in 0.${NEW_ARCH_ONLY_MINOR}. This app cannot upgrade past 0.${NEW_ARCH_ONLY_MINOR - 1} until it migrates.`,
+        title: `New Architecture is ${unset.length === off.length ? 'off' : 'disabled'} (${off.join(' + ')})`,
+        detail: `${unset.length ? `Not set, and before React Native 0.76 the default is off. ` : ''}The legacy architecture was removed in 0.${NEW_ARCH_ONLY_MINOR}. This app cannot upgrade past 0.${NEW_ARCH_ONLY_MINOR - 1} until it migrates.`,
         fix: { kind: 'enable-new-arch', platforms: off },
       });
     }
@@ -297,7 +325,7 @@ export async function analyze(project, { get, now = new Date(), offline: forcedO
   const newArchOn = project.newArch.android !== false && project.newArch.ios !== false && minorOf(current || '0.0') >= 76;
   // The legacy architecture ends at 0.81, so any older app with it off has to migrate; this
   // holds even when the latest release could not be fetched (offline).
-  const archOff = project.newArch.android === false || project.newArch.ios === false;
+  const archOff = project.newArch.android === false || project.newArch.ios === false || (!!current && minorOf(current) < 76 && (project.newArch.android === null || project.newArch.ios === null));
   const newArchRequired =
     findings.some((f) => f.id === 'new-arch-disabled') || (archOff && current && minorOf(current) < NEW_ARCH_ONLY_MINOR);
   for (const { issue, dep } of matchKnownIssues({ deps, rnVersion: current, newArchOn, newArchRequired })) {
@@ -316,25 +344,35 @@ export async function analyze(project, { get, now = new Date(), offline: forcedO
       area: 'dependency',
       title,
       detail: `${detail} (installed: ${dep.name} ${dep.version}; seen in: ${issue.source})`,
-      fix: { kind: 'known-issue', name: dep.name, title, detail },
+      fix: { kind: 'known-issue', name: dep.name, title, detail, severity },
     });
   }
 
   // Library ↔ React Native compatibility, from the libraries' own tables.
+  // Expo SDKs pin tested versions of these libraries (bundledNativeModules.json). A version
+  // inside Expo's range is a combination Expo ships, even where the library's table is stricter.
+  const expoDir = project.expoVersion ? findPackageDir(project.root, 'expo') : null;
+  const expoPins = expoDir ? readJsonFile(path.join(expoDir, 'bundledNativeModules.json')) : null;
+  const expoSdk = project.expoVersion ? majorOf(project.expoVersion) : null;
   if (current) {
     const rnMinor = minorOf(current);
     for (const dep of deps.filter((d) => COMPAT[d.name])) {
+      const pinned = expoPins && expoPins[dep.name];
+      if (pinned && dep.version && satisfiesExpoRange(dep.version, pinned)) continue;
       const problem = checkCompat(dep.name, dep.version, rnMinor, newArchOn);
       // Also check the architecture this app has to move to.
       const ahead = !problem && newArchRequired ? checkCompat(dep.name, dep.version, rnMinor, true) : null;
       if (!problem && !ahead) continue;
       const best = bestRange(dep.name, rnMinor, problem ? newArchOn : true);
+      let expoNote = '';
+      if (pinned) expoNote = ` Expo SDK ${expoSdk} expects ${pinned}: run \`npx expo install --fix\`.`;
+      else if (expoSdk) expoNote = ` Expo SDK ${expoSdk} pins a tested version of this package; \`npx expo install --check\` shows whether yours matches (install dependencies for a precise check).`;
       add({
         id: `compat:${dep.name}`,
-        severity: problem ? 'high' : 'medium',
+        severity: problem && !(expoSdk && !pinned) ? 'high' : 'medium',
         area: 'dependency',
         title: problem || `${ahead} (needed for the New Architecture)`,
-        detail: `${best ? `Use ${dep.name} ${best.range} on React Native ${current}. ` : ''}Source: ${COMPAT[dep.name].source}.${COMPAT[dep.name].note ? ` ${COMPAT[dep.name].note}` : ''}`,
+        detail: `${best ? `Use ${dep.name} ${best.range} on React Native ${current}. ` : ''}Source: ${COMPAT[dep.name].source}.${COMPAT[dep.name].note ? ` ${COMPAT[dep.name].note}` : ''}${expoNote}`,
         fix: { kind: 'compat', name: dep.name, range: best && best.range, forNewArch: !problem },
       });
     }
@@ -392,6 +430,7 @@ export async function analyze(project, { get, now = new Date(), offline: forcedO
     }
   }
 
+  reportIncomplete();
   findings.sort((a, b) => SEVERITIES.indexOf(a.severity) - SEVERITIES.indexOf(b.severity));
   return {
     tool: 'nativekeel',

package/src/compat.js

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import { compareVersions } from './known-issues.js';
 
 export const COMPAT = {
   'react-native-screens': {
-    source: 'https://github.com/software-mansion/react-native-screens#support-for-fabric (checked 2026-10-03)',
+    source: 'https://github.com/software-mansion/react-native-screens#support-for-fabric (checked 2026-10-04)',
     newArch: [
       { from: '4.0.0', to: '4.4.99', rnMin: 76 },
       { from: '4.5.0', to: '4.13.99', rnMin: 77 },
@@ -26,9 +26,13 @@ export const COMPAT = {
     ],
   },
   'react-native-gesture-handler': {
-    source: 'https://github.com/software-mansion/react-native-gesture-handler#gesture-handler-2 (checked 2026-10-03)',
+    source: 'https://github.com/software-mansion/react-native-gesture-handler#react-native-support (Gesture Handler 2 table; 3.x needs 0.82+; checked 2026-10-04)',
     note: 'Gesture Handler supports the three latest React Native minors; the table gives minimums.',
     newArch: [
+      { from: '2.0.0', to: '2.9.99', rnMin: 63 },
+      { from: '2.10.0', to: '2.13.99', rnMin: 64 },
+      { from: '2.14.0', to: '2.15.99', rnMin: 67 },
+      { from: '2.16.0', to: '2.17.99', rnMin: 68 },
       { from: '2.18.0', to: '2.20.99', rnMin: 73 },
       { from: '2.21.0', to: '2.23.99', rnMin: 74 },
       { from: '2.24.0', to: '2.24.99', rnMin: 75 },
@@ -39,6 +43,10 @@ export const COMPAT = {
       { from: '3.0.0', rnMin: 82 },
     ],
     legacy: [
+      { from: '2.0.0', to: '2.9.99', rnMin: 63 },
+      { from: '2.10.0', to: '2.13.99', rnMin: 64 },
+      { from: '2.14.0', to: '2.15.99', rnMin: 67 },
+      { from: '2.16.0', to: '2.17.99', rnMin: 68 },
       { from: '2.18.0', to: '2.20.99', rnMin: 73 },
       { from: '2.21.0', to: '2.23.99', rnMin: 74 },
       { from: '2.24.0', to: '2.24.99', rnMin: 75 },
@@ -49,7 +57,8 @@ export const COMPAT = {
     ],
   },
   'react-native-reanimated': {
-    source: 'https://docs.swmansion.com/react-native-reanimated/docs/guides/compatibility/ and /docs/3.x/guides/compatibility/ (checked 2026-10-03)',
+    source: 'Reanimated compatibility.json, the data behind docs.swmansion.com/react-native-reanimated/docs/guides/compatibility (rows assume the latest patch of each minor)',
+    // Generated by scripts/reanimated-compat.mjs on 2026-10-04 from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/software-mansion/react-native-reanimated/main/packages/react-native-reanimated/compatibility.json
     newArch: [
       { from: '3.0.0', to: '3.0.99', rnMin: 71, rnMax: 71 },
       { from: '3.1.0', to: '3.5.99', rnMin: 72, rnMax: 72 },
@@ -60,22 +69,32 @@ export const COMPAT = {
       { from: '3.17.0', to: '3.17.99', rnMin: 75, rnMax: 79 },
       { from: '3.18.0', to: '3.18.99', rnMin: 75, rnMax: 80 },
       { from: '3.19.0', to: '3.19.99', rnMin: 78, rnMax: 81 },
-      { from: '4.0.0', to: '4.1.99', rnMin: 78, rnMax: 81 },
-      { from: '4.2.0', to: '4.3.99', rnMin: 80, rnMax: 84 },
-      { from: '4.4.0', to: '4.5.99', rnMin: 83, rnMax: 86 },
-      { from: '4.6.0', to: '4.6.99', rnMin: 83, rnMax: 88 },
-      { from: '4.7.0', to: '4.8.99', rnMin: 86, rnMax: 88 },
+      { from: '4.0.0', to: '4.0.99', rnMin: 78, rnMax: 81 },
+      { from: '4.1.0', to: '4.1.99', rnMin: 78, rnMax: 82 },
+      { from: '4.2.0', to: '4.2.99', rnMin: 80, rnMax: 84 },
+      { from: '4.3.0', to: '4.3.99', rnMin: 81, rnMax: 85 },
+      { from: '4.4.0', to: '4.4.99', rnMin: 83, rnMax: 86 },
+      { from: '4.5.0', to: '4.5.99', rnMin: 83, rnMax: 86 },
+      { from: '4.6.0', to: '4.6.99', rnMin: 83, rnMax: 87 },
+      { from: '4.7.0', to: '4.7.99', rnMin: 86, rnMax: 88 },
+      { from: '4.8.0', to: '4.8.99', rnMin: 86, rnMax: 88 },
     ],
     legacy: [
+      { from: '2.3.0', to: '2.4.99', rnMin: 63, rnMax: 67 },
+      { from: '2.5.0', to: '2.9.99', rnMin: 63, rnMax: 68 },
+      { from: '2.10.0', to: '2.10.99', rnMin: 63, rnMax: 69 },
+      { from: '2.11.0', to: '2.13.99', rnMin: 63, rnMax: 70 },
+      { from: '2.14.0', to: '2.17.99', rnMin: 63, rnMax: 71 },
       { from: '3.0.0', to: '3.2.99', rnMin: 63, rnMax: 71 },
       { from: '3.3.0', to: '3.4.99', rnMin: 63, rnMax: 72 },
-      { from: '3.5.0', to: '3.5.99', rnMin: 66, rnMax: 71 },
-      { from: '3.6.0', to: '3.8.99', rnMin: 66, rnMax: 72 },
-      { from: '3.9.0', to: '3.15.99', rnMin: 70, rnMax: 73 },
-      { from: '3.16.0', to: '3.16.99', rnMin: 71, rnMax: 77 },
-      { from: '3.17.0', to: '3.17.99', rnMin: 73, rnMax: 79 },
-      { from: '3.18.0', to: '3.18.99', rnMin: 73, rnMax: 80 },
-      { from: '3.19.0', to: '3.19.99', rnMin: 77, rnMax: 81 },
+      { from: '3.5.0', to: '3.5.99', rnMin: 66, rnMax: 72 },
+      { from: '3.6.0', to: '3.8.99', rnMin: 66, rnMax: 73 },
+      { from: '3.9.0', to: '3.14.99', rnMin: 71, rnMax: 74 },
+      { from: '3.15.0', to: '3.15.99', rnMin: 72, rnMax: 75 },
+      { from: '3.16.0', to: '3.16.99', rnMin: 74, rnMax: 77 },
+      { from: '3.17.0', to: '3.17.99', rnMin: 75, rnMax: 79 },
+      { from: '3.18.0', to: '3.18.99', rnMin: 75, rnMax: 80 },
+      { from: '3.19.0', to: '3.19.99', rnMin: 78, rnMax: 81 },
       { from: '4.0.0', unsupported: true },
     ],
     note: 'Reanimated 4 also needs react-native-worklets; Reanimated 3.x is no longer actively maintained.',

package/src/native.js

@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ export function nativeChecks(project, { rnLatest = null, now = new Date() } = {}
         severity: 'critical',
         area: 'store',
         title: `React Native ${project.rnVersion} does not support 16 KB memory pages`,
-        detail: `Google Play rejects updates without 16 KB page support since ${PAGE_SIZE_16K.since} (extensions ended ${PAGE_SIZE_16K.extensionUntil}). React Native supports it from 0.${PAGE_SIZE_16K.firstRnMinor}.`,
+        detail: `Google Play rejects updates without 16 KB page support since ${PAGE_SIZE_16K.since} (extensions ended ${PAGE_SIZE_16K.extensionUntil}). React Native supports it from 0.${PAGE_SIZE_16K.firstRnMinor}${project.expoVersion ? ', which in Expo means SDK 53 or later (SDK 52 ships React Native 0.76)' : ''}.`,
         fix: { kind: 'upgrade-rn-min', to: `0.${PAGE_SIZE_16K.firstRnMinor}.0` },
       });
     }
@@ -191,7 +191,9 @@ export function nativeChecks(project, { rnLatest = null, now = new Date() } = {}
   }
   const patched = [];
   for (const f of patchFiles) {
-    const m = f.match(/^(.+?)\+(\d+\.\d+\.\d+[^.]*)(?:\+\d+)?\.patch$/);
+    // patch-package names: <pkg>+<version>.patch, <pkg>+<version>.dev.patch, and sequenced
+    // patches <pkg>+<version>+<NNN>[+<name>].patch (scoped packages use + for the slash).
+    const m = f.match(/^(.+?)\+(\d+\.\d+\.\d+(?:-[0-9A-Za-z.-]+)?)(?:\+\d+(?:\+[^/]*)?)?(?:\.dev)?\.patch$/);
     if (!m) continue;
     const pkg = m[1].replace(/\+/g, '/');
     const version = m[2];
@@ -226,7 +228,7 @@ export function nativeChecks(project, { rnLatest = null, now = new Date() } = {}
       id: 'patches-present',
       severity: 'info',
       area: 'native',
-      title: `${patched.length} patch-package patch${patched.length === 1 ? '' : 'es'}: ${patched.map((p) => p.pkg).join(', ')}`,
+      title: `${patched.length} patch-package patch${patched.length === 1 ? '' : 'es'}: ${[...new Set(patched.map((p) => p.pkg))].join(', ')}`,
       detail: 'Each was written against one library version and one React Native version. After every upgrade step check that each still applies and is still needed; a patch that adapted a library to an older React Native can break it on a newer one.',
       fix: { kind: 'patches-review', patches: patched },
     });
@@ -274,15 +276,18 @@ export function nativeChecks(project, { rnLatest = null, now = new Date() } = {}
   }
 
   // Hermes: JavaScriptCore is no longer bundled with React Native.
-  const hermesOff = /^\s*hermesEnabled\s*=\s*false/m.test(gradleProps) || /:hermes_enabled\s*=>\s*false/.test(podfile);
-  if (hermesOff) {
+  const hermesOffOn = [
+    /^\s*hermesEnabled\s*=\s*false/m.test(gradleProps) && 'android',
+    /^[^#\n]*:hermes_enabled\s*=>\s*false/m.test(podfile) && 'ios',
+  ].filter(Boolean);
+  if (hermesOffOn.length) {
     add({
       id: 'hermes-disabled',
       severity: 'medium',
       area: 'native',
-      title: 'Hermes is disabled (JavaScriptCore)',
+      title: `Hermes is disabled (JavaScriptCore on ${hermesOffOn.join(' + ')})`,
       detail: 'JavaScriptCore is no longer part of React Native; newer versions need the community JSC package. Switching to Hermes is the supported path and usually faster.',
-      fix: { kind: 'enable-hermes' },
+      fix: { kind: 'enable-hermes', platforms: hermesOffOn },
     });
   }
 
@@ -290,13 +295,26 @@ export function nativeChecks(project, { rnLatest = null, now = new Date() } = {}
   // uses "required reason" APIs, so every React Native app needs one.
   if (hasIos && !project.isLibrary) {
     const manifests = findFiles(path.join(root, 'ios'), (name) => name.endsWith('.xcprivacy'));
-    if (!manifests.length) {
+    // From 0.75, `pod install` writes the manifest (with React Native's and the pods' reasons)
+    // and adds it to the app target, unless the Podfile turns aggregation off.
+    const aggregationOff = /privacy_file_aggregation_enabled\s*(?:=>|:)\s*false|RCT_AGGREGATE_PRIVACY_FILES['"]?\]?\s*=\s*['"]?0/.test(podfile);
+    const generated = rn !== null && rn >= 75 && !aggregationOff;
+    if (!manifests.length && generated) {
+      add({
+        id: 'ios-privacy-manifest',
+        severity: 'low',
+        area: 'store',
+        title: 'iOS privacy manifest is generated at pod install, not committed',
+        detail: "React Native 0.75+ creates PrivacyInfo.xcprivacy during `pod install` with the required-reason APIs of React Native and your pods. Commit it, then add what only you know: collected data types and tracking. App Store Connect checks those too.",
+        fix: { kind: 'privacy-manifest', generated: true },
+      });
+    } else if (!manifests.length) {
       add({
         id: 'ios-privacy-manifest',
         severity: 'high',
         area: 'store',
         title: 'iOS privacy manifest (PrivacyInfo.xcprivacy) is missing',
-        detail: 'App Store Connect rejects uploads that use required-reason APIs without declaring them. React Native uses several (UserDefaults, file timestamps, system boot time). Add PrivacyInfo.xcprivacy to the app target.',
+        detail: `App Store Connect rejects uploads that use required-reason APIs without declaring them. React Native uses several (UserDefaults, file timestamps, system boot time). ${rn !== null && rn < 75 ? 'React Native before 0.75 does not add it to the app for you: ' : ''}Add PrivacyInfo.xcprivacy to the app target.`,
         fix: { kind: 'privacy-manifest' },
       });
     }
@@ -429,7 +447,11 @@ export function nativeChecks(project, { rnLatest = null, now = new Date() } = {}
         ...[...text.matchAll(/^\s*([A-Z0-9_]*(?:STORE|KEY)_PASSWORD)\s*=\s*(\S+)\s*$/gm)].map((m) => ({ name: m[1], value: m[2] })),
         // Not `props['storePassword']`: there the name is a lookup key, not an assignment.
         ...[...text.matchAll(/(?<![\w'"[])(storePassword|keyPassword)\s*=?\s*["']([^"'\n]+)["']/g)].map((m) => ({ name: m[1], value: m[2] })),
-      ].filter((l) => l.value !== 'android' && !/^System\.getenv|^\$\{?[A-Z_]+\}?$/.test(l.value));
+      ]
+        .map((l) => ({ ...l, value: l.value.replace(/^["']|["']$/g, '') }))
+        // Not leaks: the debug keystore's public password, environment references, empty
+        // values and template placeholders (*****, <password>, your_password).
+        .filter((l) => l.value && l.value !== 'android' && !/^System\.getenv|^\$\{?[A-Z_]+\}?$/.test(l.value) && !/^(\*+|x+|<.*>|your[_-]?\w*|changeme)$/i.test(l.value));
       if (leaked.length) {
         add({
           id: `signing-password:${f}`,

package/src/plan.js

@@ -67,10 +67,26 @@ const WEIGHTS = {
   'default-react-host': () => 0.25,
 };
 
+// Routine version bumps are many but cheap next to a React Native, architecture or store
+// change; capping them keeps a nearly current app with many outdated packages from being sized
+// like a migration.
+const BUMP_CAPS = { native: 6, js: 2 };
+
 export function complexity(findings) {
-  const score = Math.round(
-    findings.reduce((sum, f) => sum + (f.fix && WEIGHTS[f.fix.kind] ? WEIGHTS[f.fix.kind](f.fix) : 0), 0),
-  );
+  let nativeBumps = 0;
+  let jsBumps = 0;
+  let rest = 0;
+  for (const f of findings) {
+    if (!f.fix || !WEIGHTS[f.fix.kind]) continue;
+    const w = WEIGHTS[f.fix.kind](f.fix);
+    if (f.fix.kind === 'bump-dep') {
+      if (f.fix.native) nativeBumps += w;
+      else jsBumps += w;
+    } else {
+      rest += w;
+    }
+  }
+  const score = Math.round(rest + Math.min(nativeBumps, BUMP_CAPS.native) + Math.min(jsBumps, BUMP_CAPS.js));
   const size = score < 8 ? 'Small' : score < 20 ? 'Medium' : score < 40 ? 'Large' : 'Extra large';
   return { score, size };
 }
@@ -125,8 +141,40 @@ function safetyNetPhase(tool) {
   };
 }
 
+// Libraries whose version an Expo SDK decides (from Expo's bundledNativeModules.json). When the
+// app's own copy of that file is installed it is used instead; this list covers scans without
+// node_modules.
+const EXPO_PINNED = new Set([
+  'react-native-reanimated', 'react-native-worklets', 'react-native-gesture-handler', 'react-native-screens',
+  'react-native-safe-area-context', 'react-native-webview', 'react-native-svg', 'react-native-pager-view',
+  'react-native-maps', 'react-native-view-shot', 'react-native-get-random-values', 'react-native-keyboard-controller',
+  '@react-native-async-storage/async-storage', '@react-native-community/datetimepicker', '@react-native-community/slider',
+  '@react-native-community/netinfo', '@react-native-picker/picker', '@react-native-masked-view/masked-view',
+  'lottie-react-native', '@shopify/flash-list', '@shopify/react-native-skia', '@stripe/stripe-react-native',
+]);
+
+function expoPinnedNames(root) {
+  try {
+    let dir = root;
+    while (true) {
+      const file = path.join(dir, 'node_modules', 'expo', 'bundledNativeModules.json');
+      if (fs.existsSync(file)) return new Set(Object.keys(JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(file, 'utf8'))));
+      const parent = path.dirname(dir);
+      if (parent === dir) return EXPO_PINNED;
+      dir = parent;
+    }
+  } catch {
+    return EXPO_PINNED;
+  }
+}
+
 export function buildPlan(result) {
-  const pm = commands[packageManager(result.project.root)];
+  const isExpo = !!result.project.expo;
+  const basePm = commands[packageManager(result.project.root)];
+  // In Expo projects `npx expo install` picks the version that matches the SDK.
+  const pm = isExpo ? { ...basePm, add: 'npx expo install' } : basePm;
+  const pinned = isExpo ? expoPinnedNames(result.project.root) : new Set();
+  const movesWithExpo = (name) => isExpo && (/^(expo-|@expo\/)/.test(name) || name === 'expo' || name === 'jest-expo' || pinned.has(name));
   const installed = new Set(result.deps.map((d) => d.name));
   const byKind = (kind) => result.findings.filter((f) => f.fix && f.fix.kind === kind).map((f) => f.fix);
   const phases = [];
@@ -168,7 +216,8 @@ export function buildPlan(result) {
     });
   }
 
-  const known = byKind('known-issue');
+  // Low-severity notes stay in the report; the plan only carries what can break the app.
+  const known = byKind('known-issue').filter((k) => k.severity !== 'low');
   if (known.length) {
     phases.push({
       title: 'Avoid known traps',
@@ -190,9 +239,17 @@ export function buildPlan(result) {
   }
 
   const storeSteps = [];
-  if (byKind('privacy-manifest').length) {
+  const privacy = byKind('privacy-manifest')[0];
+  if (privacy && privacy.generated) {
+    storeSteps.push('Run `pod install`, commit the generated `PrivacyInfo.xcprivacy`, and add your collected data types and tracking to it (React Native only fills in the required-reason APIs).');
+  } else if (privacy) {
     storeSteps.push('Add `PrivacyInfo.xcprivacy` to the iOS app target. Start from the file in the React Native template and declare the required-reason APIs your app and SDKs use (UserDefaults, file timestamps, system boot time, disk space).');
   }
+  if (byKind('upgrade-rn-min').length) {
+    storeSteps.push(isExpo
+      ? '**16 KB memory pages:** Google Play rejects updates until the app is on Expo SDK 53 (React Native 0.79) or later. The Expo SDK phase below gets you there; reach SDK 53 before your next Play release.'
+      : '**16 KB memory pages:** Google Play rejects updates until the app is on React Native 0.77 or later. The React Native phase below gets you there; reach 0.77 before your next Play release.');
+  }
   const align = byKind('align-16kb')[0];
   if (align) {
     storeSteps.push(`Fix 16 KB alignment for ${align.libs.map((l) => `\`${l}\``).join(', ')}: find which package ships each library (\`grep -rl <lib> node_modules/*/android\`) and update it; libraries you build yourself need NDK r28+.`);
@@ -237,33 +294,50 @@ export function buildPlan(result) {
   if (byKind('remove-flipper').length) {
     cleanup.push('Remove Flipper: delete the `com.facebook.flipper` dependencies and `FLIPPER_VERSION` on Android, `use_flipper!` / Flipper config in the Podfile, and the `ReactNativeFlipper` initialization code. Use React Native DevTools instead.');
   }
-  if (byKind('enable-hermes').length) {
-    cleanup.push('Switch to Hermes: set `hermesEnabled=true` in `android/gradle.properties` and `:hermes_enabled => true` in the Podfile, then test anything that relied on JavaScriptCore behavior (Intl, Date parsing).');
+  const hermes = byKind('enable-hermes')[0];
+  if (hermes) {
+    const where = (hermes.platforms || ['android', 'ios']).map((pl) => (pl === 'android' ? 'set `hermesEnabled=true` in `android/gradle.properties`' : 'set `:hermes_enabled => true` in the Podfile'));
+    cleanup.push(`Switch to Hermes: ${where.join(' and ')}, then test anything that relied on JavaScriptCore behavior (Intl, Date parsing).`);
   }
   if (cleanup.length) {
     phases.push({ title: 'Remove legacy tooling', why: 'Leftovers from older templates break on newer React Native versions; removing them first shrinks the upgrade diff.', steps: cleanup });
   }
 
-  const replace = byKind('replace-dep').sort((a, b) => Number(b.noNewArch) - Number(a.noNewArch) || Number(b.native) - Number(a.native));
+  const allReplace = byKind('replace-dep');
+  // Abandoned pure-JS packages do not block an upgrade; they get their own, later phase.
+  const jsAbandoned = allReplace.filter((d) => !d.native && !d.noNewArch);
+  const interopPatched = new Set(byKind('interop-job').map((j) => j.name));
+  const replace = allReplace.filter((d) => d.native || d.noNewArch).sort((a, b) => Number(b.noNewArch) - Number(a.noNewArch) || Number(b.native) - Number(a.native));
   if (replace.length) {
     phases.push({
       title: 'Replace blocking and abandoned packages',
       why: 'These packages decide how far you can upgrade. Swap them while the app still runs on its current version, so every problem has one cause.',
       steps: replace.map((d) => {
         const reason = [d.noNewArch && 'no New Architecture support', d.unmaintained && 'unmaintained'].filter(Boolean).join(', ');
+        if (interopPatched.has(d.name) && !d.unmaintained) {
+          return `\`${d.name}\` (${reason}, native). The New Architecture step below patches it so it loads; move to a release with a TurboModule spec once one exists.`;
+        }
         const owned = d.alternatives.find((a) => installed.has(a));
         if (owned) {
           return `\`${d.name}\` (${reason}${d.native ? ', native' : ''}). You already use \`${owned}\`: move the remaining usage there, then \`${pm.remove} ${d.name}\`.`;
         }
-        const to = d.alternatives[0];
-        const cmd = to ? ` \`${pm.remove} ${d.name} && ${pm.add} ${to}\`` : '';
-        const options = d.alternatives.length ? `Options: ${d.alternatives.map((a) => `\`${a}\``).join(', ')}.${cmd}` : 'No known replacement: check for a maintained fork, or vendor and patch it with `patch-package`.';
+        // expo-* packages need Expo modules; a bare app without them should get another option first.
+        const usesExpoModules = isExpo || installed.has('expo');
+        const to = usesExpoModules ? d.alternatives[0] : d.alternatives.find((a) => !a.startsWith('expo-')) || d.alternatives[0];
+        const needsExpo = to && to.startsWith('expo-') && !usesExpoModules ? ' (Expo packages need Expo modules first: `npx install-expo-modules@latest`)' : '';
+        const cmd = to ? ` \`${pm.remove} ${d.name} && ${pm.add} ${to}\`${needsExpo}` : '';
+        const options = d.alternatives.length
+          ? `Options: ${d.alternatives.map((a) => `\`${a}\``).join(', ')}.${cmd}`
+          : d.noNewArch
+            ? 'No known replacement: check for a maintained fork, or vendor and patch it with `patch-package`.'
+            : 'Not a known blocker: keep it while it builds and passes your UI flows at every step below, and replace it (or patch it with `patch-package`) when it breaks.';
         return `\`${d.name}\` (${reason}${d.native ? ', native' : ''}). ${options}`;
       }),
     });
   }
 
-  const nativeBumps = byKind('bump-dep').filter((d) => d.native);
+  const expoMoves = byKind('bump-dep').filter((d) => movesWithExpo(d.name));
+  const nativeBumps = byKind('bump-dep').filter((d) => d.native && !movesWithExpo(d.name));
   if (nativeBumps.length) {
     phases.push({
       title: 'Update native modules on the current React Native version',
@@ -281,6 +355,7 @@ export function buildPlan(result) {
       steps: [`In \`${depProvider.file}\`: \`#import <ReactAppDependencyProvider/RCTAppDependencyProvider.h>\` and \`self.dependencyProvider = [RCTAppDependencyProvider new];\` before \`[super application:didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:]\`.`],
     });
   }
+  let deferredArch = null;
   if (arch) {
     const steps = [];
     for (const j of byKind('interop-job')) {
@@ -290,7 +365,7 @@ export function buildPlan(result) {
       steps.push(`In \`${depProvider.file}\`, add \`#import <ReactAppDependencyProvider/RCTAppDependencyProvider.h>\` and \`self.dependencyProvider = [RCTAppDependencyProvider new];\` before calling super. Without it the switch causes a launch crash in Release.`);
     }
     if (result.project.managed) {
-      steps.push('Set `"newArchEnabled": true` in `app.json` (under `expo`), then run `npx expo prebuild --clean` and build.');
+      steps.push('Set `"newArchEnabled": true` in `app.json` (under `expo`), then make a new development build (`eas build --profile development`, or `npx expo run:ios` / `npx expo run:android`). Expo Go cannot test this switch.');
     } else {
       if (arch.platforms.includes('android')) steps.push('Android: set `newArchEnabled=true` in `android/gradle.properties`.');
       if (arch.platforms.includes('ios')) steps.push('iOS: set `"newArchEnabled": "true"` in `ios/Podfile.properties.json` (or run `RCT_NEW_ARCH_ENABLED=1 bundle exec pod install`).');
@@ -298,14 +373,23 @@ export function buildPlan(result) {
     for (const c of byKind('compat').filter((x) => x.forNewArch && x.range)) {
       steps.unshift(`First move \`${c.name}\` to ${c.range}: the installed version does not support the New Architecture on this React Native version.`);
     }
-    steps.push('Clean everything (`./gradlew clean`, `watchman watch-del-all`, delete `ios/build` and `ios/Pods`). Switching architecture without a clean build fails on stale codegen output (e.g. missing `Native…Spec` classes).');
-    steps.push('Build debug and release on both platforms.');
+    if (!result.project.managed) {
+      steps.push('Clean everything (`./gradlew clean`, `watchman watch-del-all`, delete `ios/build` and `ios/Pods`). Switching architecture without a clean build fails on stale codegen output (e.g. missing `Native…Spec` classes).');
+    }
+    steps.push(result.project.managed ? 'Build a development and a production build for both platforms.' : 'Build debug and release on both platforms.');
     steps.push('Click through every screen that uses a native module. Interop-layer problems show up at runtime, not at build time.');
-    phases.push({
-      title: 'Turn on the New Architecture on your current version',
-      why: `React Native 0.${NEW_ARCH_ONLY_MINOR} removed the legacy architecture. Switching now, before changing the React Native version, keeps the two kinds of breakage apart.`,
-      steps,
-    });
+    // Before 0.76 the New Architecture is too immature to switch on in place: do it on the way,
+    // at the first stop between 0.76 and 0.81 (or Expo SDK 52+), in its own commit.
+    const currentMinor = Number((result.project.reactNative || '0.99').split('.')[1]);
+    if (currentMinor < 76) {
+      deferredArch = steps;
+    } else {
+      phases.push({
+        title: 'Turn on the New Architecture on your current version',
+        why: `React Native 0.${NEW_ARCH_ONLY_MINOR} removed the legacy architecture. Switching now, before changing the React Native version, keeps the two kinds of breakage apart.`,
+        steps,
+      });
+    }
   }
 
   const rn = byKind('upgrade-rn')[0];
@@ -332,6 +416,19 @@ export function buildPlan(result) {
       from = to;
       return step;
     });
+    if (deferredArch) {
+      const hops = upgradeHops(rn.from, rn.to);
+      const at = hops.findIndex((h) => Number(h.split('.')[1]) >= 76 && Number(h.split('.')[1]) < NEW_ARCH_ONLY_MINOR);
+      if (at >= 0) {
+        steps.splice(
+          at + 1,
+          0,
+          `**Stop at ${hops[at]} and turn on the New Architecture** before going further: 0.${NEW_ARCH_ONLY_MINOR} removed the legacy one. Do it in its own commit:`,
+          ...deferredArch.map((x) => `New Architecture: ${x}`),
+        );
+        deferredArch = null;
+      }
+    }
     steps.push('Bump `react`, `@react-native/*` packages and the Metro/Babel config to the versions the Upgrade Helper shows for the target.');
     const patchesReview = byKind('patches-review')[0];
     if (patchesReview) {
@@ -349,15 +446,38 @@ export function buildPlan(result) {
   const expo = byKind('upgrade-expo')[0];
   if (expo) {
     const steps = [];
-    for (let v = expo.from + 1; v <= expo.to; v++) steps.push(`SDK ${v - 1} → ${v}: \`npx expo install expo@^${v}.0.0 --fix\`, read the SDK ${v} changelog, run \`npx expo-doctor\`, build.`);
+    for (let v = expo.from + 1; v <= expo.to; v++) {
+      steps.push(`SDK ${v - 1} → ${v}: \`npx expo install expo@^${v}.0.0 --fix\`, read the SDK ${v} changelog, run \`npx expo-doctor\`, build.`);
+      // SDK 52 ships React Native 0.76, the first version where switching is practical.
+      if (deferredArch && v >= 52) {
+        steps.push(`**At SDK ${v}, turn on the New Architecture** before going further (it is the default from SDK 53, and React Native 0.${NEW_ARCH_ONLY_MINOR} removed the legacy one):`, ...deferredArch.map((x) => `New Architecture: ${x}`));
+        deferredArch = null;
+      }
+    }
     steps.push('Each SDK brings its own React Native version; do not upgrade React Native separately.');
+    if (expoMoves.length) {
+      const names = expoMoves.map((d) => `\`${d.name}\``);
+      steps.push(`\`npx expo install --fix\` also moves ${names.slice(0, 8).join(', ')}${names.length > 8 ? ` and ${names.length - 8} more` : ''} to the versions each SDK expects. Do not bump them yourself: a newer major than the SDK supports fails to build.`);
+    }
     if (!result.project.managed) {
       steps.push('This app has its own android/ and ios/ folders: after each SDK, apply the native changes from Expo\'s native project upgrade helper (docs.expo.dev/bare/upgrade), then `pod install` and build both platforms.');
     }
     phases.push({ title: `Upgrade Expo SDK ${expo.from} → ${expo.to}`, why: 'Expo only supports one SDK step at a time reliably.', steps });
   }
 
-  const jsBumps = byKind('bump-dep').filter((d) => !d.native);
+  if (jsAbandoned.length) {
+    phases.push({
+      title: 'Plan replacements for abandoned JavaScript packages',
+      why: 'These do not block the upgrade (no native code), but nobody fixes their bugs any more. Replace them when you next touch that code.',
+      steps: jsAbandoned.map((d) => {
+        const owned = d.alternatives.find((a) => installed.has(a));
+        if (owned) return `\`${d.name}\`: you already use \`${owned}\`; move the remaining usage there, then \`${pm.remove} ${d.name}\`.`;
+        return `\`${d.name}\`${d.alternatives.length ? `: options ${d.alternatives.map((a) => `\`${a}\``).join(', ')}` : ': look for a maintained alternative, or keep it if it does what you need'}.`;
+      }),
+    });
+  }
+
+  const jsBumps = byKind('bump-dep').filter((d) => !d.native && !movesWithExpo(d.name));
   if (jsBumps.length) {
     phases.push({
       title: 'Update JavaScript-only packages',
@@ -387,7 +507,9 @@ export function buildPlan(result) {
     title: 'Verify before you ship',
     why: 'An upgrade is done when the release build works on real devices, not when it compiles.',
     steps: [
-      'Release builds on both platforms (`./gradlew bundleRelease`, Xcode Archive).',
+      result.project.managed
+        ? 'Production builds on both platforms (`eas build --platform all --profile production`, or `npx expo run:android --variant release` and `npx expo run:ios --configuration Release`).'
+        : 'Release builds on both platforms (`./gradlew bundleRelease`, Xcode Archive).',
       'Test on a low-end Android device and on the newest iOS and Android versions.',
       'Ship to internal testing / TestFlight first and watch crash-free sessions for a few days before a staged rollout.',
       'Run `npx nativekeel` again: the report should have no critical or high findings.',

package/src/registry.js

@@ -1,11 +1,28 @@
 const UA = { 'User-Agent': 'nativekeel' };
 
-export async function fetchJson(url, headers = {}) {
-  try {
-    const res = await fetch(url, { headers: { ...UA, ...headers }, signal: AbortSignal.timeout(30000) });
-    if (!res.ok) return null;
-    return await res.json();
-  } catch {
+const sleep = (ms) => new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, ms));
+
+// GET a JSON document. Returns null for "not found" (a package that does not exist is an
+// answer, not an error). Rate limits (429) and server errors are retried with backoff; if the
+// request still fails, `stats.failed` is incremented so the report can say it is incomplete.
+export async function fetchJson(url, headers = {}, stats = null, { retries = 3, wait = sleep } = {}) {
+  for (let attempt = 0; ; attempt++) {
+    try {
+      const res = await fetch(url, { headers: { ...UA, ...headers }, signal: AbortSignal.timeout(30000) });
+      if (res.ok) return await res.json();
+      if (res.status === 404) return null;
+      if ((res.status === 429 || res.status >= 500) && attempt < retries) {
+        const after = Number(res.headers.get('retry-after'));
+        await wait(Math.min(Number.isFinite(after) && after > 0 ? after * 1000 : 1000 * 2 ** attempt, 10000));
+        continue;
+      }
+    } catch {
+      if (attempt < retries) {
+        await wait(1000 * 2 ** attempt);
+        continue;
+      }
+    }
+    if (stats) stats.failed++;
     return null;
   }
 }

package/src/report-html.js

@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ export function htmlReport(result, { brand = null, plan = null } = {}) {
   const n = countBySeverity(result.findings);
   const title = `${p.name || 'App'} health report`;
   const sevLabel = { critical: 'Critical', high: 'High', medium: 'Medium', low: 'Low', info: 'Info' };
-  const arch = (v) => (v === true ? 'on' : v === false ? 'off' : 'default');
+  const defaultOn = !!result.project.reactNative && Number(result.project.reactNative.split('.')[1]) >= 76;
+  const arch = (v) => (v === true ? 'on' : v === false ? 'off' : defaultOn ? 'on (default)' : 'off (default)');
 
   const rows = SEVERITIES.flatMap((sev) =>
     result.findings

package/src/report-md.js

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ export function markdownReport(result, { verbose = false } = {}) {
     [
       p.reactNative && `React Native **${p.reactNative}**${result.latest.reactNative ? ` (latest ${result.latest.reactNative})` : ''}`,
       p.expo && `Expo SDK **${p.expo.split('.')[0]}**`,
-      `New Architecture: Android ${p.newArch.android === false ? '**off**' : p.newArch.android ? 'on' : 'default'}, iOS ${p.newArch.ios === false ? '**off**' : p.newArch.ios ? 'on' : 'default'}`,
+      `New Architecture: Android ${archMd(p, p.newArch.android)}, iOS ${archMd(p, p.newArch.ios)}`,
     ].filter(Boolean).join(' · '),
     '',
     `${ICON.critical} ${n.critical} critical · ${ICON.high} ${n.high} high · ${ICON.medium} ${n.medium} medium · ${ICON.low} ${n.low} low`,
@@ -40,3 +40,10 @@ export function markdownReport(result, { verbose = false } = {}) {
   lines.push(`<sub>Generated by [NativeKeel](${SITE_URL}) · \`npx nativekeel plan\` for a step-by-step upgrade plan</sub>`);
   return `${lines.join('\n')}\n`;
 }
+
+// Not set means React Native's default: off before 0.76, on from 0.76.
+function archMd(p, v) {
+  if (v === false) return '**off**';
+  if (v === true) return 'on';
+  return p.reactNative && Number(p.reactNative.split('.')[1]) >= 76 ? 'on (default)' : '**off** (default)';
+}

package/src/report-text.js

@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ export function textReport(result, { color = true, verbose = false } = {}) {
   const indent = '           ';
   const out = [];
   const p = result.project;
-  const arch = (v) => (v === true ? c.green('on') : v === false ? c.red('off') : c.gray('default'));
+  // Not set means React Native's default: off before 0.76, on from 0.76.
+  const defaultOn = !!p.reactNative && Number(p.reactNative.split('.')[1]) >= 76;
+  const arch = (v) => (v === true ? c.green('on') : v === false ? c.red('off') : defaultOn ? c.gray('on (default)') : c.red('off (default)'));
 
   out.push('');
   out.push(`${c.bold('NativeKeel health report')}  ${p.name || ''}`);

package/src/rules.js

@@ -53,6 +53,23 @@ export const REPLACEMENTS = {
   'react-native-code-push': ['expo-updates'],
   // react-native-elements was renamed to @rneui, which in turn is continued by @rn-vui.
   'react-native-elements': ['@rn-vui/themed'],
+  // Checked on npm and React Native Directory on 2026-10-04 (published and not flagged unmaintained).
+  'rn-fetch-blob': ['react-native-blob-util'],
+  '@react-native-community/blur': ['expo-blur'],
+  'react-native-randombytes': ['react-native-get-random-values', 'expo-crypto'],
+  'react-native-securerandom': ['react-native-get-random-values', 'expo-crypto'],
+  'react-native-tcp': ['react-native-tcp-socket'],
+  '@react-native-community/geolocation': ['expo-location'],
+  'react-native-geolocation-service': ['expo-location'],
+  'react-native-encrypted-storage': ['react-native-keychain', 'expo-secure-store'],
+  'react-native-navigation-bar-color': ['react-native-edge-to-edge', 'expo-navigation-bar'],
+  'react-native-quick-actions': ['expo-quick-actions'],
+  'react-native-version-number': ['react-native-device-info', 'expo-application'],
+  'react-native-mail': ['expo-mail-composer'],
+  'react-native-rate': ['expo-store-review'],
+  'react-native-print': ['expo-print'],
+  'react-native-i18n': ['react-native-localize', 'expo-localization'],
+  'expo-av': ['expo-audio', 'expo-video'],
 };
 
 export const UPGRADE_HELPER_URL = (from, to) =>

package/src/secrets.js

@@ -44,7 +44,28 @@ const RULES = [
 const PLACEHOLDER = /example|test|dummy|fake|sample|placeholder|xxxx|changeme|redacted|your[_-]?(?:api[_-]?)?(?:key|token|secret)/i;
 
 // Test code is never part of the app bundle.
-const TEST_PATH = /(^|\/)(__tests__|__mocks__|__fixtures__|test|tests|e2e|fixtures)\/|\.(test|spec)\.[cm]?[jt]sx?$/;
+const TEST_PATH = /(^|\/)(__tests__|__mocks__|__fixtures__|test|tests|e2e|fixtures)\/|\.(test|spec)\.[cm]?[jt]sx?$|(^|\/)tests?\.[cm]?[jt]sx?$|[a-z]Test\.[cm]?[jt]sx?$/;
+
+const JS_FILE = /\.[cm]?[jt]sx?$/;
+
+// A JSON file only ends up in the JavaScript bundle when code imports it (a service-account
+// file lying in the project root is committed, not shipped). Native resources (plist, xml) and
+// assets under android/ and ios/ are packaged by the build, so they always ship.
+function importedJsonNames(files) {
+  const names = new Set();
+  for (const file of files) {
+    if (!JS_FILE.test(file)) continue;
+    let text;
+    try {
+      if (fs.statSync(file).size > MAX_FILE_BYTES) continue;
+      text = fs.readFileSync(file, 'utf8');
+    } catch {
+      continue;
+    }
+    for (const m of text.matchAll(/['"`]([^'"`\n]+\.json)['"`]/g)) names.add(path.basename(m[1]));
+  }
+  return names;
+}
 
 const isCommentLine = (line) => /^\s*(\/\/|\/\*|\*|#|<!--)/.test(line);
 
@@ -77,7 +98,9 @@ function gitTrackedFiles(root) {
 export function scanSecrets(root) {
   const findings = [];
   const tracked = gitTrackedFiles(root);
-  for (const file of walk(root)) {
+  const files = [...walk(root)];
+  let jsonImports = null; // computed only if a JSON file holds a secret
+  for (const file of files) {
     let text;
     try {
       if (fs.statSync(file).size > MAX_FILE_BYTES) continue;
@@ -96,13 +119,18 @@ export function scanSecrets(root) {
         const line = text.slice(0, m.index).split('\n').length;
         // Comments are stripped from the bundle; a key there is committed, not shipped.
         const inComment = isCommentLine(lines[line - 1] || '');
+        let unreferencedJson = false;
+        if (file.endsWith('.json') && !/^(android|ios)\//.test(posix)) {
+          jsonImports = jsonImports || importedJsonNames(files);
+          unreferencedJson = !jsonImports.has(path.basename(file));
+        }
         findings.push({
           rule: rule.id,
           label: rule.label,
           file: rel,
           line,
           preview: value ? mask(value) : null,
-          inAppBundle: !SERVER_DIRS.has(posix.split('/')[0]) && !TEST_PATH.test(posix) && !inComment,
+          inAppBundle: !SERVER_DIRS.has(posix.split('/')[0]) && !TEST_PATH.test(posix) && !inComment && !unreferencedJson,
           inComment,
           committed: tracked ? tracked.has(posix) : null,
         });

package/src/usage.js

@@ -22,6 +22,14 @@ const IMPLICIT = [
   /^@react-native\//, // versioned with React Native, used by the build
   /^@react-native-community\/cli/,
   /^react-native-vector-icons$/, // fonts linked by the build
+  // Work by being installed: native auto-registration or compiler output.
+  /^react-native-webp-format$/, // iOS WebP decoder registers itself with the image loader
+  /^@react-native-firebase\/(crashlytics|perf)$/, // collect natively without any JS call
+  /^react-compiler-runtime$/, // imported by babel-plugin-react-compiler output
+  /^@react-native-vector-icons\//, // per-font packages: fonts linked by the build
+  /^(hermes-engine|postinstall-postinstall|react-native-web)$/, // engine, install hook, web target
+  // Named after Node.js core modules: dependencies require('stream'), Metro resolves the package.
+  /^(assert|buffer|constants|crypto|events|os|path|process|punycode|querystring|stream|string_decoder|timers|tty|url|util|vm|zlib)$/,
 ];
 
 function walk(dir, exts, out = []) {
@@ -58,7 +66,7 @@ export function packageOf(spec) {
 
 export function importedPackages(text) {
   const found = new Set();
-  const re = /(?:\bfrom\s*|\bimport\s*\(?\s*|\brequire\s*\(\s*|\bjest\.(?:mock|requireActual)\s*\(\s*)['"]([^'"\n]+)['"]/g;
+  const re = /(?:\bfrom\s*|\bimport\s*\(?\s*|\brequire(?:\.resolve)?\s*\(\s*|\bjest\.(?:mock|requireActual)\s*\(\s*)['"]([^'"\n]+)['"]/g;
   for (const m of text.matchAll(re)) {
     const pkg = packageOf(m[1]);
     if (pkg) found.add(pkg);
@@ -98,26 +106,56 @@ export function findUnused(project) {
   const configText = [
     JSON.stringify(pkgJson.scripts || {}),
     JSON.stringify(pkgJson.jest || {}),
+    // rn-nodeify style aliases: { "react-native": { "crypto": "react-native-crypto" } }
+    JSON.stringify(pkgJson['react-native'] || {}),
+    JSON.stringify(pkgJson.browser || {}),
     readSmall(path.join(root, 'app.json')),
     readSmall(path.join(root, 'app.config.js')),
     readSmall(path.join(root, 'app.config.ts')),
     readSmall(path.join(root, 'react-native.config.js')),
+    // metro/babel/jest config and friends: aliases such as `crypto: 'crypto-browserify'`.
+    ...fs
+      .readdirSync(root)
+      .filter((f) => /\.config\.[cm]?[jt]s$|^\.babelrc|^rn-cli\.config/.test(f))
+      .map((f) => readSmall(path.join(root, f))),
   ].join('\n');
+  // CLI tools run from scripts by their command name, which can differ from the package name.
+  const scriptText = JSON.stringify(pkgJson.scripts || {});
+  const usedByBin = (name) => {
+    const dir = findPackageDir(root, name);
+    try {
+      const bin = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(path.join(dir, 'package.json'), 'utf8')).bin;
+      const bins = typeof bin === 'string' ? [name.split('/').pop()] : Object.keys(bin || {});
+      return bins.some((b) => scriptText.includes(b));
+    } catch {
+      return false;
+    }
+  };
 
-  // Required by another dependency (peer or regular).
+  // Required by any installed package (peer or regular), including indirect ones: e.g.
+  // @react-navigation/elements, pulled in by the stack navigator, peers on masked-view.
   const requiredByOthers = new Set();
-  for (const other of Object.keys(project.deps)) {
-    const dir = findPackageDir(root, other);
-    if (!dir) continue;
+  for (const manifest of installedManifests(root)) {
     try {
-      const m = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(path.join(dir, 'package.json'), 'utf8'));
+      const m = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(manifest, 'utf8'));
       for (const k of ['peerDependencies', 'dependencies']) for (const d of Object.keys(m[k] || {})) requiredByOthers.add(d);
     } catch {
       // unreadable manifest
     }
   }
 
-  const candidates = names.filter((n) => !used.has(n) && !requiredByOthers.has(n) && !configText.includes(n));
+  // A package someone patched (patch-package) is one they care about: never call it unused.
+  const patched = new Set();
+  try {
+    for (const f of fs.readdirSync(path.join(root, 'patches'))) {
+      const m = f.match(/^(@[^+]+\+[^+]+|[^+@][^+]*)\+/);
+      if (m) patched.add(m[1].replace('+', '/'));
+    }
+  } catch {
+    // no patches folder
+  }
+
+  const candidates = names.filter((n) => !used.has(n) && !requiredByOthers.has(n) && !configText.includes(n) && !usedByBin(n) && !patched.has(n));
   if (!candidates.length) return [];
 
   const nativeText = ['ios', 'android'].flatMap((d) => walk(path.join(root, d), NATIVE_EXT)).map(readSmall).join('\n');
@@ -126,6 +164,37 @@ export function findUnused(project) {
     .map((name) => ({ name, native: nativeTokens(root, name).length > 0 }));
 }
 
+// package.json of every package in the node_modules folders from the app up to the filesystem
+// root (monorepos hoist), one level of scopes deep. Nested node_modules are skipped.
+function installedManifests(root) {
+  const out = [];
+  let dir = root;
+  while (true) {
+    const nm = path.join(dir, 'node_modules');
+    let entries = [];
+    try {
+      entries = fs.readdirSync(nm, { withFileTypes: true });
+    } catch {
+      // none here
+    }
+    for (const e of entries) {
+      if (!e.isDirectory() && !e.isSymbolicLink()) continue;
+      if (e.name.startsWith('@')) {
+        try {
+          for (const sub of fs.readdirSync(path.join(nm, e.name))) out.push(path.join(nm, e.name, sub, 'package.json'));
+        } catch {
+          // unreadable scope
+        }
+      } else if (!e.name.startsWith('.')) {
+        out.push(path.join(nm, e.name, 'package.json'));
+      }
+    }
+    const parent = path.dirname(dir);
+    if (parent === dir) return out;
+    dir = parent;
+  }
+}
+
 // Source files (relative paths) that import `pkg` and whose text matches `pattern`.
 export function filesImportingWith(root, pkg, pattern) {
   const re = new RegExp(pattern);