rnxsim 0.1.494 → 0.1.496

package/cli/cloud-client.ts

@@ -72,8 +72,6 @@ interface CreateCloudBoxOptions {
   authorization: string
   /** the account to bill when the authorization is a session token; an api key names its own */
   accountId: string | null
-  /** the `--assets-dest` directory Metro wrote beside the bundle. */
-  assetsPath?: string
   apiOrigin?: string
   /** the name this box carries in the account's box list. */
   boxName?: string | null
@@ -457,6 +455,14 @@ interface MetroAssetSearch {
   searched: string[]
   /** a walk stopped at the cap, so no directory can be called fully looked at. */
   truncated: boolean
+  /**
+   * the dest holds every filename but not one of Metro's digests could be
+   * reproduced from it, so it was taken on layout alone. ordinary when every
+   * asset in the bundle carries an Android rung such as @1.5x that an iOS dest
+   * never receives, and indistinguishable from a previous build's images left
+   * in place, so the producer says so rather than staying quiet.
+   */
+  unconfirmed: boolean
 }
 
 /**
@@ -536,7 +542,7 @@ function searchMetroAssetDest(
         `${REMOTE_COMMAND} found this bundle's assets in ${stale.join(', ')}, but their bytes are not the ones it was built against. Rebuild with \`react-native bundle --assets-dest ${stale[0]}\` so the bundle and the images match.`,
       )
     }
-    return { dest: null, searched, truncated }
+    return { dest: null, searched, truncated, unconfirmed: false }
   }
   const best = Math.max(...holders.map((holder) => holder.verified))
   // a directory that confirmed nothing cannot outrank one that confirmed
@@ -544,46 +550,21 @@ function searchMetroAssetDest(
   const rivals = holders.filter((holder) => holder.verified === best)
   const distinct = new Set(rivals.map((rival) => unverifiedFileKey(rival.dest)))
   const winner = rivals[0]
-  if (!winner) return { dest: null, searched, truncated }
+  if (!winner) return { dest: null, searched, truncated, unconfirmed: false }
   if (distinct.size > 1) {
     throw new Error(
       `${REMOTE_COMMAND} found this bundle's assets in more than one directory and cannot tell which build wrote them: ${rivals
         .map((rival) => rival.dest.directory)
         .join(
           ', ',
-        )}. Pass --assets <dir> to name the one \`react-native bundle --assets-dest\` wrote.`,
-    )
-  }
-  if (best === 0) {
-    // every descriptor declares a scale this directory does not hold, so not
-    // one of Metro's digests can be reproduced from it. that is ordinary for an
-    // asset carrying an Android rung such as @1.5x, and it is also exactly what
-    // a half-copied dest looks like, so there is nothing here to choose on.
-    throw new Error(
-      `${REMOTE_COMMAND} found images for this bundle in ${winner.dest.directory} but could not confirm a single one of them, so it will not guess that this is the build's own \`--assets-dest\`. Pass --assets <dir> to name the directory \`react-native bundle --assets-dest\` wrote.`,
+        )}. Delete the stale one, or rebuild with \`react-native bundle --assets-dest\` into a directory beside the bundle.`,
     )
   }
-  return { dest: winner.dest, searched, truncated }
-}
-
-/**
- * an explicitly named `--assets <dir>`. the caller promised this is the dest,
- * so it is never ranked against anything, but its bytes are still checked
- * against Metro's hashes so a stale dest is caught rather than shipped.
- */
-function explicitMetroAssetDest(
-  directory: string,
-  descriptors: readonly MetroAssetDescriptor[],
-): MetroAssetSearch {
-  const listing = listMetroAssetDest(directory)
-  const placements = descriptors.map((descriptor) =>
-    placeMetroDescriptor(listing, descriptor),
-  )
-  return {
-    dest: { directory: listing.directory, placements },
-    searched: [listing.directory],
-    truncated: listing.truncated,
-  }
+  // `best === 0` means no digest could be reproduced, which is ordinary for an
+  // asset carrying an Android rung such as @1.5x. with one claimant there is
+  // nothing to choose between, and a genuinely half-copied dest still fails
+  // per asset below, naming the file it could not read.
+  return { dest: winner.dest, searched, truncated, unconfirmed: best === 0 }
 }
 
 function largestEmbeddedAssets(
@@ -651,30 +632,21 @@ export interface CloudArtifactProduction {
 
 export async function produceCloudArtifact(
   bundlePath: string,
-  assetsPath?: string,
   /**
    * the largest artifact the consumer accepts. the nano simulator's limit is
    * the default; a box that accepts a larger artifact passes its own.
    */
   maxBytes: number = MAX_RNX_CLOUD_BUNDLE_BYTES,
 ): Promise<CloudArtifactProduction> {
-  return produceArtifact(
-    bundlePath,
-    assetsPath,
-    maxBytes,
-    REMOTE_COMMAND,
-    'allow-placeholders',
-  )
+  return produceArtifact(bundlePath, maxBytes, REMOTE_COMMAND, 'allow-placeholders')
 }
 
 /** prepares a standalone preview whose bytes must represent every Metro asset. */
 export async function producePreviewArtifact(
   bundlePath: string,
-  assetsPath?: string,
 ): Promise<CloudArtifactProduction> {
   return produceArtifact(
     bundlePath,
-    assetsPath,
     Number.POSITIVE_INFINITY,
     PREVIEW_COMMAND,
     'require-assets',
@@ -683,7 +655,6 @@ export async function producePreviewArtifact(
 
 async function produceArtifact(
   bundlePath: string,
-  assetsPath: string | undefined,
   maxBytes: number,
   command: string,
   assetPolicy: 'allow-placeholders' | 'require-assets',
@@ -692,11 +663,10 @@ async function produceArtifact(
   const descriptors = extractAssetDescriptors(source)
   // an https bundle has no local tree to search, and a bundle with no assets
   // has nothing to search for.
-  const search: MetroAssetSearch = assetsPath
-    ? explicitMetroAssetDest(resolve(assetsPath), descriptors)
-    : descriptors.length > 0 && !isRemoteBundleInput(bundlePath)
+  const search: MetroAssetSearch =
+    descriptors.length > 0 && !isRemoteBundleInput(bundlePath)
       ? searchMetroAssetDest(bundlePath, descriptors)
-      : { dest: null, searched: [], truncated: false }
+      : { dest: null, searched: [], truncated: false, unconfirmed: false }
   const dest = search.dest
   // `embedMetroAssetFiles` re-parses the bundle, so its descriptors are equal
   // to the ones the search placed but not the same objects.
@@ -721,27 +691,20 @@ async function produceArtifact(
     if (placement && placement.files.size > 0) return null
     if (placement && placement.ambiguous.length > 0 && dest) {
       throw new Error(
-        `${command} found more than one image for ${label} in ${dest.directory} and none of them is the one Metro hashed: ${placement.ambiguous.sort().join(', ')}. Pass --assets <dir> to name the directory \`react-native bundle --assets-dest\` wrote.`,
+        `${command} found more than one image for ${label} in ${dest.directory} and none of them is the one Metro hashed: ${placement.ambiguous.sort().join(', ')}. Rebuild with \`react-native bundle --assets-dest\` into a directory that holds only this build's assets.`,
       )
     }
     // a stand-in is only honest when the asset is genuinely absent from a
-    // directory we know is the right one. an explicitly named dest is a
-    // promise, not a guess, so a miss there is a typo, and a truncated walk
-    // never finished looking. both refuse instead of shipping bytes nobody
-    // chose.
-    if (assetsPath) {
-      throw new Error(
-        `${command} could not find ${label} under --assets ${dest?.directory ?? resolve(assetsPath)}. Point --assets at the directory \`react-native bundle --assets-dest\` wrote, or drop the flag to let ${command} find it.`,
-      )
-    }
+    // directory we know is the right one. a truncated walk never finished
+    // looking, so it refuses instead of shipping bytes nobody chose.
     if (search.truncated) {
       throw new Error(
-        `${command} stopped listing ${search.searched.join(', ')} after ${MAX_ASSET_DEST_FILES} files and never reached ${label}, so it cannot tell a missing asset from an unread one. Pass --assets <dir> to name the directory \`react-native bundle --assets-dest\` wrote.`,
+        `${command} stopped listing ${search.searched.join(', ')} after ${MAX_ASSET_DEST_FILES} files and never reached ${label}, so it cannot tell a missing asset from an unread one. Rebuild with \`react-native bundle --assets-dest\` into a directory beside the bundle.`,
       )
     }
     if (assetPolicy === 'require-assets') {
       throw new Error(
-        `${command} could not find ${label}. Pass --assets <dir> pointing at the directory \`react-native bundle --assets-dest <dir>\` wrote, or build with \`--assets-dest\`.`,
+        `${command} could not find ${label}. Build the bundle with \`react-native bundle --assets-dest <dir>\` so its assets land beside it.`,
       )
     }
     // no scale of this asset exists anywhere the search looked. an image can
@@ -762,7 +725,7 @@ async function produceArtifact(
       metroIosAssetDestRelatives(variant.descriptor.httpServerLocation, filename)[0] ??
       filename
     throw new Error(
-      `${command} could not read ${join(dest?.directory ?? '.', classic)} for ${variant.descriptor.name}.${variant.descriptor.type} at scale ${variant.scale}, and has no stand-in for a .${variant.descriptor.type} asset. Build the bundle with --assets-dest, or pass --assets <dir>.`,
+      `${command} could not read ${join(dest?.directory ?? '.', classic)} for ${variant.descriptor.name}.${variant.descriptor.type} at scale ${variant.scale}, and has no stand-in for a .${variant.descriptor.type} asset. Rebuild with \`react-native bundle --assets-dest\`.`,
     )
   })
   const artifact = await buildRnxCloudArtifact(embedded.code, {
@@ -776,9 +739,14 @@ async function produceArtifact(
     )
   }
   const warnings: string[] = []
+  if (search.unconfirmed && dest) {
+    warnings.push(
+      `${command} read this bundle's assets from ${dest.directory} on layout alone: every asset declares a scale that directory does not hold, so not one of Metro's hashes could be reproduced. Confirm these are the images this bundle was built against.`,
+    )
+  }
   if (substituted.length > 0) {
     warnings.push(
-      `${command} embedded a placeholder image for ${substituted.length} asset(s) no scale of which is in ${search.searched.join(', ') || 'any asset dest directory'}: ${substituted.join(', ')}. Build the bundle with --assets-dest, or pass --assets <dir>, to ship the real images.`,
+      `${command} embedded a placeholder image for ${substituted.length} asset(s) no scale of which is in ${search.searched.join(', ') || 'any asset dest directory'}: ${substituted.join(', ')}. Rebuild with \`react-native bundle --assets-dest\` to ship the real images.`,
     )
   }
   // an artifact this close to the ceiling is one asset away from being refused,
@@ -866,7 +834,7 @@ export async function createCloudBox(options: CreateCloudBoxOptions): Promise<{
   warnings: string[]
 }> {
   const apiOrigin = resolveCloudOrigin(options.apiOrigin)
-  const artifact = await produceCloudArtifact(options.bundlePath, options.assetsPath)
+  const artifact = await produceCloudArtifact(options.bundlePath)
   const boxName = options.boxName?.trim()
   const headers: Record<string, string> = {
     authorization: options.authorization,

package/cli/commands/box.ts

@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ async function runBoxSend(args: string[], opts: BoxCommandOptions): Promise<numb
     {
       port: opts.port,
       stripBooleanFlags: ['--no-auth', '--json'],
-      stripValueFlags: ['--name', '--assets', '--api-origin'],
+      stripValueFlags: ['--name', '--api-origin'],
     },
   )
   const bridge = createBridgeFromParsed(parsed)
@@ -257,7 +257,6 @@ async function runBoxSend(args: string[], opts: BoxCommandOptions): Promise<numb
       accountId,
       carryAuth: !args.includes('--no-auth'),
       boxName: flag(args, 'name') ?? null,
-      assetsPath: flag(args, 'assets') ?? null,
       apiOrigin: flag(args, 'api-origin'),
     })
     if (args.includes('--json')) console.log(JSON.stringify(result))

package/cli/commands/platform.ts

@@ -27,18 +27,16 @@ function isDeviceModel(value: string): value is DeviceModel {
 }
 
 const REMOTE_USAGE =
-  'usage: rnx ios --remote <local bundle.js|https://bundle-url> [--assets <dir>] [--device <model>]'
+  'usage: rnx ios --remote <local bundle.js|https://bundle-url> [--device <model>]'
 
 // flags this command reads for itself rather than treating as the bundle.
-const REMOTE_VALUE_FLAGS = new Set(['--device', '--assets', '--name', '--endpoint'])
+const REMOTE_VALUE_FLAGS = new Set(['--device', '--name', '--endpoint'])
 
 function remoteInputFromArgs(args: string[]): {
   bundlePath: string
-  assetsPath: string | null
   name: string | null
 } {
   const positional: string[] = []
-  let assetsPath: string | null = null
   let name: string | null = null
   for (let index = 0; index < args.length; index++) {
     const arg = args[index]
@@ -46,7 +44,6 @@ function remoteInputFromArgs(args: string[]): {
     if (REMOTE_VALUE_FLAGS.has(arg)) {
       const value = args[++index] ?? null
       if (!value) throw new Error(`rnx ios --remote ${arg} requires a value`)
-      if (arg === '--assets') assetsPath = value
       if (arg === '--name') name = value
       continue
     }
@@ -54,7 +51,6 @@ function remoteInputFromArgs(args: string[]): {
     if (assigned && REMOTE_VALUE_FLAGS.has(assigned[1] ?? '')) {
       const value = assigned[2] ?? ''
       if (!value) throw new Error(`rnx ios --remote ${assigned[1]} requires a value`)
-      if (assigned[1] === '--assets') assetsPath = value
       if (assigned[1] === '--name') name = value
       continue
     }
@@ -74,7 +70,7 @@ function remoteInputFromArgs(args: string[]): {
     positional.push(arg)
   }
   if (positional.length !== 1 || !positional[0]) throw new Error(REMOTE_USAGE)
-  return { bundlePath: positional[0], assetsPath, name }
+  return { bundlePath: positional[0], name }
 }
 
 /**
@@ -176,7 +172,6 @@ export async function runPlatformCommand(
       const { closeCloudBox, createCloudBox } = await import('../cloud-client')
       const created = await createCloudBox({
         bundlePath: input.bundlePath,
-        assetsPath: input.assetsPath ?? undefined,
         device: selectedDevice,
         authorization: header,
         accountId,
@@ -282,7 +277,7 @@ export function runRemotePlatformCommand(
  * is what its page reads to boot the bundle instead of building one.
  */
 async function runRemoteBox(
-  input: { bundlePath: string; assetsPath: string | null; name: string | null },
+  input: { bundlePath: string; name: string | null },
   args: string[],
 ): Promise<number> {
   const command = 'ios --remote'
@@ -294,11 +289,7 @@ async function runRemoteBox(
   const accountId = cloudAccountIdOrExit(auth)
   // the Box holds the bundle in parts, so the size a single message can carry
   // is not what limits this one and there is no cap to apply here.
-  const artifact = await produceCloudArtifact(
-    input.bundlePath,
-    input.assetsPath ?? undefined,
-    Number.POSITIVE_INFINITY,
-  )
+  const artifact = await produceCloudArtifact(input.bundlePath, Number.POSITIVE_INFINITY)
   const created = await box.createPrebuiltBundleBox({
     bundle: new Uint8Array(artifact.bytes),
     name: input.name ?? boxNameForBundle(input.bundlePath),

package/cli/commands/preview.ts

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ export async function runPreview(args: string[]): Promise<number> {
 rnx preview — publish a prebuilt React Native bundle as a standalone share
 
 usage:
-  rnx preview <bundle.js|https://bundle-url> [--assets <dir>] [--platform ios|android] [--open]
+  rnx preview <bundle.js|https://bundle-url> [--platform ios|android] [--open]
 
 The share contains the immutable build and its Metro assets. It is not a recorded replay.
 `)
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ The share contains the immutable build and its Metro assets. It is not a recorde
   }
   try {
     const input = [...args]
-    const assets = takeValue(input, '--assets')
     const origin = await resolveDefaultUploadOrigin(
       takeValue(input, '--origin') ?? undefined,
     )
@@ -54,7 +53,7 @@ The share contains the immutable build and its Metro assets. It is not a recorde
     if (!auth) throw new Error('rnx preview needs `rnx login` or RNX_API_KEY')
     const accountId = cloudAccountIdOrExit(auth)
 
-    const artifact = await producePreviewArtifact(input[0], assets ?? undefined)
+    const artifact = await producePreviewArtifact(input[0])
     const bundle = brotliBundle(artifact.bytes)
     const initBody: InitRequestBody = {
       kind: 'build',

package/cli/help-core.ts

@@ -43,10 +43,10 @@ function renderPreviewHelp(command: 'web' | 'ios' | 'android'): string {
   const remote =
     command === 'ios'
       ? `
-  rnx ios --remote <bundle.js|https://bundle-url> [--assets <dir>] [--device <model>]
+  rnx ios --remote <bundle.js|https://bundle-url> [--device <model>]
                               run the bundle on a headless remote simulator.
-                              its Metro assets are found for you; --assets
-                              overrides that search.`
+                              its Metro assets are found beside it and confirmed
+                              against the hashes Metro recorded.`
       : ''
   return `rnx ${command} — select or ensure the current branch's existing ${command} preview
 

package/cli/send-to-box.ts

@@ -32,8 +32,6 @@ export interface SendToBoxOptions {
    */
   carryAuth: boolean
   boxName?: string | null
-  /** the `--assets-dest` directory Metro wrote, when the sender knows it. */
-  assetsPath?: string | null
   apiOrigin?: string
   simId?: string
 }
@@ -85,7 +83,6 @@ export async function sendToBox(options: SendToBoxOptions): Promise<SendToBoxRes
   const storage: StorageSnapshot = dumped
   const created = await createCloudBox({
     bundlePath: toRNXProductionBundleUrl(bundleUrl),
-    assetsPath: options.assetsPath ?? undefined,
     device:
       options.device ??
       cloudDevice(isRecord(captured.deviceSpec) ? captured.deviceSpec.model : null),

package/dist-lib/agent-daemon-client.cjs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*! rnx v0.1.494 | (c) 2026 Tamagui LLC | Proprietary — see LICENSE */
+/*! rnx v0.1.496 | (c) 2026 Tamagui LLC | Proprietary — see LICENSE */
 let __sootsim_import_meta_url = ''; try { __sootsim_import_meta_url = require('url').pathToFileURL(__filename).href; } catch {}
 "use strict";
 var __create = Object.create;

package/dist-lib/agent-events.cjs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*! rnx v0.1.494 | (c) 2026 Tamagui LLC | Proprietary — see LICENSE */
+/*! rnx v0.1.496 | (c) 2026 Tamagui LLC | Proprietary — see LICENSE */
 let __sootsim_import_meta_url = ''; try { __sootsim_import_meta_url = require('url').pathToFileURL(__filename).href; } catch {}
 "use strict";
 var __defProp = Object.defineProperty;

package/dist-lib/agent-identity.cjs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*! rnx v0.1.494 | (c) 2026 Tamagui LLC | Proprietary — see LICENSE */
+/*! rnx v0.1.496 | (c) 2026 Tamagui LLC | Proprietary — see LICENSE */
 let __sootsim_import_meta_url = ''; try { __sootsim_import_meta_url = require('url').pathToFileURL(__filename).href; } catch {}
 "use strict";
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package/dist-lib/agent-sessions.cjs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*! rnx v0.1.494 | (c) 2026 Tamagui LLC | Proprietary — see LICENSE */
+/*! rnx v0.1.496 | (c) 2026 Tamagui LLC | Proprietary — see LICENSE */
 let __sootsim_import_meta_url = ''; try { __sootsim_import_meta_url = require('url').pathToFileURL(__filename).href; } catch {}
 "use strict";
 var __create = Object.create;

package/dist-lib/attached-projects.cjs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*! rnx v0.1.494 | (c) 2026 Tamagui LLC | Proprietary — see LICENSE */
+/*! rnx v0.1.496 | (c) 2026 Tamagui LLC | Proprietary — see LICENSE */
 let __sootsim_import_meta_url = ''; try { __sootsim_import_meta_url = require('url').pathToFileURL(__filename).href; } catch {}
 "use strict";
 var __create = Object.create;

package/dist-lib/auth/shared-session.cjs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*! rnx v0.1.494 | (c) 2026 Tamagui LLC | Proprietary — see LICENSE */
+/*! rnx v0.1.496 | (c) 2026 Tamagui LLC | Proprietary — see LICENSE */
 let __sootsim_import_meta_url = ''; try { __sootsim_import_meta_url = require('url').pathToFileURL(__filename).href; } catch {}
 "use strict";
 var __create = Object.create;

package/dist-lib/backend-origin.cjs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*! rnx v0.1.494 | (c) 2026 Tamagui LLC | Proprietary — see LICENSE */
+/*! rnx v0.1.496 | (c) 2026 Tamagui LLC | Proprietary — see LICENSE */
 let __sootsim_import_meta_url = ''; try { __sootsim_import_meta_url = require('url').pathToFileURL(__filename).href; } catch {}
 "use strict";
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package/dist-lib/beta.cjs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*! rnx v0.1.494 | (c) 2026 Tamagui LLC | Proprietary — see LICENSE */
+/*! rnx v0.1.496 | (c) 2026 Tamagui LLC | Proprietary — see LICENSE */
 let __sootsim_import_meta_url = ''; try { __sootsim_import_meta_url = require('url').pathToFileURL(__filename).href; } catch {}
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package/dist-lib/beta.mjs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*! rnx v0.1.494 | (c) 2026 Tamagui LLC | Proprietary — see LICENSE */
+/*! rnx v0.1.496 | (c) 2026 Tamagui LLC | Proprietary — see LICENSE */
 
 // src/beta.ts
 var IS_BETA = true;

package/dist-lib/bridge-constants.cjs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*! rnx v0.1.494 | (c) 2026 Tamagui LLC | Proprietary — see LICENSE */
+/*! rnx v0.1.496 | (c) 2026 Tamagui LLC | Proprietary — see LICENSE */
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package/dist-lib/bridge-contract-input.cjs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*! rnx v0.1.494 | (c) 2026 Tamagui LLC | Proprietary — see LICENSE */
+/*! rnx v0.1.496 | (c) 2026 Tamagui LLC | Proprietary — see LICENSE */
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package/dist-lib/bridge-contract-input.mjs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*! rnx v0.1.494 | (c) 2026 Tamagui LLC | Proprietary — see LICENSE */
+/*! rnx v0.1.496 | (c) 2026 Tamagui LLC | Proprietary — see LICENSE */
 
 // src/bridge-contract.ts
 var SIM_LONG_PRESS_MAX_MS = 5e3;

package/dist-lib/bridge-contract.cjs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*! rnx v0.1.494 | (c) 2026 Tamagui LLC | Proprietary — see LICENSE */
+/*! rnx v0.1.496 | (c) 2026 Tamagui LLC | Proprietary — see LICENSE */
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package/dist-lib/bridge-contract.mjs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*! rnx v0.1.494 | (c) 2026 Tamagui LLC | Proprietary — see LICENSE */
+/*! rnx v0.1.496 | (c) 2026 Tamagui LLC | Proprietary — see LICENSE */
 
 // src/bridge-contract.ts
 var SIM_LONG_PRESS_DEFAULT_MS = 500;

package/dist-lib/capture-contract.cjs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*! rnx v0.1.494 | (c) 2026 Tamagui LLC | Proprietary — see LICENSE */
+/*! rnx v0.1.496 | (c) 2026 Tamagui LLC | Proprietary — see LICENSE */
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package/dist-lib/capture-contract.mjs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*! rnx v0.1.494 | (c) 2026 Tamagui LLC | Proprietary — see LICENSE */
+/*! rnx v0.1.496 | (c) 2026 Tamagui LLC | Proprietary — see LICENSE */
 
 // src/capture-contract.ts
 var RNX_SCREEN_CAPTURE_VERSION = 1;

package/dist-lib/cli-constants.cjs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*! rnx v0.1.494 | (c) 2026 Tamagui LLC | Proprietary — see LICENSE */
+/*! rnx v0.1.496 | (c) 2026 Tamagui LLC | Proprietary — see LICENSE */
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package/dist-lib/cloud-contract.cjs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*! rnx v0.1.494 | (c) 2026 Tamagui LLC | Proprietary — see LICENSE */
+/*! rnx v0.1.496 | (c) 2026 Tamagui LLC | Proprietary — see LICENSE */
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package/dist-lib/cloud-contract.mjs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*! rnx v0.1.494 | (c) 2026 Tamagui LLC | Proprietary — see LICENSE */
+/*! rnx v0.1.496 | (c) 2026 Tamagui LLC | Proprietary — see LICENSE */
 
 // src/cloud-contract.ts
 var RNX_CLOUD_MAX_ARTIFACT_BYTES = 20 * 1024 * 1024;

package/dist-lib/cloud.cjs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*! rnx v0.1.494 | (c) 2026 Tamagui LLC | Proprietary — see LICENSE */
+/*! rnx v0.1.496 | (c) 2026 Tamagui LLC | Proprietary — see LICENSE */
 let __sootsim_import_meta_url = ''; try { __sootsim_import_meta_url = require('url').pathToFileURL(__filename).href; } catch {}
 "use strict";
 var __defProp = Object.defineProperty;

package/dist-lib/cloud.mjs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*! rnx v0.1.494 | (c) 2026 Tamagui LLC | Proprietary — see LICENSE */
+/*! rnx v0.1.496 | (c) 2026 Tamagui LLC | Proprietary — see LICENSE */
 var __defProp = Object.defineProperty;
 var __defNormalProp = (obj, key, value) => key in obj ? __defProp(obj, key, { enumerable: true, configurable: true, writable: true, value }) : obj[key] = value;
 var __publicField = (obj, key, value) => __defNormalProp(obj, typeof key !== "symbol" ? key + "" : key, value);

package/dist-lib/config.cjs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*! rnx v0.1.494 | (c) 2026 Tamagui LLC | Proprietary — see LICENSE */
+/*! rnx v0.1.496 | (c) 2026 Tamagui LLC | Proprietary — see LICENSE */
 let __sootsim_import_meta_url = ''; try { __sootsim_import_meta_url = require('url').pathToFileURL(__filename).href; } catch {}
 "use strict";
 var __defProp = Object.defineProperty;

package/dist-lib/detox/index.cjs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*! rnx v0.1.494 | (c) 2026 Tamagui LLC | Proprietary — see LICENSE */
+/*! rnx v0.1.496 | (c) 2026 Tamagui LLC | Proprietary — see LICENSE */
 let __sootsim_import_meta_url = ''; try { __sootsim_import_meta_url = require('url').pathToFileURL(__filename).href; } catch {}
 "use strict";
 var __create = Object.create;

package/dist-lib/dev-bundle-resolution.cjs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*! rnx v0.1.494 | (c) 2026 Tamagui LLC | Proprietary — see LICENSE */
+/*! rnx v0.1.496 | (c) 2026 Tamagui LLC | Proprietary — see LICENSE */
 let __sootsim_import_meta_url = ''; try { __sootsim_import_meta_url = require('url').pathToFileURL(__filename).href; } catch {}
 "use strict";
 var __defProp = Object.defineProperty;

package/dist-lib/home-paths.cjs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*! rnx v0.1.494 | (c) 2026 Tamagui LLC | Proprietary — see LICENSE */
+/*! rnx v0.1.496 | (c) 2026 Tamagui LLC | Proprietary — see LICENSE */
 let __sootsim_import_meta_url = ''; try { __sootsim_import_meta_url = require('url').pathToFileURL(__filename).href; } catch {}
 "use strict";
 var __create = Object.create;

package/dist-lib/host/bridge-host.cjs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*! rnx v0.1.494 | (c) 2026 Tamagui LLC | Proprietary — see LICENSE */
+/*! rnx v0.1.496 | (c) 2026 Tamagui LLC | Proprietary — see LICENSE */
 let __sootsim_import_meta_url = ''; try { __sootsim_import_meta_url = require('url').pathToFileURL(__filename).href; } catch {}
 "use strict";
 var __create = Object.create;
@@ -3816,37 +3816,21 @@ function searchMetroAssetDest(bundlePath, descriptors) {
         `${REMOTE_COMMAND} found this bundle's assets in ${stale.join(", ")}, but their bytes are not the ones it was built against. Rebuild with \`react-native bundle --assets-dest ${stale[0]}\` so the bundle and the images match.`
       );
     }
-    return { dest: null, searched, truncated };
+    return { dest: null, searched, truncated, unconfirmed: false };
   }
   const best = Math.max(...holders.map((holder) => holder.verified));
   const rivals = holders.filter((holder) => holder.verified === best);
   const distinct = new Set(rivals.map((rival) => unverifiedFileKey(rival.dest)));
   const winner = rivals[0];
-  if (!winner) return { dest: null, searched, truncated };
+  if (!winner) return { dest: null, searched, truncated, unconfirmed: false };
   if (distinct.size > 1) {
     throw new Error(
       `${REMOTE_COMMAND} found this bundle's assets in more than one directory and cannot tell which build wrote them: ${rivals.map((rival) => rival.dest.directory).join(
         ", "
-      )}. Pass --assets <dir> to name the one \`react-native bundle --assets-dest\` wrote.`
+      )}. Delete the stale one, or rebuild with \`react-native bundle --assets-dest\` into a directory beside the bundle.`
     );
   }
-  if (best === 0) {
-    throw new Error(
-      `${REMOTE_COMMAND} found images for this bundle in ${winner.dest.directory} but could not confirm a single one of them, so it will not guess that this is the build's own \`--assets-dest\`. Pass --assets <dir> to name the directory \`react-native bundle --assets-dest\` wrote.`
-    );
-  }
-  return { dest: winner.dest, searched, truncated };
-}
-function explicitMetroAssetDest(directory, descriptors) {
-  const listing = listMetroAssetDest(directory);
-  const placements = descriptors.map(
-    (descriptor) => placeMetroDescriptor(listing, descriptor)
-  );
-  return {
-    dest: { directory: listing.directory, placements },
-    searched: [listing.directory],
-    truncated: listing.truncated
-  };
+  return { dest: winner.dest, searched, truncated, unconfirmed: best === 0 };
 }
 function largestEmbeddedAssets(sizes, count) {
   if (sizes.length === 0) return "";
@@ -3880,19 +3864,13 @@ async function inferCloudModuleIdentity(source) {
     );
   }
 }
-async function produceCloudArtifact(bundlePath, assetsPath, maxBytes = MAX_RNX_CLOUD_BUNDLE_BYTES) {
-  return produceArtifact(
-    bundlePath,
-    assetsPath,
-    maxBytes,
-    REMOTE_COMMAND,
-    "allow-placeholders"
-  );
+async function produceCloudArtifact(bundlePath, maxBytes = MAX_RNX_CLOUD_BUNDLE_BYTES) {
+  return produceArtifact(bundlePath, maxBytes, REMOTE_COMMAND, "allow-placeholders");
 }
-async function produceArtifact(bundlePath, assetsPath, maxBytes, command, assetPolicy) {
+async function produceArtifact(bundlePath, maxBytes, command, assetPolicy) {
   const source = await loadBundleSource(bundlePath);
   const descriptors = extractAssetDescriptors(source);
-  const search = assetsPath ? explicitMetroAssetDest((0, import_node_path15.resolve)(assetsPath), descriptors) : descriptors.length > 0 && !isRemoteBundleInput(bundlePath) ? searchMetroAssetDest(bundlePath, descriptors) : { dest: null, searched: [], truncated: false };
+  const search = descriptors.length > 0 && !isRemoteBundleInput(bundlePath) ? searchMetroAssetDest(bundlePath, descriptors) : { dest: null, searched: [], truncated: false, unconfirmed: false };
   const dest = search.dest;
   const placements = /* @__PURE__ */ new Map();
   descriptors.forEach((descriptor, index) => {
@@ -3913,22 +3891,17 @@ async function produceArtifact(bundlePath, assetsPath, maxBytes, command, assetP
     if (placement && placement.files.size > 0) return null;
     if (placement && placement.ambiguous.length > 0 && dest) {
       throw new Error(
-        `${command} found more than one image for ${label} in ${dest.directory} and none of them is the one Metro hashed: ${placement.ambiguous.sort().join(", ")}. Pass --assets <dir> to name the directory \`react-native bundle --assets-dest\` wrote.`
-      );
-    }
-    if (assetsPath) {
-      throw new Error(
-        `${command} could not find ${label} under --assets ${dest?.directory ?? (0, import_node_path15.resolve)(assetsPath)}. Point --assets at the directory \`react-native bundle --assets-dest\` wrote, or drop the flag to let ${command} find it.`
+        `${command} found more than one image for ${label} in ${dest.directory} and none of them is the one Metro hashed: ${placement.ambiguous.sort().join(", ")}. Rebuild with \`react-native bundle --assets-dest\` into a directory that holds only this build's assets.`
       );
     }
     if (search.truncated) {
       throw new Error(
-        `${command} stopped listing ${search.searched.join(", ")} after ${MAX_ASSET_DEST_FILES} files and never reached ${label}, so it cannot tell a missing asset from an unread one. Pass --assets <dir> to name the directory \`react-native bundle --assets-dest\` wrote.`
+        `${command} stopped listing ${search.searched.join(", ")} after ${MAX_ASSET_DEST_FILES} files and never reached ${label}, so it cannot tell a missing asset from an unread one. Rebuild with \`react-native bundle --assets-dest\` into a directory beside the bundle.`
       );
     }
     if (assetPolicy === "require-assets") {
       throw new Error(
-        `${command} could not find ${label}. Pass --assets <dir> pointing at the directory \`react-native bundle --assets-dest <dir>\` wrote, or build with \`--assets-dest\`.`
+        `${command} could not find ${label}. Build the bundle with \`react-native bundle --assets-dest <dir>\` so its assets land beside it.`
       );
     }
     const placeholder = metroAssetPlaceholderBytes(variant.descriptor.type);
@@ -3943,7 +3916,7 @@ async function produceArtifact(bundlePath, assetsPath, maxBytes, command, assetP
     );
     const classic = metroIosAssetDestRelatives(variant.descriptor.httpServerLocation, filename)[0] ?? filename;
     throw new Error(
-      `${command} could not read ${(0, import_node_path15.join)(dest?.directory ?? ".", classic)} for ${variant.descriptor.name}.${variant.descriptor.type} at scale ${variant.scale}, and has no stand-in for a .${variant.descriptor.type} asset. Build the bundle with --assets-dest, or pass --assets <dir>.`
+      `${command} could not read ${(0, import_node_path15.join)(dest?.directory ?? ".", classic)} for ${variant.descriptor.name}.${variant.descriptor.type} at scale ${variant.scale}, and has no stand-in for a .${variant.descriptor.type} asset. Rebuild with \`react-native bundle --assets-dest\`.`
     );
   });
   const artifact = await buildRnxCloudArtifact(embedded.code, {
@@ -3957,9 +3930,14 @@ async function produceArtifact(bundlePath, assetsPath, maxBytes, command, assetP
     );
   }
   const warnings = [];
+  if (search.unconfirmed && dest) {
+    warnings.push(
+      `${command} read this bundle's assets from ${dest.directory} on layout alone: every asset declares a scale that directory does not hold, so not one of Metro's hashes could be reproduced. Confirm these are the images this bundle was built against.`
+    );
+  }
   if (substituted.length > 0) {
     warnings.push(
-      `${command} embedded a placeholder image for ${substituted.length} asset(s) no scale of which is in ${search.searched.join(", ") || "any asset dest directory"}: ${substituted.join(", ")}. Build the bundle with --assets-dest, or pass --assets <dir>, to ship the real images.`
+      `${command} embedded a placeholder image for ${substituted.length} asset(s) no scale of which is in ${search.searched.join(", ") || "any asset dest directory"}: ${substituted.join(", ")}. Rebuild with \`react-native bundle --assets-dest\` to ship the real images.`
     );
   }
   if (bytes.length >= Math.floor(maxBytes * 0.8)) {
@@ -4005,7 +3983,7 @@ function readCreateResponse(value, expectedBytes, expectedSha256) {
 }
 async function createCloudBox(options) {
   const apiOrigin = resolveCloudOrigin(options.apiOrigin);
-  const artifact = await produceCloudArtifact(options.bundlePath, options.assetsPath);
+  const artifact = await produceCloudArtifact(options.bundlePath);
   const boxName = options.boxName?.trim();
   const headers = {
     authorization: options.authorization,
@@ -4142,7 +4120,6 @@ async function sendToBox(options) {
   const storage = dumped;
   const created = await createCloudBox({
     bundlePath: toRNXProductionBundleUrl(bundleUrl),
-    assetsPath: options.assetsPath ?? void 0,
     device: options.device ?? cloudDevice(isRecord5(captured.deviceSpec) ? captured.deviceSpec.model : null),
     authorization: options.authorization,
     accountId: options.accountId,

package/dist-lib/host/fetch-proxy-handler.cjs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*! rnx v0.1.494 | (c) 2026 Tamagui LLC | Proprietary — see LICENSE */
+/*! rnx v0.1.496 | (c) 2026 Tamagui LLC | Proprietary — see LICENSE */
 let __sootsim_import_meta_url = ''; try { __sootsim_import_meta_url = require('url').pathToFileURL(__filename).href; } catch {}
 "use strict";
 var __create = Object.create;

package/dist-lib/host/fetch-proxy-overrides.cjs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*! rnx v0.1.494 | (c) 2026 Tamagui LLC | Proprietary — see LICENSE */
+/*! rnx v0.1.496 | (c) 2026 Tamagui LLC | Proprietary — see LICENSE */
 let __sootsim_import_meta_url = ''; try { __sootsim_import_meta_url = require('url').pathToFileURL(__filename).href; } catch {}
 "use strict";
 var __defProp = Object.defineProperty;

package/dist-lib/host/fetch-proxy-overrides.mjs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*! rnx v0.1.494 | (c) 2026 Tamagui LLC | Proprietary — see LICENSE */
+/*! rnx v0.1.496 | (c) 2026 Tamagui LLC | Proprietary — see LICENSE */
 
 // src/host/fetch-proxy-overrides.ts
 var FETCH_PROXY_BROWSER_USER_AGENT = "Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_7) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/146.0.0.0 Safari/537.36";

package/dist-lib/host/replacement-module-handler.cjs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*! rnx v0.1.494 | (c) 2026 Tamagui LLC | Proprietary — see LICENSE */
+/*! rnx v0.1.496 | (c) 2026 Tamagui LLC | Proprietary — see LICENSE */
 let __sootsim_import_meta_url = ''; try { __sootsim_import_meta_url = require('url').pathToFileURL(__filename).href; } catch {}
 "use strict";
 var __create = Object.create;

package/dist-lib/host/websocket-proxy.cjs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*! rnx v0.1.494 | (c) 2026 Tamagui LLC | Proprietary — see LICENSE */
+/*! rnx v0.1.496 | (c) 2026 Tamagui LLC | Proprietary — see LICENSE */
 let __sootsim_import_meta_url = ''; try { __sootsim_import_meta_url = require('url').pathToFileURL(__filename).href; } catch {}
 "use strict";
 var __defProp = Object.defineProperty;

package/dist-lib/index.cjs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*! rnx v0.1.494 | (c) 2026 Tamagui LLC | Proprietary — see LICENSE */
+/*! rnx v0.1.496 | (c) 2026 Tamagui LLC | Proprietary — see LICENSE */
 let __sootsim_import_meta_url = ''; try { __sootsim_import_meta_url = require('url').pathToFileURL(__filename).href; } catch {}
 "use strict";
 var __create = Object.create;

package/dist-lib/jump-to-source-babel.cjs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*! rnx v0.1.494 | (c) 2026 Tamagui LLC | Proprietary — see LICENSE */
+/*! rnx v0.1.496 | (c) 2026 Tamagui LLC | Proprietary — see LICENSE */
 let __sootsim_import_meta_url = ''; try { __sootsim_import_meta_url = require('url').pathToFileURL(__filename).href; } catch {}
 "use strict";
 var __defProp = Object.defineProperty;

package/dist-lib/jump-to-source-native.cjs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*! rnx v0.1.494 | (c) 2026 Tamagui LLC | Proprietary — see LICENSE */
+/*! rnx v0.1.496 | (c) 2026 Tamagui LLC | Proprietary — see LICENSE */
 let __sootsim_import_meta_url = ''; try { __sootsim_import_meta_url = require('url').pathToFileURL(__filename).href; } catch {}
 "use strict";
 var __create = Object.create;

package/dist-lib/menu.cjs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*! rnx v0.1.494 | (c) 2026 Tamagui LLC | Proprietary — see LICENSE */
+/*! rnx v0.1.496 | (c) 2026 Tamagui LLC | Proprietary — see LICENSE */
 let __sootsim_import_meta_url = ''; try { __sootsim_import_meta_url = require('url').pathToFileURL(__filename).href; } catch {}
 "use strict";
 var __defProp = Object.defineProperty;

package/dist-lib/menu.mjs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*! rnx v0.1.494 | (c) 2026 Tamagui LLC | Proprietary — see LICENSE */
+/*! rnx v0.1.496 | (c) 2026 Tamagui LLC | Proprietary — see LICENSE */
 
 // src/public-brand.ts
 var name = "rnx";

package/dist-lib/metro-fingerprint-registry.cjs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*! rnx v0.1.494 | (c) 2026 Tamagui LLC | Proprietary — see LICENSE */
+/*! rnx v0.1.496 | (c) 2026 Tamagui LLC | Proprietary — see LICENSE */
 let __sootsim_import_meta_url = ''; try { __sootsim_import_meta_url = require('url').pathToFileURL(__filename).href; } catch {}
 "use strict";
 var __defProp = Object.defineProperty;

package/dist-lib/metro-fingerprint-registry.mjs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*! rnx v0.1.494 | (c) 2026 Tamagui LLC | Proprietary — see LICENSE */
+/*! rnx v0.1.496 | (c) 2026 Tamagui LLC | Proprietary — see LICENSE */
 
 // src/metro-fingerprint-registry.ts
 var RNX_METRO_FINGERPRINT_SCHEMA_VERSION = 2;

package/dist-lib/metro-production-bundle.cjs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*! rnx v0.1.494 | (c) 2026 Tamagui LLC | Proprietary — see LICENSE */
+/*! rnx v0.1.496 | (c) 2026 Tamagui LLC | Proprietary — see LICENSE */
 let __sootsim_import_meta_url = ''; try { __sootsim_import_meta_url = require('url').pathToFileURL(__filename).href; } catch {}
 "use strict";
 var __defProp = Object.defineProperty;

package/dist-lib/metro-production-bundle.mjs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*! rnx v0.1.494 | (c) 2026 Tamagui LLC | Proprietary — see LICENSE */
+/*! rnx v0.1.496 | (c) 2026 Tamagui LLC | Proprietary — see LICENSE */
 
 // src/metro-production-bundle.ts
 var RNXSIM_METRO_MODULE_PATHS_PREFIX = "globalThis.__sootsimModulePaths=";

package/dist-lib/metro.cjs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*! rnx v0.1.494 | (c) 2026 Tamagui LLC | Proprietary — see LICENSE */
+/*! rnx v0.1.496 | (c) 2026 Tamagui LLC | Proprietary — see LICENSE */
 let __sootsim_import_meta_url = ''; try { __sootsim_import_meta_url = require('url').pathToFileURL(__filename).href; } catch {}
 "use strict";
 var __create = Object.create;

package/dist-lib/profiles.cjs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*! rnx v0.1.494 | (c) 2026 Tamagui LLC | Proprietary — see LICENSE */
+/*! rnx v0.1.496 | (c) 2026 Tamagui LLC | Proprietary — see LICENSE */
 let __sootsim_import_meta_url = ''; try { __sootsim_import_meta_url = require('url').pathToFileURL(__filename).href; } catch {}
 "use strict";
 var __create = Object.create;

package/dist-lib/public-brand.cjs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*! rnx v0.1.494 | (c) 2026 Tamagui LLC | Proprietary — see LICENSE */
+/*! rnx v0.1.496 | (c) 2026 Tamagui LLC | Proprietary — see LICENSE */
 let __sootsim_import_meta_url = ''; try { __sootsim_import_meta_url = require('url').pathToFileURL(__filename).href; } catch {}
 "use strict";
 var __defProp = Object.defineProperty;

package/dist-lib/react-native-host-modules.cjs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*! rnx v0.1.494 | (c) 2026 Tamagui LLC | Proprietary — see LICENSE */
+/*! rnx v0.1.496 | (c) 2026 Tamagui LLC | Proprietary — see LICENSE */
 let __sootsim_import_meta_url = ''; try { __sootsim_import_meta_url = require('url').pathToFileURL(__filename).href; } catch {}
 "use strict";
 var __defProp = Object.defineProperty;

package/dist-lib/react-native-host-modules.mjs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*! rnx v0.1.494 | (c) 2026 Tamagui LLC | Proprietary — see LICENSE */
+/*! rnx v0.1.496 | (c) 2026 Tamagui LLC | Proprietary — see LICENSE */
 
 // src/react-native-host-modules.ts
 var REACT_NATIVE_PASSTHROUGH_SPECIFIERS = [

package/dist-lib/render-mode.cjs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*! rnx v0.1.494 | (c) 2026 Tamagui LLC | Proprietary — see LICENSE */
+/*! rnx v0.1.496 | (c) 2026 Tamagui LLC | Proprietary — see LICENSE */
 let __sootsim_import_meta_url = ''; try { __sootsim_import_meta_url = require('url').pathToFileURL(__filename).href; } catch {}
 "use strict";
 var __defProp = Object.defineProperty;

package/dist-lib/scripts/dev-server-scanner.cjs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*! rnx v0.1.494 | (c) 2026 Tamagui LLC | Proprietary — see LICENSE */
+/*! rnx v0.1.496 | (c) 2026 Tamagui LLC | Proprietary — see LICENSE */
 let __sootsim_import_meta_url = ''; try { __sootsim_import_meta_url = require('url').pathToFileURL(__filename).href; } catch {}
 "use strict";
 var __create = Object.create;

package/dist-lib/sdk.cjs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*! rnx v0.1.494 | (c) 2026 Tamagui LLC | Proprietary — see LICENSE */
+/*! rnx v0.1.496 | (c) 2026 Tamagui LLC | Proprietary — see LICENSE */
 let __sootsim_import_meta_url = ''; try { __sootsim_import_meta_url = require('url').pathToFileURL(__filename).href; } catch {}
 "use strict";
 var __defProp = Object.defineProperty;

package/dist-lib/sdk.mjs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*! rnx v0.1.494 | (c) 2026 Tamagui LLC | Proprietary — see LICENSE */
+/*! rnx v0.1.496 | (c) 2026 Tamagui LLC | Proprietary — see LICENSE */
 var __defProp = Object.defineProperty;
 var __defNormalProp = (obj, key, value) => key in obj ? __defProp(obj, key, { enumerable: true, configurable: true, writable: true, value }) : obj[key] = value;
 var __publicField = (obj, key, value) => __defNormalProp(obj, typeof key !== "symbol" ? key + "" : key, value);

package/dist-lib/skills.cjs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*! rnx v0.1.494 | (c) 2026 Tamagui LLC | Proprietary — see LICENSE */
+/*! rnx v0.1.496 | (c) 2026 Tamagui LLC | Proprietary — see LICENSE */
 let __sootsim_import_meta_url = ''; try { __sootsim_import_meta_url = require('url').pathToFileURL(__filename).href; } catch {}
 "use strict";
 var __create = Object.create;
@@ -27884,37 +27884,21 @@ function searchMetroAssetDest(bundlePath, descriptors) {
         `${REMOTE_COMMAND} found this bundle's assets in ${stale.join(", ")}, but their bytes are not the ones it was built against. Rebuild with \`react-native bundle --assets-dest ${stale[0]}\` so the bundle and the images match.`
       );
     }
-    return { dest: null, searched, truncated };
+    return { dest: null, searched, truncated, unconfirmed: false };
   }
   const best = Math.max(...holders.map((holder) => holder.verified));
   const rivals = holders.filter((holder) => holder.verified === best);
   const distinct = new Set(rivals.map((rival) => unverifiedFileKey(rival.dest)));
   const winner = rivals[0];
-  if (!winner) return { dest: null, searched, truncated };
+  if (!winner) return { dest: null, searched, truncated, unconfirmed: false };
   if (distinct.size > 1) {
     throw new Error(
       `${REMOTE_COMMAND} found this bundle's assets in more than one directory and cannot tell which build wrote them: ${rivals.map((rival) => rival.dest.directory).join(
         ", "
-      )}. Pass --assets <dir> to name the one \`react-native bundle --assets-dest\` wrote.`
+      )}. Delete the stale one, or rebuild with \`react-native bundle --assets-dest\` into a directory beside the bundle.`
     );
   }
-  if (best === 0) {
-    throw new Error(
-      `${REMOTE_COMMAND} found images for this bundle in ${winner.dest.directory} but could not confirm a single one of them, so it will not guess that this is the build's own \`--assets-dest\`. Pass --assets <dir> to name the directory \`react-native bundle --assets-dest\` wrote.`
-    );
-  }
-  return { dest: winner.dest, searched, truncated };
-}
-function explicitMetroAssetDest(directory, descriptors) {
-  const listing = listMetroAssetDest(directory);
-  const placements = descriptors.map(
-    (descriptor) => placeMetroDescriptor(listing, descriptor)
-  );
-  return {
-    dest: { directory: listing.directory, placements },
-    searched: [listing.directory],
-    truncated: listing.truncated
-  };
+  return { dest: winner.dest, searched, truncated, unconfirmed: best === 0 };
 }
 function largestEmbeddedAssets(sizes, count) {
   if (sizes.length === 0) return "";
@@ -27948,19 +27932,13 @@ async function inferCloudModuleIdentity(source) {
     );
   }
 }
-async function produceCloudArtifact(bundlePath, assetsPath, maxBytes = MAX_RNX_CLOUD_BUNDLE_BYTES) {
-  return produceArtifact(
-    bundlePath,
-    assetsPath,
-    maxBytes,
-    REMOTE_COMMAND,
-    "allow-placeholders"
-  );
+async function produceCloudArtifact(bundlePath, maxBytes = MAX_RNX_CLOUD_BUNDLE_BYTES) {
+  return produceArtifact(bundlePath, maxBytes, REMOTE_COMMAND, "allow-placeholders");
 }
-async function produceArtifact(bundlePath, assetsPath, maxBytes, command, assetPolicy) {
+async function produceArtifact(bundlePath, maxBytes, command, assetPolicy) {
   const source = await loadBundleSource(bundlePath);
   const descriptors = extractAssetDescriptors(source);
-  const search = assetsPath ? explicitMetroAssetDest((0, import_node_path15.resolve)(assetsPath), descriptors) : descriptors.length > 0 && !isRemoteBundleInput(bundlePath) ? searchMetroAssetDest(bundlePath, descriptors) : { dest: null, searched: [], truncated: false };
+  const search = descriptors.length > 0 && !isRemoteBundleInput(bundlePath) ? searchMetroAssetDest(bundlePath, descriptors) : { dest: null, searched: [], truncated: false, unconfirmed: false };
   const dest = search.dest;
   const placements = /* @__PURE__ */ new Map();
   descriptors.forEach((descriptor, index) => {
@@ -27981,22 +27959,17 @@ async function produceArtifact(bundlePath, assetsPath, maxBytes, command, assetP
     if (placement && placement.files.size > 0) return null;
     if (placement && placement.ambiguous.length > 0 && dest) {
       throw new Error(
-        `${command} found more than one image for ${label} in ${dest.directory} and none of them is the one Metro hashed: ${placement.ambiguous.sort().join(", ")}. Pass --assets <dir> to name the directory \`react-native bundle --assets-dest\` wrote.`
-      );
-    }
-    if (assetsPath) {
-      throw new Error(
-        `${command} could not find ${label} under --assets ${dest?.directory ?? (0, import_node_path15.resolve)(assetsPath)}. Point --assets at the directory \`react-native bundle --assets-dest\` wrote, or drop the flag to let ${command} find it.`
+        `${command} found more than one image for ${label} in ${dest.directory} and none of them is the one Metro hashed: ${placement.ambiguous.sort().join(", ")}. Rebuild with \`react-native bundle --assets-dest\` into a directory that holds only this build's assets.`
       );
     }
     if (search.truncated) {
       throw new Error(
-        `${command} stopped listing ${search.searched.join(", ")} after ${MAX_ASSET_DEST_FILES} files and never reached ${label}, so it cannot tell a missing asset from an unread one. Pass --assets <dir> to name the directory \`react-native bundle --assets-dest\` wrote.`
+        `${command} stopped listing ${search.searched.join(", ")} after ${MAX_ASSET_DEST_FILES} files and never reached ${label}, so it cannot tell a missing asset from an unread one. Rebuild with \`react-native bundle --assets-dest\` into a directory beside the bundle.`
       );
     }
     if (assetPolicy === "require-assets") {
       throw new Error(
-        `${command} could not find ${label}. Pass --assets <dir> pointing at the directory \`react-native bundle --assets-dest <dir>\` wrote, or build with \`--assets-dest\`.`
+        `${command} could not find ${label}. Build the bundle with \`react-native bundle --assets-dest <dir>\` so its assets land beside it.`
       );
     }
     const placeholder = metroAssetPlaceholderBytes(variant.descriptor.type);
@@ -28011,7 +27984,7 @@ async function produceArtifact(bundlePath, assetsPath, maxBytes, command, assetP
     );
     const classic = metroIosAssetDestRelatives(variant.descriptor.httpServerLocation, filename)[0] ?? filename;
     throw new Error(
-      `${command} could not read ${(0, import_node_path15.join)(dest?.directory ?? ".", classic)} for ${variant.descriptor.name}.${variant.descriptor.type} at scale ${variant.scale}, and has no stand-in for a .${variant.descriptor.type} asset. Build the bundle with --assets-dest, or pass --assets <dir>.`
+      `${command} could not read ${(0, import_node_path15.join)(dest?.directory ?? ".", classic)} for ${variant.descriptor.name}.${variant.descriptor.type} at scale ${variant.scale}, and has no stand-in for a .${variant.descriptor.type} asset. Rebuild with \`react-native bundle --assets-dest\`.`
     );
   });
   const artifact = await buildRnxCloudArtifact(embedded.code, {
@@ -28025,9 +27998,14 @@ async function produceArtifact(bundlePath, assetsPath, maxBytes, command, assetP
     );
   }
   const warnings = [];
+  if (search.unconfirmed && dest) {
+    warnings.push(
+      `${command} read this bundle's assets from ${dest.directory} on layout alone: every asset declares a scale that directory does not hold, so not one of Metro's hashes could be reproduced. Confirm these are the images this bundle was built against.`
+    );
+  }
   if (substituted.length > 0) {
     warnings.push(
-      `${command} embedded a placeholder image for ${substituted.length} asset(s) no scale of which is in ${search.searched.join(", ") || "any asset dest directory"}: ${substituted.join(", ")}. Build the bundle with --assets-dest, or pass --assets <dir>, to ship the real images.`
+      `${command} embedded a placeholder image for ${substituted.length} asset(s) no scale of which is in ${search.searched.join(", ") || "any asset dest directory"}: ${substituted.join(", ")}. Rebuild with \`react-native bundle --assets-dest\` to ship the real images.`
     );
   }
   if (bytes.length >= Math.floor(maxBytes * 0.8)) {
@@ -28073,7 +28051,7 @@ function readCreateResponse(value, expectedBytes, expectedSha256) {
 }
 async function createCloudBox(options) {
   const apiOrigin = resolveCloudOrigin(options.apiOrigin);
-  const artifact = await produceCloudArtifact(options.bundlePath, options.assetsPath);
+  const artifact = await produceCloudArtifact(options.bundlePath);
   const boxName = options.boxName?.trim();
   const headers = {
     authorization: options.authorization,
@@ -28381,7 +28359,6 @@ async function sendToBox(options) {
   const storage = dumped;
   const created = await createCloudBox({
     bundlePath: toRNXProductionBundleUrl(bundleUrl),
-    assetsPath: options.assetsPath ?? void 0,
     device: options.device ?? cloudDevice(isRecord6(captured.deviceSpec) ? captured.deviceSpec.model : null),
     authorization: options.authorization,
     accountId: options.accountId,

package/dist-lib/vite.cjs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*! rnx v0.1.494 | (c) 2026 Tamagui LLC | Proprietary — see LICENSE */
+/*! rnx v0.1.496 | (c) 2026 Tamagui LLC | Proprietary — see LICENSE */
 let __sootsim_import_meta_url = ''; try { __sootsim_import_meta_url = require('url').pathToFileURL(__filename).href; } catch {}
 "use strict";
 var __create = Object.create;

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "rnxsim",
-  "version": "0.1.494",
+  "version": "0.1.496",
   "description": "Vite and Metro plugins, testing drivers, and SDK exports for rnx.",
   "author": "Tamagui LLC",
   "license": "SEE LICENSE IN LICENSE",

package/src/vite-plugin.ts

@@ -515,7 +515,7 @@ const ENGINE_WORKER_BOOT_CLOSURES: WorkerBootClosure[] = [
   // when adding font work here, or both caps take the parser again.
   // gesture handler 3's upstream hook surface moved the measured closure to
   // 3,446,531 bytes. the vector catalog lookup and PUA overlay add 675 bytes.
-  { entry: 'src/render-worker/shell-worker-entry.ts', maxBytes: 3_451_000 },
+  { entry: 'src/render-worker/shell-worker-entry.ts', maxBytes: 3_460_000 },
   { entry: 'src/render-worker/compositor-worker-entry.ts', maxBytes: 1_080_000 },
   { entry: 'src/render-worker/compositor-worker-ganesh-entry.ts', maxBytes: 1_820_000 },
 ]