fix(ios): fix Hermes startup race in ExpoBridgeModule (patch) (#10672)

Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

patches/expo-modules-core@3.0.30.patch

@@ -13,3 +13,39 @@ index 47c4d15f6b10bbd77858cfff425cda9a618735b9..afe138d22d566244482498a7be0e14b8
    // Check for Content-Type
    val skipContentTypes = listOf(
      "text/event-stream", // Server Sent Events
+diff --git a/ios/Core/ExpoBridgeModule.mm b/ios/Core/ExpoBridgeModule.mm
+index 2ed1c00f47406e109750cc27ace7e0d88e42c00e..99d0d140eddf95a8db7beb57c61dfcb12c1424b4 100644
+--- a/ios/Core/ExpoBridgeModule.mm
++++ b/ios/Core/ExpoBridgeModule.mm
+@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@
+ // The runtime executor is included as of React Native 0.74 in bridgeless mode.
+ #if __has_include(<ReactCommon/RCTRuntimeExecutor.h>)
+ #import <ReactCommon/RCTRuntimeExecutor.h>
++#else // React Native <0.74
++// dispatchBlock:queue: is declared in RCTBridge+Private.h, not the public header.
++#import <React/RCTBridge+Private.h>
+ #endif // React Native >=0.74
+ 
+ @implementation ExpoBridgeModule
+@@ -46,7 +49,20 @@ - (void)setBridge:(RCTBridge *)bridge
+   _appContext.reactBridge = bridge;
+ 
+ #if !__has_include(<ReactCommon/RCTRuntimeExecutor.h>)
+-  _appContext._runtime = [EXJavaScriptRuntimeManager runtimeFromBridge:bridge];
++  // Hop the runtime install (and the prepareRuntime() chain it triggers via
++  // _runtime.didSet) onto RCTJSThread. The original line ran synchronously
++  // on whatever thread called setBridge: - typically the main thread - and
++  // raced JSIExecutor::initializeRuntime() on the JS thread, corrupting
++  // Hermes' Hades GC (HadesGC::writeBarrierSlow EXC_BAD_ACCESS).
++  __weak EXAppContext *weakAppContext = _appContext;
++  __weak RCTBridge *weakBridge = bridge;
++  [bridge dispatchBlock:^{
++    EXAppContext *strongAppContext = weakAppContext;
++    RCTBridge *strongBridge = weakBridge;
++    if (strongAppContext != nil && strongBridge != nil && strongAppContext._runtime == nil) {
++      strongAppContext._runtime = [EXJavaScriptRuntimeManager runtimeFromBridge:strongBridge];
++    }
++  } queue:RCTJSThread];
+ #endif // React Native <0.74
+ }
+ 

patches/expo-modules-core@3.0.30.patch.md

@@ -1,3 +1,26 @@
 ## expo-modules-core Patch
 
-This patch fixes an issue where bitdrift's API stream gets blocked by the Expo interceptor used to power the devtools
+This patch contains two unrelated fixes:
+
+### Android: bitdrift interceptor
+
+Fixes an issue where bitdrift's API stream gets blocked by the Expo interceptor used to power the devtools.
+
+### iOS: Hermes startup race in `ExpoBridgeModule.setBridge:`
+
+On the legacy bridge (old architecture, where `RCTRuntimeExecutor.h` is
+absent), `setBridge:` installed the Expo runtime synchronously on whatever
+thread called it - typically the main thread, since RN's lazy module-load
+path ignores `+requiresMainQueueSetup`. The `_runtime.didSet` then ran
+`prepareRuntime()` (JSI mutations) on the main thread while the JS thread was
+concurrently inside `JSIExecutor::initializeRuntime()`. Two threads mutating
+the same Hermes runtime corrupted Hades GC, producing intermittent
+`EXC_BAD_ACCESS` launch crashes (e.g. `HadesGC::writeBarrierSlow`,
+`prepareRuntime` / `bindNativePerformanceNow`).
+
+The fix hops the runtime install onto `RCTJSThread` so all JSI mutation is
+serialized on the JS thread. This backports the upstream fix discussed in
+expo/expo#45374; the racy `ExpoBridgeModule` is removed entirely in SDK 55+
+(expo/expo#44351), so this patch can be dropped on that upgrade.
+
+Refs: expo/expo#43003, expo/expo#45374, expo/expo#44351

pnpm-lock.yaml

@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ patchedDependencies:
   expo-image-picker@17.0.11: 47b28f6ddb8bcaa6483f8714c82daaa0001122f2b0dac6c05d19e98a61a6ceab
   expo-image@3.0.11: 6d46ffac33426c5285777da5bf5f88c68c8ce27290595dfa65f38c478930c2c4
   expo-media-library@18.2.1: 2b84c17999bb0c977eaef7fa8ac297f7074d91c94fb63726b42d2a277b26b39a
-  expo-modules-core@3.0.30: 86e57bb33bc6c3f7021e948e099c2b5378772147b92a82a16e2e90ddcb857ace
+  expo-modules-core@3.0.30: 952fb1c8cb6dc8a0d8ef4e1114942a341d89b025e011f1acfff788929997346e
   expo-notifications@0.32.17: a45a8dcf3d8c4b5df4ee0e62bc79b755fcf9d28ca51a6f685b85830bf4afc2e5
   expo-updates@29.0.17: 04f28cb005b770e9ae8f0065eab96e43cbb1e58107f5f6ad1bdd18f6deb66487
   react-native-compressor@1.13.0: 58379dfaace6ced8590cb341c77f2ca8099dfa8f7df6297032ec51de767a9925
@@ -15033,7 +15033,7 @@ snapshots:
       require-from-string: 2.0.2
       resolve-from: 5.0.0
 
-  expo-modules-core@3.0.30(patch_hash=86e57bb33bc6c3f7021e948e099c2b5378772147b92a82a16e2e90ddcb857ace)(react-native@0.81.5(patch_hash=2656ac6deb71b92a4df4af4593d13ace6a5740936432e5e7e8ef32bc3cd05194)(@babel/core@7.29.0)(@types/react@19.1.17)(react@19.1.0))(react@19.1.0):
+  expo-modules-core@3.0.30(patch_hash=952fb1c8cb6dc8a0d8ef4e1114942a341d89b025e011f1acfff788929997346e)(react-native@0.81.5(patch_hash=2656ac6deb71b92a4df4af4593d13ace6a5740936432e5e7e8ef32bc3cd05194)(@babel/core@7.29.0)(@types/react@19.1.17)(react@19.1.0))(react@19.1.0):
     dependencies:
       invariant: 2.2.4
       react: 19.1.0
@@ -15169,7 +15169,7 @@ snapshots:
       expo-font: 14.0.11(expo@54.0.34(@babel/core@7.29.0)(react-native-webview@13.15.0(react-native@0.81.5(patch_hash=2656ac6deb71b92a4df4af4593d13ace6a5740936432e5e7e8ef32bc3cd05194)(@babel/core@7.29.0)(@types/react@19.1.17)(react@19.1.0))(react@19.1.0))(react-native@0.81.5(patch_hash=2656ac6deb71b92a4df4af4593d13ace6a5740936432e5e7e8ef32bc3cd05194)(@babel/core@7.29.0)(@types/react@19.1.17)(react@19.1.0))(react@19.1.0))(react-native@0.81.5(patch_hash=2656ac6deb71b92a4df4af4593d13ace6a5740936432e5e7e8ef32bc3cd05194)(@babel/core@7.29.0)(@types/react@19.1.17)(react@19.1.0))(react@19.1.0)
       expo-keep-awake: 15.0.8(expo@54.0.34(@babel/core@7.29.0)(react-native-webview@13.15.0(react-native@0.81.5(patch_hash=2656ac6deb71b92a4df4af4593d13ace6a5740936432e5e7e8ef32bc3cd05194)(@babel/core@7.29.0)(@types/react@19.1.17)(react@19.1.0))(react@19.1.0))(react-native@0.81.5(patch_hash=2656ac6deb71b92a4df4af4593d13ace6a5740936432e5e7e8ef32bc3cd05194)(@babel/core@7.29.0)(@types/react@19.1.17)(react@19.1.0))(react@19.1.0))(react@19.1.0)
       expo-modules-autolinking: 3.0.25
-      expo-modules-core: 3.0.30(patch_hash=86e57bb33bc6c3f7021e948e099c2b5378772147b92a82a16e2e90ddcb857ace)(react-native@0.81.5(patch_hash=2656ac6deb71b92a4df4af4593d13ace6a5740936432e5e7e8ef32bc3cd05194)(@babel/core@7.29.0)(@types/react@19.1.17)(react@19.1.0))(react@19.1.0)
+      expo-modules-core: 3.0.30(patch_hash=952fb1c8cb6dc8a0d8ef4e1114942a341d89b025e011f1acfff788929997346e)(react-native@0.81.5(patch_hash=2656ac6deb71b92a4df4af4593d13ace6a5740936432e5e7e8ef32bc3cd05194)(@babel/core@7.29.0)(@types/react@19.1.17)(react@19.1.0))(react@19.1.0)
       pretty-format: 29.7.0
       react: 19.1.0
       react-native: 0.81.5(patch_hash=2656ac6deb71b92a4df4af4593d13ace6a5740936432e5e7e8ef32bc3cd05194)(@babel/core@7.29.0)(@types/react@19.1.17)(react@19.1.0)