react native – expo app.json plugins makes appcenter ios(only) failed

Either by trying to use azure to upload the .ipa to appcenter manually, or using the pipelines in Azure, I’m receiving the following error…

Loading release id failed: A problem occured while extracting your app. (Correlation ID: my_uuid)

If I don’t use any plugins in the app.json(config for expo), it works fine. I’ve tried 3 different plugins as well as the plugins being empty all resulting in the same error.

{
  "expo": {
    "name": "MY PROJECT",
    "slug": "MY-Project",
    "version": "1.0.0",
    "orientation": "portrait",
    "icon": "./assets/images/qa-icon-1024.png",
    "userInterfaceStyle": "light",
    "backgroundColor": "#001689",
    "splash": {
      "image": "./assets/images/qa-splash.png",
      "resizeMode": "contain",
      "backgroundColor": "#001689"
    },
    "assetBundlePatterns": ["**/*"],
    "ios": {
      "supportsTablet": true,
      "bundleIdentifier": "com.example.myproject",
      "buildNumber": "1.0.0"
    },
    "android": {
      "adaptiveIcon": {
        "foregroundImage": "./assets/images/qa-icon-1024.png",
        "backgroundColor": "#001689"
      },
      "package": "com.example.myproject",
      "versionCode": 1
    },
    "web": {
      "favicon": "./assets/favicon.png"
    },
    "extra": {
      "eas": {
        "projectId": "my_uuid"
      }
    },
    "plugins": [
      [
        "expo-build-properties",
        {
          "android": {
            "minSdkVersion": 23,
            "compileSdkVersion": 33,
            "targetSdkVersion": 33,
            "buildToolsVersion": "33.0.0"
          }
        }
      ]
    ]
  }
}

{
  "expo": {
    ...
    "plugins": []
  }
}

{
  "expo": {
    ...
    "plugins": ["expo-camera"]
  }
}

{
  "expo": {
    ...
    "plugins": [
      [
        "expo-build-properties",
        {
          "android": {
            "minSdkVersion": 23,
            "compileSdkVersion": 33,
            "targetSdkVersion": 33,
            "buildToolsVersion": "33.0.0"
          }
        }
      ]
    ]
  }
}

Again, if I remove the plugins completely from app.json, appstore successfully will upload the .ipa file, and everything works as expected to.

{
  "name": "MY-Project",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "main": "node_modules/expo/AppEntry.js",
  "scripts": {
    "start": "expo start --port 8082",
    "android": "expo run:android --port 8082",
    "ios": "expo run:ios",
    "web": "expo start --web"
  },
  "dependencies": {
    "@react-navigation/native": "^6.1.9",
    "@react-navigation/stack": "^6.3.20",
    "axios": "^1.6.2",
    "expo": "^49.0.6",
    "expo-build-properties": "^0.8.3",
    "expo-secure-store": "~12.3.1",
    "expo-splash-screen": "~0.20.5",
    "expo-status-bar": "~1.6.0",
    "expo-system-ui": "^2.6.0",
    "formik": "^2.4.2",
    "react": "18.2.0",
    "react-native": "0.72.6",
    "react-native-gesture-handler": "~2.12.0",
    "react-native-get-random-values": "~1.9.0",
    "react-native-reanimated": "^3.6.1",
    "react-native-safe-area-context": "4.6.3",
    "react-native-screens": "^3.27.0",
    "uuid": "^9.0.1",
    "yup": "^1.2.0",
    "zustand": "^4.4.6"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "@babel/core": "^7.20.0",
    "@babel/preset-env": "^7.22.9",
    "@types/node": "^20.4.2",
    "@types/react": "~18.2.14",
    "@types/uuid": "^9.0.7",
    "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": "^6.1.0",
    "@typescript-eslint/parser": "^6.1.0",
    "babel-plugin-jest-hoist": "^29.5.0",
    "babel-plugin-module-resolver": "^5.0.0",
    "eslint": "^8.45.0",
    "eslint-config-prettier": "^8.8.0",
    "eslint-plugin-header": "^3.1.1",
    "eslint-plugin-import": "^2.27.5",
    "eslint-plugin-jsdoc": "^46.4.4",
    "eslint-plugin-jsx-a11y": "^6.7.1",
    "eslint-plugin-prettier": "^5.0.0",
    "eslint-plugin-react": "^7.32.2",
    "eslint-plugin-react-hooks": "^4.6.0",
    "typescript": "^5.1.3"
  },
  "private": true
}