eas build fails with "GraphQL request failed" when pulling env variables for production environmen

[Muswalo]

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Summary

eas build --profile production --platform android consistently fails when attempting to pull environment variables for the production environment. The error is a
generic network/GraphQL failure with no additional detail.

Managed or bare?

managed

Environment

• EAS CLI: 20.4.0
• Node: v24.15.0
• OS: Ubuntu 24.04, Linux 6.17.0-35-generic x86_64
• Expo SDK: 54
• Package manager: Bun 1.3.13

Error output

✔ Select platform › Android
Resolved "production" environment for the build. Learn more
Failed to pull env variables for environment production from EAS servers
[Network] request to https://api.expo.dev/graphql failed, reason:
This can possibly be a bug in EAS/EAS CLI. Report it here: https://github.com/expo/eas-cli/issues
request to https://api.expo.dev/graphql failed, reason:
Error: GraphQL request failed.

Reproducible demo or steps to reproduce from a blank project

1. Create environment variables with eas env:create --environment production
2. Run eas build --profile production --platform android
3. Select Android when prompted

[N4ZEN]

Hey Emmanuel, saw your EAS production Android build failing around env pull/GraphQL. I debug Expo/EAS release pipelines and CI/env setup. If this is blocking a release, I can help isolate CLI/env/network causes and produce a repeatable build checklist.