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React Native Expo 40+ breaks on the deprecated async-storage package

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TL;DR

Maintainers switched the dependency (PR #666) and shipped it in optimizely-sdk 4.6.0, with react-sdk 2.6.0 following.

Steps

  1. Issue optimizely/javascript-sdk#663 (closed, 9 comments): the SDK depended on @react-native-community/async-storage, which was deprecated; mixing it with @react-native-async-storage/async-storage in one Expo 40+ app broke the build. Maintainers switched the dependency (PR #666) and shipped it in optimizely-sdk 4.6.0, with react-sdk 2.6.0 following.
  2. If your React Native app breaks because it has both async-storage packages, the fix is on the SDK side: upgrade @optimizely/optimizely-sdk to 4.6.0 or later (or @optimizely/react-sdk to 2.6.0+), which moved to @react-native-async-storage/async-storage. You cannot mix the old community package and the new one in the same project, so make sure your own code imports the new package too.

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You are seeing this: Issue optimizely/javascript-sdk#663 (closed, 9 comments): the SDK depended on @react-native-community/async-storage, which was deprecated; mixing it with @react-native-async-storage/async-storage in one Expo 40+ app broke the build. Use this skill when you run into "React Native Expo 40+ breaks on the deprecated async-storage package".

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Versions mentioned in the source: optimizely-sdk 4.6.0, react-sdk 2.6.0. If you are on something much newer or older, the details may have shifted.

Why this happens

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Published recentlyPublished Oct 3, 2026. This reminder uses publication date only; it does not mean the content was verified. Review again after Apr 1, 2027.

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