a0.dev · Release-plane exit
Leaving a0.dev as runtime means a0’s AI agent, preview builds, and one-click App Store / Play upload stop being what keeps customers’ installs updated. The a0 project remains useful history—or a prompt sandbox—but an owned Expo/React Native tree, Convex or Supabase project, and org store credentials become where release lives. You are ending dependence on a0’s publish button and agent session—not discarding the screens, navigation, and journeys a0 already generated.
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CodeCross LLC treats get-off-a0 as cutting release dependence on a0.dev agent sessions and one-click store upload while preserving the Expo product DNA. Operators extract the React Native tree, re-home Convex/Supabase and store credentials to org accounts, and prove binaries ship without a0. Done when pausing a0 publish—or closing the agent—leaves store updates and backends healthy.
What still binds you to a0 as the release plane
Opening a0 for prompt tweaks is fine. Needing a0’s Deployment dashboard, preview tunnels, or agent-held keys for availability is the lock-in. The tells are uploads, backends, signing, and who must click Generate & Submit.
If listing edits and signing only work inside the Deployment dashboard, a0 is still the release plane—not just the prompt IDE.
If Convex or Supabase admin lives in a0 project settings, closing the chat freezes production data. Org billing and rotation must exist first.
A channel you cannot publish without the agent is not an exit. Owned EAS Update (or equivalent) must honor the shipped runtime version.
Incident docs that name the agent as recovery prove the exit is incomplete. The playbook must name EAS and the store consoles.
How the release plane actually leaves a0
Claim org backends and store seats first. Dual-test native builds until journeys pass. Flip the current version and OTA channels. Remove a0-only credentials only after installs stay healthy.
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Stand or transfer Convex/Supabase under company billing. Mint fresh client keys. Dual-run only until sessions and writes succeed off a0 preview.
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A second engineer with App Store Connect / Play access uploads without a0 admin. Listing metadata and certificates live in org accounts.
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Recreate Stripe, IAP, Play Billing, and analytics under org projects with fresh keys. Confirm revenue and events continue after a0 is paused.
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Migrate a0 app / Expo Go testers onto TestFlight or Play internal tracks. Tell support the window so Generate & Submit stops being recovery.
How to
Org Expo tree, remapped backends, then a store-track flip. Success is pausing a0 publish with updates and backends still healthy.
Step 01
Every upload requires Generate & Submit, signing only works inside a0, backend keys rotate only through the agent, or OTA only pushes from a0.
Step 02
Mint fresh client keys. Dual-test native builds and deep links until journeys pass on devices outside a0 preview.
Step 03
Keep a0-managed upload as rollback only until that window closes. Payments must fail closed on the destination env.
Step 04
CI or EAS builds from a clean install. a0 may still iterate prompts for spikes; production never ships from the open chat.
Step 05
Support stops saying “open a0 and click publish.” Rotate a0-held secrets so agent history cannot revive prod keys.
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a0.dev to production
Owned origin if you are not ready to leave a0 as the release plane yet.
Auth and data checklist
Session and backend spine after you re-home Convex or Supabase.
App Store / Play ready
Signing and listing gates once org consoles own uploads.
Proof dashboard
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Shared intents and the other a0.dev URLs.
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Stage store ownership while people still prompt in the a0 agent.
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When the job is Expo extract-and-normalize, not only a release-plane exit.
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If a public TestFlight or preview link is the risk and the exit can wait.
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Bring the a0 Deployment URL and who can Generate & Submit today.
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Named charts and methodology behind the headline numbers.
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If every TestFlight or Play upload still requires a0’s one-click publish, if signing or listing edits only work inside a0, or if backend keys rotate only through the a0 agent UI, you have not left the release plane. Opening a0 for experiments is fine. Needing a0 to ship a hotfix is the lock-in.
Stand up or claim org admin on the backend project a0 wired (or migrate data to an org-owned project). Mint fresh client keys for the Expo app, ship a store update that points at the org backend, and dual-run only until sessions and writes succeed on devices outside a0 preview. Rotate a0-held secrets after cutover so agent history cannot revive prod keys.
A second engineer with App Store Connect / Play Console access builds the Expo app via EAS (or equivalent), uploads, and ships without a0 admin. Listing metadata, privacy strings, and signing certificates live in org accounts. If store recovery still means “open a0 and click publish,” exit is incomplete.
Inventory monetization, subscription, and analytics connectors a0 configured. Recreate them under org Stripe/App Store IAP/Play Billing and analytics projects with fresh keys. Confirm revenue and events continue after a0 is paused. Cancel or downgrade a0 only after finance and support know the cutover window.
Bring the a0 origin and the destination Expo remote. We will say whether traffic still needs Generate & Submit — or whether the checkout already owns the binary.
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