Prepare mobile 0.0.42 and fix TestFlight CI hang (#12961)

* Bump mobile app.json to 0.0.42

* fix(mobile-ios): stop TestFlight CI from waiting on ASC processing

0.0.42 builds 1–2 uploaded successfully then hung for hours polling
processing with no Ready build and no Apple email. Exit after upload
and cap the job at 90m so the next cut does not repeat that hang.

* fix(mobile-ios): fully skip Pilot wait (no changelog)

Pilot only returns immediately after upload when changelog is nil;
passing notes re-enters the ASC build-list poll.

.github/workflows/mobile-ios-release.yml

@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ jobs:
     # (@MainActor isolation). Xcode 16.x (macos-15) can't even parse it
     # ("unknown attribute 'MainActor'"), so we need Xcode 26.x → macos-26.
     runs-on: macos-26
+    # Archive + upload is ~30–40m when healthy; 90m leaves margin without
+    # sitting multi-hour on ASC processing polls (see Fastfile pilot wait).
+    timeout-minutes: 90
 
     defaults:
       run:

mobile/app.json

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "expo": {
     "name": "Orca",
     "slug": "orca-mobile",
-    "version": "0.0.41",
+    "version": "0.0.42",
     "orientation": "default",
     "icon": "./assets/icon.png",
     "userInterfaceStyle": "automatic",

mobile/fastlane/Fastfile

@@ -28,8 +28,6 @@ WORKSPACE = File.join(MOBILE_ROOT, "ios", "Orca.xcworkspace")
 BUILD_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY = File.join(MOBILE_ROOT, "build")
 SCHEME = "Orca"
 BUNDLE_ID = "com.stably.orca.mobile"
-TESTFLIGHT_GROUPS = ["peeps"].freeze
-DEFAULT_TESTFLIGHT_CHANGELOG = "Latest Orca Mobile updates and fixes.".freeze
 
 # App Store version states in which the version "train" is terminally closed to
 # new TestFlight build uploads (altool rejects with 90186 "train ... is
@@ -112,11 +110,6 @@ rescue StandardError => error
   nil
 end
 
-def testflight_changelog
-  changelog = ENV.fetch("TESTFLIGHT_CHANGELOG", "").strip
-  changelog.empty? ? DEFAULT_TESTFLIGHT_CHANGELOG : changelog
-end
-
 platform :ios do
   desc "Resolve the iOS release version and next TestFlight build number"
   lane :prepare_release_version do |options|
@@ -178,7 +171,7 @@ platform :ios do
     UI.message("Prepared Orca Mobile iOS #{version} (#{build_number})")
   end
 
-  desc "Build, sign, upload, and share Orca Mobile on TestFlight"
+  desc "Build, sign, and upload Orca Mobile to App Store Connect / TestFlight"
   lane :release do
     api_key = app_store_connect_api_key_from_env
 
@@ -221,15 +214,13 @@ platform :ios do
 
     upload_to_testflight(
       api_key: api_key,
-      # Why: fastlane can only assign external TestFlight groups after Apple
-      # finishes processing the uploaded build.
-      skip_waiting_for_build_processing: false,
-      distribute_external: true,
-      groups: TESTFLIGHT_GROUPS,
-      notify_external_testers: true,
-      # Why: fastlane requires release notes when distributing to external
-      # TestFlight testers, even for CI-triggered smoke releases.
-      changelog: testflight_changelog,
+      # Why: ASC processing wait hung for hours (0.0.42 builds 1–2) with no Ready
+      # build and no email. Exit after upload acceptance. Do not pass changelog —
+      # Pilot only fully skips waiting when changelog is nil (otherwise it still
+      # polls until the build appears). External distribute (e.g. peeps) from ASC
+      # or a follow-up lane once Ready.
+      skip_waiting_for_build_processing: true,
+      distribute_external: false,
     )
   end
 end