chore(expo): bump clerk-ios to 1.6.1

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Description

Bumps the bundled clerk-ios SDK in @clerk/expo from 1.6.0 to 1.6.1.

Release: https://github.com/clerk/clerk-ios/releases/tag/1.6.1

Checklist

• JavaScript repo CI will run on the PR.
• Not applicable: JSDoc comments or documentation updates.

Type of change

Refactoring / dependency upgrade / documentation

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🦋 Changeset detected

Latest commit: 156a790

The changes in this PR will be included in the next version bump.

This PR includes changesets to release 1 package

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@clerk/expo	Patch

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• .changeset/expo-bump-clerk-ios-1-6-1.md
• packages/expo/ios/ClerkExpo.podspec

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• clerk/clerk_go (manual)
• clerk/dashboard (manual)
• clerk/accounts (manual)
• clerk/backoffice (manual)
• clerk/clerk (manual)
• clerk/clerk-docs (manual)
• clerk/cloudflare-workers (manual)

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

The @clerk/expo podspec now pins clerk-ios 1.6.1 instead of 1.6.0. A patch changeset documents the SDK version update and links to the 1.6.1 release.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 1 (Trivial) | ~4 minutes

Possibly related PRs

• clerk/javascript#9137: Updates the clerk-ios version pin in the @clerk/expo podspec.
• clerk/javascript#9513: Updates the clerk-ios version pin in the @clerk/expo podspec.
• clerk/javascript#9670: Updates the clerk-ios version pin in the @clerk/expo podspec.

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 156a7

Expo iOS now targets clerk-ios 1.6.1, with the update documented for @clerk/expo. No specific compatibility or release-blocking issue is established, so no actionable merge risk remains.

Architecture Summary

Architecture risk: 🔵 Low · up to 156a7

The change affects 1 system.

Changed systems: packages/expo

Architecture concerns
No architecture-level concerns identified.

Review details

Systems and components

• observed — packages/expo (library) was modified; 1 changed file maps to changed impact.

Before / after behavior

• observed — Modified behavior in packages/expo/ios/ClerkExpo.podspec: The pinned Clerk iOS SDK version changes from 1.6.0 to 1.6.1.
• observed — Modified behavior in .changeset/expo-bump-clerk-ios-1-6-1.md: Adds a patch changeset for @clerk/expo and a release note stating that the bundled clerk-ios SDK moves from 1.6.0 to 1.6.1, with a link to the release.

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 5

✅ Passed checks (5 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly and concisely identifies the @clerk/expo clerk-ios SDK bump from the changeset.
Description check	✅ Passed	The description directly explains the clerk-ios SDK version update and links to the corresponding release.
Docstring Coverage	✅ Passed	No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 0 functions across 0…
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.

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API Changes Report

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Summary

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Packages analyzed	19
Packages with changes	0
🔴 Breaking changes	0
🟡 Non-breaking changes	0
🟢 Additions	0

No API Changes Detected

All packages have stable APIs with no detected changes.

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