Regular requests fail on android build. Works in Development

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Im using this package & populating polyfills like this:
import 'react-native-polyfill-globals/auto';

my fetch requests (both streaming & non-streaming) work in iOS. It does not work in Android, but I know that is a known problem for development builds.

Im testing it in a production build, and android fails for regular non-streaming HTTP requests. The request is received by my backend which returns a 200. But there is no response or error produced by my app.

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    "@react-native-async-storage/async-storage": "1.18.2",
    "@react-native-community/slider": "4.4.2",
    "@react-native-google-signin/google-signin": "^10.1.1",
    "@react-navigation/bottom-tabs": "^6.5.11",
    "@react-navigation/native": "^6.1.9",
    "@react-navigation/native-stack": "^6.9.17",
    "@react-navigation/stack": "^6.3.20",
    "expo": "~49.0.15",
    "expo-constants": "^14.4.2",
    "expo-dev-client": "~2.4.12",
    "expo-splash-screen": "~0.20.5",
    "expo-status-bar": "~1.6.0",
    "react": "18.2.0",
    "react-native": "0.72.6",
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    "react-native-gesture-handler": "~2.12.0",
    "react-native-markdown-display": "^7.0.1",
    "react-native-paper": "^5.11.3",
    "react-native-purchases": "^7.4.0",
    "react-native-safe-area-context": "^4.6.3",
    "react-native-screens": "~3.22.0",
    "react-native-vector-icons": "^10.0.2",
    "react-redux": "^9.0.2",
    "redux": "^5.0.0"
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  "devDependencies": {
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    "@types/react": "~18.2.14",
    "@types/react-native-vector-icons": "^6.4.18",
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    "typescript": "^5.1.3"
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  "private": true
}