diff --git a/src/ageAssurance/useBeginAgeAssurance.ts b/src/ageAssurance/useBeginAgeAssurance.ts
index e6e79e348d..8ce68476ee 100644
--- a/src/ageAssurance/useBeginAgeAssurance.ts
+++ b/src/ageAssurance/useBeginAgeAssurance.ts
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ import {
   PUBLIC_APPVIEW,
   PUBLIC_APPVIEW_DID,
 } from '#/lib/constants'
-import {isNetworkError} from '#/lib/hooks/useCleanError'
 import {createLexClient} from '#/lib/lexClient'
+import {isNetworkError} from '#/lib/network-error'
 import {usePdsClient} from '#/state/session'
 import {usePatchAgeAssuranceServerState} from '#/ageAssurance'
 import {logger} from '#/ageAssurance/logger'
diff --git a/src/components/dialogs/DeviceLocationRequestDialog.tsx b/src/components/dialogs/DeviceLocationRequestDialog.tsx
index 9b40d60d52..1516a91abc 100644
--- a/src/components/dialogs/DeviceLocationRequestDialog.tsx
+++ b/src/components/dialogs/DeviceLocationRequestDialog.tsx
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ import {useLingui} from '@lingui/react'
 import {Trans} from '@lingui/react/macro'
 
 import {wait} from '#/lib/async/wait'
-import {isNetworkError, useCleanError} from '#/lib/hooks/useCleanError'
+import {useCleanError} from '#/lib/hooks/useCleanError'
+import {isNetworkError} from '#/lib/network-error'
 import {logger} from '#/logger'
 import {atoms as a, useTheme, web} from '#/alf'
 import {Admonition} from '#/components/Admonition'
diff --git a/src/lib/hooks/useCleanError.ts b/src/lib/hooks/useCleanError.ts
index 6af36536df..5572de3747 100644
--- a/src/lib/hooks/useCleanError.ts
+++ b/src/lib/hooks/useCleanError.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 import {useCallback} from 'react'
 import {useLingui} from '@lingui/react/macro'
 
+import {isNetworkError} from '#/lib/network-error'
+
 type CleanedError = {
   raw: string | undefined
   clean: string | undefined
@@ -81,22 +83,3 @@ export function useCleanError() {
     [l],
   )
 }
-
-const NETWORK_ERRORS = [
-  'Abort',
-  'Network request failed',
-  'Failed to fetch',
-  'fetch failed',
-  'Load failed',
-  'Upstream service unreachable',
-]
-
-export function isNetworkError(e: unknown) {
-  const str = String(e)
-  for (const err of NETWORK_ERRORS) {
-    if (str.includes(err)) {
-      return true
-    }
-  }
-  return false
-}
diff --git a/src/screens/Messages/JoinRequests.tsx b/src/screens/Messages/JoinRequests.tsx
index 70637822c7..579186caba 100644
--- a/src/screens/Messages/JoinRequests.tsx
+++ b/src/screens/Messages/JoinRequests.tsx
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import {useNavigation} from '@react-navigation/native'
 import {type InfiniteData, useQueryClient} from '@tanstack/react-query'
 
 import {useBottomBarOffset} from '#/lib/hooks/useBottomBarOffset'
-import {isNetworkError} from '#/lib/hooks/useCleanError'
+import {isNetworkError} from '#/lib/network-error'
 import {
   type CommonNavigatorParams,
   type NativeStackScreenProps,