diff --git a/android/src/main/java/expo/modules/kotlin/devtools/ExpoNetworkInspectOkHttpInterceptors.kt b/android/src/main/java/expo/modules/kotlin/devtools/ExpoNetworkInspectOkHttpInterceptors.kt
index 47c4d15f6b10bbd77858cfff425cda9a618735b9..afe138d22d566244482498a7be0e14b8454eab96 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/expo/modules/kotlin/devtools/ExpoNetworkInspectOkHttpInterceptors.kt
+++ b/android/src/main/java/expo/modules/kotlin/devtools/ExpoNetworkInspectOkHttpInterceptors.kt
@@ -125,6 +125,10 @@ internal fun peekResponseBody(
 }
 
 internal fun shouldParseBody(response: Response): Boolean {
+  if (response.request.url.encodedPath == "/bitdrift_public.protobuf.client.v1.ApiService/Mux") {
+    return false
+  }
+
   // Check for Content-Type
   val skipContentTypes = listOf(
     "text/event-stream", // Server Sent Events
diff --git a/ios/Core/ExpoBridgeModule.mm b/ios/Core/ExpoBridgeModule.mm
index 2ed1c00f47406e109750cc27ace7e0d88e42c00e..99d0d140eddf95a8db7beb57c61dfcb12c1424b4 100644
--- a/ios/Core/ExpoBridgeModule.mm
+++ b/ios/Core/ExpoBridgeModule.mm
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@
 // The runtime executor is included as of React Native 0.74 in bridgeless mode.
 #if __has_include(<ReactCommon/RCTRuntimeExecutor.h>)
 #import <ReactCommon/RCTRuntimeExecutor.h>
+#else // React Native <0.74
+// dispatchBlock:queue: is declared in RCTBridge+Private.h, not the public header.
+#import <React/RCTBridge+Private.h>
 #endif // React Native >=0.74
 
 @implementation ExpoBridgeModule
@@ -46,7 +49,20 @@ - (void)setBridge:(RCTBridge *)bridge
   _appContext.reactBridge = bridge;
 
 #if !__has_include(<ReactCommon/RCTRuntimeExecutor.h>)
-  _appContext._runtime = [EXJavaScriptRuntimeManager runtimeFromBridge:bridge];
+  // Hop the runtime install (and the prepareRuntime() chain it triggers via
+  // _runtime.didSet) onto RCTJSThread. The original line ran synchronously
+  // on whatever thread called setBridge: - typically the main thread - and
+  // raced JSIExecutor::initializeRuntime() on the JS thread, corrupting
+  // Hermes' Hades GC (HadesGC::writeBarrierSlow EXC_BAD_ACCESS).
+  __weak EXAppContext *weakAppContext = _appContext;
+  __weak RCTBridge *weakBridge = bridge;
+  [bridge dispatchBlock:^{
+    EXAppContext *strongAppContext = weakAppContext;
+    RCTBridge *strongBridge = weakBridge;
+    if (strongAppContext != nil && strongBridge != nil && strongAppContext._runtime == nil) {
+      strongAppContext._runtime = [EXJavaScriptRuntimeManager runtimeFromBridge:strongBridge];
+    }
+  } queue:RCTJSThread];
 #endif // React Native <0.74
 }