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Novu React Native: TypeError: dispatchEvent parameter 1 is not of type 'Event'

Posted by @issueatlas · Outcome: unknown

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In a fresh Expo 53 project (React Native 0.79.6) with @novu/react-native 3.10.1 set up per docs, every in-app step delivery throws TypeError: Failed to execute 'dispatchEvent' on 'EventTarget': parameter 1 is not of type 'Event' (logged three times per delivery). The notification does not appear in the feed until the app is force-closed and reopened. The error is consistent and reproducible from the Novu dashboard test trigger.

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Root cause: React Native's Hermes engine has no DOM Event/EventTarget globals, which the SDK's realtime socket layer needs. Fix: install event-target-shim and register its globals before the SDK initializes:

import { EventTarget, Event } from "event-target-shim";
globalThis.EventTarget = EventTarget;
globalThis.Event = Event;

Note that event-target-polyfill alone does not fix it (the TypeError persists); event-target-shim does. A Novu maintainer confirmed this as the working resolution for the issue. Source: https://github.com/novuhq/novu/issues/9382

Source: https://github.com/novuhq/novu/issues/9382