[BUG] pod install – SSL certificate errors and connection timeouts for packages.rnrepo.org

[andveloper]

📋 Description

During pod install on iOS, all RNRepo pre-built artifact downloads from packages.rnrepo.org fail and RNRepo falls back to building from source.

🔄 Steps to Reproduce

1. Any React Native 0.81.5 project with RNRepo configured
2. Run pod install
3. Observe the build output for [📦 RNRepo] messages.

🤔 Expected Behavior

RNRepo should successfully download pre-built artifacts for the supported libraries.

😲 Actual Behavior

1. SSL Certificate Verification Failure

SSL_connect returned=1 errno=0 peeraddr=65.109.166.175:443 state=error: certificate verify failed (unable to get certificate CRL)

2. Connection Timeout

Failed to open TCP connection to packages.rnrepo.org:443 (execution expired)

Affected downloads include (examples): react-native-view-shot, react-native-safe-area-context, RNGestureHandler, RNScreens, react-native-reanimated, @shopify/react-native-skia, RNSentry, Firebase modules, etc. All > 40 detected dependencies fail to download.

RNRepo version (and/or @rnrepo/expo-config-plugin version)

0.1.0

React Native version

0.81.5

Gradle version

8.14.3

Operating System

macOS 26.3.1

➕ Additional Information

• We could not find a status page or similar to check service availability or planned maintenance.
• Even during temporary outages, clear communication (e.g. status page, maintenance notices) would help users understand why downloads fail and when to expect them to work again.

[radoslawrolka]

Hi @andveloper,

I haven't noticed any downtime or failures regarding packages.rnrepo.org, so that is likely a dead end. It appears to be an issue with the openssl gem; you can find a similar report here: openssl/openssl#28758.

Could you please check the following?

• What version of OpenSSL is currently installed? You can verify this by running: gem list --local | grep openssl
• Try installing a different version. For reference, I am currently using version 3.3.2.

[andveloper]

Thanks for the hint and the link to the OpenSSL issue @radoslawrolka .
I originally had OpenSSL 3.2.0 installed and upgraded to 3.3.2, but the problem persists.

[christophby]

Same issue here with multiple packages when running pod install

[📦 RNRepo] ⚠️  Release configuration not available
[📦 RNRepo] ⚠️  Not all configurations are available. Available: none
[📦 RNRepo] Error downloading https://packages.rnrepo.org/releases/org/rnrepo/public/react-native-mmkv/3.3.3/react-native-mmkv-3.3.3-rn0.81.5-release.zip: Failed to open TCP connection to packages.rnrepo.org:443 (execution expired)

Some are working fine without errors, e.g.:

[📦 RNRepo] Downloading Debug configuration...
[📦 RNRepo] Preparing to download: RNSentry@7.3.0
[📦 RNRepo] Downloading from https://packages.rnrepo.org/releases/org/rnrepo/public/sentry_react-native/7.3.0/sentry_react-native-7.3.0-rn0.81.5-debug.zip...

[radoslawrolka]

@christophby,
How many libraries do you have listed in your package.json? If possible, could you paste the dependencies section here?

I tried launching 100 parallel download requests, and it didn’t throw any TCP errors on my side.

Could you also provide the following details? (For reference, I tested with the versions shown in brackets.)

• net/http gem version - run gem list net (mine shows: net-http (default: 0.4.0))
• Ruby version - run ruby -v (mine shows: ruby 3.3.0)

[christophby]

• gem list net

net-ftp (0.3.4)
net-http (default: 0.4.1)
net-imap (0.4.9.1)
net-pop (0.1.2)
net-protocol (default: 0.2.2)
net-smtp (0.4.0.1)
netrc (0.11.0)

• ruby -v -> 3.3.4

Dependencies (less than 100)

"@fortawesome/fontawesome-svg-core": "^6.7.1",
"@fortawesome/free-brands-svg-icons": "^6.7.1",
"@fortawesome/pro-regular-svg-icons": "^6.7.1",
"@fortawesome/react-native-fontawesome": "^0.3.2",
"@gorhom/bottom-sheet": "5.2.6",
"@lodev09/react-native-true-sheet": "^3.9.9",
"@react-native-async-storage/async-storage": "^2.2.0",
"@react-native-clipboard/clipboard": "^1.14.0",
"@react-native-community/blur": "^4.4.1",
"@react-native-community/datetimepicker": "^8.2.0",
"@react-native-community/netinfo": "^11.3.3",
"@react-native-firebase/analytics": "21.14.0",
"@react-native-firebase/app": "21.14.0",
"@react-native-firebase/crashlytics": "21.14.0",
"@react-native-firebase/messaging": "21.14.0",
"@react-native-firebase/remote-config": "21.14.0",
"@react-native-masked-view/masked-view": "^0.3.2",
"@react-navigation/bottom-tabs": "^7.14.0",
"@react-navigation/elements": "^2.9.5",
"@react-navigation/native": "^7.1.28",
"@react-navigation/native-stack": "^7.13.0",
"@react-navigation/stack": "^7.7.2",
"@rnhooks/keyboard": "^1.1.0",
"@sentry/react-native": "7.3.0",
"@shopify/flash-list": "2.1.0",
"@shopify/react-native-skia": "2.4.7",
"@supabase/supabase-js": "^2.98.0",
"axios": "^1.6.8",
"axios-retry": "^4.4.0",
"base-64": "^1.0.0",
"buffer": "^6.0.3",
"d3": "^7.9.0",
"dayjs": "^1.11.1",
"formik": "^2.2.9",
"gifted-charts-core": "^0.0.7",
"i18next": "^25.4.2",
"js-sha1": "^0.7.0",
"jwt-decode": "^4.0.0",
"lodash": "^4.17.21",
"lottie-react-native": "7.3.4",
"nativewind": "^4.2.1",
"numeral": "^2.0.6",
"pako": "^2.1.0",
"query-string": "^8.1.0",
"react": "19.1.0",
"react-i18next": "^15.7.3",
"react-native": "0.81.5",
"react-native-appsflyer": "^6.15.3",
"react-native-biometrics": "^3.0.1",
"react-native-blob-util": "^0.23.1",
"react-native-context-menu-view": "1.20.0",
"react-native-device-info": "^10.3.0",
"react-native-email-link": "^1.16.1",
"react-native-gesture-handler": "2.30.0",
"react-native-gifted-charts": "1.4.47",
"react-native-haptic-feedback": "^2.2.0",
"react-native-idle-timer": "^2.2.3",
"react-native-in-app-review": "^4.3.3",
"react-native-inappbrowser-reborn": "^3.7.0",
"react-native-keychain": "10.0.0",
"react-native-launch-arguments": "^4.0.2",
"react-native-level-fs": "^3.0.1",
"react-native-linear-gradient": "3.0.0-beta.1",
"react-native-localize": "^3.5.2",
"react-native-mmkv": "3.3.3",
"react-native-pager-view": "^6.9.1",
"react-native-permissions": "^3.8.0",
"react-native-purchases": "9.5.4",
"react-native-purchases-ui": "9.5.4",
"react-native-reanimated": "^4.1.2",
"react-native-reanimated-carousel": "^4.0.3",
"react-native-responsive-image-view": "^2.2.0",
"react-native-restart": "^0.0.24",
"react-native-safe-area-context": "^5.6.2",
"react-native-screens": "^4.23.0",
"react-native-segmented-control-2": "git://github.com/christophby/react-native-segmented-control-2.git#c7e4751eae09d975788d4f8db21445d7fdffbce0",
"react-native-sensors": "^7.3.6",
"react-native-share": "^12.2.0",
"react-native-shared-group-preferences": "^1.1.24",
"react-native-shimmer-placeholder": "^2.0.9",
"react-native-svg": "15.14.0",
"react-native-tab-view": "4.2.2",
"react-native-toast-message": "2.3.0",
"react-native-url-polyfill": "^3.0.0",
"react-native-video": "^6.18.0",
"react-native-view-shot": "^3.8.0",
"react-native-viewport-detector": "^1.0.7",
"react-native-webview": "^13.16.0",
"react-native-widget-updater": "^1.0.1",
"react-native-widgetkit": "^1.0.9",
"react-native-worklets": "^0.6.1",
"semver": "^7.5.4",
"styled-components": "6.1.19",
"swr": "2.2.4",
"user-agents": "^1.1.101",
"yup": "^0.32.11",
"zod": "^4.0.5"