diff --git a/native/android/app/src/main/java/app/comm/android/CommCoreJSIModulePackage.java b/native/android/app/src/main/java/app/comm/android/CommCoreJSIModulePackage.java
--- a/native/android/app/src/main/java/app/comm/android/CommCoreJSIModulePackage.java
+++ b/native/android/app/src/main/java/app/comm/android/CommCoreJSIModulePackage.java
@@ -26,6 +26,13 @@
     CommSecureStore.getInstance().initialize(secureStoreModuleSupplier);
     CommHybrid.initHybrid(reactApplicationContext);
 
+    // We issue a useless set on CommSecureStore here to force it to initialize
+    // prior to scheduling initializeDatabaseManager on the DB thread below.
+    // This avoids a race condition where the DB thread and main thread both
+    // attempt to initialize CommSecureStore at the same time, which can cause
+    // a crash loop as described in ENG-7696 and ENG-8069.
+    CommSecureStore.set("comm.secure_store_initialization_complete", "1");
+
     File sqliteFile = reactApplicationContext.getDatabasePath("comm.sqlite");
     GlobalDBSingleton.scheduleOrRun(() -> {
       DatabaseInitializer.initializeDatabaseManager(sqliteFile.getPath());