diff --git a/native/android/app/CMakeLists.txt b/native/android/app/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/native/android/app/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/native/android/app/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@
   "./src/cpp/ThreadOperationsJNIHelper.cpp"
   "./src/cpp/jsiInstaller.cpp"
   "./src/cpp/NotificationsCryptoModuleJNIHelper.cpp"
+  "./src/cpp/StaffUtilsJNIHelper.cpp"
 )
 
 list(APPEND GENERATED_NATIVE_CODE
diff --git a/native/android/app/src/cpp/StaffUtilsJNIHelper.cpp b/native/android/app/src/cpp/StaffUtilsJNIHelper.cpp
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/native/android/app/src/cpp/StaffUtilsJNIHelper.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#include <Tools/StaffUtils.h>
+#include <Tools/StaffUtilsJNIHelper.h>
+
+namespace comm {
+bool StaffUtilsJNIHelper::isStaffRelease(
+    facebook::jni::alias_ref<StaffUtilsJNIHelper> jThis) {
+  return StaffUtils::isStaffRelease();
+}
+
+void StaffUtilsJNIHelper::registerNatives() {
+  javaClassStatic()->registerNatives({makeNativeMethod(
+      "isStaffRelease", StaffUtilsJNIHelper::isStaffRelease)});
+}
+} // namespace comm
diff --git a/native/android/app/src/cpp/jsiInstaller.cpp b/native/android/app/src/cpp/jsiInstaller.cpp
--- a/native/android/app/src/cpp/jsiInstaller.cpp
+++ b/native/android/app/src/cpp/jsiInstaller.cpp
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include <Notifications/BackgroundDataStorage/NotificationsCryptoModuleJNIHelper.h>
 #include <PersistentStorageUtilities/MessageOperationsUtilities/MessageOperationsUtilitiesJNIHelper.h>
 #include <PersistentStorageUtilities/ThreadOperationsUtilities/ThreadOperationsJNIHelper.h>
+#include <Tools/StaffUtilsJNIHelper.h>
 
 namespace jni = facebook::jni;
 namespace jsi = facebook::jsi;
@@ -82,5 +83,6 @@
     comm::GlobalDBSingletonJNIHelper::registerNatives();
     comm::DatabaseInitializerJNIHelper::registerNatives();
     comm::NotificationsCryptoModuleJNIHelper::registerNatives();
+    comm::StaffUtilsJNIHelper::registerNatives();
   });
 }
diff --git a/native/android/app/src/main/java/app/comm/android/fbjni/StaffUtils.java b/native/android/app/src/main/java/app/comm/android/fbjni/StaffUtils.java
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/native/android/app/src/main/java/app/comm/android/fbjni/StaffUtils.java
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+package app.comm.android.fbjni;
+
+public class StaffUtils {
+  public static native boolean isStaffRelease();
+}
diff --git a/native/cpp/CommonCpp/Tools/CMakeLists.txt b/native/cpp/CommonCpp/Tools/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/native/cpp/CommonCpp/Tools/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/native/cpp/CommonCpp/Tools/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,11 +6,13 @@
 set(TOOLS_HDRS
   "Base64.h"
   "WorkerThread.h"
+  "StaffUtils.h"
 )
 
 set(TOOLS_SRCS
   "Base64.cpp"
   "WorkerThread.cpp"
+  "StaffUtils.cpp"
 )
 
 add_library(comm-tools
diff --git a/native/cpp/CommonCpp/Tools/StaffUtils.h b/native/cpp/CommonCpp/Tools/StaffUtils.h
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/native/cpp/CommonCpp/Tools/StaffUtils.h
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#pragma once
+
+namespace comm {
+class StaffUtils {
+public:
+  static bool isStaffRelease();
+};
+} // namespace comm
diff --git a/native/cpp/CommonCpp/Tools/StaffUtils.cpp b/native/cpp/CommonCpp/Tools/StaffUtils.cpp
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/native/cpp/CommonCpp/Tools/StaffUtils.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#include "StaffUtils.h"
+
+namespace comm {
+bool StaffUtils::isStaffRelease() {
+  return false;
+}
+} // namespace comm
diff --git a/native/cpp/CommonCpp/Tools/StaffUtilsJNIHelper.h b/native/cpp/CommonCpp/Tools/StaffUtilsJNIHelper.h
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/native/cpp/CommonCpp/Tools/StaffUtilsJNIHelper.h
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include <fbjni/fbjni.h>
+
+namespace comm {
+class StaffUtilsJNIHelper
+    : public facebook::jni::JavaClass<StaffUtilsJNIHelper> {
+public:
+  static auto constexpr kJavaDescriptor = "Lapp/comm/android/fbjni/StaffUtils;";
+  static bool
+  isStaffRelease(facebook::jni::alias_ref<StaffUtilsJNIHelper> jThis);
+  static void registerNatives();
+};
+
+} // namespace comm
diff --git a/native/ios/Comm.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj b/native/ios/Comm.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
--- a/native/ios/Comm.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
+++ b/native/ios/Comm.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
@@ -77,6 +77,8 @@
 		CB7EF17E295C674300B17035 /* CommIOSNotifications.mm in Sources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = CB7EF17D295C5D1800B17035 /* CommIOSNotifications.mm */; };
 		CB7EF180295C674300B17035 /* CommIOSNotificationsBridgeQueue.mm in Sources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = CB7EF17B295C580500B17035 /* CommIOSNotificationsBridgeQueue.mm */; };
 		CB90951F29534B32002F2A7F /* CommSecureStore.mm in Sources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = 71D4D7CB26C50B1000FCDBCD /* CommSecureStore.mm */; };
+		CBCA09062A8E0E7400F75B3E /* StaffUtils.cpp in Sources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = CBCA09052A8E0E6B00F75B3E /* StaffUtils.cpp */; };
+		CBCA09072A8E0E7D00F75B3E /* StaffUtils.cpp in Sources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = CBCA09052A8E0E6B00F75B3E /* StaffUtils.cpp */; };
 		CBDEC69B28ED867000C17588 /* GlobalDBSingleton.mm in Sources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = CBDEC69A28ED867000C17588 /* GlobalDBSingleton.mm */; };
 		CBFE58292885852B003B94C9 /* ThreadOperations.cpp in Sources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = CBFE58282885852B003B94C9 /* ThreadOperations.cpp */; };
 		D7DB6E0F85B2DBE15B01EC21 /* libPods-Comm.a in Frameworks */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = 994BEBDD4E4959F69CEA0BC3 /* libPods-Comm.a */; };
@@ -261,6 +263,8 @@
 		CB7EF17C295C580500B17035 /* CommIOSNotificationsBridgeQueue.h */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.c.h; name = CommIOSNotificationsBridgeQueue.h; path = Comm/CommIOSNotifications/CommIOSNotificationsBridgeQueue.h; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
 		CB7EF17D295C5D1800B17035 /* CommIOSNotifications.mm */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.cpp.objcpp; name = CommIOSNotifications.mm; path = Comm/CommIOSNotifications/CommIOSNotifications.mm; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
 		CB90951929531663002F2A7F /* CommIOSNotifications.h */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; fileEncoding = 4; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.c.h; name = CommIOSNotifications.h; path = Comm/CommIOSNotifications/CommIOSNotifications.h; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
+		CBCA09042A8E0E6B00F75B3E /* StaffUtils.h */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.c.h; path = StaffUtils.h; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
+		CBCA09052A8E0E6B00F75B3E /* StaffUtils.cpp */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.cpp.cpp; path = StaffUtils.cpp; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
 		CBDEC69928ED859600C17588 /* GlobalDBSingleton.h */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.c.h; path = GlobalDBSingleton.h; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
 		CBDEC69A28ED867000C17588 /* GlobalDBSingleton.mm */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; fileEncoding = 4; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.cpp.objcpp; name = GlobalDBSingleton.mm; path = Comm/GlobalDBSingleton.mm; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
 		CBFE58272885852B003B94C9 /* ThreadOperations.h */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; fileEncoding = 4; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.c.h; name = ThreadOperations.h; path = PersistentStorageUtilities/ThreadOperationsUtilities/ThreadOperations.h; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
@@ -392,6 +396,8 @@
 		71BE84382636A944002849D2 /* Tools */ = {
 			isa = PBXGroup;
 			children = (
+				CBCA09052A8E0E6B00F75B3E /* StaffUtils.cpp */,
+				CBCA09042A8E0E6B00F75B3E /* StaffUtils.h */,
 				7FBB2A7A29EEA2A4002C6493 /* Base64.cpp */,
 				7FBB2A7929EA752D002C6493 /* Base64.h */,
 				71B8CCBD26BD4DEB0040C0A2 /* CommSecureStore.h */,
@@ -1036,6 +1042,7 @@
 			isa = PBXSourcesBuildPhase;
 			buildActionMask = 2147483647;
 			files = (
+				CBCA09062A8E0E7400F75B3E /* StaffUtils.cpp in Sources */,
 				8ED8B5342A4DD4EB00D3DA26 /* CommQueryExecutor.cpp in Sources */,
 				8EF7756B2A7433630046A385 /* ThreadStore.cpp in Sources */,
 				CB2689002A2DF58000EC7300 /* CommConstants.cpp in Sources */,
@@ -1093,6 +1100,7 @@
 			isa = PBXSourcesBuildPhase;
 			buildActionMask = 2147483647;
 			files = (
+				CBCA09072A8E0E7D00F75B3E /* StaffUtils.cpp in Sources */,
 				CB3C0A3B2A125C8F009BD4DA /* NotificationsCryptoModule.cpp in Sources */,
 				CB90951F29534B32002F2A7F /* CommSecureStore.mm in Sources */,
 				CB38B48728771CE500171182 /* TemporaryMessageStorage.mm in Sources */,