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