diff --git a/native/components/feature-flags-provider.react.js b/native/components/feature-flags-provider.react.js
index cd51c7c24..ba9909cc3 100644
--- a/native/components/feature-flags-provider.react.js
+++ b/native/components/feature-flags-provider.react.js
@@ -1,97 +1,119 @@
 // @flow
 
 import AsyncStorage from '@react-native-async-storage/async-storage';
 import * as React from 'react';
 import { Platform } from 'react-native';
 
 import { fetchFeatureFlags } from 'lib/utils/feature-flags-utils.js';
+import sleep from 'lib/utils/sleep.js';
 import { useIsCurrentUserStaff } from 'native/utils/staff-utils.js';
 
 import { codeVersion } from '../redux/persist.js';
 
 type FeatureFlagsConfiguration = {
   +[feature: string]: boolean,
 };
 
 type FeatureFlagsContextType = {
   +configuration: FeatureFlagsConfiguration,
   +loadedFromService: boolean,
 };
 
 const defaultContext = {
   configuration: {},
   loadedFromService: false,
 };
 
 const FeatureFlagsContext: React.Context<FeatureFlagsContextType> =
   React.createContext<FeatureFlagsContextType>(defaultContext);
 
 const featureFlagsStorageKey = 'FeatureFlags';
 
 type Props = {
   +children: React.Node,
 };
 function FeatureFlagsProvider(props: Props): React.Node {
   const { children } = props;
   const isStaff = useIsCurrentUserStaff();
 
   const [featuresConfig, setFeaturesConfig] = React.useState(defaultContext);
 
   React.useEffect(() => {
     (async () => {
       if (featuresConfig.loadedFromService) {
         return;
       }
 
       const persistedFeaturesConfig = await AsyncStorage.getItem(
         featureFlagsStorageKey,
       );
       if (!persistedFeaturesConfig) {
         return;
       }
 
       setFeaturesConfig(config =>
         config.loadedFromService
           ? config
           : {
               configuration: JSON.parse(persistedFeaturesConfig),
               loadedFromService: false,
             },
       );
     })();
   }, [featuresConfig.loadedFromService]);
 
   React.useEffect(() => {
     (async () => {
       try {
-        const config = await fetchFeatureFlags(
-          Platform.OS,
-          isStaff,
-          codeVersion,
+        const config = await tryMultipleTimes(
+          () => fetchFeatureFlags(Platform.OS, isStaff, codeVersion),
+          3,
+          5000,
         );
+
         const configuration = {};
         for (const feature of config.enabledFeatures) {
           configuration[feature] = true;
         }
         setFeaturesConfig({
           configuration,
           loadedFromService: true,
         });
         await AsyncStorage.setItem(
           featureFlagsStorageKey,
           JSON.stringify(configuration),
         );
       } catch (e) {
         console.error('Feature flag retrieval failed:', e);
       }
     })();
   }, [isStaff]);
 
   return (
     <FeatureFlagsContext.Provider value={featuresConfig}>
       {children}
     </FeatureFlagsContext.Provider>
   );
 }
 
+async function tryMultipleTimes<T>(
+  f: () => Promise<T>,
+  numberOfTries: number,
+  delay: number,
+): Promise<T> {
+  let lastError;
+  while (numberOfTries > 0) {
+    try {
+      return await f();
+    } catch (e) {
+      --numberOfTries;
+      lastError = e;
+      if (numberOfTries > 0) {
+        await sleep(delay);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  throw lastError;
+}
+
 export { FeatureFlagsContext, FeatureFlagsProvider, featureFlagsStorageKey };