In my React Native app I use Expo routing and with the global session management, I have the below _layout.tsx file which simply checks if the user is logged in, then redirect to other folders if not, redirects to the login screen.

I have a simple app with an index.tsx file and a layout under /app. I also have an auth context. If I leave both redirects here in index.tsx, the console log always gives me null and rendering happens only once. Otherwise, if I remove them, I get the log even when it succeeds and the user is loaded.