[Bug]: CapacitorHttp requests do not fire on Android 17 randomly

Capacitor Version

Latest Dependencies:

  @capacitor/cli: 8.5.1
  @capacitor/core: 8.5.1
  @capacitor/android: 8.5.1
  @capacitor/ios: 8.5.1

Installed Dependencies:

  @capacitor/cli: 8.5.1
  @capacitor/ios: 8.5.1
  @capacitor/android: 8.5.1
  @capacitor/core: 8.5.1

[success] Android looking great! 

Other API Details

npm: 11.16.0
node: 24.18.0

Platforms Affected

• iOS
• Android
• Web

Current Behavior

CapacitorHttp.request() never fires on Android 17 over Wi-Fi with Google DNS in Play Store build only

• Upgraded from Capacitor 7.x to 8.5.1
• Angular + Ionic, using CapacitorHttp.request() for all API calls
• minifyEnabled false (R8 not involved)

With CapacitorHttp: { enabled: true }, HTTPS requests to our API never execute, but only under a specific combination of conditions:

All rows are the same codebase and the same version. Only the store build, on Android 17, on a network using Google DNS, fails.

In Chrome DevTools (chrome://inspect):

• Android 16 and 14: the request appears in the network tab and completes normally.
• Android 17 (failing case): the request never appears in the network tab at all. No pending entry, no failed entry.

DNS records themselves appear healthy: the domain resolves correctly from a Windows machine against 8.8.8.8 (Resolve-DnsName returns valid A records, no SERVFAIL). Our API is hosted on Render behind Cloudflare.

Expected Behavior

The request either executes and resolves, or rejects with an error. Currently it does neither, no network activity and no exception which leaves the app with no way to detect or recover from the failure.

Project Reproduction

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Additional Information

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