Error: dispatchViewManagerCommand: found null reactTag, js engine: hermes

Sometimes during setInputState, I get this error, which crashes the app on release APK builds: Error: dispatchViewManagerCommand: found null reactTag, js engine: hermes

I managed to fix it by adding a null check in this file Rive.tsx, but I'm not sure why this occurs yet.

const setInputState = useCallback<RiveRef['setInputState']>(
      (triggerStateMachineName, inputName, value) => {
        // added null check
        let nodeHandle = findNodeHandle(riveRef.current);
        if(nodeHandle === null) {
          console.error('RiveRef is not available');
          return;
        }

        if (typeof value === 'boolean') {
          UIManager.dispatchViewManagerCommand(
            findNodeHandle(riveRef.current),
            ViewManagerMethod.setBooleanState,
            [triggerStateMachineName, inputName, value]
          );
        } else if (typeof value === 'number') {
          UIManager.dispatchViewManagerCommand(
            findNodeHandle(riveRef.current),
            ViewManagerMethod.setNumberState,
            [triggerStateMachineName, inputName, value]
          );
        }
      },
      []
    );

Start in Rive.tsx at setInputState and inspect the riveRef lifecycle around findNodeHandle and UIManager.dispatchViewManagerCommand. Reproduce the release APK crash if possible, then verify that unavailable handles are handled safely and valid state updates still dispatch without crashing.