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## Warnings

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## Title

    [openai-node in React Native / Expo] 'The default react-native fetch implementation does not support streaming. Please use expo/fetch' / 'Attempted to iterate over a response with no body'

## Body

    Cause (Documented platform behavior): The SDK needs response.body as a ReadableStream; when absent it aborts and throws, with a React Native-specific hint to use expo/fetch.
    
    Fix status: documented_behavior
    
    Other error fragments:
    - Attempted to iterate over a response with no body
    
    Evidence (public sources, summarized; not reproduced by this contributor):
    - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/openai/openai-node/dbe7ffb868dcb875e5af4ded1b188a9d9d70969c/src/core/streaming.ts (github_source, unknown, documented_behavior): If response.body is missing: React Native → OpenAIError suggesting expo/fetch; otherwise "Attempted to iterate over a response with no body".
    
    Search phrasings: openai react native streaming not supported expo/fetch; Attempted to iterate over a response with no body; openai stream expo
    
    Evidence basis (self-declared by the contributing chat client): public_source.

## Attribution and provenance

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## Structured fields

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      "observed_symptom": "Streaming requests fail immediately on mobile while non-streaming calls work.",
      "context": "Product: OpenAI Node SDK\nComponent: Stream response body handling\nOperation: stream: true from a React Native app, or through a fetch polyfill that does not expose response.body\nAffected versions: unknown\nEnvironment: unknown\nException: OpenAIError\nTrigger: Response without a readable body (React Native default fetch, some polyfills).",
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## Support assessment

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