[0.71] Requests failing due to BlobModule checking for HttpModule.Proxy before WinRTHttpResource has added it

[gozhou]

Problem Description

In the release build of my app using RNW v0.69, requests are failing to complete due to the response getter in XMLHttpRequest.js throwing an error because this._response is a string rather than a blob object. Debugging further I noticed in the native code that addNetworkingHandler in BlobModule.cpp was not finding HttpModule.Proxy in the property bag due to being executed before WinRTHttpResource.cpp had added it to the prop bag. This is similar to these two earlier bugs #10036 and #11439.

In commit #11926, a snippet of code was added to WinRTHttpResource.cpp that would attempt to mitigate the issue by having WinRTHttpResource call addNetworkingHandler in the blob module but it or a similar solution was never backported.

Steps To Reproduce

Unfortunately, I can't seem to get it a minimal repro so hopefully the issues and commits mentioned about is enough context.

Expected Results

No response

CLI version

8.0.7

Environment

System:
    OS: Windows 10 10.0.22621
    CPU: (12) x64 Intel(R) Xeon(R) W-2133 CPU @ 3.60GHz
    Memory: 16.61 GB / 31.66 GB
  Binaries:
    Node: 16.17.0 - C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.EXE
    Yarn: 1.22.5 - ~\AppData\Roaming\npm\yarn.CMD
    npm: 8.15.0 - C:\Program Files\nodejs\npm.CMD
    Watchman: Not Found
  SDKs:
    Android SDK:
      API Levels: 28, 29, 30, 31, 33
      Build Tools: 28.0.3, 29.0.2, 29.0.3, 30.0.2, 30.0.3, 31.0.0, 32.0.0, 33.0.0
      System Images: android-29 | Google Play Intel x86 Atom, android-R | Google Play Intel x86 Atom
      Android NDK: 22.1.7171670
    Windows SDK:
      AllowDevelopmentWithoutDevLicense: Enabled
      AllowAllTrustedApps: Enabled
      Versions: 10.0.16299.0, 10.0.17763.0, 10.0.19041.0, 10.0.22000.0, 10.0.22621.0
  IDEs:
    Android Studio: Not Found
    Visual Studio: 16.11.33927.289 (Visual Studio Enterprise 2019), 17.7.34003.232 (Visual Studio Enterprise 2022), 15.9.33926.519 (Visual Studio Enterprise 2017)
  Languages:
    Java: 11.0.1 - C:\android\jdk-11.0.1\bin\javac.EXE
  npmPackages:
    @react-native-community/cli: Not Found
    react: ^18.2.0 => 18.2.0
    react-native: ^0.69.12 => 0.69.12
    react-native-windows: ^0.69.27 => 0.69.27
  npmGlobalPackages:
    *react-native*: Not Found

Target Platform Version

10.0.19041

Target Device(s)

Desktop

Visual Studio Version

Visual Studio 2022

Build Configuration

Release

Snack, code example, screenshot, or link to a repository

No response

[acoates-ms]

@JunielKatarn
I'm guessing there have been numerous Http fixes since 0.69. You might have more luck on a newer version.

[chrisglein]

Julio thinks this is #11439, and that we could potentially cleanly backport this back to 0.69. Needs evaluation.
Is upgrading an option? 0.71 I believe is the oldest release with this fix.

[JunielKatarn]

Backport out for review #12087.