diff --git a/.changeset/appauth-android-request-lifecycle.md b/.changeset/appauth-android-request-lifecycle.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a6690a1ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/appauth-android-request-lifecycle.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"react-native-app-auth": patch
+---
+
+Replace Android's blocking, global prefetch latch with per-issuer asynchronous completion and expose native prefetch completion and errors through the JavaScript promise.
diff --git a/docs/docs/usage/prefetch.md b/docs/docs/usage/prefetch.md
index e16b8c4f5..b27ad1ed1 100644
--- a/docs/docs/usage/prefetch.md
+++ b/docs/docs/usage/prefetch.md
@@ -17,5 +17,13 @@ const config = {
   scopes: ['<YOUR_SCOPES_ARRAY>'],
 };
 
-prefetchConfiguration(config);
+try {
+  await prefetchConfiguration(config);
+} catch (error) {
+  // Prefetch is optional. authorize() can retry discovery when needed.
+}
 ```
+
+The promise resolves only after configuration is available and rejects when discovery fails.
+Cached issuers resolve immediately; prefetching a different issuer fetches its own configuration.
+Calls on iOS remain a no-op. Handle rejection if you previously called this method without awaiting it.
diff --git a/packages/react-native-app-auth/android/src/main/java/com/rnappauth/RNAppAuthModule.java b/packages/react-native-app-auth/android/src/main/java/com/rnappauth/RNAppAuthModule.java
index f1e955879..51ef3bfc0 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-app-auth/android/src/main/java/com/rnappauth/RNAppAuthModule.java
+++ b/packages/react-native-app-auth/android/src/main/java/com/rnappauth/RNAppAuthModule.java
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
-import java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch;
 
 public class RNAppAuthModule extends ReactContextBaseJavaModule implements ActivityEventListener {
 
@@ -84,7 +83,6 @@ public class RNAppAuthModule extends ReactContextBaseJavaModule implements Activ
     private Map<String, String> additionalParametersMap;
     private String clientSecret;
     private final ConcurrentHashMap<String, AuthorizationServiceConfiguration> mServiceConfigurations = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
-    private boolean isPrefetched = false;
 
     public RNAppAuthModule(ReactApplicationContext reactContext) {
         super(reactContext);
@@ -111,47 +109,36 @@ public void prefetchConfiguration(
         this.parseHeaderMap(customHeaders);
         final ConnectionBuilder builder = createConnectionBuilder(dangerouslyAllowInsecureHttpRequests,
                 this.authorizationRequestHeaders, connectionTimeoutMillis);
-        final CountDownLatch fetchConfigurationLatch = new CountDownLatch(1);
-
-        if (!isPrefetched) {
-            if (serviceConfiguration != null && !this.hasServiceConfiguration(issuer)) {
-                try {
-                    setServiceConfiguration(issuer, createAuthorizationServiceConfiguration(serviceConfiguration));
-                    isPrefetched = true;
-                    fetchConfigurationLatch.countDown();
-                } catch (Exception e) {
-                    promise.reject("configuration_error", "Failed to convert serviceConfiguration", e);
-                }
-            } else if (!hasServiceConfiguration(issuer)) {
-                final Uri issuerUri = Uri.parse(issuer);
-                AuthorizationServiceConfiguration.fetchFromUrl(
-                        buildConfigurationUriFromIssuer(issuerUri),
-                        new AuthorizationServiceConfiguration.RetrieveConfigurationCallback() {
-                            public void onFetchConfigurationCompleted(
-                                    @Nullable AuthorizationServiceConfiguration fetchedConfiguration,
-                                    @Nullable AuthorizationException ex) {
-                                if (ex != null) {
-                                    promise.reject("service_configuration_fetch_error", "Failed to fetch configuration",
-                                            ex);
-                                    return;
-                                }
-                                setServiceConfiguration(issuer, fetchedConfiguration);
-                                isPrefetched = true;
-                                fetchConfigurationLatch.countDown();
-                            }
-                        },
-                        builder);
-            }
-        } else {
-            fetchConfigurationLatch.countDown();
+        if (hasServiceConfiguration(issuer)) {
+            promise.resolve(true);
+            return;
         }
 
-        try {
-            fetchConfigurationLatch.await();
-            promise.resolve(isPrefetched);
-        } catch (Exception e) {
-            promise.reject("service_configuration_fetch_error", "Failed to await fetch configuration", e);
+        if (serviceConfiguration != null) {
+            try {
+                setServiceConfiguration(issuer, createAuthorizationServiceConfiguration(serviceConfiguration));
+                promise.resolve(true);
+            } catch (Exception e) {
+                promise.reject("configuration_error", "Failed to convert serviceConfiguration", e);
+            }
+            return;
         }
+
+        AuthorizationServiceConfiguration.fetchFromUrl(
+                buildConfigurationUriFromIssuer(Uri.parse(issuer)),
+                new AuthorizationServiceConfiguration.RetrieveConfigurationCallback() {
+                    public void onFetchConfigurationCompleted(
+                            @Nullable AuthorizationServiceConfiguration fetchedConfiguration,
+                            @Nullable AuthorizationException ex) {
+                        if (ex != null) {
+                            promise.reject("service_configuration_fetch_error", "Failed to fetch configuration", ex);
+                            return;
+                        }
+                        setServiceConfiguration(issuer, fetchedConfiguration);
+                        promise.resolve(true);
+                    }
+                },
+                builder);
     }
 
     @ReactMethod
diff --git a/packages/react-native-app-auth/index.d.ts b/packages/react-native-app-auth/index.d.ts
index 7ff7ec62b..4260b9f26 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-app-auth/index.d.ts
+++ b/packages/react-native-app-auth/index.d.ts
@@ -182,6 +182,7 @@ type OAuthTokenErrorCode =
 // https://openid.net/specs/openid-connect-registration-1_0.html#RegistrationError
 type OICRegistrationErrorCode = 'invalid_redirect_uri' | 'invalid_client_metadata';
 type AppAuthErrorCode =
+  | 'configuration_error'
   | 'service_configuration_fetch_error'
   | 'authentication_failed'
   | 'token_refresh_failed'
diff --git a/packages/react-native-app-auth/index.js b/packages/react-native-app-auth/index.js
index a49c3c58c..9c28c070f 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-app-auth/index.js
+++ b/packages/react-native-app-auth/index.js
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ export const prefetchConfiguration = async ({
       convertTimeoutForPlatform(Platform.OS, connectionTimeoutSeconds),
     ];
 
-    RNAppAuth.prefetchConfiguration(...nativeMethodArguments);
+    await wrapNativeAuthPromise(RNAppAuth.prefetchConfiguration(...nativeMethodArguments));
   }
 };