Unable to get any item with `getItem`

Current behavior

Unable to retrieve values with getItem

When using the following code:

import AsyncStorage from '@react-native-async-storage/async-storage';

  let storageKey = 'persist:root';
  console.log("Getting stored state", storageKey);
  (async () => {
    console.log('about to call async');
    try {
      let res = await AsyncStorage.getItem('persist:root');
      console.log("res", res);
    } catch(e) {
      // error reading value
      console.log(e);
    }
  })();

  console.log("passed here");
  AsyncStorage.getAllKeys((err, keys) => {
    AsyncStorage.multiGet(keys, (error, stores) => {
      stores.map((result, i, store) => {
        console.log({ [store[i][0]]: store[i][1] });
        return true;
      });
    });
  });

The top chunk never prints out an error or a result. I just get:

Getting stored state persist:root
about to call async
passed here

It just continues onto the bottom chunk where it correctly prints values:

{"persist:root": ...}

Expected behavior

The item should be returned when using await AsyncStorage.getItem('persist:root')

Repro steps

See above.

Environment

• Platforms tested:
  • Android
  • iOS
  • macOS
  • Windows
• AsyncStorage version: ^1.15.4
• Environment:

System:
    OS: macOS 11.2.1
    CPU: (16) x64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-9980HK CPU @ 2.40GHz
    Memory: 24.73 MB / 32.00 GB
    Shell: 5.8 - /bin/zsh
  Binaries:
    Node: 12.18.0 - /usr/local/bin/node
    Yarn: 1.22.10 - /usr/local/bin/yarn
    npm: 7.3.0 - /usr/local/bin/npm
    Watchman: 4.9.0 - /usr/local/bin/watchman
  Managers:
    CocoaPods: 1.10.1 - /usr/local/bin/pod
  SDKs:
    iOS SDK:
      Platforms: iOS 14.5, DriverKit 20.4, macOS 11.3, tvOS 14.5, watchOS 7.4
    Android SDK:
      API Levels: 26, 28, 29
      Build Tools: 28.0.3, 29.0.2, 29.0.3
      System Images: android-28 | Intel x86 Atom, android-28 | Intel x86 Atom_64, android-28 | Google APIs Intel x86 Atom, android-28 | Google Play Intel x86 Atom, android-29 | Google APIs Intel x86 Atom
      Android NDK: Not Found
  IDEs:
    Android Studio: 3.5 AI-191.8026.42.35.6010548
    Xcode: 12.5/12E262 - /usr/bin/xcodebuild
  Languages:
    Java: 1.8.0_242 - /usr/bin/javac
  npmPackages:
    @react-native-community/cli: Not Found
    react: 17.0.1 => 17.0.1
    react-native: 0.64.1 => 0.64.1
    react-native-macos: Not Found
  npmGlobalPackages:
    *react-native*: Not Found

• Logs/Errors that may be relevant:

[jpolo]

For our case, it seems metro inlineRequires: true is triggering the bug. inlineRequires: false (in metro.config.js) is OK. Pretty high tradeoff to pay to make this work…

[EricWiener]

Created issue https://github.com/facebook/metro/issues/682. Could everyone please vote/comment on it to get it some attention