diff --git a/.npmrc b/.npmrc
index 7f9d7c584..e31fa41db 100644
--- a/.npmrc
+++ b/.npmrc
@@ -2,3 +2,10 @@
 # npm config set //nexus.ext.meawallet.com/repository/react-native-mpp/:username $NEXUS_USERNAME
 # npm config set //nexus.ext.meawallet.com/repository/react-native-mpp/:_password $(echo -n $NEXUS_PASSWORD | base64)
 @meawallet:registry=https://nexus.ext.meawallet.com/repository/react-native-mpp/
+
+# Allow temporary registry rate limits to recover during clean installs.
+fetch-retries=5
+fetch-retry-factor=2
+fetch-retry-mintimeout=20000
+fetch-retry-maxtimeout=120000
+maxsockets=5
diff --git a/scripts/update-assets.ts b/scripts/update-assets.ts
index b95dd4812..87dc46717 100644
--- a/scripts/update-assets.ts
+++ b/scripts/update-assets.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { getDefaultConfig } from 'expo/metro-config';
 import { execSync } from 'child_process';
 import * as crypto from 'crypto';
 import * as fs from 'fs';
@@ -9,6 +10,8 @@ const __dirname = path.dirname(__filename);
 
 const ASSETS_DIR = path.join(__dirname, '../assets');
 const ASSETS_FILE = path.join(__dirname, '../lib/assets.ts');
+const { assetExts, sourceExts } = getDefaultConfig(path.join(__dirname, '..')).resolver;
+const BUNDLEABLE_EXTENSIONS = new Set([...assetExts, ...sourceExts]);
 
 function getFiles(dir: string): string[] {
   const files: string[] = [];
@@ -48,10 +51,15 @@ function isDensityVariant(filePath: string): boolean {
 }
 
 function updateRegistry() {
+  // Documentation and licenses stay in the assets folder, but Metro cannot
+  // import them. Use its supported extensions to keep them out of every bundle.
   // Metro resolves @2x/@3x files automatically from the base asset. Requiring
   // those variants directly makes native bundling fail.
   const allFiles = getFiles(ASSETS_DIR).filter(
-    file => !isDensityVariant(file) && !isPlatformSpecificVideo(file),
+    file =>
+      BUNDLEABLE_EXTENSIONS.has(path.extname(file).slice(1).toLowerCase()) &&
+      !isDensityVariant(file) &&
+      !isPlatformSpecificVideo(file),
   );
   const registryEntries: string[] = [];