Detox tests hang and reloads app several times before running tests, how to debug?

I am trying to debug an issue where my app takes around 20 seconds to run a single test. The timeline looks like:

• Run detox test
• List item
• App launches
• ...5 seconds later, app refreshes
• ...5 seconds later, app refreshes
• ...5 seconds later, Tests run, and pass

I tried a fresh RN app and it seemed to work without this issue.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated on how to find the issue.