Firefox CORS error during Socket.IO reconnection while Chrome works fine

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Description
I'm experiencing CORS issues specifically during Socket.IO reconnection attempts in Firefox, while Chrome works fine. The initial connection works in both browsers, but Firefox fails to reconnect with:

Cross-Origin Request Blocked: The Same Origin Policy disallows reading the remote resource at http://localhost:1337/socket.io/?EIO=4&transport=polling&t=htb75obx. (Reason: CORS request did not succeed). Status code: (null).

Setup
Client (localhost:3000)

// SocketContextComponent.tsx
const socket = useSocket('ws://localhost:1337', {
    reconnectionAttempts: 10,
    reconnectionDelay: 1000,
    reconnectionDelayMax: 5000,
    autoConnect: false,
    randomizationFactor: 0.5
});

Server (localhost:1337)

// socket.ts
const socketOptions = {
    serveClient: false,
    pingInterval: 10000,
    pingTimeout: 5000,
    cookie: false,
    cors: {
        origin: '*',
        methods: ["GET", "POST", "OPTIONS"],
        allowedHeaders: ["my-custom-header", "Content-Type"],
        credentials: true,
        preflightContinue: false,
        optionsSuccessStatus: 204
    },
    connectionStateRecovery: {
        maxDisconnectionDuration: DISCONNECT_TIMEOUT_MS,
        skipMiddlewares: true,
    }
};

// server.ts (Express server code snipet)
application.use((req, res, next) => {
    res.header('Access-Control-Allow-Origin', '*');
    res.header('Access-Control-Allow-Headers', 'Origin, X-Requested-With, Content-Type, Accept, Authorization');
    
    if (req.method == 'OPTIONS') {
        res.header('Access-Control-Allow-Methods', 'PUT, POST, PATCH, DELETE, GET');
        return res.status(200).json({});
    }
    next();
});

Versions

// Client
"socket.io-client": "^4.7.4"
"next": "14.1.0"

// Server
"socket.io": "^4.7.4"
"express": "^4.18.2"

Behavior
Initial connection works in both browsers
When disconnecting:
Chrome reconnects successfully
Firefox fails with CORS error
The error only occurs during reconnection attempts
Questions
Is there a known issue with Firefox handling Socket.IO reconnections differently?
Are there Firefox-specific CORS settings I should consider?
Could the ws:// protocol in the client (vs http://) be causing issues?

Any insights would be greatly appreciated! Let me know if I can provide any more specific logs?

I checked the documentation https://socket.io/docs/v4/handling-cors/ here but did not manage to solve it my self.