Resetting navigation state after a deep link - react-navigation

Question

After the app receives a deep link and navigates to it, the route (screen) that was specified as a deep link becomes the home screen! After receiving the deep link, each time the app is updated (and automatically re-loaded on the Android emulator), the app navigates to that deep link route (screen). How can I remove this route from the navigation state?
Demonstration of the Scenario:
adb shell am start -W -a android.intent.action.VIEW -d "casualjob://InvitedEmployee" com.casualjob
App is triggered by the command above and navigates to the route InvitedEmployee
User clicks on the Home screen link and navigates to it
I update the app's code
The app is automatically re-loaded to reflect the new code change
The app starts in InvitedEmployee, rather than the Home screen. I expect it to navigate to the Home screen!?
Deep Linking Configuration:
const config = {
screens: {
SingleStack: {
initialRouteName: "InitialScreen",
screens: {
EmployerActionVacancyScreen: "EmployerVacancyAction/:itemID/:opType/:itemStatus?",
ListShiftEmployeeInviteScreen: "InvitedEmployee",
InitialScreen: "*",
},
},
}
};
Stack Definition:
const SingleStack = () => {
const MyStack = createNativeStackNavigator();
return (
<MyStack.Navigator screenOptions={defaultScreenOptions}>
<MyStack.Screen name="InitialScreen" component={InitialScreen} options={{ title: "Home" }}/>
<MyStack.Screen name="ListShiftEmployeeInviteScreen" component={ListShiftEmployeeInviteScreen} options={{ title: "Shifts List", }}/>
</MyStack.Navigator>
);
};
I tried executing different pieces of code that I added to a useEffect hook in the route (screen) that the deep link leads to (InvitedEmployee in the example above). None of them seems to work!?
Solution 1 - throws an error:
The action 'RESET' with payload {"index":0,"routes":[{"name":"initialScreen"}]} was not handled by any navigator. This is a development-only warning and won't be shown in production.
const isFocused = useIsFocused();
useEffect( () => {
async function _fetchData() {
props.navigation.reset({
index: 0,
routes: [{ name: "initialScreen" }], // this is the home screen
});
}
if (isFocused) {
_fetchData();
}
}, [isFocused, ]);
solution 2: this does NOT seem to have any effect. As soon as the App is re-laoded after the code update, the deep-link's route appears back in the navigation state.
const isFocused = useIsFocused();
useEffect( () => {
async function _fetchData() {
props.navigation.dispatch(state => {
if (!state?.routes || state?.routes < 2) {
return;
}
const routes = state.routes.filter( (item, index) => {
if (item.name === "ListShiftEmployeeInviteScreen") { // This is the route (screen) that the deep link leads to
return false;
}
return true;
});
if (routes?.length > 0) {
return CommonActions.reset({
...state,
routes,
index: routes.length - 1,
});
}
return;
});
}
if (isFocused) {
_fetchData();
}
}, [isFocused, ]);