Try use NetworkFirst, with 5s timeout

public/sw.js

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { CacheableResponsePlugin } from 'workbox-cacheable-response';
 import { ExpirationPlugin } from 'workbox-expiration';
 import { RegExpRoute, registerRoute, Route } from 'workbox-routing';
-import { CacheFirst, StaleWhileRevalidate } from 'workbox-strategies';
+import { CacheFirst, NetworkFirst } from 'workbox-strategies';
 
 self.__WB_DISABLE_DEV_LOGS = true;
 
@@ -50,8 +50,9 @@ const apiRoute = new RegExpRoute(
   // Matches:
   // - statuses/:id/context - some contexts are really huge
   /^https?:\/\/[^\/]+\/api\/v\d+\/(statuses\/\d+\/context)/,
-  new StaleWhileRevalidate({
+  new NetworkFirst({
     cacheName: 'api',
+    networkTimeoutSeconds: 5,
     plugins: [
       new ExpirationPlugin({
         maxAgeSeconds: 5 * 60, // 5 minutes