Lambda function not returning to calling function despite completing successfully

import axios from 'axios'

import { getAuth0AccessToken } from '../lib/getAuth0AccessToken'

exports.handler = async event => {
  if (!event.body) {
    return {
      statusCode: 400,
      body: JSON.stringify({
        statusCode: 400,
        message: 'Bad request',
      }),
    }
  }
  try {
    const { email, password } = JSON.parse(event.body)
    console.log('Hello from createAccount! payload -->', event.body)

    const response = await getAuth0AccessToken()
    const token = await response.access_token
    // console.log('Access token returned. Proceeding to create user...\nToken -->', token)
    const createUserObj = {
      email: email,
      password: password,
      connection: process.env.AUTH0_DB,
    }
    console.log('Object being sent to create user api --> ', JSON.stringify(createUserObj))

    const userResponse = await <http://axios.post|axios.post>(`${process.env.AUTH0_AUDIENCE}users`, createUserObj, {
      headers: {
        Authorization: `Bearer ${token}`,
        'Content-Type': 'application/json',
      },
    })
    const user = userResponse.data
    console.log('User has been returned! --&gt;', user)

    return {
      statusCode: 200,
      body: JSON.stringify(user),
      headers: { 'content-type': 'application/json' },
    }
  } catch (err) {
    let statusCode
    let message
    if (err.response) {
      statusCode = err.response.data.statusCode
      message = err.response.data.message
    } else {
      statusCode = 500
      message = 'Unknown error in Auth0 request'
    }
    console.log(`${statusCode} error from Auth0 --&gt; ${message}`)
    return {
      statusCode,
      body: JSON.stringify({
        statusCode,
        message,
      }),
      headers: { 'content-type': 'application/json' },
    }
  }
}

import axios from 'axios'

export const createAccount = async payload => {
  try {
    const response = await <http://axios.post|axios.post>('/.netlify/functions/createAccount', JSON.stringify(payload))
    console.log('Netlify function has returned! Data --&gt;', response.data)
    return response.data
  } catch (err) {
    console.log('Error has been returned to API!', err)
    return new Error(err)
  }
}