Internal error in Cloud Firestore (26.0.0)

[Kim-DongGeun]

• Android Studio version: Android Studio Narwhal Feature Drop | 2025.1.2 Patch 1
• Firebase Component: firestore
• Component version: 26.0.0

[REQUIRED] Step 3: Describe the problem

Steps to reproduce:

After upgrading to firestore 26.0.0, our application is experiencing some crashes on Samsung devices
and we use DataStore version 1.1.7

Stack trace

Fatal Exception: java.lang.RuntimeException: Internal error in Cloud Firestore (26.0.0).
       at com.google.firebase.firestore.util.AsyncQueue.lambda$panic$3(AsyncQueue.java:546)
       at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:942)
       at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
       at android.os.Looper.loopOnce(Looper.java:226)
       at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:313)
       at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:8762)
       at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java)
       at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:604)
       at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:1067)
       
Caused by androidx.datastore.core.CorruptionException: Unable to parse preferences proto.
       at androidx.datastore.preferences.PreferencesMapCompat$Companion.readFrom(PreferencesMapCompat.kt:34)
       at androidx.datastore.preferences.core.PreferencesFileSerializer.readFrom(PreferencesFileSerializer.jvmAndroid.kt:46)
       at androidx.datastore.core.FileReadScope.readData$suspendImpl(FileStorage.kt:169)
       at androidx.datastore.core.FileReadScope.readData(FileStorage.kt)
       at androidx.datastore.core.StorageConnectionKt$readData$2.invokeSuspend(StorageConnection.kt:74)
       at androidx.datastore.core.StorageConnectionKt$readData$2.invoke(StorageConnection.kt:1)
       at androidx.datastore.core.StorageConnectionKt$readData$2.invoke(StorageConnection.kt:2)
       at androidx.datastore.core.FileStorageConnection.readScope(FileStorage.kt:101)
       at androidx.datastore.core.StorageConnectionKt.readData(StorageConnection.kt:74)
       at androidx.datastore.core.DataStoreImpl.readDataFromFileOrDefault(DataStoreImpl.kt:323)
       at androidx.datastore.core.DataStoreImpl.readDataOrHandleCorruption(DataStoreImpl.kt:365)
       at androidx.datastore.core.DataStoreImpl.access$getStorageConnectionDelegate$p(DataStoreImpl.kt)
       at androidx.datastore.core.DataStoreImpl.access$readDataOrHandleCorruption(DataStoreImpl.kt)
       at androidx.datastore.core.DataStoreImpl$InitDataStore$doRun$initData$1.invokeSuspend(DataStoreImpl.kt:437)
       at androidx.datastore.core.DataStoreImpl$InitDataStore$doRun$initData$1.invoke(DataStoreImpl.kt:2)
       at androidx.datastore.core.DataStoreImpl$InitDataStore$doRun$initData$1.invoke(DataStoreImpl.kt:1)
       at androidx.datastore.core.SingleProcessCoordinator.lock(SingleProcessCoordinator.kt:41)
       at androidx.datastore.core.DataStoreImpl$InitDataStore.doRun(DataStoreImpl.kt:434)
       at androidx.datastore.core.RunOnce.runIfNeeded(DataStoreImpl.kt:497)
       at androidx.datastore.core.DataStoreImpl.readAndInitOrPropagateAndThrowFailure(DataStoreImpl.kt:266)
       at androidx.datastore.core.DataStoreImpl.access$getStorageConnectionDelegate$p(DataStoreImpl.kt)
       at androidx.datastore.core.DataStoreImpl.access$readAndInitOrPropagateAndThrowFailure(DataStoreImpl.kt)
       at androidx.datastore.core.DataStoreImpl$readState$2.invokeSuspend(DataStoreImpl.kt:218)
       at kotlin.coroutines.jvm.internal.BaseContinuationImpl.resumeWith(ContinuationImpl.kt:33)
       at kotlinx.coroutines.DispatchedTask.run(DispatchedTask.kt:100)
       at kotlinx.coroutines.internal.LimitedDispatcher$Worker.run(LimitedDispatcher.kt:124)
       at kotlinx.coroutines.scheduling.TaskImpl.run(Tasks.kt:89)
       at kotlinx.coroutines.scheduling.CoroutineScheduler.runSafely(CoroutineScheduler.kt)
       at kotlinx.coroutines.scheduling.CoroutineScheduler$Worker.executeTask(CoroutineScheduler.kt:820)
       at kotlinx.coroutines.scheduling.CoroutineScheduler$Worker.runWorker(CoroutineScheduler.kt:717)
       at kotlinx.coroutines.scheduling.CoroutineScheduler$Worker.run(CoroutineScheduler.kt)
       
Caused by androidx.datastore.preferences.protobuf.InvalidProtocolBufferException$InvalidWireTypeException: Protocol message tag had invalid wire type.
       at androidx.datastore.preferences.protobuf.UnknownFieldSchema.mergeOneFieldFrom(UnknownFieldSchema.java:98)
       at androidx.datastore.preferences.protobuf.MessageSchema.mergeFromHelper(MessageSchema.java:3009)
       at androidx.datastore.preferences.protobuf.MessageSchema.mergeFrom(MessageSchema.java:2955)
       at androidx.datastore.preferences.protobuf.GeneratedMessageLite.parsePartialFrom(GeneratedMessageLite.java:1599)
       at androidx.datastore.preferences.protobuf.GeneratedMessageLite.parseFrom(GeneratedMessageLite.java:1742)
       at androidx.datastore.preferences.PreferencesProto$PreferenceMap.parseFrom(PreferencesProto.java:198)
       at androidx.datastore.preferences.PreferencesMapCompat$Companion.readFrom(PreferencesMapCompat.kt:32)
       at androidx.datastore.preferences.core.PreferencesFileSerializer.readFrom(PreferencesFileSerializer.jvmAndroid.kt:46)
       at androidx.datastore.core.FileReadScope.readData$suspendImpl(FileStorage.kt:169)
       at androidx.datastore.core.FileReadScope.readData(FileStorage.kt)
       at androidx.datastore.core.StorageConnectionKt$readData$2.invokeSuspend(StorageConnection.kt:74)
       at androidx.datastore.core.StorageConnectionKt$readData$2.invoke(StorageConnection.kt:1)
       at androidx.datastore.core.StorageConnectionKt$readData$2.invoke(StorageConnection.kt:2)
       at androidx.datastore.core.FileStorageConnection.readScope(FileStorage.kt:101)
       at androidx.datastore.core.StorageConnectionKt.readData(StorageConnection.kt:74)
       at androidx.datastore.core.DataStoreImpl.readDataFromFileOrDefault(DataStoreImpl.kt:323)
       at androidx.datastore.core.DataStoreImpl.readDataOrHandleCorruption(DataStoreImpl.kt:365)
       at androidx.datastore.core.DataStoreImpl.access$getStorageConnectionDelegate$p(DataStoreImpl.kt)
       at androidx.datastore.core.DataStoreImpl.access$readDataOrHandleCorruption(DataStoreImpl.kt)
       at androidx.datastore.core.DataStoreImpl$InitDataStore$doRun$initData$1.invokeSuspend(DataStoreImpl.kt:437)
       at androidx.datastore.core.DataStoreImpl$InitDataStore$doRun$initData$1.invoke(DataStoreImpl.kt:2)
       at androidx.datastore.core.DataStoreImpl$InitDataStore$doRun$initData$1.invoke(DataStoreImpl.kt:1)
       at androidx.datastore.core.SingleProcessCoordinator.lock(SingleProcessCoordinator.kt:41)
       at androidx.datastore.core.DataStoreImpl$InitDataStore.doRun(DataStoreImpl.kt:434)
       at androidx.datastore.core.RunOnce.runIfNeeded(DataStoreImpl.kt:497)
       at androidx.datastore.core.DataStoreImpl.readAndInitOrPropagateAndThrowFailure(DataStoreImpl.kt:266)
       at androidx.datastore.core.DataStoreImpl.access$getStorageConnectionDelegate$p(DataStoreImpl.kt)
       at androidx.datastore.core.DataStoreImpl.access$readAndInitOrPropagateAndThrowFailure(DataStoreImpl.kt)
       at androidx.datastore.core.DataStoreImpl$readState$2.invokeSuspend(DataStoreImpl.kt:218)
       at kotlin.coroutines.jvm.internal.BaseContinuationImpl.resumeWith(ContinuationImpl.kt:33)
       at kotlinx.coroutines.DispatchedTask.run(DispatchedTask.kt:100)
       at kotlinx.coroutines.internal.LimitedDispatcher$Worker.run(LimitedDispatcher.kt:124)
       at kotlinx.coroutines.scheduling.TaskImpl.run(Tasks.kt:89)
       at kotlinx.coroutines.scheduling.CoroutineScheduler.runSafely(CoroutineScheduler.kt)
       at kotlinx.coroutines.scheduling.CoroutineScheduler$Worker.executeTask(CoroutineScheduler.kt:820)
       at kotlinx.coroutines.scheduling.CoroutineScheduler$Worker.runWorker(CoroutineScheduler.kt:717)
       at kotlinx.coroutines.scheduling.CoroutineScheduler$Worker.run(CoroutineScheduler.kt)

[mathieuedet]

Hi,
@dconeybe, on this this comment, you have recommended to do use 1.1.7 datastore version. Do you think that the issue is related to that ?

[rohansohonee1]

I think we are also facing a similar issue using Flutterfire. Please check.

firebase_core v4.0.0
cloud_firestore v6.0.0

com.agendaboa.app_issue_4b3b206dbc309d32c74cf587971590e6_crash_session_68B6D51C021D0001360121354AB04863_DNE_0_v2_stacktrace.txt

[dconeybe]

on this this comment, you have recommended to do use 1.1.7 datastore version. Do you think that the issue is related to that ?

Yes, this looks like exactly the same issue as #7286 and force-upgrading the androidx.datastore:datastore-preferences dependency as suggested in #7286 (comment) should fix it. Thanks for pointing this out, @mathieuedet.

[Kim-DongGeun]

@dconeybe
Thanks for the quick reply
I already read the issue #7286 and
we are using datastore 1.1.7 and this is happening despite the fact that we are using datastore 1.1.7
And looking at the stacktrace, it is slightly different from the issue you referenced, so I think it is a different issue

[mathieuedet]

@Kim-DongGeun , if you try command of this post, you have the right result as described ?

Else, @dconeybe issue should be opened again if datastore upgrade to 1.1.7 doesn't fix that ?

[Kim-DongGeun]

@mathieuedet

This is the result of running the command in this post
I think I have version 1.1.7 of datastore applied, but it still occurs crashes

./gradlew :***:dependencies 2>&1 | grep datastore-preferences: | sed -e 's/|\|\s\+\|+\|\\//g' | sort | uniq
+--- androidx.datastore:datastore-preferences:1.1.7
+--- androidx.datastore:datastore-preferences:1.1.7 (*)
+--- androidx.datastore:datastore-preferences:1.1.7 (n)
+--- androidx.datastore:datastore-preferences:{strictly 1.1.7} -> 1.1.7 (c)
|         |         +--- androidx.datastore:datastore-preferences:1.1.7 (c)
|         |         \--- androidx.datastore:datastore-preferences:1.1.7 (c)
|         |         |         +--- androidx.datastore:datastore-preferences:1.1.7 (c)
|    +--- androidx.datastore:datastore-preferences:1.1.7 (*)
|    |    +--- androidx.datastore:datastore-preferences:1.1.7 (c)
|    |    \--- androidx.datastore:datastore-preferences:1.1.7 (c)
|    |    |    +--- androidx.datastore:datastore-preferences:1.1.7 (c)
|    |    |    |    |    +--- androidx.datastore:datastore-preferences:1.1.3 -> 1.1.7
|    |    |    |    |    |         |         +--- androidx.datastore:datastore-preferences:1.1.7 (c)
|    |    |    |    |    |         |         |         +--- androidx.datastore:datastore-preferences:1.1.7 (c)
|    |    |    |    |    |         |         |    +--- androidx.datastore:datastore-preferences:1.1.7 (c)
|    |    |    |    |    |         |         |    |    +--- androidx.datastore:datastore-preferences:1.1.7 (c)

[dconeybe]

@Kim-DongGeun That gradle output you provided indeed confirms that you are using a version of androidx.datastore:datastore-preferences with the fix (v1.1.7).

The other piece of the fix is the "corruption handler" added by the firebase-android-sdk in #7277. This fix will be included in the next release of the firebase-android-sdk. This next release is planned to be 2-3 weeks from now, in mid-late September 2025.

If you don't want to wait until that release then I can give you instructions to compile the firebase-android-sdk yourself and link it into your app. Doing so would at least confirm that the purported fix actually fixes the issue you are experiencing. Please reply back if you'd like to try this out.

[Kim-DongGeun]

@dconeybe
Thank you for reply
I'll wait next release