Crash in Firestore: IllegalStateException - call was cancelled

[AmrKhalilDH]

[READ] Step 1: Are you in the right place?

Yes, this issue is a crash caused by firestore’s internal handling (likely related to gRPC streaming).

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[REQUIRED] Step 2: Describe your environment

• Android Studio version: Meerkat | 2024.3.1
• Firebase Component: firestore
• Component version: firebase BoM version 33.4.0 (firestore resolved to 25.1.2)

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[REQUIRED] Step 3: Describe the problem

Steps to reproduce:

• The issue has been reported via crashlytics.
• This crash happens randomly in production. It seems to occur during app initialization when firestore starts or stops listening to a collection.

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Relevant Code

       Fatal Exception: java.lang.RuntimeException: Internal error in Cloud Firestore (25.1.2).
       at com.google.firebase.firestore.util.AsyncQueue.lambda$panic$3(AsyncQueue.java:546)
       at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:900)
       at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:103)
       at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:219)
       at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:8668)
       at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java)
       at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:513)
       at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:1109)
        

    Caused by java.lang.RuntimeException: java.lang.IllegalStateException: call was cancelled
       at com.google.firebase.firestore.util.AsyncQueue$SynchronizedShutdownAwareExecutor.lambda$executeAndReportResult$1(AsyncQueue.java:333)
       at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:462)
       at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266)
       at java.util.concurrent.ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor$ScheduledFutureTask.run(ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor.java:301)
       at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1167)
       at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:641)
       at com.google.firebase.firestore.util.AsyncQueue$SynchronizedShutdownAwareExecutor$DelayedStartFactory.run(AsyncQueue.java:235)
       at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:929)
       
        
   Caused by java.lang.IllegalStateException: call was cancelled
       at com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkState(Preconditions.java:513)
       at io.grpc.internal.ClientCallImpl.halfCloseInternal(ClientCallImpl.java:500)
       at io.grpc.internal.ClientCallImpl.halfClose(ClientCallImpl.java:494)
       at io.grpc.internal.DelayedClientCall$7.run(DelayedClientCall.java:386)
       at io.grpc.internal.DelayedClientCall.delayOrExecute(DelayedClientCall.java:273)
       at io.grpc.internal.DelayedClientCall.halfClose(DelayedClientCall.java:383)
       at io.grpc.PartialForwardingClientCall.halfClose(PartialForwardingClientCall.java:44)
       at io.grpc.ForwardingClientCall.halfClose(ForwardingClientCall.java:22)
       at com.google.firebase.firestore.remote.FirestoreChannel$2.halfClose(FirestoreChannel.java:209)
       at com.google.firebase.firestore.remote.AbstractStream.close(AbstractStream.java:355)
       at com.google.firebase.firestore.remote.AbstractStream.stop(AbstractStream.java:377)
       at com.google.firebase.firestore.remote.WatchStream.stop(WatchStream.java:38)
       at com.google.firebase.firestore.remote.RemoteStore.disableNetworkInternal(RemoteStore.java:295)
       at com.google.firebase.firestore.remote.RemoteStore.restartNetwork(RemoteStore.java:308)
       at com.google.firebase.firestore.remote.RemoteStore.lambda$new$0(RemoteStore.java:251)
       at com.google.firebase.firestore.util.AsyncQueue.lambda$enqueue$2(AsyncQueue.java:445)
       at com.google.firebase.firestore.util.AsyncQueue$SynchronizedShutdownAwareExecutor.lambda$executeAndReportResult$1(AsyncQueue.java:330)
       at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:462)
       at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266)
       at java.util.concurrent.ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor$ScheduledFutureTask.run(ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor.java:301)
       at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1167)
       at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:641)
       at com.google.firebase.firestore.util.AsyncQueue$SynchronizedShutdownAwareExecutor$DelayedStartFactory.run(AsyncQueue.java:235)
       at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:929)

[tom-andersen]

This appears to be a benign error that should be caught and logged, rather than bringing the Firestore SDK into an error state. Thanks for the information!

I have created a PR to fix this, and will have the team review.