Refusing to open IndexedDB database due to potential corruption (original) (raw)

Operating System

iOS 18.*

Environment (if applicable)

Mobile Safari Version 16.1

Firebase SDK Version

11.6.1

Firebase SDK Product(s)

Firestore

Project Tooling

Angular

Detailed Problem Description

After the changes introduced in PR #8871, we’ve observed a significant number of IndexedDB initialization failures caused by this new conditional block:

if ( this.lastClosedDbVersion !== null && this.lastClosedDbVersion !== event.oldVersion ) { throw new Error( refusing to open IndexedDB database due to potential + corruption of the IndexedDB database data; this corruption + could be caused by clicking the "clear site data" button in + a web browser; try reloading the web page to re-initialize + the IndexedDB database: + lastClosedDbVersion=${this.lastClosedDbVersion}, + event.oldVersion=${event.oldVersion}, + event.newVersion=${event.newVersion}, + db.version=${db.version} ); }

This logic is now throwing for many first-time users of our app, particularly on iOS devices, where we see:

• event.oldVersion = 0
• lastClosedDbVersion = 17
• event.newVersion = 17
• db.version = 17

Impact

We’ve seen this error reported from 69 unique users, many of whom appear to be encountering it on first app open, likely with a fresh install. This completely blocks their ability to use the app, even though the database is likely in a clean state.

Steps and code to reproduce issue

We've been unable to reproduce it ourselves