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Angular ServiceWorker interferes with Firestore's network requests ("Could not reach Cloud Firestore backend. Backend didn't respond within 10 seconds" log warning).

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Mar 14, 20260 views
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[REQUIRED] Describe your environment Operating System version: MacOS 10.13.4 Firebase SDK version: 5.0.4 * Firebase Product: Firestore [REQUIRED] Describe the problem Firestore fails on production mode. > [2018-06-04T06:11:47.859Z] @firebase/firestore: Firestore (5.0.4): Could not reach Cloud Firestore backend. Backend didn't respond within 10 seconds. >This typically indicates that your device does not have a healthy Internet connection at the moment. The client will operate in offline mode until it is able to successfully connect to the backend. Steps to reproduce: build project using [code block] and served in firebase hosting [code block] Relevant Code: Firestore fails to start. [code block] >undefined -> console.log(data) The version used is `firebase: "5.0.4"` with `angularfire2: "^5.0.0-rc.10"`

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Solution: Angular ServiceWorker interferes with Firestore's network requests ("Could not reach Cloud Firestore backend. Backend didn't respond within 10 seconds" log warning).

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same problem here in react native when using firestore.

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    same problem here in react native when using firestore.

    same problem here in react native when using firestore.

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Resolved in firebase/firebase-js-sdk GitHub issue #901. Community reactions: 3 upvotes.

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