Firebase App Distribution Gradle Plugin 5.1.0: connectedDebugAndroidTest task fails

[svenjacobs]

After upgrading the Firebase App Distribution Gradle plugin with ID com.google.firebase.appdistribution from version 5.0.0 to version 5.1.0 the task :app:connectedDebugAndroidTest fails with

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

* What went wrong:
Execution failed for task ':app:connectedDebugAndroidTest'.
> io/grpc/InternalGlobalInterceptors

Firebase BOM 33.8.0
Android Gradle Plugin 8.8.0
Gradle 8.12 (also tested with 8.11.1)

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[svenjacobs]

The changelog mentions "Updated dependencies to the latest versions". Might be related.

[svenjacobs]

I wanted to look for myself what exactly has changed in 5.1.0 but it seems the plugin is not open source?
In this issue I found the following comment by @kaibolay

We're working on making the plugin open-source.

Are there any news regarding open sourcing the Gradle plugin?

[kaibolay]

Are there any news regarding open sourcing the Gradle plugin?

Unfortunately not yet.

[ber4444]

having the same issue when android tests

Caused by: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: io/grpc/InternalGlobalInterceptors  
at io.grpc.internal.ServerImplBuilder.getTracerFactories(ServerImplBuilder.java:252)   
at io.grpc.internal.ServerImplBuilder.build(ServerImplBuilder.java:243)
at io.grpc.internal.AbstractServerImplBuilder.build(AbstractServerImplBuilder.java:217)
at com.android.build.gradle.internal.testing.utp.UtpTestResultListenerServer.<init>(UtpTestResultListenerServer.kt:101)
at com.android.build.gradle.internal.testing.utp.UtpTestResultListenerServer.<init>(UtpTestResultListenerServer.kt)
at com.android.build.gradle.internal.testing.utp.UtpTestResultListenerServer$Companion.startServer(UtpTestResultListenerServer.kt:74)
at com.android.build.gradle.internal.testing.utp.UtpTestResultListenerServer$Companion.startServer$default(UtpTestResultListenerServer.kt:60)
at com.android.build.gradle.internal.testing.utp.UtpTestResultListenerServerRunner$1.invoke(UtpTestResultListenerServerRunner.kt:39)
at com.android.build.gradle.internal.testing.utp.UtpTestResultListenerServerRunner$1.invoke(UtpTestResultListenerServerRunner.kt:38)
at com.android.build.gradle.internal.testing.utp.UtpTestResultListenerServerRunner.<init>(UtpTestResultListenerServerRunner.kt:70)
at com.android.build.gradle.internal.testing.utp.UtpTestResultListenerServerRunner.<init>(UtpTestResultListenerServerRunner.kt:35)
at com.android.build.gradle.internal.testing.utp.UtpTestUtilsKt$runUtpTestSuiteAndWait$1.invoke(UtpTestUtils.kt:121)
at com.android.build.gradle.internal.testing.utp.UtpTestUtilsKt$runUtpTestSuiteAndWait$1.invoke(UtpTestUtils.kt:120)
at com.android.build.gradle.internal.testing.utp.UtpTestUtilsKt.runUtpTestSuiteAndWait(UtpTestUtils.kt:135)
at com.android.build.gradle.internal.testing.utp.UtpTestUtilsKt.runUtpTestSuiteAndWait$default(UtpTestUtils.kt:111)
at com.android.build.gradle.internal.testing.utp.UtpTestRunner$1.invoke(UtpTestRunner.kt:59)   
at com.android.build.gradle.internal.testing.utp.UtpTestRunner$1.invoke(UtpTestRunner.kt:58)   
at com.android.build.gradle.internal.testing.utp.UtpTestRunner.scheduleTests(UtpTestRunner.kt:138)     
at com.android.build.gradle.internal.testing.BaseTestRunner.runTests(BaseTestRunner.java:196)  
at com.android.build.gradle.internal.tasks.DeviceProviderInstrumentTestTask.lambda$runTestsWithTestRunner$2(DeviceProviderInstrumentTestTask.java:478)
at com.android.builder.testing.api.DeviceProvider.use(DeviceProvider.java:55)  
at com.android.build.gradle.internal.tasks.DeviceProviderInstrumentTestTask.runTestsWithTestRunner(DeviceProviderInstrumentTestTask.java:471)
at com.android.build.gradle.internal.tasks.DeviceProviderInstrumentTestTask.run(DeviceProviderInstrumentTestTask.java:402)
at com.android.build.gradle.internal.tasks.DeviceProviderInstrumentTestTask.doTaskAction(DeviceProviderInstrumentTestTask.java:305)
at com.android.build.gradle.internal.tasks.NonIncrementalTask$taskAction$$inlined$recordTaskAction$1.invoke(BaseTask.kt:60)
at com.android.build.gradle.internal.tasks.Blocks.recordSpan(Blocks.java:51)   
at com.android.build.gradle.internal.tasks.NonIncrementalTask.taskAction(NonIncrementalTask.kt:78)     
at jdk.internal.reflect.DirectMethodHandleAccessor.invoke(DirectMethodHandleAccessor.java:103) 
at org.gradle.internal.reflect.JavaMethod.invoke(JavaMethod.java:125)  
at org.gradle.api.internal.project.taskfactory.StandardTaskAction.doExecute(StandardTaskAction.java:58)
at org.gradle.api.internal.project.taskfactory.StandardTaskAction.execute(StandardTaskAction.java:51)  
at org.gradle.api.internal.project.taskfactory.StandardTaskAction.execute(StandardTaskAction.java:29)  
at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.TaskExecution$3.run(TaskExecution.java:244) 
at org.gradle.internal.operations.DefaultBuildOperationRunner$1.execute(DefaultBuildOperationRunner.java:29)
at org.gradle.internal.operations.DefaultBuildOperationRunner$1.execute(DefaultBuildOperationRunner.java:26)
at org.gradle.internal.operations.DefaultBuildOperationRunner$2.execute(DefaultBuildOperationRunner.java:66)
at org.gradle.internal.operations.DefaultBuildOperationRunner$2.execute(DefaultBuildOperationRunner.java:59)
at org.gradle.internal.operations.DefaultBuildOperationRunner.execute(DefaultBuildOperationRunner.java:166)
at org.gradle.internal.operations.DefaultBuildOperationRunner.execute(DefaultBuildOperationRunner.java:59)
at org.gradle.internal.operations.DefaultBuildOperationRunner.run(DefaultBuildOperationRunner.java:47) 
at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.TaskExecution.executeAction(TaskExecution.java:229) 
at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.TaskExecution.executeActions(TaskExecution.java:212)
at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.TaskExecution.executeWithPreviousOutputFiles(TaskExecution.java:195)
at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.TaskExecution.execute(TaskExecution.java:162)
at org.gradle.internal.execution.steps.ExecuteStep.executeInternal(ExecuteStep.java:105)
at org.gradle.internal.execution.steps.ExecuteStep.access$000(ExecuteStep.java:44)     
at org.gradle.internal.execution.steps.ExecuteStep$1.call(ExecuteStep.java:59) 
at org.gradle.internal.execution.steps.ExecuteStep$1.call(ExecuteStep.java:56) 
at org.gradle.internal.operations.DefaultBuildOperationRunner$CallableBuildOperationWorker.execute(DefaultBuildOperationRunner.java:209)
at org.gradle.internal.operations.DefaultBuildOperationRunner$CallableBuildOperationWorker.execute(DefaultBuildOperationRunner.java:204)
at org.gradle.internal.operations.DefaultBuildOperationRunner$2.execute(DefaultBuildOperationRunner.java:66)
at org.gradle.internal.operations.DefaultBuildOperationRunner$2.execute(DefaultBuildOperationRunner.java:59)
at org.gradle.internal.operations.DefaultBuildOperationRunner.execute(DefaultBuildOperationRunner.java:166)
at org.gradle.internal.operations.DefaultBuildOperationRunner.execute(DefaultBuildOperationRunner.java:59)
at org.gradle.internal.operations.DefaultBuildOperationRunner.call(DefaultBuildOperationRunner.java:53)
at org.gradle.internal.execution.steps.ExecuteStep.execute(ExecuteStep.java:56)
at org.gradle.internal.execution.steps.ExecuteStep.execute(ExecuteStep.java:44)
at org.gradle.internal.execution.steps.CancelExecutionStep.execute(CancelExecutionStep.java:42)
at org.gradle.internal.execution.steps.TimeoutStep.executeWithoutTimeout(TimeoutStep.java:75)  
at org.gradle.internal.execution.steps.TimeoutStep.execute(TimeoutStep.java:55)
at org.gradle.internal.execution.steps.PreCreateOutputParentsStep.execute(PreCreateOutputParentsStep.java:50)
at org.gradle.internal.execution.steps.PreCreateOutputParentsStep.execute(PreCreateOutputParentsStep.java:28)
at org.gradle.internal.execution.steps.RemovePreviousOutputsStep.execute(RemovePreviousOutputsStep.java:67)
at org.gradle.internal.execution.steps.RemovePreviousOutputsStep.execute(RemovePreviousOutputsStep.java:37)
at org.gradle.internal.execution.steps.BroadcastChangingOutputsStep.execute(BroadcastChangingOutputsStep.java:61)
at org.gradle.internal.execution.steps.BroadcastChangingOutputsStep.execute(BroadcastChangingOutputsStep.java:26)
at org.gradle.internal.execution.steps.CaptureOutputsAfterExecutionStep.execute(CaptureOutputsAfterExecutionStep.java:69)
at org.gradle.internal.execution.steps.CaptureOutputsAfterExecutionStep.execute(CaptureOutputsAfterExecutionStep.java:46)

Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: io.grpc.InternalGlobalInterceptors 
at org.gradle.internal.classloader.VisitableURLClassLoader$InstrumentingVisitableURLClassLoader.findClass(VisitableURLClassLoader.java:186)
at io.grpc.internal.ServerImplBuilder.getTracerFactories(ServerImplBuilder.java:252)    
at io.grpc.internal.ServerImplBuilder.build(ServerImplBuilder.java:243) 
at io.grpc.internal.AbstractServerImplBuilder.build(AbstractServerImplBuilder.java:217) 
at com.android.build.gradle.internal.testing.utp.UtpTestResultListenerServer.<init>(UtpTestResultListenerServer.kt:101)
at com.android.build.gradle.internal.testing.utp.UtpTestResultListenerServer.<init>(UtpTestResultListenerServer.kt)
at com.android.build.gradle.internal.testing.utp.UtpTestResultListenerServer$Companion.startServer(UtpTestResultListenerServer.kt:74)
at com.android.build.gradle.internal.testing.utp.UtpTestResultListenerServer$Companion.startServer$default(UtpTestResultListenerServer.kt:60)
at com.android.build.gradle.internal.testing.utp.UtpTestResultListenerServerRunner$1.invoke(UtpTestResultListenerServerRunner.kt:39)
at com.android.build.gradle.internal.testing.utp.UtpTestResultListenerServerRunner$1.invoke(UtpTestResultListenerServerRunner.kt:38)
at com.android.build.gradle.internal.testing.utp.UtpTestResultListenerServerRunner.<init>(UtpTestResultListenerServerRunner.kt:70)
at com.android.build.gradle.internal.testing.utp.UtpTestResultListenerServerRunner.<init>(UtpTestResultListenerServerRunner.kt:35)
at com.android.build.gradle.internal.testing.utp.UtpTestUtilsKt$runUtpTestSuiteAndWait$1.invoke(UtpTestUtils.kt:121)
at com.android.build.gradle.internal.testing.utp.UtpTestUtilsKt$runUtpTestSuiteAndWait$1.invoke(UtpTestUtils.kt:120)
at com.android.build.gradle.internal.testing.utp.UtpTestUtilsKt.runUtpTestSuiteAndWait(UtpTestUtils.kt:135)     
at com.android.build.gradle.internal.testing.utp.UtpTestUtilsKt.runUtpTestSuiteAndWait$default(UtpTestUtils.kt:111)     
at com.android.build.gradle.internal.testing.utp.UtpTestRunner$1.invoke(UtpTestRunner.kt:59)    
at com.android.build.gradle.internal.testing.utp.UtpTestRunner$1.invoke(UtpTestRunner.kt:58)    
at com.android.build.gradle.internal.testing.utp.UtpTestRunner.scheduleTests(UtpTestRunner.kt:138)      
at com.android.build.gradle.internal.testing.BaseTestRunner.runTests(BaseTestRunner.java:196)   
at com.android.build.gradle.internal.tasks.DeviceProviderInstrumentTestTask.lambda$runTestsWithTestRunner$2(DeviceProviderInstrumentTestTask.java:478)
at com.android.builder.testing.api.DeviceProvider.use(DeviceProvider.java:55)  
at com.android.build.gradle.internal.tasks.DeviceProviderInstrumentTestTask.runTestsWithTestRunner(DeviceProviderInstrumentTestTask.java:471)
at com.android.build.gradle.internal.tasks.DeviceProviderInstrumentTestTask.run(DeviceProviderInstrumentTestTask.java:402)
at com.android.build.gradle.internal.tasks.DeviceProviderInstrumentTestTask.doTaskAction(DeviceProviderInstrumentTestTask.java:305)
at com.android.build.gradle.internal.tasks.NonIncrementalTask$taskAction$$inlined$recordTaskAction$1.invoke(BaseTask.kt:60)
at com.android.build.gradle.internal.tasks.Blocks.recordSpan(Blocks.java:51)    
at com.android.build.gradle.internal.tasks.NonIncrementalTask.taskAction(NonIncrementalTask.kt:78)      
at jdk.internal.reflect.DirectMethodHandleAccessor.invoke(DirectMethodHandleAccessor.java:103)  
at org.gradle.internal.reflect.JavaMethod.invoke(JavaMethod.java:125)   
at org.gradle.api.internal.project.taskfactory.StandardTaskAction.doExecute(StandardTaskAction.java:58) 
at org.gradle.api.internal.project.taskfactory.StandardTaskAction.execute(StandardTaskAction.java:51)   
at org.gradle.api.internal.project.taskfactory.StandardTaskAction.execute(StandardTaskAction.java:29)   
at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.TaskExecution$3.run(TaskExecution.java:244)  
at org.gradle.internal.operations.DefaultBuildOperationRunner$1.execute(DefaultBuildOperationRunner.java:29)
at org.gradle.internal.operations.DefaultBuildOperationRunner$1.execute(DefaultBuildOperationRunner.java:26)
at org.gradle.internal.operations.DefaultBuildOperationRunner$2.execute(DefaultBuildOperationRunner.java:66)
at org.gradle.internal.operations.DefaultBuildOperationRunner$2.execute(DefaultBuildOperationRunner.java:59)
at org.gradle.internal.operations.DefaultBuildOperationRunner.execute(DefaultBuildOperationRunner.java:166)
at org.gradle.internal.operations.DefaultBuildOperationRunner.execute(DefaultBuildOperationRunner.java:59)
at org.gradle.internal.operations.DefaultBuildOperationRunner.run(DefaultBuildOperationRunner.java:47)
at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.TaskExecution.executeAction(TaskExecution.java:229)
at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.TaskExecution.executeActions(TaskExecution.java:212)
at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.TaskExecution.executeWithPreviousOutputFiles(TaskExecution.java:195)
at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.TaskExecution.execute(TaskExecution.java:162)
at org.gradle.internal.execution.steps.ExecuteStep.executeInternal(ExecuteStep.java:105)
at org.gradle.internal.execution.steps.ExecuteStep.access$000(ExecuteStep.java:44)
at org.gradle.internal.execution.steps.ExecuteStep$1.call(ExecuteStep.java:59)
at org.gradle.internal.execution.steps.ExecuteStep$1.call(ExecuteStep.java:56)
at org.gradle.internal.operations.DefaultBuildOperationRunner$CallableBuildOperationWorker.execute(DefaultBuildOperationRunner.java:209)
at org.gradle.internal.operations.DefaultBuildOperationRunner$CallableBuildOperationWorker.execute(DefaultBuildOperationRunner.java:204)
at org.gradle.internal.operations.DefaultBuildOperationRunner$2.execute(DefaultBuildOperationRunner.java:66)
at org.gradle.internal.operations.DefaultBuildOperationRunner$2.execute(DefaultBuildOperationRunner.java:59)
at org.gradle.internal.operations.DefaultBuildOperationRunner.execute(DefaultBuildOperationRunner.java:166)
at org.gradle.internal.operations.DefaultBuildOperationRunner.execute(DefaultBuildOperationRunner.java:59)
at org.gradle.internal.operations.DefaultBuildOperationRunner.call(DefaultBuildOperationRunner.java:53)
at org.gradle.internal.execution.steps.ExecuteStep.execute(ExecuteStep.java:56)
at org.gradle.internal.execution.steps.ExecuteStep.execute(ExecuteStep.java:44)
at org.gradle.internal.execution.steps.CancelExecutionStep.execute(CancelExecutionStep.java:42)
at org.gradle.internal.execution.steps.TimeoutStep.executeWithoutTimeout(TimeoutStep.java:75)
at org.gradle.internal.execution.steps.TimeoutStep.execute(TimeoutStep.java:55)
at org.gradle.internal.execution.steps.PreCreateOutputParentsStep.execute(PreCreateOutputParentsStep.java:50)
at org.gradle.internal.execution.steps.PreCreateOutputParentsStep.execute(PreCreateOutputParentsStep.java:28)
at org.gradle.internal.execution.steps.RemovePreviousOutputsStep.execute(RemovePreviousOutputsStep.java:67)
at org.gradle.internal.execution.steps.RemovePreviousOutputsStep.execute(RemovePreviousOutputsStep.java:37)
at org.gradle.internal.execution.steps.BroadcastChangingOutputsStep.execute(BroadcastChangingOutputsStep.java:61)
at org.gradle.internal.execution.steps.BroadcastChangingOutputsStep.execute(BroadcastChangingOutputsStep.java:26)
at org.gradle.internal.execution.steps.CaptureOutputsAfterExecutionStep.execute(CaptureOutputsAfterExecutionStep.java:69)

[tagboola]

Hey folks. Sorry for the issue. Feel free to drop down to 5.0.0 while we investigate.

@svenjacobs can you share the depedencies block of your build.gradle file?

[svenjacobs]

can you share the depedencies block of your build.gradle file?

@tagboola This is a complex project consisting of about 80 Gradle modules. Does the output of gradle :app:dependencies maybe help?

[ber4444]

Sorry, above comment was incorrect, the workaround:

• firebaseAppdistributionGradle = "5.1.0"

• firebaseAppdistributionGradle = "5.0.0"

[kaibolay]

can you share the depedencies block of your build.gradle file?

@tagboola This is a complex project consisting of about 80 Gradle modules. Does the output of gradle :app:dependencies maybe help?

We've been able to reproduce the problem and diagnose it using gradlew buildEnvironment. We have a fix and hope to release it soon.

Until then, please downgrade to version 5.0.0.

Sorry for the inconvenience!