JsonCacheInfoRepository: FormatException: Unexpected end of input (at character 1) ^

Start in json_cache_info_repository.dart at JsonCacheInfoRepository._readFile, around line 143, and inspect how an empty database JSON file reaches jsonDecode. Reproduce or cover the empty-file case, then verify initialization completes without a FormatException while preserving normal JSON loading.

🐛 Bug Report

occasionally this error is generated when initializing CacheManager with JsonCacheInfoRepository

Fatal Exception: io.flutter.plugins.firebase.crashlytics.FlutterError: FormatException: Unexpected end of input (at character 1)

^

       at .jsonDecode(dart:convert)
       at JsonCacheInfoRepository._readFile(json_cache_info_repository.dart:143)
       at JsonCacheInfoRepository.open(json_cache_info_repository.dart:40)
       at new CacheStore.<fn>(cache_store.dart:34)

This happens when the {databaseName}.json file is created but empty and jsonString = ""

JsonCacheInfoRepository.dart: _readFile()
final json = jsonDecode(jsonString) as List<dynamic>;

A possible solution would be to check that the file is not empty before decoding the json

    if (await file.exists() && await file.length() > 0) {
      try {
        final jsonString = await file.readAsString();
        final json = jsonDecode(jsonString) as List<dynamic>;

note: I don't know why the json file is empty and not with an empty list []

Expected behavior

no error

Configuration

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• No issues found!

Version: 3.3.1

Platform:

• 📱 iOS
• 🤖 Android 13 (AP I33)