Firebase-js-sdk: Runtime Error: instance.INTERNAL.registerService is not a function

[zarko-tg]

The library became unusable since 7.5.1 on an existing Ionic 3 project. Typescript is at 2.8.4.

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[laurentpayot]

Same error message here also since 7.5.1 on Ubuntu 19.10, Node v12.13.1, TypeScript 3.7.3.

[Feiyang1]

How did you upgrade firebase? It seems that you upgraded @firebase/app, but not @firebase/database. What other dependencies do you have?

[zarko-tg]

@Feiyang1 same as always - npm i firebase.
The project also has firebase-admin installed as a dev. dependency, used in certain helper scripts on the command line.

[Feiyang1]

Ah I see. I think firebase-admin and firebase are pulling in 2 different versions of @firebase/database. Can you please do a clean install, so both are pulling in the latest version?

[zarko-tg]

Thanks for the tip @Feiyang1, uninstalling and installing both resolved the issue. I supposed NPM had messed up something in the lock file. I'm closing this now.

[laurentpayot]

Unlinke @zarko-tg I have a _firestore_ error:

function configureForFirebase(firebase) {
    firebase.INTERNAL.registerService('firestore', function (app) { return new Firestore(app); }, shallowCopy(firestoreNamespace));
}

…but I'm using an experimental build of firestore to get offline persistence in web workers. It may be incompatible with the new firebase versions, I'm going to ask @thebrianchen if he can update the build.

[Feiyang1]

@laurentpayot Yep. That should solve your problem.

[laurentpayot]

Yep. Problem solved. Thanks!

[ioanmeri]

Getting the same error as well:
index.esm.js?2e66:3469 Uncaught TypeError: instance.INTERNAL.registerService is not a function
at registerStorage

function registerStorage(instance) {
    var namespaceExports = {
        // no-inline
        TaskState: TaskState,
        TaskEvent: TaskEvent,
        StringFormat: StringFormat,
        Storage: Service,
        Reference: Reference
    };
    instance.INTERNAL.registerService(STORAGE_TYPE, factory, namespaceExports, undefined, 
    // Allow multiple storage instances per app.
    true);
}

Uninstalling and installing doesn't solve the issue for me. I've tried importing the storage both from the main firebase package ("firebase": "^5.8.0",) and from the stand alone packages ("@firebase/app", "@firebase/auth", "@firebase/firestore", "@firebase/storage"). As soon as I import the storage package I get that error. I'm on Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS using firebase for a Vue 2.6.10 project built with vue-cli 4.

Stack Trace:

index.esm.js?2e66:3469 Uncaught TypeError: instance.INTERNAL.registerService is not a function
    at registerStorage (index.esm.js?2e66:3469)
    at eval (index.esm.js?2e66:3473)
    at Module../node_modules/@firebase/storage/dist/index.esm.js (chunk-vendors.js:143)
    at __webpack_require__ (app.js:791)
    at fn (app.js:151)
    at eval (index.esm.js?588e:1)
    at Module../node_modules/firebase/storage/dist/index.esm.js (chunk-vendors.js:6476)
    at __webpack_require__ (app.js:791)
    at fn (app.js:151)
    at eval (firebase.js?dc59:1)

[laurentpayot]

@ioanmeri did you try a full rm -rf node_modules && rm package-lock.json && npm i?

[ioanmeri]

Thank you @laurentpayot
rm -rf got it running
Happy Xmas : )