[Fix] tracking errors async (#483)

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+## 23.12.6
+- Mitigated an issue where error tracking could prevent SDK initialization in async mode
+
 ## 23.12.5
 - Mitigated an issue where the SDK was not emptying the async queue explicity when closing a browser
 

cypress/integration/async_queue.js

@@ -41,16 +41,17 @@ describe("Test Countly.q related methods and processes", () => {
             expect(Countly.q.length).to.equal(0);
 
             // Add 4 events to the .q
+            Countly.q.push(["track_errors"]); // adding this as calling it during init used to cause an error (at v23.12.5)
             Countly.q.push(["add_event", event(1)]);
             Countly.q.push(["add_event", event(2)]);
             Countly.q.push(["add_event", event(3)]);
             Countly.q.push(["add_event", event(4)]);
             // Check that the .q has 4 events
-            expect(Countly.q.length).to.equal(4);
+            expect(Countly.q.length).to.equal(5);
 
             cy.fetch_local_event_queue().then((rq) => {
                 // Check that events are still in .q
-                expect(Countly.q.length).to.equal(4);
+                expect(Countly.q.length).to.equal(5);
 
                 // Check that the event queue is empty
                 expect(rq.length).to.equal(0);
@@ -139,46 +140,6 @@ describe("Test Countly.q related methods and processes", () => {
             });
         });
     });
-    // This test checks if clear_stored_id set to true during init we call processAsyncQueue (it sends events from .q to event queue and then to request queue)
-    it("Check clear_stored_id set to true empties the .q", () => {
-        hp.haltAndClearStorage(() => {
-            // Disable heartbeat
-            Countly.noHeartBeat = true;
-            Countly.q = [];
-            localStorage.setItem("YOUR_APP_KEY/cly_id", "old_user_id"); // Set old device ID for clear_stored_id to work
-
-            // Add 4 events to the .q
-            Countly.q.push(["add_event", event(1)]);
-            Countly.q.push(["add_event", event(2)]);
-            Countly.q.push(["add_event", event(3)]);
-            Countly.q.push(["add_event", event(4)]);
-
-            // Check that the .q has 4 events
-            expect(Countly.q.length).to.equal(4);
-
-            // Init the SDK with clear_stored_id set to true
-            initMain(true);
-            cy.wait(1000);
-
-            // Check that the .q is empty
-            expect(Countly.q.length).to.equal(0);
-
-            cy.fetch_local_event_queue().then((rq) => {
-                // Check that the event queue is empty because processAsyncQueue sends events from .q to event queue and then to request queue
-                expect(rq.length).to.equal(0);
-
-                cy.fetch_local_request_queue().then((rq_2) => {
-                    // Check that events are now in request queue
-                    expect(rq_2.length).to.equal(1);
-                    const eventsArray = JSON.parse(rq_2[0].events);
-                    expect(eventsArray[0].key).to.equal("event_1");
-                    expect(eventsArray[1].key).to.equal("event_2");
-                    expect(eventsArray[2].key).to.equal("event_3");
-                    expect(eventsArray[3].key).to.equal("event_4");
-                });
-            });
-        });
-    });
     // This test checks if calling user_details triggers processAsyncQueue (it sends events from .q to event queue and then to request queue)
     it("Check sending user details empties .q", () => {
         hp.haltAndClearStorage(() => {

cypress/integration/bridge_utils.js

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ function initMain(name, version) {
 }
 
 const SDK_NAME = "javascript_native_web";
-const SDK_VERSION = "23.12.5";
+const SDK_VERSION = "23.12.6";
 
 // tests
 describe("Bridged SDK Utilities Tests", () => {

cypress/integration/utm.js

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ describe("UTM tests ", () => {
     it("Checks if a single default utm tag works", () => {
         hp.haltAndClearStorage(() => {
             initMulti("YOUR_APP_KEY", "?utm_source=hehe", undefined);
+            Countly.q.push(["track_errors"]); // adding this as calling it during init used to cause an error (at v23.12.5)
             cy.fetch_local_request_queue().then((rq) => {
                 cy.log(rq);
                 const custom = JSON.parse(rq[0].user_details).custom;

lib/countly.js

@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@
         statusCode: "cly_hc_status_code",
         errorMessage: "cly_hc_error_message"
     });
-    var SDK_VERSION = "23.12.5";
+    var SDK_VERSION = "23.12.6";
     var SDK_NAME = "javascript_native_web";
 
     // Using this on document.referrer would return an array with 17 elements in it. The 12th element (array[11]) would be the path we are looking for. Others would be things like password and such (use https://regex101.com/ to check more)
@@ -956,8 +956,7 @@
                         log(logLevelEnums.DEBUG, "initialize, No device ID type info from the previous session, falling back to DEVELOPER_SUPPLIED, for event flushing");
                         deviceIdType = DeviceIdTypeInternalEnums.DEVELOPER_SUPPLIED;
                     }
-                    // process async queue before sending events
-                    processAsyncQueue();
+                    // don't process async queue here, just send the events (most likely async data is for the new user)
                     sendEventsForced();
                     // set them back to their initial values
                     this.device_id = undefined;
@@ -1148,7 +1147,6 @@
             if (sessionCookieTimeout !== configurationDefaultValues.SESSION_COOKIE_TIMEOUT) {
                 log(logLevelEnums.DEBUG, "initialize, session_cookie_timeout set to:[" + sessionCookieTimeout + "] minutes to expire a cookies session");
             }
-            log(logLevelEnums.INFO, "initialize, Countly initialized");
             var deviceIdParamValue = null;
             var searchQuery = self.getSearchQuery();
             var hasUTM = false;
@@ -1274,6 +1272,7 @@
             }
             // send instant health check request
             HealthCheck.sendInstantHCRequest();
+            log(logLevelEnums.INFO, "initialize, Countly initialized");
         };
 
         /**
@@ -4392,6 +4391,10 @@
          * @memberof Countly._internals
          */
         function processAsyncQueue() {
+            if (typeof Countly === "undefined" || typeof Countly.i === "undefined") {
+                log(logLevelEnums.DEBUG, "Countly is not finished initialization yet, will process the queue after initialization is done");
+                return;
+            }
             var q = Countly.q;
             Countly.q = [];
             for (var i = 0; i < q.length; i++) {
@@ -4411,6 +4414,8 @@
                     } catch (error) {
                         // possibly first init and no other instance
                         log(logLevelEnums.DEBUG, "No instance found for the provided key while processing async queue");
+                        Countly.q.push(req); // return it back to queue and continue to the next one
+                        continue;
                     }
                     if (typeof inst[req[arg]] === "function") {
                         inst[req[arg]].apply(inst, req.slice(arg + 1));