🐛 [firebase_analytics] "(other)" event name in console

[MyisCARRY]

Bug report

Describe the bug I am getting weird event named "(other)" in my firebase analytics events console. All event names sent from device has to begin with a letter, so it means that I cannot be sending it from my code.

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Additional context

App exists on stores for quite some time and the event started showing recently with newest update (which didn't change anything connected with analytics)

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Flutter doctor

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``` [✓] Flutter (Channel stable, 3.16.2, on macOS 14.0 23A344 darwin-arm64, locale en-PL) [✓] Android toolchain - develop for Android devices (Android SDK version 33.0.0) [✓] Xcode - develop for iOS and macOS (Xcode 15.0) [✓] Chrome - develop for the web [✓] Android Studio (version 2023.2) [✓] Connected device (4 available) [✓] Network resources • No issues found! ```

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Flutter dependencies

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``` Dart SDK 3.2.2 Flutter SDK 3.16.2 dependencies: - app_tracking_transparency 2.0.4 [flutter] - applovin_max 3.4.1 [flutter plugin_platform_interface] - audioplayers 5.2.0 [audioplayers_android audioplayers_darwin audioplayers_linux audioplayers_platform_interface audioplayers_web audioplayers_windows file flutter http meta path_provider synchronized uuid] - auto_route 7.4.0 [flutter path collection meta] - auto_size_text 3.0.0 [flutter] - bloc_concurrency 0.2.2 [bloc stream_transform] - cached_network_image 3.3.0 [cached_network_image_platform_interface cached_network_image_web flutter flutter_cache_manager octo_image] - carousel_slider 4.1.1 [flutter] - cloud_firestore 4.14.0 [cloud_firestore_platform_interface cloud_firestore_web collection firebase_core firebase_core_platform_interface flutter meta] - cloud_firestore_odm 1.0.0-dev.82 [cloud_firestore flutter json_annotation meta] - cloud_functions 4.6.0 [cloud_functions_platform_interface cloud_functions_web firebase_core firebase_core_platform_interface flutter] - collection 1.18.0 - connectivity_plus 5.0.2 [flutter flutter_web_plugins connectivity_plus_platform_interface js meta nm] - country_picker 2.0.20 [collection flutter] - crypto 3.0.3 [typed_data] - cupertino_icons 1.0.5 - desktop_webview_auth 0.0.14 [crypto flutter http flutter_web_plugins plugin_platform_interface] - device_info_plus 9.0.2 [device_info_plus_platform_interface ffi file flutter flutter_web_plugins meta win32 win32_registry] - dio 4.0.6 [http_parser path] - embrace 1.5.0 [embrace_android embrace_ios embrace_platform_interface flutter http] - equatable 2.0.5 [collection meta] - facebook_audience_network 1.0.1 [flutter meta characters] - firebase_analytics 10.8.0 [firebase_analytics_platform_interface firebase_analytics_web firebase_core firebase_core_platform_interface flutter] - firebase_app_check 0.2.1+8 [firebase_app_check_platform_interface firebase_app_check_web firebase_core firebase_core_platform_interface flutter] - firebase_auth 4.16.0 [firebase_auth_platform_interface firebase_auth_web firebase_core firebase_core_platform_interface flutter meta] - firebase_core 2.24.2 [firebase_core_platform_interface firebase_core_web flutter meta] - firebase_crashlytics 3.4.9 [firebase_core firebase_core_platform_interface firebase_crashlytics_platform_interface flutter stack_trace] - firebase_messaging 14.7.10 [firebase_core firebase_core_platform_interface firebase_messaging_platform_interface firebase_messaging_web flutter meta] - firebase_remote_config 4.3.8 [firebase_core firebase_core_platform_interface firebase_remote_config_platform_interface firebase_remote_config_web flutter] - firebase_storage 11.6.0 [firebase_core firebase_core_platform_interface firebase_storage_platform_interface firebase_storage_web flutter] - flutter 0.0.0 [characters collection material_color_utilities meta vector_math web sky_engine] - flutter_bloc 8.1.3 [bloc flutter provider] - flutter_cache_manager 3.3.1 [clock collection file flutter http path path_provider rxdart sqflite uuid] - flutter_facebook_app_links 3.0.1+7 [flutter] - flutter_facebook_auth 6.0.3 [flutter flutter_facebook_auth_platform_interface flutter_facebook_auth_web facebook_auth_desktop] - 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mockito 5.4.2 [analyzer build code_builder collection dart_style matcher meta path source_gen test_api] - native_exif 0.5.0 [flutter intl] - native_shared_preferences 2.0.7 [flutter meta shared_preferences shared_preferences_platform_interface shared_preferences_linux shared_preferences_macos shared_preferences_web shared_preferences_windows file] - ntp 2.0.0 - package_info_plus 5.0.1 [ffi flutter flutter_web_plugins http meta path package_info_plus_platform_interface web win32] - path 1.8.3 - path_provider 2.0.15 [flutter path_provider_android path_provider_foundation path_provider_linux path_provider_platform_interface path_provider_windows] - rive 0.12.4 [collection flutter flutter_web_plugins http meta plugin_platform_interface rive_common] - rxdart 0.27.7 - share_plus 7.2.1 [cross_file meta mime flutter flutter_web_plugins share_plus_platform_interface file url_launcher_web url_launcher_windows url_launcher_linux url_launcher_platform_interface ffi win32] - shared_preferences 2.0.15 [flutter shared_preferences_android shared_preferences_ios shared_preferences_linux shared_preferences_macos shared_preferences_platform_interface shared_preferences_web shared_preferences_windows] - 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cloud_firestore_odm_generator 1.0.0-dev.82 [analyzer build build_config cloud_firestore_odm collection freezed_annotation graphs json_annotation meta recase source_gen source_helper] - flutter_gen_runner 5.3.1 [flutter_gen_core build collection crypto glob path] - flutter_lints 2.0.1 [lints] - flutter_test 0.0.0 [flutter test_api matcher path fake_async clock stack_trace vector_math async boolean_selector characters collection material_color_utilities meta source_span stream_channel string_scanner term_glyph web] - hive_generator 2.0.1 [build source_gen hive analyzer source_helper] - injectable_generator 2.1.6 [build source_gen path glob analyzer code_builder dart_style injectable collection recase] - json_serializable 6.7.1 [analyzer async build build_config collection json_annotation meta path pub_semver pubspec_parse source_gen source_helper] transitive dependencies: - _fe_analyzer_shared 61.0.0 [meta] - _flutterfire_internals 1.3.16 [collection firebase_core firebase_core_platform_interface flutter meta] - analyzer 5.13.0 [_fe_analyzer_shared collection convert crypto glob meta package_config path pub_semver source_span watcher yaml] - archive 3.4.6 [crypto path pointycastle] - args 2.4.1 - async 2.11.0 [collection meta] - audioplayers_android 4.0.2 [audioplayers_platform_interface flutter] - audioplayers_darwin 5.0.2 [audioplayers_platform_interface flutter] - audioplayers_linux 3.1.0 [audioplayers_platform_interface flutter] - audioplayers_platform_interface 6.1.0 [flutter meta plugin_platform_interface] - audioplayers_web 4.1.0 [audioplayers_platform_interface flutter flutter_web_plugins js] - audioplayers_windows 3.1.0 [audioplayers_platform_interface flutter] - bloc 8.1.2 [meta] - boolean_selector 2.1.1 [source_span string_scanner] - build 2.4.0 [analyzer async convert crypto glob logging meta package_config path] - build_config 1.1.1 [checked_yaml json_annotation path pubspec_parse yaml] - build_daemon 4.0.0 [built_collection built_value http_multi_server logging path pool shelf shelf_web_socket stream_transform watcher web_socket_channel] - build_resolvers 2.2.0 [analyzer async build collection crypto graphs logging path package_config pool pub_semver stream_transform yaml] - build_runner_core 7.2.9 [async build build_config build_resolvers collection convert crypto glob graphs json_annotation logging meta package_config path pool timing watcher yaml] - build_version 2.1.1 [build build_config pubspec_parse] - built_collection 5.1.1 - built_value 8.6.0 [built_collection collection fixnum meta] - cached_network_image_platform_interface 3.0.0 [flutter flutter_cache_manager] - cached_network_image_web 1.1.0 [cached_network_image_platform_interface flutter flutter_cache_manager] - characters 1.3.0 - checked_yaml 2.0.3 [json_annotation source_span yaml] - cli_util 0.3.5 [meta path] - clock 1.1.1 - cloud_firestore_platform_interface 6.1.0 [_flutterfire_internals collection firebase_core flutter meta plugin_platform_interface] - cloud_firestore_web 3.9.0 [_flutterfire_internals cloud_firestore_platform_interface collection firebase_core firebase_core_web flutter flutter_web_plugins js] - cloud_functions_platform_interface 5.5.11 [firebase_core flutter meta plugin_platform_interface] - cloud_functions_web 4.6.11 [cloud_functions_platform_interface firebase_core firebase_core_web flutter flutter_web_plugins js] - code_builder 4.5.0 [built_collection built_value collection matcher meta] - color 3.0.0 - connectivity_plus_platform_interface 1.2.4 [flutter meta plugin_platform_interface] - convert 3.1.1 [typed_data] - cross_file 0.3.3+6 [js meta] - csslib 0.17.3 [source_span] - dart_style 2.3.1 [analyzer args path pub_semver source_span] - dartx 1.1.0 [characters collection crypto meta path time] - dbus 0.7.8 [args ffi meta xml] - device_info_plus_platform_interface 7.0.0 [flutter meta plugin_platform_interface] - embrace_android 1.5.0 [embrace_platform_interface flutter] - embrace_ios 1.5.0 [embrace_platform_interface flutter] - embrace_platform_interface 1.5.0 [build_runner build_version flutter platform plugin_platform_interface] - facebook_auth_desktop 1.0.2 [flutter http flutter_secure_storage flutter_facebook_auth_platform_interface] - 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shared_preferences_windows 2.2.0 [file flutter path path_provider_platform_interface path_provider_windows shared_preferences_platform_interface] - shelf 1.4.1 [async collection http_parser path stack_trace stream_channel] - shelf_web_socket 1.0.4 [shelf stream_channel web_socket_channel] - sign_in_with_apple_platform_interface 1.0.0 [flutter plugin_platform_interface meta] - sign_in_with_apple_web 1.0.1 [flutter flutter_web_plugins sign_in_with_apple_platform_interface js] - sky_engine 0.0.99 - source_gen 1.3.2 [analyzer async build dart_style glob path source_span yaml] - source_helper 1.3.4 [analyzer collection source_gen] - source_span 1.10.0 [collection path term_glyph] - sqflite 2.2.8+4 [flutter sqflite_common path] - sqflite_common 2.4.5 [synchronized path meta] - stack_trace 1.11.1 [path] - stream_channel 2.1.2 [async] - stream_transform 2.1.0 - string_scanner 1.2.0 [source_span] - term_glyph 1.2.1 - test_api 0.6.1 [async boolean_selector collection meta source_span stack_trace stream_channel string_scanner term_glyph] - time 2.1.3 [clock] - timing 1.0.1 [json_annotation] - typed_data 1.3.2 [collection] - uni_links_platform_interface 1.0.0 [flutter plugin_platform_interface] - uni_links_web 0.1.0 [flutter flutter_web_plugins uni_links_platform_interface] - universal_io 2.2.0 [collection meta typed_data] - url_launcher_android 6.0.35 [flutter url_launcher_platform_interface] - url_launcher_ios 6.1.4 [flutter url_launcher_platform_interface] - url_launcher_linux 3.0.5 [flutter url_launcher_platform_interface] - url_launcher_macos 3.0.5 [flutter url_launcher_platform_interface] - url_launcher_platform_interface 2.1.2 [flutter plugin_platform_interface] - url_launcher_web 2.0.17 [flutter flutter_web_plugins url_launcher_platform_interface] - url_launcher_windows 3.0.6 [flutter url_launcher_platform_interface] - uuid 3.0.7 [crypto] - vector_graphics 1.1.6 [flutter vector_graphics_codec] - vector_graphics_codec 1.1.6 - vector_graphics_compiler 1.1.6 [args meta path_parsing xml vector_graphics_codec] - vector_math 2.1.4 - video_player_android 2.4.3 [flutter video_player_platform_interface] - video_player_avfoundation 2.4.2 [flutter video_player_platform_interface] - video_player_platform_interface 5.1.4 [flutter plugin_platform_interface] - video_player_web 2.0.15 [flutter flutter_web_plugins video_player_platform_interface] - watcher 1.1.0 [async path] - web 0.3.0 - web_socket_channel 2.4.0 [async crypto stream_channel] - webview_flutter_android 2.10.4 [flutter webview_flutter_platform_interface] - webview_flutter_platform_interface 1.9.5 [flutter meta plugin_platform_interface] - webview_flutter_wkwebview 2.9.5 [flutter path webview_flutter_platform_interface] - win32 5.0.6 [ffi] - win32_registry 1.1.1 [ffi win32] - xdg_directories 1.0.0 [meta path process] - xml 6.3.0 [collection meta petitparser] - yaml 3.1.2 [collection source_span string_scanner] ```

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[Lyokone]

Hello, do you have some reproduction steps or reproduction sample? I don't see any (other) events in our own console

[MyisCARRY]

That's the problem, I can't reproduce it, I don't know where it come from

[Lyokone]

@MyisCARRY Without a way to reproduce I will not be able to help you. Could it be that some events are not given a name and the display in the analytics console changed?

[MyisCARRY]

I can't send empty event name, it will not be process:

E/FA ( 8138): Name is required and can't be empty. Type: event E/FA ( 8138): Invalid public event name. Event will not be logged (FE)

[MyisCARRY]

It seems like the events aren't process yet and after 24h they disappear from the console.

[Lyokone]

Do you mean the (other) events are disappearing from the console? Maybe it was a transient issue with Analytics?

[MyisCARRY]

Yes, the (other) events. We still get them everyday, but after +-24 hours they disappear

[Lyokone]

Based on what you are saying, it looks like a backend issue since the events are disappearing from the console. I'll close this issue, but you should probably contact the Google Analytics support if it keeps happening: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/9026876?hl=en