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Latest reply on Aug 29, 2018 11:37 AM by maberube @ poka

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RyanTCB Feb 25, 2018 5:27 AM

When I run my App with xCode all loads and runs fine. When I load in Instruments and press record using a profiling template of Activity Monitor or Allocations it loads and runs fine. However if I use Zombies or Leaks the app crashes instantly. I dont even get to see it. I then access the crash logs in xcode and thought the reason for the crash is

Exception Type:  EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGSEGV)

Its almost impossible to debug as wach report is different.

Exception Type:  EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGSEGV)
Exception Subtype: KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS at 0x0000000000000010
VM Region Info: 0x10 is not in any region.  Bytes before following region: 4297687024
      REGION TYPE                      START - END             [ VSIZE] PRT/MAX SHRMOD  REGION DETAIL
      UNUSED SPACE AT START
--->
      __TEXT                 0000000100298000-0000000100388000 [  960K] r-x/r-x SM=COW  ...p/MyApp


Termination Signal: Segmentation fault: 11
Termination Reason: Namespace SIGNAL, Code 0xb
Terminating Process: exc handler [0]
Triggered by Thread:  0


Filtered syslog:
None found


Thread 0 name:  Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
Thread 0 Crashed:
0   libswiftFoundation.dylib       0x0000000100cf89fc 0x100c4c000 + 707068
1   MyApp                   0x0000000100310cbc specialized JSONParser.jsonURL(_:jsonType:) + 494780 (JSONParser.swift:51)
2   MyApp                   0x0000000100310cbc specialized JSONParser.jsonURL(_:jsonType:) + 494780 (JSONParser.swift:51)
3   MyApp                   0x00000001002efd2c StoreManager.getProductIdentifiersFromServer() + 359724 (StoreManager.swift:57)
4   MyApp                   0x0000000100329db0 specialized AppDelegate.application(_:didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:) + 597424 (StoreManager.swift:46)
5   MyApp                   0x0000000100326a40 @objc AppDelegate.application(_:didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:) + 584256 (AppDelegate.swift:0)
6   UIKit                         0x000000018f4a1ca8 -[UIApplication _handleDelegateCallbacksWithOptions:isSuspended:restoreState:] + 408
7   UIKit                         0x000000018f68fe14 -[UIApplication _callInitializationDelegatesForMainScene:transitionContext:] + 3484
8   UIKit                         0x000000018f694ce4 -[UIApplication _runWithMainScene:transitionContext:completion:] + 1680
9   UIKit                         0x000000018f92db20 __111-[__UICanvasLifecycleMonitor_Compatability _scheduleFirstCommitForScene:transition:firstActivation:completion:]_block_invoke + 784
10  UIKit                         0x000000018fc05c78 +[_UICanvas _enqueuePostSettingUpdateTransactionBlock:] + 160
11  UIKit                         0x000000018f92d79c -[__UICanvasLifecycleMonitor_Compatability _scheduleFirstCommitForScene:transition:firstActivation:completion:] + 240
12  UIKit                         0x000000018f92dfdc -[__UICanvasLifecycleMonitor_Compatability activateEventsOnly:withContext:completion:] + 724
13  UIKit                         0x00000001900accf4 __82-[_UIApplicationCanvas _transitionLifecycleStateWithTransitionContext:completion:]_block_invoke + 296
14  UIKit                         0x00000001900acb7c -[_UIApplicationCanvas _transitionLifecycleStateWithTransitionContext:completion:] + 432
15  UIKit                         0x000000018fe1f44c __125-[_UICanvasLifecycleSettingsDiffAction performActionsForCanvas:withUpdatedScene:settingsDiff:fromSettings:transitionContext:]_block_invoke + 220
16  UIKit                         0x000000018ffb5c5c _performActionsWithDelayForTransitionContext + 112
17  UIKit                         0x000000018fe1f304 -[_UICanvasLifecycleSettingsDiffAction performActionsForCanvas:withUpdatedScene:settingsDiff:fromSettings:transitionContext:] + 248
18  UIKit                         0x000000018fc05318 -[_UICanvas scene:didUpdateWithDiff:transitionContext:completion:] + 368
19  UIKit                         0x000000018f6933e4 -[UIApplication workspace:didCreateScene:withTransitionContext:completion:] + 540
20  UIKit                         0x000000018faa7490 -[UIApplicationSceneClientAgent scene:didInitializeWithEvent:completion:] + 364
21  FrontBoardServices             0x00000001878d7470 -[FBSSceneImpl _didCreateWithTransitionContext:completion:] + 364
22  FrontBoardServices             0x00000001878dfd6c __56-[FBSWorkspace client:handleCreateScene:withCompletion:]_block_invoke_2 + 224
23  libdispatch.dylib             0x00000001849f0ae4 _dispatch_client_callout + 16
24  libdispatch.dylib             0x00000001849f81f4 _dispatch_block_invoke_direct$VARIANT$mp + 224
25  FrontBoardServices             0x000000018790b878 __FBSSERIALQUEUE_IS_CALLING_OUT_TO_A_BLOCK__ + 36
26  FrontBoardServices             0x000000018790b51c -[FBSSerialQueue _performNext] + 404
27  FrontBoardServices             0x000000018790bab8 -[FBSSerialQueue _performNextFromRunLoopSource] + 56
28  CoreFoundation                 0x0000000185099614 __CFRUNLOOP_IS_CALLING_OUT_TO_A_SOURCE0_PERFORM_FUNCTION__ + 24
29  CoreFoundation                 0x0000000185098e3c __CFRunLoopDoSources0 + 276
30  CoreFoundation                 0x00000001850969ac __CFRunLoopRun + 1204
31  CoreFoundation                 0x0000000184fb6fe8 CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 552
32  GraphicsServices               0x0000000186f7e020 GSEventRunModal + 100
33  UIKit                         0x000000018f497090 UIApplicationMain + 236
34  MyApp                   0x00000001002ab444 main + 78916 (AppDelegate.swift:16)
35  libdyld.dylib                 0x0000000184a55fc0 start + 4

So I stop calling the line

StoreManager.getProductIdentifiersFromServer()

which stops the subsequent calls to

JSONParser.jsonURL(_:jsonType:)

Then the app crashes

Exception Type:  EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGSEGV)
Exception Subtype: KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS at 0x0000000000000000
VM Region Info: 0 is not in any region.  Bytes before following region: 4365631488
      REGION TYPE                      START - END             [ VSIZE] PRT/MAX SHRMOD  REGION DETAIL
      UNUSED SPACE AT START
--->
      __TEXT                 0000000104364000-0000000104454000 [  960K] r-x/r-x SM=COW  ...p/MyApp


Termination Signal: Segmentation fault: 11
Termination Reason: Namespace SIGNAL, Code 0xb
Terminating Process: exc handler [0]
Triggered by Thread:  0


Filtered syslog:
None found


Thread 0 name:  Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
Thread 0 Crashed:
0   CoreFoundation                 0x0000000184fdf83c CFStringGetCharacterAtIndex + 24
1   CoreFoundation                 0x000000018508e6c8 normalizeQuintuplet + 148
2   CoreFoundation                 0x000000018508ee64 -[_CFXPreferences+ 917092 (SearchListAdditions) withSearchListForIdentifier:container:cloudConfigurationURL:perform:] + 108
3   CoreFoundation                 0x0000000185132ae8 -[_CFXPreferences copyAppValueForKey:identifier:container:configurationURL:] + 124
4   CoreFoundation                 0x0000000185135384 _CFPreferencesCopyAppValueWithContainer + 116
5   Foundation                     0x0000000185a2e7d0 -[NSUserDefaults+ 51152 (NSUserDefaults) objectForKey:] + 52
6   Foundation                     0x0000000185a37240 -[NSUserDefaults+ 86592 (NSUserDefaults) stringForKey:] + 24
7   MyApp                   0x00000001043cc0dc specialized SettingsTableViewController.init(coder:) + 426204 (SettingsTableViewController.swift:36)
8   MyApp                   0x00000001043c6a1c @objc SettingsTableViewController.init(coder:) + 403996 (SettingsTableViewController.swift:27)
9   UIKit                         0x000000018f9c051c -[UIClassSwapper initWithCoder:] + 248
10  UIKit                         0x000000018fb6d99c UINibDecoderDecodeObjectForValue + 688
11  UIKit                         0x000000018fb6d6d4 -[UINibDecoder decodeObjectForKey:] + 312
12  UIKit                         0x000000018f9c01c4 -[UIRuntimeConnection initWithCoder:] + 188
13  UIKit                         0x000000018fb6d99c UINibDecoderDecodeObjectForValue + 688
14  UIKit                         0x000000018fb6db14 UINibDecoderDecodeObjectForValue + 1064
15  UIKit                         0x000000018fb6d6d4 -[UINibDecoder decodeObjectForKey:] + 312
16  UIKit                         0x000000018f9bf514 -[UINib instantiateWithOwner:options:] + 1164
17  UIKit                         0x000000018fd44068 -[UIStoryboard instantiateViewControllerWithIdentifier:] + 196
18  MyApp                   0x00000001043fcfb4 specialized ApplicationsTabBarController.createViewControllerForTabBarController(storyBoardName:restorationIdentifier:tabBarItemTitle:tabBarItemTag:tabBarItemImage:tabBarItemSelectedImage:) + 626612 (ApplicationsTabBarController.swift:190)
19  MyApp                   0x00000001043f93c8 ApplicationsTabBarController.setUpViewControllers() + 611272 (ApplicationsTabBarController.swift:79)
20  MyApp                   0x00000001043fad04 @objc ApplicationsTabBarController.viewWillAppear(_:) + 617732 (ApplicationsTabBarController.swift:0)
21  UIKit                         0x000000018f44c6b4 -[UIViewController _setViewAppearState:isAnimating:] + 616
22  UIKit                         0x000000018f44c424 -[UIViewController __viewWillAppear:] + 140
23  UIKit                         0x000000018f4aba60 -[UIViewController viewWillMoveToWindow:] + 704
24  UIKit                         0x000000018f43bde4 -[UIView+ 97764 (Hierarchy) _willMoveToWindow:withAncestorView:] + 584
25  UIKit                         0x000000018f43b0cc -[UIView+ 94412 (Internal) _addSubview:positioned:relativeTo:] + 424
26  UIKit                         0x000000018f43a88c -[UIWindow addRootViewControllerViewIfPossible] + 816
27  UIKit                         0x000000018f437864 -[UIWindow _setHidden:forced:] + 272
28  UIKit                         0x000000018f4a5cd0 -[UIWindow makeKeyAndVisible] + 48
29  MyApp                   0x00000001043f639c specialized AppDelegate.application(_:didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:) + 598940 (AppDelegate.swift:0)
30  MyApp                   0x00000001043f2bc4 @objc AppDelegate.application(_:didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:) + 584644 (AppDelegate.swift:0)
31  UIKit                         0x000000018f4a1ca8 -[UIApplication _handleDelegateCallbacksWithOptions:isSuspended:restoreState:] + 408
32  UIKit                         0x000000018f68fe14 -[UIApplication _callInitializationDelegatesForMainScene:transitionContext:] + 3484
33  UIKit                         0x000000018f694ce4 -[UIApplication _runWithMainScene:transitionContext:completion:] + 1680
34  UIKit                         0x000000018f92db20 __111-[__UICanvasLifecycleMonitor_Compatability _scheduleFirstCommitForScene:transition:firstActivation:completion:]_block_invoke + 784
35  UIKit                         0x000000018fc05c78 +[_UICanvas _enqueuePostSettingUpdateTransactionBlock:] + 160
36  UIKit                         0x000000018f92d79c -[__UICanvasLifecycleMonitor_Compatability _scheduleFirstCommitForScene:transition:firstActivation:completion:] + 240
37  UIKit                         0x000000018f92dfdc -[__UICanvasLifecycleMonitor_Compatability activateEventsOnly:withContext:completion:] + 724
38  UIKit                         0x00000001900accf4 __82-[_UIApplicationCanvas _transitionLifecycleStateWithTransitionContext:completion:]_block_invoke + 296
39  UIKit                         0x00000001900acb7c -[_UIApplicationCanvas _transitionLifecycleStateWithTransitionContext:completion:] + 432
40  UIKit                         0x000000018fe1f44c __125-[_UICanvasLifecycleSettingsDiffAction performActionsForCanvas:withUpdatedScene:settingsDiff:fromSettings:transitionContext:]_block_invoke + 220
41  UIKit                         0x000000018ffb5c5c _performActionsWithDelayForTransitionContext + 112
42  UIKit                         0x000000018fe1f304 -[_UICanvasLifecycleSettingsDiffAction performActionsForCanvas:withUpdatedScene:settingsDiff:fromSettings:transitionContext:] + 248
43  UIKit                         0x000000018fc05318 -[_UICanvas scene:didUpdateWithDiff:transitionContext:completion:] + 368
44  UIKit                         0x000000018f6933e4 -[UIApplication workspace:didCreateScene:withTransitionContext:completion:] + 540
45  UIKit                         0x000000018faa7490 -[UIApplicationSceneClientAgent scene:didInitializeWithEvent:completion:] + 364
46  FrontBoardServices             0x00000001878d7470 -[FBSSceneImpl _didCreateWithTransitionContext:completion:] + 364
47  FrontBoardServices             0x00000001878dfd6c __56-[FBSWorkspace client:handleCreateScene:withCompletion:]_block_invoke_2 + 224
48  libdispatch.dylib             0x00000001849f0ae4 _dispatch_client_callout + 16
49  libdispatch.dylib             0x00000001849f81f4 _dispatch_block_invoke_direct$VARIANT$mp + 224
50  FrontBoardServices             0x000000018790b878 __FBSSERIALQUEUE_IS_CALLING_OUT_TO_A_BLOCK__ + 36
51  FrontBoardServices             0x000000018790b51c -[FBSSerialQueue _performNext] + 404
52  FrontBoardServices             0x000000018790bab8 -[FBSSerialQueue _performNextFromRunLoopSource] + 56
53  CoreFoundation                 0x0000000185099614 __CFRUNLOOP_IS_CALLING_OUT_TO_A_SOURCE0_PERFORM_FUNCTION__ + 24
54  CoreFoundation                 0x0000000185098e3c __CFRunLoopDoSources0 + 276
55  CoreFoundation                 0x00000001850969ac __CFRunLoopRun + 1204
56  CoreFoundation                 0x0000000184fb6fe8 CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 552
57  GraphicsServices               0x0000000186f7e020 GSEventRunModal + 100
58  UIKit                         0x000000018f497090 UIApplicationMain + 236
59  MyApp                   0x0000000104378b3c main + 84796 (AppDelegate.swift:16)
60  libdyld.dylib                 0x0000000184a55fc0 start + 4

Does not seem to matter what functions I do or do not call I get a crash. It seems to me that its a system call and not one that I make thats causing the crash. Is it just me or is Instruments 9.3 crashing on Zombies and Or Leaks for anyone else?

Re: Is Instruments 9.3 crashing apps for anyone else?

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XcodeShouldLearnFromIntellij Mar 7, 2018 2:17 AM (in response to RyanTCB)
Yup instruments are not working as expected, especially when working on a real device.
What's work for me is to reindex the the spotlight
sudo mdutil -E /
I dunno how it's related but it's fixed the problem
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bruticus Mar 31, 2018 9:25 PM (in response to RyanTCB)

I'm seeing the very same issue with the release build of xcode 9.3 ... Activity Monitor or Allocations work but Leaks crashes. Were you able to resolve it?

Thanks!
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Dave Ficken Apr 1, 2018 11:58 AM (in response to RyanTCB)

Same here. Activity, Allocations and SceneKit working fine. But app crashes with Leaks and Zombies. Noticed that this was posted in beta section of the forum... would it receive more attention somewhere else? Any progress / movement on this issue?

Thanks, Dave
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bc_coop Apr 6, 2018 8:19 AM (in response to RyanTCB)
We see a similar crash happen when running the Xcode 9.3 Allocations instrument with the "Record reference counts" option enabled (simulator and device).
The app can be profiled, though, when the "Record reference counts" option is not enabled.

Exception Type: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGSEGV) Exception Subtype: KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS at 0x0000000000000010 VM Region Info: 0x10 is not in any region. Bytes before following region: 4338384880 REGION TYPE START - END [ VSIZE] PRT/MAX SHRMOD REGION DETAIL UNUSED SPACE AT START ---> __TEXT 0000000102968000-0000000104b08000 [ 33.6M] r-x/r-x SM=COW Termination Signal: Segmentation fault: 11 Termination Reason: Namespace SIGNAL, Code 0xb Terminating Process: exc handler [0] Triggered by Thread: 0
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  sixstringtheory May 7, 2018 4:24 PM (in response to bc_coop)
  
  This helped for me. It took me a few minutes to find the setting...
  
  After setting up the Leaks instrument but before beginning recording, go to "File" > "Recording Options..." (⌘⌥R) and it will be a checkbox there.
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  maberube @ poka Aug 29, 2018 11:37 AM (in response to bc_coop)
  
  Thank you sir!
  
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jasorod79 Apr 7, 2018 11:24 PM (in response to RyanTCB)

I"m also having the same issue with Xcode 9.3 and both the leak inspector and zombie instrument. My app instantly crashes on load in Instruments, and if I first run the app in debug mode in Xcode and then switch to Instruments, any interaction with my app while it's being inspected by the leak or zombie instrument causes my app to crash. Looking through the crash reports hasn't helped much as they are happening in all sorts of random locations in my code that you wouldn't otherwise expect a crash.

I have notice this is only occuring with apps that are completely written in Swift. I have some other apps that are a mixture of Swift and Obj-C, with the app lauching into Obj-C based code at first. In these apps, I get an instant crash when attempting to load a view/viewcontroller that was created using Swift. I'm not sure if this is exactly the problem, but it does seem like an interesting observation that can hopefully help isolate the issue.
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  SamsChoice Apr 24, 2018 12:24 PM (in response to jasorod79)
  
  Same here. Cant figure out what the crash is about.
  
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Damon154 Apr 20, 2018 8:59 PM (in response to RyanTCB)

I have the same issue on Core Animation FPS
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craigrouse May 14, 2018 7:32 AM (in response to RyanTCB)

I'm also seeing this issue in Xcode 9.3. It's really annoying. The "Record Reference Counts" fix works for me, but it feels like this shouldn't be necessary (and also, the setting doesn't seem to persist for future launches of Instruments).
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Coder Dreamer Jun 7, 2018 3:36 AM (in response to RyanTCB)

It seems that Xcode 9.4 doesn't solve this.
I disabled "Record Reference Counts", and Instruments showed way more leaks than usual.
Anyone same here?
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ViVal Jun 25, 2018 4:54 AM (in response to RyanTCB)

Instruments crashes for me as well - Time Profiler, Allocations, whatever. I'm using Xcode 9.3 and there's no option "Record Reference Counts" anymore.
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