IDE Crash during flutter build - "Error listening to ToolEvent stream"

[shaizar]

What happened

IDE crash while running a debug session.

Version information

IntelliJ IDEA 2023.3 • Flutter plugin io.flutter 77.0.1 • Dart plugin 233.11799.172

Flutter 3.3.10 • channel stable • https://github.com/flutter/flutter.git Framework • revision 135454af32 (12 months ago) • 2022-12-15 07:36:55 -0800 Engine • revision 3316dd8728 Tools • Dart 2.18.6 • DevTools 2.15.0

Exception

null

java.lang.Throwable: Error listening to ToolEvent stream: org.dartlang.vm.service.element.RPCError@5aefd187
	at com.intellij.openapi.diagnostic.Logger.error(Logger.java:376)
	at io.flutter.vmService.VmServiceWrapper$2.onError(VmServiceWrapper.java:185)
	at org.dartlang.vm.service.VmServiceBase.processResponse(VmServiceBase.java:633)
	at org.dartlang.vm.service.VmServiceBase.processMessage(VmServiceBase.java:422)
	at org.dartlang.vm.service.VmServiceBase$1.onMessage(VmServiceBase.java:86)
	at de.roderick.weberknecht.WebSocketReceiver.run(WebSocketReceiver.java:65)

[shaizar]

App still runs on device and debug messages are showing in console.

[krishnamadugu]

please run flutter doctor to make sure if flutter is properly installed on your system

[jwren]

Yes, do update your flutter and dart versions, and see if this issue is resolved.

[acheronian]

Same issue, intellij throws the following exception:

java.lang.Throwable: Error listening to ToolEvent stream: org.dartlang.vm.service.element.RPCError@7ee6bfe
	at com.intellij.openapi.diagnostic.Logger.error(Logger.java:376)
	at io.flutter.vmService.VmServiceWrapper$2.onError(VmServiceWrapper.java:185)
	at org.dartlang.vm.service.VmServiceBase.processResponse(VmServiceBase.java:633)
	at org.dartlang.vm.service.VmServiceBase.processMessage(VmServiceBase.java:422)
	at org.dartlang.vm.service.VmServiceBase$1.onMessage(VmServiceBase.java:86)
	at de.roderick.weberknecht.WebSocketReceiver.run(WebSocketReceiver.java:65)

Stopping at breakpoint, console prints:

Cannot invoke "com.google.gson.JsonElement.isJsonPrimitive()" because "elem" is null

Flutter doctor output:

Doctor summary (to see all details, run flutter doctor -v):
[√] Flutter (Channel unknown, 3.0.5, on Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.19045.4046], locale de-AT)
[!] Android toolchain - develop for Android devices (Android SDK version 34.0.0)                  
    X Android license status unknown.                                                         
      Run `flutter doctor --android-licenses` to accept the SDK licenses.                     
      See https://flutter.dev/docs/get-started/install/windows#android-setup for more details.
[√] Chrome - develop for the web                                                              
[X] Visual Studio - develop for Windows                                                       
    X Visual Studio not installed; this is necessary for Windows development.                 
      Download at https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/downloads/.
      Please install the "Desktop development with C++" workload, including all of its default components
[!] Android Studio (version 2021.3)
    X Unable to determine bundled Java version.
[!] Android Studio (version 2022.3)
    X Unable to find bundled Java version.
[√] IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate Edition (version 2023.3)
[√] Connected device (4 available)
[√] HTTP Host Availability

! Doctor found issues in 4 categories.

Intellij version + used plugins:

IntelliJ IDEA 2023.3.4 (Ultimate Edition)
Build #IU-233.14475.28, built on February 13, 2024
Runtime version: 17.0.10+1-b1087.17 amd64
Registry:
  ide.balloon.shadow.size=15
  debugger.new.tool.window.layout=true
  ide.experimental.ui=true
Non-Bundled Plugins:
  com.mnr.java.intellij.idea.plugin.base64helper (3.0.0)
  some.awesome (1.15)
  com.nasller.CodeGlancePro (1.8.1)
  com.volitic.plugin.ngdartfolding (1.0.2)
  com.codertainment.scrcpy (1.0.0)
  dev.j-a.swift (0.19.0.167-233)
  Statistic (4.2.14)
  com.wix.sasslint (1.1.2)
  krasa.CpuUsageIndicator (1.18.0-IJ2023)
  com.intellij.plugin.adernov.powershell (2.3.1)
  ee.carlrobert.chatgpt (2.4.0)
  GrepConsole (12.25.0-IJ2023.3)
  Dart (233.13763.5)
  andrasferenczi.dart-data-plugin (0.2.0)
  com.majera.intellij.codereview.bitbucket (2024.1.2.233)
  com.intellij.lang.jsgraphql (233.13135.65)
  izhangzhihao.rainbow.brackets (2024.2.1)
  com.jetbrains.packagesearch.intellij-plugin (233.11800.3)
  org.jetbrains.android (233.14475.28)
  io.flutter (78.1.1)
  de.mariushoefler.flutter_enhancement_suite (1.7.1)
  org.nemwiz.jira-commit-message (3.4.1)
  com.intellij.jira (4.7.1)
  zielu.gittoolbox (500.1.11+222)
  ru.itbasis.plugins.intellij.hashGenerator (0.3)
Kotlin: 233.14475.28-IJ

Our current project cannot be updated to the latest versions of Flutter and Dart because it relies on several legacy packages that are not compatible with newer versions.

[helin24]

I'm seeing different reports of whether this makes the IDE unusable or if it just prints out an error message. I think it should only print out an error message (this is what I get if I go back to an old Flutter SDK version), but the issue description title suggests something else could be going wrong as well.