firebase-android-sdk: firebase-auth:22.1.1 - com.google.android.gms.internal.firebase-auth-api.zzwk: java.lang.NullPointerException

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[REQUIRED] Step 2: Describe your environment

• Android Studio version: Iguana 2023.2.1 Canary 3
• Firebase Component: Firebase Authentication
• Component version: 22.1.1

[REQUIRED] Step 3: Describe the problem

Since upgrading our Firebase BOM to 32.2.2, we’ve received several obfuscated crash reports in Firebase Crashlytics that we cannot reproduce or diagnose.

Steps to reproduce:

Have not been able to reproduce. Crashes generally occur within a second of the session’s start.

Relevant Code:

Fatal Exception: com.google.android.gms.internal.firebase-auth-api.zzwk: java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual method 'java.lang.String com.google.firebase.auth.internal.zzt.f()' on a null object reference
       at com.google.firebase.auth.internal.zzbt.zzd(com.google.firebase:firebase-auth@@22.1.1:38)
       at com.google.firebase.auth.FirebaseAuth.zzT(com.google.firebase:firebase-auth@@22.1.1:14)
       at com.google.firebase.auth.zzx.zza(com.google.firebase:firebase-auth@@22.1.1:1)
       at com.google.android.gms.internal.firebase-auth-api.zzzc.zzb(com.google.firebase:firebase-auth@@22.1.1:3)
       at com.google.android.gms.internal.firebase-auth-api.zzabs.zzj(com.google.firebase:firebase-auth@@22.1.1:1)
       at com.google.android.gms.internal.firebase-auth-api.zzabp.zzq(com.google.firebase:firebase-auth@@22.1.1:2)
       at com.google.android.gms.internal.firebase-auth-api.zzaaq.zzq(com.google.firebase:firebase-auth@@22.1.1:1)
       at com.google.android.gms.internal.firebase-auth-api.zzxj.zzb(com.google.firebase:firebase-auth@@22.1.1:2)
       at com.google.android.gms.internal.firebase-auth-api.zzaca.zzc(com.google.firebase:firebase-auth@@22.1.1:12)
       at com.google.android.gms.internal.firebase-auth-api.zzaca.zzb(com.google.firebase:firebase-auth@@22.1.1:14)
       at com.google.android.gms.internal.firebase-auth-api.zzabf.zzf(com.google.firebase:firebase-auth@@22.1.1:4)
       at com.google.android.gms.internal.firebase-auth-api.zzys.zzp(com.google.firebase:firebase-auth@@22.1.1:4)
       at com.google.android.gms.internal.firebase-auth-api.zzaar.zzj(com.google.firebase:firebase-auth@@22.1.1:3)
       at com.google.android.gms.internal.firebase-auth-api.zzzc.zzc(com.google.firebase:firebase-auth@@22.1.1:1)
       at com.google.android.gms.internal.firebase-auth-api.zzabt.run(com.google.firebase:firebase-auth@@22.1.1:1)
       at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1137)
       at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:637)
       at com.google.firebase.concurrent.CustomThreadFactory.lambda$newThread$0(CustomThreadFactory.java:47)
       at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:1012)

Caused by java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual method 'java.lang.String com.google.firebase.auth.internal.zzt.f()' on a null object reference
       at com.google.firebase.auth.internal.zzbt.zzd(com.google.firebase:firebase-auth@@22.1.1:16)
       at com.google.firebase.auth.FirebaseAuth.zzT(com.google.firebase:firebase-auth@@22.1.1:14)
       at com.google.firebase.auth.zzx.zza(com.google.firebase:firebase-auth@@22.1.1:1)
       at com.google.android.gms.internal.firebase-auth-api.zzzc.zzb(com.google.firebase:firebase-auth@@22.1.1:3)
       at com.google.android.gms.internal.firebase-auth-api.zzabs.zzj(com.google.firebase:firebase-auth@@22.1.1:1)
       at com.google.android.gms.internal.firebase-auth-api.zzabp.zzq(com.google.firebase:firebase-auth@@22.1.1:2)
       at com.google.android.gms.internal.firebase-auth-api.zzaaq.zzq(com.google.firebase:firebase-auth@@22.1.1:1)
       at com.google.android.gms.internal.firebase-auth-api.zzxj.zzb(com.google.firebase:firebase-auth@@22.1.1:2)
       at com.google.android.gms.internal.firebase-auth-api.zzaca.zzc(com.google.firebase:firebase-auth@@22.1.1:12)
       at com.google.android.gms.internal.firebase-auth-api.zzaca.zzb(com.google.firebase:firebase-auth@@22.1.1:14)
       at com.google.android.gms.internal.firebase-auth-api.zzabf.zzf(com.google.firebase:firebase-auth@@22.1.1:4)
       at com.google.android.gms.internal.firebase-auth-api.zzys.zzp(com.google.firebase:firebase-auth@@22.1.1:4)
       at com.google.android.gms.internal.firebase-auth-api.zzaar.zzj(com.google.firebase:firebase-auth@@22.1.1:3)
       at com.google.android.gms.internal.firebase-auth-api.zzzc.zzc(com.google.firebase:firebase-auth@@22.1.1:1)
       at com.google.android.gms.internal.firebase-auth-api.zzabt.run(com.google.firebase:firebase-auth@@22.1.1:1)
       at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1137)
       at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:637)
       at com.google.firebase.concurrent.CustomThreadFactory.lambda$newThread$0(CustomThreadFactory.java:47)
       at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:1012)