Detox: Detox tests hang on detox.init()

Describe the bug This is a bug that keeps showing up on Detox apparently but hasn’t been addressed recently. I am using react-native-firebase and specifically Crashlytics. It seems something is causing a crash when detox.init() is run. Specifically the test never gets past deviceDriver.waitUntilReady() in Device.js. I have been over the synchronization documentation but I don’t think it can help me as I cannot get to a point where the device global is exported.

To Reproduce

• I have tested this issue on the latest Detox release and it still reproduces

Provide the steps necessary to reproduce the issue. If you are seeing a regression, try to provide the last known version where the issue did not reproduce.

1. Create a react-native project and fully integrate react-native-firebase with Crashlytics.
2. Setup detox following the Getting Started Guide using Jest
3. Attempt to run a test in detox.
4. Observe that the tests never run. The beforeAll does not complete in init.js and doesn’t export the globals.

If possible, please provide a small demo project that reproduces the issue, or attach a video with the reproduction - this would be very appreciated.

Expected behavior I expect the initialization to work regardless of other native dependencies.

Environment (please complete the following information):

• Detox: ^12.1.4
• React Native: 0.57.8
• Node: v10.15.3
• Device: iOS iPhone 7 Sim
• Xcode: 10.2
• iOS: 12.2
• macOS: 10.14.3

Device and Verbose Detox Logs Provide the device and verbose Detox logs so we can understand what happened. You can obtain them by passing the loglevel param: detox test --loglevel verbose

detox test --debug-synchronization 12000 --loglevel verbose output:

detox[89116] WARN:  [test.js] Deprecation warning: "file" and "specs" support will be dropped in the next Detox version.
detox[89116] WARN:  [test.js] Please edit your package.json according to the migration guide: https://wix.to/I0DOAK0
detox[89116] INFO:  [test.js] configuration="ios.sim.debug" loglevel="verbose" debugSynchronization=12000 artifactsLocation="artifacts/ios.sim.debug.2019-04-15 20-09-51Z" recordLogs="none" takeScreenshots="none" recordVideos="none" node_modules/.bin/jest --config=e2e/config.json --maxWorkers=1 '--testNamePattern=^((?!:android:).)*$' "e2e"
detox[89117] INFO:  [DetoxServer.js] server listening on localhost:61905...
detox[89117] DEBUG: [AsyncWebSocket.js/WEBSOCKET_OPEN] opened web socket to: ws://localhost:61905
detox[89117] DEBUG: [DetoxServer.js/LOGIN] role=tester, sessionId=956a2014-bdd8-fefa-47c1-b0a4f6e51395
detox[89117] DEBUG: [DetoxServer.js/LOGIN_SUCCESS] role=tester, sessionId=956a2014-bdd8-fefa-47c1-b0a4f6e51395
detox[89117] DEBUG: [exec.js/EXEC_CMD, #0] /usr/bin/xcrun simctl list -j
detox[89117] DEBUG: [exec.js/EXEC_CMD, #1] applesimutils --list --byType "iPhone 7" --byOS "12.2"
detox[89117] DEBUG: [exec.js/EXEC_TRY, #1] Searching for device matching iPhone 7...
detox[89117] DEBUG: [exec.js/EXEC_CMD, #2] applesimutils --list --byId "5F44886B-82D9-40F7-8D12-1E6A0DF9963F"
detox[89117] DEBUG: [exec.js/EXEC_CMD, #3] /usr/bin/xcrun simctl uninstall 5F44886B-82D9-40F7-8D12-1E6A0DF9963F com.monarcbio.onevue
detox[89117] DEBUG: [exec.js/EXEC_TRY, #3] Uninstalling com.monarcbio.onevue...
detox[89117] DEBUG: [exec.js/EXEC_SUCCESS, #3] com.monarcbio.onevue uninstalled
detox[89117] DEBUG: [exec.js/EXEC_CMD, #4] /usr/bin/xcrun simctl install 5F44886B-82D9-40F7-8D12-1E6A0DF9963F "/Users/adamb/Developer/FSL/OneVue/ios/build/Build/Products/Debug-iphonesimulator/OneVue.app"
detox[89117] DEBUG: [exec.js/EXEC_TRY, #4] Installing /Users/adamb/Developer/FSL/OneVue/ios/build/Build/Products/Debug-iphonesimulator/OneVue.app...
detox[89117] DEBUG: [exec.js/EXEC_SUCCESS, #4] /Users/adamb/Developer/FSL/OneVue/ios/build/Build/Products/Debug-iphonesimulator/OneVue.app installed
detox[89117] DEBUG: [exec.js/EXEC_CMD, #5] /usr/bin/xcrun simctl terminate 5F44886B-82D9-40F7-8D12-1E6A0DF9963F com.monarcbio.onevue
detox[89117] DEBUG: [exec.js/EXEC_TRY, #5] Terminating com.monarcbio.onevue...
detox[89117] DEBUG: [exec.js/EXEC_SUCCESS, #5] com.monarcbio.onevue terminated
detox[89117] DEBUG: [exec.js/EXEC_CMD, #6] /bin/cat /dev/null >/Users/adamb/Library/Developer/CoreSimulator/Devices/5F44886B-82D9-40F7-8D12-1E6A0DF9963F/data/tmp/detox.last_launch_app_log.out 2>/Users/adamb/Library/Developer/CoreSimulator/Devices/5F44886B-82D9-40F7-8D12-1E6A0DF9963F/data/tmp/detox.last_launch_app_log.err && SIMCTL_CHILD_DYLD_INSERT_LIBRARIES="/Users/adamb/Library/Detox/ios/11e6f51c3d7c5604b4955a94547a3726d9ab1ecd/Detox.framework/Detox" /usr/bin/xcrun simctl launch --stdout=/tmp/detox.last_launch_app_log.out --stderr=/tmp/detox.last_launch_app_log.err 5F44886B-82D9-40F7-8D12-1E6A0DF9963F com.monarcbio.onevue --args -detoxServer ws://localhost:61905 -detoxSessionId 956a2014-bdd8-fefa-47c1-b0a4f6e51395detox[89117] DEBUG: [exec.js/EXEC_TRY, #6] Launching com.monarcbio.onevue...
detox[89117] INFO:  [AppleSimUtils.js] com.monarcbio.onevue launched. The stdout and stderr logs were recreated, you can watch them with:
        tail -F /Users/adamb/Library/Developer/CoreSimulator/Devices/5F44886B-82D9-40F7-8D12-1E6A0DF9963F/data/tmp/detox.last_launch_app_log.{out,err
}
detox[89117] DEBUG: [DetoxServer.js/CANNOT_FORWARD] role=testee not connected, cannot fw action (sessionId=956a2014-bdd8-fefa-47c1-b0a4f6e51395)
detox[89117] DEBUG: [DetoxServer.js/LOGIN] role=testee, sessionId=956a2014-bdd8-fefa-47c1-b0a4f6e51395
detox[89117] DEBUG: [DetoxServer.js/LOGIN_SUCCESS] role=testee, sessionId=956a2014-bdd8-fefa-47c1-b0a4f6e51395
 FAIL  e2e/firstTest.spec.js (120.841s)
  Example
    ✕ should skip onboarding (5ms)

  ● Example › should skip onboarding

    Timeout - Async callback was not invoked within the 120000ms timeout specified by jest.setTimeout.

      at mapper (../node_modules/jest-jasmine2/build/queue_runner.js:41:52)

  ● Example › should skip onboarding

    ReferenceError: device is not defined

      3 | describe('Example', () => {
      4 |   beforeEach(async () => {
    > 5 |     await device.reloadReactNative();
        |             ^
      6 |   });
      7 |
      8 |   test('should skip onboarding', async () => {

      at Object._callee$ (firstTest.spec.js:5:13)
      at tryCatch (../node_modules/@babel/runtime/node_modules/regenerator-runtime/runtime.js:62:40)
      at Generator.invoke [as _invoke] (../node_modules/@babel/runtime/node_modules/regenerator-runtime/runtime.js:288:22)
      at Generator.prototype.(anonymous function) [as next] (../node_modules/@babel/runtime/node_modules/regenerator-runtime/runtime.js:114:21)
      at tryCatch (../node_modules/@babel/runtime/node_modules/regenerator-runtime/runtime.js:62:40)
      at invoke (../node_modules/@babel/runtime/node_modules/regenerator-runtime/runtime.js:152:20)
      at ../node_modules/@babel/runtime/node_modules/regenerator-runtime/runtime.js:187:11
      at callInvokeWithMethodAndArg (../node_modules/@babel/runtime/node_modules/regenerator-runtime/runtime.js:186:16)
      at AsyncIterator.enqueue (../node_modules/@babel/runtime/node_modules/regenerator-runtime/runtime.js:209:13)
      at AsyncIterator.prototype.(anonymous function) [as next] (../node_modules/@babel/runtime/node_modules/regenerator-runtime/runtime.js:114:21)
      at Object.<anonymous>.runtime.async (../node_modules/@babel/runtime/node_modules/regenerator-runtime/runtime.js:233:14)
      at Object._callee (firstTest.spec.js:4:79)

  ● Example › should skip onboarding

    ReferenceError: element is not defined

       7 |
       8 |   test('should skip onboarding', async () => {
    >  9 |     const skipBtn = element(by.id('onboardingFinish'));
         |             ^
      10 |     await expect(skipBtn).tap();
      11 |   });
      12 | });

      at Object._callee2$ (firstTest.spec.js:9:13)
      at tryCatch (../node_modules/@babel/runtime/node_modules/regenerator-runtime/runtime.js:62:40)
      at Generator.invoke [as _invoke] (../node_modules/@babel/runtime/node_modules/regenerator-runtime/runtime.js:288:22)
      at Generator.prototype.(anonymous function) [as next] (../node_modules/@babel/runtime/node_modules/regenerator-runtime/runtime.js:114:21)
      at tryCatch (../node_modules/@babel/runtime/node_modules/regenerator-runtime/runtime.js:62:40)
      at invoke (../node_modules/@babel/runtime/node_modules/regenerator-runtime/runtime.js:152:20)
      at ../node_modules/@babel/runtime/node_modules/regenerator-runtime/runtime.js:187:11
      at callInvokeWithMethodAndArg (../node_modules/@babel/runtime/node_modules/regenerator-runtime/runtime.js:186:16)
      at AsyncIterator.enqueue (../node_modules/@babel/runtime/node_modules/regenerator-runtime/runtime.js:209:13)
      at AsyncIterator.prototype.(anonymous function) [as next] (../node_modules/@babel/runtime/node_modules/regenerator-runtime/runtime.js:114:21)
      at Object.<anonymous>.runtime.async (../node_modules/@babel/runtime/node_modules/regenerator-runtime/runtime.js:233:14)
      at Object._callee2 (firstTest.spec.js:8:112)

Test Suites: 1 failed, 1 total
Tests:       1 failed, 1 total
Snapshots:   0 total
Time:        120.875s, estimated 121s
Ran all test suites matching /e2e/i with tests matching "^((?!:android:).)*$".
detox[89117] DEBUG: [DetoxServer.js/DISCONNECT] role=tester, sessionId=956a2014-bdd8-fefa-47c1-b0a4f6e51395
detox[89117] DEBUG: [DetoxServer.js/DISCONNECT] role=testee, sessionId=956a2014-bdd8-fefa-47c1-b0a4f6e51395
detox[89116] ERROR: [cli.js] Error: Command failed: node_modules/.bin/jest --config=e2e/config.json --maxWorkers=1 '--testNamePattern=^((?!:android:).)*$' "e2e"

Device Log

2019-04-15 16:02:48.479 OneVue[89023:3409363] Crash handler setup started.
2019-04-15 16:02:48.479 OneVue[89023:3409363] Crash handler setup completed.
2019-04-15 16:02:48.479 OneVue[89023:3409363] Enabling accessibility for automation on Simulator.
2019-04-15 16:02:48.976 OneVue[89023:3409363] [Crashlytics] Version 3.10.9 (131)
2019-04-15 16:02:49.001 [info][tid:main][RCTCxxBridge.mm:216] Initializing <RCTCxxBridge: 0x600000f94ff0> (parent: <RCTBridge: 0x600001ba2530>, executor: (null))
2019-04-15 16:02:49.054 [info][tid:main][RCTRootView.m:293] Running application OneVue ({
    initialProps =     {
    };
    rootTag = 1;
})
2019-04-15 16:02:49.136 OneVue[89023:3409363] -[RNFirebase init] [Line 18] Setting up RNFirebase instance
2019-04-15 16:02:49.618 [warn][tid:com.facebook.react.JavaScript] Require cycle: node_modules/react-native-paper/src/components/FAB/FAB.js -> node_modules/react-native-paper/src/components/FAB/FABGroup.js -> node_modules/react-native-paper/src/components/FAB/FAB.js

Require cycles are allowed, but can result in uninitialized values. Consider refactoring to remove the need for a cycle.
2019-04-15 16:02:49.627 [warn][tid:com.facebook.react.JavaScript] Require cycle: node_modules/react-native-paper/src/components/Appbar/Appbar.js -> node_modules/react-native-paper/src/components/Appbar/AppbarHeader.js -> node_modules/react-native-paper/src/components/Appbar/Appbar.js

Require cycles are allowed, but can result in uninitialized values. Consider refactoring to remove the need for a cycle.
2019-04-15 16:02:49.630 [warn][tid:com.facebook.react.JavaScript] Require cycle: node_modules/react-native-paper/src/components/ToggleButton/ToggleButton.js -> node_modules/react-native-paper/src/components/ToggleButton/ToggleButtonGroup.js -> node_modules/react-native-paper/src/components/ToggleButton/ToggleButton.js

Require cycles are allowed, but can result in uninitialized values. Consider refactoring to remove the need for a cycle.
2019-04-15 16:02:49.632 [warn][tid:com.facebook.react.JavaScript] Require cycle: node_modules/react-native-firebase/dist/utils/apps.js -> node_modules/react-native-firebase/dist/modules/core/app.js -> node_modules/react-native-firebase/dist/utils/apps.js

Require cycles are allowed, but can result in uninitialized values. Consider refactoring to remove the need for a cycle.
2019-04-15 16:02:49.634 [warn][tid:com.facebook.react.JavaScript] Require cycle: node_modules/react-native-firebase/dist/modules/admob/index.js -> node_modules/react-native-firebase/dist/modules/admob/Interstitial.js -> node_modules/react-native-firebase/dist/modules/admob/index.js

Require cycles are allowed, but can result in uninitialized values. Consider refactoring to remove the need for a cycle.
2019-04-15 16:02:49.635 [warn][tid:com.facebook.react.JavaScript] Require cycle: node_modules/react-native-firebase/dist/modules/admob/index.js -> node_modules/react-native-firebase/dist/modules/admob/RewardedVideo.js -> node_modules/react-native-firebase/dist/modules/admob/index.js

Require cycles are allowed, but can result in uninitialized values. Consider refactoring to remove the need for a cycle.
2019-04-15 16:02:49.642 [warn][tid:com.facebook.react.JavaScript] Require cycle: node_modules/react-native-firebase/dist/modules/database/Reference.js -> node_modules/react-native-firebase/dist/utils/SyncTree.js -> node_modules/react-native-firebase/dist/modules/database/Reference.js

Require cycles are allowed, but can result in uninitialized values. Consider refactoring to remove the need for a cycle.
2019-04-15 16:02:49.643 [warn][tid:com.facebook.react.JavaScript] Require cycle: node_modules/react-native-firebase/dist/modules/core/firebase.js ->node_modules/react-native-firebase/dist/utils/apps.js -> node_modules/react-native-firebase/dist/modules/core/app.js -> node_modules/react-native-firebase/dist/modules/database/index.js -> node_modules/react-native-firebase/dist/modules/core/firebase.js

Require cycles are allowed, but can result in uninitialized values. Consider refactoring to remove the need for a cycle.
2019-04-15 16:02:49.645 [warn][tid:com.facebook.react.JavaScript] Require cycle: node_modules/react-native-firebase/dist/modules/firestore/DocumentSnapshot.js -> node_modules/react-native-firebase/dist/modules/firestore/DocumentReference.js -> node_modules/react-native-firebase/dist/modules/firestore/DocumentSnapshot.js

Require cycles are allowed, but can result in uninitialized values. Consider refactoring to remove the need for a cycle.
2019-04-15 16:02:49.645 [warn][tid:com.facebook.react.JavaScript] Require cycle: node_modules/react-native-firebase/dist/modules/firestore/CollectionReference.js -> node_modules/react-native-firebase/dist/modules/firestore/Query.js -> node_modules/react-native-firebase/dist/modules/firestore/QuerySnapshot.js -> node_modules/react-native-firebase/dist/modules/firestore/DocumentChange.js -> node_modules/react-native-firebase/dist/modules/firestore/DocumentSnapshot.js -> node_modules/react-native-firebase/dist/modules/firestore/DocumentReference.js -> node_modules/react-native-firebase/dist/modules/firestore/CollectionReference.js

Require cycles are allowed, but can result in uninitialized values. Consider refactoring to remove the need for a cycle.
2019-04-15 16:02:49.646 [warn][tid:com.facebook.react.JavaScript] Require cycle: node_modules/react-native-firebase/dist/modules/firestore/DocumentReference.js -> node_modules/react-native-firebase/dist/modules/firestore/utils/serialize.js -> node_modules/react-native-firebase/dist/modules/firestore/DocumentReference.js

Require cycles are allowed, but can result in uninitialized values. Consider refactoring to remove the need for a cycle.
2019-04-15 16:02:49.647 [warn][tid:com.facebook.react.JavaScript] Require cycle: node_modules/react-native-firebase/dist/modules/firestore/utils/serialize.js -> node_modules/react-native-firebase/dist/modules/firestore/FieldValue.js -> node_modules/react-native-firebase/dist/modules/firestore/utils/serialize.js

Require cycles are allowed, but can result in uninitialized values. Consider refactoring to remove the need for a cycle.
2019-04-15 16:02:49.649 [warn][tid:com.facebook.react.JavaScript] Require cycle: node_modules/react-native-firebase/dist/modules/core/firebase.js ->node_modules/react-native-firebase/dist/utils/apps.js -> node_modules/react-native-firebase/dist/modules/core/app.js -> node_modules/react-native-firebase/dist/modules/functions/index.js -> node_modules/react-native-firebase/dist/modules/core/firebase.js

Require cycles are allowed, but can result in uninitialized values. Consider refactoring to remove the need for a cycle.
2019-04-15 16:02:49.657 [warn][tid:com.facebook.react.JavaScript] Require cycle: node_modules/react-native-firebase/dist/modules/storage/index.js ->node_modules/react-native-firebase/dist/modules/storage/reference.js -> node_modules/react-native-firebase/dist/modules/storage/task.js -> node_modules/react-native-firebase/dist/modules/storage/index.js

Require cycles are allowed, but can result in uninitialized values. Consider refactoring to remove the need for a cycle.
2019-04-15 16:02:49.715 [warn][tid:com.facebook.react.JavaScript] Require cycle: src/App.jsx -> src/navigation/index.js -> src/navigation/auth.js ->src/screens/Login/index.jsx -> src/App.jsx

Require cycles are allowed, but can result in uninitialized values. Consider refactoring to remove the need for a cycle.
2019-04-15 16:02:49.755 [warn][tid:com.facebook.react.JavaScript] Require cycle: node_modules/react-native-gesture-handler/index.js -> node_modules/react-native-gesture-handler/DrawerLayout.js -> node_modules/react-native-gesture-handler/index.js

Require cycles are allowed, but can result in uninitialized values. Consider refactoring to remove the need for a cycle.
2019-04-15 16:02:49.879 [warn][tid:com.facebook.react.JavaScript] Require cycle: node_modules/rn-fetch-blob/index.js -> node_modules/rn-fetch-blob/polyfill/index.js -> node_modules/rn-fetch-blob/polyfill/Blob.js -> node_modules/rn-fetch-blob/index.js

Require cycles are allowed, but can result in uninitialized values. Consider refactoring to remove the need for a cycle.
2019-04-15 16:02:49.880 [warn][tid:com.facebook.react.JavaScript] Require cycle: node_modules/rn-fetch-blob/index.js -> node_modules/rn-fetch-blob/polyfill/index.js -> node_modules/rn-fetch-blob/polyfill/XMLHttpRequest.js -> node_modules/rn-fetch-blob/index.js

Require cycles are allowed, but can result in uninitialized values. Consider refactoring to remove the need for a cycle.
2019-04-15 16:02:49.881 [warn][tid:com.facebook.react.JavaScript] Require cycle: node_modules/rn-fetch-blob/index.js -> node_modules/rn-fetch-blob/polyfill/index.js -> node_modules/rn-fetch-blob/polyfill/FileReader.js -> node_modules/rn-fetch-blob/index.js

Require cycles are allowed, but can result in uninitialized values. Consider refactoring to remove the need for a cycle.
2019-04-15 16:02:49.882 [warn][tid:com.facebook.react.JavaScript] Require cycle: node_modules/rn-fetch-blob/index.js -> node_modules/rn-fetch-blob/polyfill/index.js -> node_modules/rn-fetch-blob/polyfill/Fetch.js -> node_modules/rn-fetch-blob/index.js

Require cycles are allowed, but can result in uninitialized values. Consider refactoring to remove the need for a cycle.
2019-04-15 16:02:49.955 [info][tid:com.facebook.react.JavaScript] Running application "OneVue" with appParams: {"rootTag":1,"initialProps":{}}. __DEV__ === true, development-level warning are ON, performance optimizations are OFF
2019-04-15 16:02:50.053 [warn][tid:main][RCTView.m:712] (ADVICE) View #37 of type RCTView has a shadow set but cannot calculate shadow efficiently. Consider setting a background color to fix this, or apply the shadow to a more specific component.
2019-04-15 16:02:50.206 [info][tid:main][RNGestureHandlerManager.m:135] [GESTURE HANDLER] Initialize gesture handler for root view <RCTRootContentView: 0x7fa71ae21550; reactTag: 1; frame = (0 0; 375 667); gestureRecognizers = <NSArray: 0x600003ef14d0>; layer = <CALayer: 0x6000030e5560>>
2019-04-15 16:02:50.213 [warn][tid:main][RCTView.m:712] (ADVICE) View #177 of type RCTView has a shadow set but cannot calculate shadow efficiently.Consider setting a background color to fix this, or apply the shadow to a more specific component.
2019-04-15 16:02:50.216 [warn][tid:main][RCTView.m:712] (ADVICE) View #159 of type RCTView has a shadow set but cannot calculate shadow efficiently.Consider setting a background color to fix this, or apply the shadow to a more specific component.
2019-04-15 16:02:51.078 OneVue[89023:3409363] [Crashlytics:Crash] Warning: NSUncaughtExceptionHandler is 'grey_uncaughtExceptionHandler' in '/Users/adamb/Library/Detox/ios/11e6f51c3d7c5604b4955a94547a3726d9ab1ecd/Detox.framework/Frameworks/EarlGrey.framework/EarlGrey'
[Crashlytics] The signal SIGABRT has a non-Crashlytics handler ((null)).  This will interfere with reporting.
[Crashlytics] The signal SIGBUS has a non-Crashlytics handler ((null)).  This will interfere with reporting.
[Crashlytics] The signal SIGFPE has a non-Crashlytics handler ((null)).  This will interfere with reporting.
[Crashlytics] The signal SIGILL has a non-Crashlytics handler ((null)).  This will interfere with reporting.
[Crashlytics] The signal SIGSEGV has a non-Crashlytics handler ((null)).  This will interfere with reporting.
[Crashlytics] The signal SIGSYS has a non-Crashlytics handler ((null)).  This will interfere with reporting.
[Crashlytics] The signal SIGTRAP has a non-Crashlytics handler ((null)).  This will interfere with reporting.