firebase remote config get template api fails throws "Version update time must be a valid date string"

[arshedg]

Issue is reproducible in Firebase cloud function and in the local cloud function simulator(started occurring from 13-nov-2020)

• Firebase SDK version: 9.4.0
• Firebase Product: remote config
• Node.js version: 10.10.0

Firebase node admin api "admin.remoteConfig().getTemplate() or config.getTemplateAtVersion" throws error

{"code":"remote-config/invalid-argument","message":"Version update time must be a valid date string"}

The issue is reproducible for all remote config versions updated today(using firebase ui or rest api).
Older remote config versions can be fetched.

config.getTemplateAtVersion(today's version) -> fails
config.getTemplateAtVersion(yesterday or previous version) -> works

Steps to reproduce:

update a remote config api using firebase ui.
get the template using the admin api

additional information

The version details of today's config(which doesn't work) look like

{
  "versionNumber": "7771",
  "updateTime": "2020-11-13T08:02:12.468168Z",
.....
}

Version details of old remote config (which work)

{
  "versionNumber": "7740",
  "updateTime": "2020-11-12T14:53:52.351Z",
...

You can see the time format is different for new and old remote config. I guess that's the reason why api is failing

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[sulayyudiz]

I am also facing the same issue

[whereissami]

Experiencing same issue cant get remote config values in my cloud functions.

[evilass]

We also facing this one since today.

[fkneist]

Same here

[WiNloSt]

I'm also facing the same problem, I've debugging like crazy the past few hours until I found this issue.

For me, the parameter was added no longer than the past few hours. And the command

admin.remoteConfig().getTemplate()

Will fail with the same error described in the issue.

I've also tried downgrading firebase-admin to version 9.2.0, and 9.0.0 but doesn't really help.

[VGJohn]

Seeing this issue today as well

[ryanoboril]

Same here, issue appeared overnight with no code changes or even npm update

[lukencrocker]

Same issue here. Appeared overnight with no code changes. Tried all I can think of but still fails when hitting this line "admin.remoteConfig().getTemplate();" Only thing I did for it to start failing is add a new Remote Config setting as described.

[moshaheen]

Happening to us as well. just started today

[pedr0ni]

Same issue here.

Stack trace:

PrefixedFirebaseError: Version update time must be a valid date string
at FirebaseRemoteConfigError.FirebaseError [as constructor] (/Users/matheusr/Documents/B2B/platform-config/mobile/firebase-autosync/node_modules/firebase-admin/lib/utils/error.js:43:28)
at FirebaseRemoteConfigError.PrefixedFirebaseError [as constructor] (/Users/matheusr/Documents/B2B/platform-config/mobile/firebase-autosync/node_modules/firebase-admin/lib/utils/error.js:89:28)
at new FirebaseRemoteConfigError (/Users/matheusr/Documents/B2B/platform-config/mobile/firebase-autosync/node_modules/firebase-admin/lib/remote-config/remote-config-api-client-internal.js:403:23)
at new VersionImpl (/Users/matheusr/Documents/B2B/platform-config/mobile/firebase-autosync/node_modules/firebase-admin/lib/remote-config/remote-config.js:297:23)
at new RemoteConfigTemplateImpl (/Users/matheusr/Documents/B2B/platform-config/mobile/firebase-autosync/node_modules/firebase-admin/lib/remote-config/remote-config.js:208:28)
at /Users/matheusr/Documents/B2B/platform-config/mobile/firebase-autosync/node_modules/firebase-admin/lib/remote-config/remote-config.js:61:20
at processTicksAndRejections (internal/process/task_queues.js:97:5)
at async getConfig (/Users/matheusr/Documents/B2B/platform-config/mobile/firebase-autosync/index.js:21:12)
at async main (/Users/matheusr/Documents/B2B/platform-config/mobile/firebase-autosync/index.js:48:28) {
errorInfo: {
code: 'remote-config/invalid-argument',
message: 'Version update time must be a valid date string'
},
codePrefix: 'remote-config'
}