Description
Board
Board: ESP32-S3
Device Description
Description:
After updating to Arduino-ESP32 3.1.2, we observed frequent crashes when using serializeJson with DynamicJsonDocument. The issue occurs specifically when handling empty or minimal JSON objects like {} or when the serialized String is empty (""). This behavior was not present in previous versions and might be related to recent changes in String behavior (String::move fix). The crash generates a Guru Meditation Error (LoadProhibited).
Example Code:
DynamicJsonDocument doc(2048);
doc["data"] = "{}";
String json;
serializeJson(doc, json); // Causes crash
We also experience similar crashes when serializing responses with minimal data (doc["data"] = {} or []), which should be valid JSON structures.
By switching to std::string for handling serialization, the crash is avoided. The modified code is shown below:
#include // Use std::string
DynamicJsonDocument doc(2048);
doc["data"] = "{}";
std::string jsonString;
serializeJson(doc, jsonString); // No crash
This might suggest an underlying issue with String conversion in the recent core update.
Environment:
Board: ESP32-S3
Core Version: Arduino-ESP32 3.1.2
ArduinoJson Version: 7.3.0
The issue seems closely related to serializeJson combined with String. Let me know if you need additional debug logs or a full backtrace.
Hardware Configuration
no
Version
v3.1.2
IDE Name
Arduino 2.3.4
Operating System
11
Flash frequency
40m
PSRAM enabled
no
Upload speed
115200
Description
no
Sketch
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
void processRawInput(String rawData, String source) {
Serial.println("Raw data to be parsed: " + rawData);
// Parse JSON from the raw data
DynamicJsonDocument doc(2048); // Adjusted for larger data
DeserializationError error = deserializeJson(doc, rawData);
if (error) {
Serial.println("Invalid JSON received from source: " + source);
return;
}
// Extract command details
CommandData cmdData;
cmdData.source = source;
cmdData.sequenceId = doc["sequenceId"] | String(time(NULL));
if (doc.containsKey("data")) {
// Serialize the "data" object into a string and store it in cmdData.data
//String jsonString;
std::string jsonString;
serializeJson(doc["data"], jsonString);
// cmdData.data = jsonString;
cmdData.data = String(jsonString.c_str()); // Convert safely back to String
} else {
Serial.println("Error: 'data' key is missing or invalid.");
return;
}
String commandName = doc["command"] | "";
if (commandName.isEmpty()) {
Serial.println("Error: 'command' key is missing or invalid.");
return;
}
// Process the command
processCommand(commandName, cmdData);
}
### Debug Message
```plain
Decoding stack results
0x420405c0: is in String::operator=(char const*) (C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\esp32\hardware\esp32\3.1.2\cores\esp32\WString.cpp:293).
0x42016ddf: is in ArduinoJson::V730PB22::detail::serialize<ArduinoJson::V730PB22::detail::JsonSerializer, String>(ArduinoJson::V730PB22::JsonVariantConst, String&) (c:\Users\Admin\Documents\Arduino\libraries\ArduinoJson\src/ArduinoJson/Serialization/Writers/ArduinoStringWriter.hpp:19).
0x42016e69: is in ArduinoJson::V730PB22::serializeJson<String, 0>(ArduinoJson::V730PB22::JsonVariantConst, String&) (c:\Users\Admin\Documents\Arduino\libraries\ArduinoJson\src/ArduinoJson/Json/JsonSerializer.hpp:137).Other Steps to Reproduce
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