Remote Config fetchAndActivate does not honour minimumFetchInterval in RemoteConfigSettings

[yliu342]

[REQUIRED] Step 1: Describe your environment

• Xcode version: 11.3
• Firebase SDK version: 6.14.0
• Firebase Component: Remote Config
• Component version: 6.14.0
• Installation method: Carthage

[REQUIRED] Step 2: Describe the problem

Steps to reproduce:

On app launch, set minimumFetchInterval to 10 sec,
Call fetchAndActivate with a completion handler.
The first time it will always fetch from the server.
Then wait for a couple of min and re launch the app
You can see from the log
[Firebase/RemoteConfig][I-RCN000067] Successfully set configSettings. Developer Mode: false, Minimum Fetch Interval:10.000000, Fetch timeout:60.000000
[Firebase/RemoteConfig][I-RCN000051] Returning cached data.
[Firebase/RemoteConfig][I-RCN000069] Most recently fetched config is already activated.
It does not make a call to the backend to retrieve the latest Config.

The minimumFetchInterval is not taking effect.

Relevant Code:

let remoteConfig = RemoteConfig.remoteConfig()
let settings = RemoteConfigSettings()
settings.minimumFetchInterval = 10 
remoteConfig.setDefaults(fromPlist: "RemoteConfigDefault")
remoteConfig.configSettings = settings
remoteConfig.fetchAndActivate(completionHandler: { (status, error) in
      ....
})

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[yliu342]

After some digging around I found out that setting the configSettings is an async call. If I make a call fetchAndActivate right after setting the configSettings then the minimumFetchInterval has not been take affect so the Default value is always used.

Not sure if this is considered as a bug or by design? If it is by design maybe update the documentation?

[dmandar]

Thanks for reporting. It makes sense for configSettings to return a completion handler. Internal bug b/148652144 tracking this.

[toandk]

I got the same problem. Is there any workaround solution for this issue? @dmandar @yliu342

[dmandar]

As a workaround you can call fetchwithexpirationduration: to explicitly set the minimumfetchinterval for just that fetch call.

[RahathCherukuri]

@dmandar: fetchwithexpirationduration too has the same behavior.
The first time it will always fetch from the server, after the elapsed duration, doesn't make a call to the backend to retrieve the latest Config.

[jyothishd]

Am also experiencing the same behavior, Only the first time the remote config is fetched from the server. Even on setting minimumFetchInterval as zero, the remote config is not fetched again from remote. It is fetched from cache only. Can this be fixed on priority.