The new corona contact confirmation application 'COCOA' is forcibly terminated. The flow until the problem is identified is like this.



When upgrading with the new coronavirus infection (COVID-19) contact confirmation app 'COCOA', a problem occurred on some terminals that 'the app could not be started and was forcibly terminated'. The bug has occurred in both the Android version and the iOS version.

According to the COCOA information page of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, COCOA was updated to '1.4.0' on November 25th. The bug reported this time is believed to be due to this update.

● Distribution of the revised version '1.4.0' started on November 25th.
-In the modified version '1.4.0', the following modifications are mainly made.
1. 1. We changed the design of the home screen so that you can check the operation status of the application in an easy-to-understand manner.
2. 2. We reviewed the buttons, images and wording in the app.



According to the notification from the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, 'Currently, after updating to 1.4.0, there is an event that COCOA is forcibly terminated on some terminals. We will inform you separately after investigating the cause. We apologize for the inconvenience caused to all of you. '



A problem was reported on GitHub on the night of the 25th, and since the problem has occurred on the second generation iPhone SE and Galaxy S9 equipped with iOS 14.8.1, it is a problem common to iOS and Android. I understand.

COCOA v1.4.0 does not start · Issue # 517 · cocoa-mhlw / cocoa · GitHub

https://github.com/cocoa-mhlw/cocoa/issues/517



In response to the above report, Keiji Ariyama , an Android engineer of the Digital Agency, is dealing with the problem, and around midnight on November 26, 'Hotfix version (v1.4.1) test was completed, App Store, The submission to the Google Play Store has been completed. '



In addition, the details of the cause of the problem are spelled out with the preface that 'it is not an official announcement'.



At the time of writing the article, 'Version 1.4.1' was released on the App Store, and the problem related to startup has been resolved.

'COCOA-New Coronavirus Contact Confirmation App' on the App Store

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