Sep 2021: V9 JS SDK, Apple platforms, Audit Logs for Firestore and more!

Welcome to the September 2021 edition of Firebase Release Notes with Frank van Puffelen. In this video, Puf discusses Modular SDK for JavaScript, Firebase library support by Apple platform, Firestore audit logging, enhanced audiences for targeting, balancing your in-app purchase revenue with ad revenue, and more!

Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
0:10 - JavaScript SDK v9: up to 80% less Firebase in your app bundle
0:43 - Apple platform support matrix in docs
1:14 - Set min-instances to reduce cold starts of Cloud Functions
1:58 - Whodunit: Audit logs for Firestore
2:31 - Target Cloud Messaging and A/B Testing with predictive audiences
2:58 - Specify data types for parameters in Remote Config
3:32 - Outro

Resources:

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[augustkimacovich]

I have a video on my channel which shows how to keep functions warm at almost no cost by calling them every minute 24/7 using google cloud scheduler which also does the trick. You can also send data into them with this method to keep Firestore warm as well (as reads/writes can take 5+ seconds when completely cold).

[alexandrefaustino]

Was anyony able to make the audit logging work ?
I'm enabling the data_access in GCP for read and write per user but in the logs explorer I don't see any entries ?!

[hakimmirzaoglu]

How much does min instances cost? I dont understand it in description

[mycloudvip]

Hi, where can I find notes on how to create custom cloud functions for my firebase projects? Thanks!

[jangrunwaldt]

Hey guys, my app sadly got 1 star reviews due to the "The request was aborted because there was no available instance" cloud function error... Is it fixed?

[dinoscheidt]

Why does Firebase still not provide GaphQL out of the box. I don’t get it 😪

[kejatori]

how can i fix can not read tenantId in authentication

[alikaddam]

if we limit cloud function max instance to 1. what will happen to other requests when cloud function still in process by previous request ? are they drop or they arrange in line waiting ? or cloud function still can handle multi requests regardless of instance limit

[whoman]

To be honest, I didnt liked the v9 change. It was used to be alot easier to use the properties with dots. Now its too bloated

[MrIMacro]

I wish everything was explained in a more simple way in order to be understood buy beginners and non natives. Or maybe they aren't addressed in this video !!

[gaminggenes]

Slowly, there will be no more "Free Tier" for Firebase: From Cloud Build and Container Registry to Cold Start Instances to <Fill in the blank here>. Firebase is just a strategic packing to GCP. Soon, there will be more and more charges that may seem "optional" but "inevitable" -- You may need to keep paying even before you're making some returns out of your Firebase Projects -- "Pay as you Go" becomes "Pay before you're going anywhere". Good luck everyone!

[monicamclendon]

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