Getting error "Cannot read property 'containerId' of undefined" when using with GTM

[alex-mironov]

I've integrated Firebase into the react application where GTM is already used. When I'm trying to log some event for the first time it crashes:

import firebase from 'firebase/app'
  
firebase.initializeApp({
  apiKey: '...',
  authDomain: '...',
  databaseURL: '...',
  projectId: '...',
  storageBucket: '...',
  messagingSenderId: '...',
  appId: '...',
  measurementId: '...',
})
...
  firebase.analytics().logEvent('custom_event', {
    login: 'login',
  })

The error I see in the console at the moment the above event is sent:

gtm.js?id=GTM-M4SMHQD&gtm_auth=&gtm_preview=&gtm_cookies_win=x:292 Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property 'containerId' of undefined
    at Pl (gtm.js?id=GTM-M4SMHQD&gtm_auth=&gtm_preview=&gtm_cookies_win=x:292)
    at Hl.aa.flush (gtm.js?id=GTM-M4SM...&gtm_auth=&gtm_preview=&gtm_cookies_win=x:299)
    at Hl.aa.push (gtm.js?id=GTM-M4SM...&gtm_auth=&gtm_preview=&gtm_cookies_win=x:297)
    at Kl (js?l=dataLayer&id=G-ERXSK...:175)
    at config (js?l=dataLayer&id=G-ERXSK...:186)
    at Tm (js?l=dataLayer&id=G-ERXSKR...:195)
    at Um (js?l=dataLayer&id=G-ERXSK...:195)

All the subsequent calls of logEvent work just fine.

And here is how I'm using GTM:

import TagManager from 'react-gtm-module'

TagManager.initialize({
  gtmId: '...',
})

    "firebase": "^8.4.1",
    "react-gtm-module": "^2.0.11",

I would appreciate any help on that.

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[looptheloop88]

Hi @alex-mironov, please check if you have followed the additional set up needed for existing GTM to work with Google Analytics for Firebase.

If the issue persists, share a minimal but complete sample project that I can run locally to replicate the issue.

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