1 files changed, 31 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/app/scripts/background.js b/app/scripts/background.js
index ec586f642..5878cd2e8 100644
--- a/app/scripts/background.js
+++ b/app/scripts/background.js
@@ -78,6 +78,28 @@ async function loadStateFromPersistence () {
                   diskStore.getState() ||
                   migrator.generateInitialState(firstTimeState)
 
+  // check if somehow state is empty
+  // this should never happen but new error reporting suggests that it has
+  // for a small number of users
+  // https://github.com/metamask/metamask-extension/issues/3919
+  if (versionedData && !versionedData.data) {
+    // try to recover from diskStore incase only localStore is bad
+    const diskStoreState = diskStore.getState()
+    if (diskStoreState && diskStoreState.data) {
+      // we were able to recover (though it might be old)
+      versionedData = diskStoreState
+      const vaultStructure = getObjStructure(versionedData)
+      raven.captureMessage('MetaMask - Empty vault found - recovered from diskStore', {
+        // "extra" key is required by Sentry
+        extra: { vaultStructure },
+      })
+    } else {
+      // unable to recover, clear state
+      versionedData = migrator.generateInitialState(firstTimeState)
+      raven.captureMessage('MetaMask - Empty vault found - unable to recover')
+    }
+  }
+
   // report migration errors to sentry
   migrator.on('error', (err) => {
     // get vault structure without secrets
@@ -140,9 +162,9 @@ function setupController (initState, initLangCode) {
     asStream(controller.store),
     debounce(1000),
     storeTransform(versionifyData),
-    storeTransform(syncDataWithExtension),
+    storeTransform(persistData),
     (error) => {
-      log.error('pump hit error', error)
+      log.error('MetaMask - Persistence pipeline failed', error)
     }
   )
 
@@ -151,7 +173,13 @@ function setupController (initState, initLangCode) {
     return versionedData
   }
 
-  function syncDataWithExtension(state) {
+  function persistData(state) {
+    if (!state) {
+      throw new Error('MetaMask - updated state is missing', state)
+    }
+    if (!state.data) {
+      throw new Error('MetaMask - updated state does not have data', state)
+    }
     if (localStore.isSupported) {
       localStore.set(state)
       .catch((err) => {