[Bug] Linking against the latest (13.9.0) statically built libraries panics

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Description

When I link the latest Firebase v13.9.0 statically built libraries (libfirebase_ump.a, libfirebase_messaging.a, libfirebase_analytics.a, libfirebase_app.a) against my iOS app that has a minimum iOS deployment version of 15.0, it panics at startup immediately and the app will not run. I've tested on a physical device with iOS version 15.8.8 and used Xcode run (debug).

I've tested the last few Firebase versions and this happens from v13.7.0+.

The libraries are working fine with v13.5.0, at least on iOS.

The same also happens on debug builds of Android while running the app with the debugger attached. I've tested on a physical device with Android version 8.0.0.

Firebase SDK Version

13.9.0

Xcode Version

26.2

Android Studio Version

Android Studio Quail 1 | 2026.1.1 Patch 2

Firebase Product(s)

Analytics, Crashlytics, Messaging

Targeted Platforms

iOS and Android

Relevant Log Output

dyld[64473]: Symbol not found: (__ZNSt3__122__libcpp_verbose_abortEPKcz)
  Referenced from: '/private/var/containers/Bundle/Application/<APP_ID>/<APP>.app/<APP>.debug.dylib'
  Expected in: '/usr/lib/libc++.1.dylib'
Symbol not found: (__ZNSt3__122__libcpp_verbose_abortEPKcz)
  Referenced from: '/private/var/containers/Bundle/Application/<APP_ID>/<APP>.app/<APP>.debug.dylib'
  Expected in: '/usr/lib/libc++.1.dylib'

Expand Podfile snippet

platform :ios, '15.0'
target '<APP>' do
  use_frameworks! :linkage => :static

  $firebaseVersion = '= 12.15.0'
  pod 'Firebase/Crashlytics', $firebaseVersion
  pod 'Firebase/Core', $firebaseVersion
  pod 'Firebase/Analytics', $firebaseVersion
  pod 'Firebase/Messaging', $firebaseVersion
end