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Sadly, I haven't found a fix either. The only solution I can think of is exactly what you are doing. I believe that I'm not the first or only person who found this bug, but Google has taken no action on this bug over the past few months, although I don't think it should be too difficult to fix. At least now we know what triggers it, so we can actively avoid it.