Cannot record touch end without a touch start. Touch End: %s

Error message

Cannot record touch end without a touch start.
Touch End: %s
Touch Bank: %s

What it means

Error "Cannot record touch end without a touch start. Touch End: %s Touch Bank: %s" thrown in facebook/react.

Source

Thrown at packages/react-native-renderer/src/legacy-events/ResponderTouchHistoryStore.js:160

      );
    }
  }
}

function recordTouchEnd(touch: Touch): void {
  const touchRecord = touchBank[getTouchIdentifier(touch)];
  if (touchRecord) {
    touchRecord.touchActive = false;
    touchRecord.previousPageX = touchRecord.currentPageX;
    touchRecord.previousPageY = touchRecord.currentPageY;
    touchRecord.previousTimeStamp = touchRecord.currentTimeStamp;
    touchRecord.currentPageX = touch.pageX;
    touchRecord.currentPageY = touch.pageY;
    touchRecord.currentTimeStamp = timestampForTouch(touch);
    touchHistory.mostRecentTimeStamp = timestampForTouch(touch);
  } else {
    if (__DEV__) {
      console.warn(
        'Cannot record touch end without a touch start.\n' +
          'Touch End: %s\n' +
          'Touch Bank: %s',
        printTouch(touch),
        printTouchBank(),
      );
    }
  }
}

function printTouch(touch: Touch): string {
  return JSON.stringify({
    identifier: touch.identifier,
    pageX: touch.pageX,
    pageY: touch.pageY,
    timestamp: timestampForTouch(touch),
  });
}

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at packages/react-native-renderer/src/legacy-events/ResponderTouchHistoryStore.js:160 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of facebook/react@eafeac097b (2026-08-21). Data as JSON: /api/errors/b2d579e5dde95e83. Report an issue: GitHub.