diff --git a/Corona-Warn-App/src/main/java/de/rki/coronawarnapp/nearby/modules/detectiontracker/ExposureDetectionTrackerStorage.kt b/Corona-Warn-App/src/main/java/de/rki/coronawarnapp/nearby/modules/detectiontracker/ExposureDetectionTrackerStorage.kt
index 01e93c4b9ab724a44dc953b0466c2b6a7b366c31..c4299cafe56f85562c86d276a10d910bb5e39287 100644
--- a/Corona-Warn-App/src/main/java/de/rki/coronawarnapp/nearby/modules/detectiontracker/ExposureDetectionTrackerStorage.kt
+++ b/Corona-Warn-App/src/main/java/de/rki/coronawarnapp/nearby/modules/detectiontracker/ExposureDetectionTrackerStorage.kt
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ package de.rki.coronawarnapp.nearby.modules.detectiontracker
 
 import android.content.Context
 import com.google.gson.Gson
+import de.rki.coronawarnapp.exception.ExceptionCategory
+import de.rki.coronawarnapp.exception.reporting.report
 import de.rki.coronawarnapp.util.di.AppContext
 import de.rki.coronawarnapp.util.serialization.BaseGson
 import de.rki.coronawarnapp.util.serialization.fromJson
@@ -44,11 +46,13 @@ class ExposureDetectionTrackerStorage @Inject constructor(
             if (!storageFile.exists()) return@withLock emptyMap()
 
             gson.fromJson<Map<String, TrackedExposureDetection>>(storageFile).also {
+                require(it.size >= 0)
                 Timber.v("Loaded detection data: %s", it)
                 lastCalcuationData = it
             }
         } catch (e: Exception) {
             Timber.e(e, "Failed to load tracked detections.")
+            if (storageFile.delete()) Timber.w("Storage file was deleted.")
             emptyMap()
         }
     }
@@ -63,6 +67,7 @@ class ExposureDetectionTrackerStorage @Inject constructor(
             gson.toJson(data, storageFile)
         } catch (e: Exception) {
             Timber.e(e, "Failed to save tracked detections.")
+            e.report(ExceptionCategory.INTERNAL)
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/Corona-Warn-App/src/main/java/de/rki/coronawarnapp/util/flow/HotDataFlow.kt b/Corona-Warn-App/src/main/java/de/rki/coronawarnapp/util/flow/HotDataFlow.kt
index 91086980e2bd33336558e889a15272962e37bd83..1fe9db2d964a52c0bc216428d4a5e6fe1ec415c4 100644
--- a/Corona-Warn-App/src/main/java/de/rki/coronawarnapp/util/flow/HotDataFlow.kt
+++ b/Corona-Warn-App/src/main/java/de/rki/coronawarnapp/util/flow/HotDataFlow.kt
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.onCompletion
 import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.onStart
 import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.shareIn
 import kotlinx.coroutines.plus
+import kotlinx.coroutines.sync.Mutex
+import kotlinx.coroutines.sync.withLock
 import timber.log.Timber
 import kotlin.coroutines.CoroutineContext
 
@@ -37,20 +39,32 @@ class HotDataFlow<T : Any>(
         extraBufferCapacity = Int.MAX_VALUE,
         onBufferOverflow = BufferOverflow.SUSPEND
     )
+    private val valueGuard = Mutex()
 
     private val internalProducer: Flow<Holder<T>> = channelFlow {
-        var currentValue = startValueProvider().also {
-            Timber.tag(tag).v("startValue=%s", it)
-            val updatedBy: suspend T.() -> T = { it }
-            send(Holder.Data(value = it, updatedBy = updatedBy))
+        var currentValue = valueGuard.withLock {
+            startValueProvider().also {
+                Timber.tag(tag).v("startValue=%s", it)
+                val updatedBy: suspend T.() -> T = { it }
+                send(Holder.Data(value = it, updatedBy = updatedBy))
+            }
         }
+        Timber.tag(tag).v("startValue=%s", currentValue)
 
-        updateActions.collect { updateAction ->
-            currentValue = updateAction(currentValue).also {
-                currentValue = it
-                send(Holder.Data(value = it, updatedBy = updateAction))
+        updateActions
+            .onCompletion {
+                Timber.tag(tag).v("updateActions onCompletion -> resetReplayCache()")
+                updateActions.resetReplayCache()
             }
-        }
+            .collect { updateAction ->
+                currentValue = valueGuard.withLock {
+                    updateAction(currentValue).also {
+                        send(Holder.Data(value = it, updatedBy = updateAction))
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+
+        Timber.tag(tag).v("internal channelFlow finished.")
     }
 
     private val internalFlow = internalProducer
@@ -65,7 +79,10 @@ class HotDataFlow<T : Any>(
                 throw it
             }
         }
-        .onCompletion { Timber.tag(tag).v("Internal onCompletion") }
+        .onCompletion { err ->
+            if (err != null) Timber.tag(tag).w(err, "internal onCompletion due to error")
+            else Timber.tag(tag).v("internal onCompletion")
+        }
         .shareIn(
             scope = scope + coroutineContext,
             replay = 1,
diff --git a/Corona-Warn-App/src/main/java/de/rki/coronawarnapp/util/serialization/GsonExtensions.kt b/Corona-Warn-App/src/main/java/de/rki/coronawarnapp/util/serialization/GsonExtensions.kt
index 601f833c3ded2777122e62d6814e07edff3380a3..f014dc54c28ca112b2a49db88917add6c83fedca 100644
--- a/Corona-Warn-App/src/main/java/de/rki/coronawarnapp/util/serialization/GsonExtensions.kt
+++ b/Corona-Warn-App/src/main/java/de/rki/coronawarnapp/util/serialization/GsonExtensions.kt
@@ -11,12 +11,13 @@ inline fun <reified T> Gson.fromJson(json: String): T = fromJson(
     object : TypeToken<T>() {}.type
 )
 
-inline fun <reified T> Gson.fromJson(file: File): T = file.reader().use {
+inline fun <reified T> Gson.fromJson(file: File): T = file.bufferedReader().use {
     fromJson(it, object : TypeToken<T>() {}.type)
 }
 
-inline fun <reified T> Gson.toJson(data: T, file: File) = file.writer().use { writer ->
+inline fun <reified T> Gson.toJson(data: T, file: File) = file.bufferedWriter().use { writer ->
     toJson(data, writer)
+    writer.flush()
 }
 
 fun <T : Any> KClass<T>.getDefaultGsonTypeAdapter(): TypeAdapter<T> = Gson().getAdapter(this.java)
diff --git a/Corona-Warn-App/src/test/java/de/rki/coronawarnapp/nearby/modules/detectiontracker/ExposureDetectionTrackerStorageTest.kt b/Corona-Warn-App/src/test/java/de/rki/coronawarnapp/nearby/modules/detectiontracker/ExposureDetectionTrackerStorageTest.kt
index fee9f63fa4177ddbb0fc6819d6788fe67535c514..702291ceaeaacdea384fe8f930a56caec0590ede 100644
--- a/Corona-Warn-App/src/test/java/de/rki/coronawarnapp/nearby/modules/detectiontracker/ExposureDetectionTrackerStorageTest.kt
+++ b/Corona-Warn-App/src/test/java/de/rki/coronawarnapp/nearby/modules/detectiontracker/ExposureDetectionTrackerStorageTest.kt
@@ -130,4 +130,20 @@ class ExposureDetectionTrackerStorageTest : BaseIOTest() {
         storedData.getValue("b2b98400-058d-43e6-b952-529a5255248b").isCalculating shouldBe true
         storedData.getValue("aeb15509-fb34-42ce-8795-7a9ae0c2f389").isCalculating shouldBe false
     }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `we catch empty json data and prevent unsafely initialized maps`() = runBlockingTest {
+        storageDir.mkdirs()
+        storageFile.writeText("")
+
+        storageFile.exists() shouldBe true
+
+        createStorage().apply {
+            val value = load()
+            value.size shouldBe 0
+            value shouldBe emptyMap()
+
+            storageFile.exists() shouldBe false
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/Corona-Warn-App/src/test/java/de/rki/coronawarnapp/util/flow/HotDataFlowTest.kt b/Corona-Warn-App/src/test/java/de/rki/coronawarnapp/util/flow/HotDataFlowTest.kt
index 3de7010f7bf7105aa25a8738dbcd6772f0c140b4..e0887ab672ef278b57116e133611cb128f10233d 100644
--- a/Corona-Warn-App/src/test/java/de/rki/coronawarnapp/util/flow/HotDataFlowTest.kt
+++ b/Corona-Warn-App/src/test/java/de/rki/coronawarnapp/util/flow/HotDataFlowTest.kt
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package de.rki.coronawarnapp.util.flow
 
 import io.kotest.assertions.throwables.shouldThrow
+import de.rki.coronawarnapp.util.mutate
 import io.kotest.matchers.shouldBe
 import io.kotest.matchers.types.instanceOf
 import io.mockk.coEvery
@@ -150,6 +151,48 @@ class HotDataFlowTest : BaseTest() {
         coVerify(exactly = 1) { valueProvider.invoke(any()) }
     }
 
+    data class TestData(
+        val number: Long = 1
+    )
+
+    @Test
+    fun `check multi threading value updates with more complex data`() {
+        val testScope = TestCoroutineScope()
+        val valueProvider = mockk<suspend CoroutineScope.() -> Map<String, TestData>>()
+        coEvery { valueProvider.invoke(any()) } returns mapOf("data" to TestData())
+
+        val hotData = HotDataFlow(
+            loggingTag = "tag",
+            scope = testScope,
+            startValueProvider = valueProvider,
+            sharingBehavior = SharingStarted.Lazily
+        )
+
+        val testCollector = hotData.data.test(startOnScope = testScope)
+        testCollector.silent = true
+
+        (1..10).forEach { _ ->
+            thread {
+                (1..400).forEach { _ ->
+                    hotData.updateSafely {
+                        mutate {
+                            this["data"] = getValue("data").copy(
+                                number = getValue("data").number + 1
+                            )
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        runBlocking {
+            testCollector.await { list, l -> list.size == 4001 }
+            testCollector.latestValues.map { it.values.single().number } shouldBe (1L..4001L).toList()
+        }
+
+        coVerify(exactly = 1) { valueProvider.invoke(any()) }
+    }
+
     @Test
     fun `only emit new values if they actually changed updates`() {
         val testScope = TestCoroutineScope()
@@ -189,9 +232,9 @@ class HotDataFlowTest : BaseTest() {
         )
 
         testScope.runBlockingTest2(permanentJobs = true) {
-            val sub1 = hotData.data.test().start(scope = this)
-            val sub2 = hotData.data.test().start(scope = this)
-            val sub3 = hotData.data.test().start(scope = this)
+            val sub1 = hotData.data.test(tag = "sub1", startOnScope = this)
+            val sub2 = hotData.data.test(tag = "sub2", startOnScope = this)
+            val sub3 = hotData.data.test(tag = "sub3", startOnScope = this)
 
             hotData.updateSafely { "A" }
             hotData.updateSafely { "B" }
@@ -208,6 +251,49 @@ class HotDataFlowTest : BaseTest() {
         coVerify(exactly = 1) { valueProvider.invoke(any()) }
     }
 
+    @Test
+    fun `update queue is wiped on completion`() = runBlockingTest2(permanentJobs = true) {
+        val valueProvider = mockk<suspend CoroutineScope.() -> Long>()
+        coEvery { valueProvider.invoke(any()) } returns 1
+
+        val hotData = HotDataFlow(
+            loggingTag = "tag",
+            scope = this,
+            coroutineContext = this.coroutineContext,
+            startValueProvider = valueProvider,
+            sharingBehavior = SharingStarted.WhileSubscribed(replayExpirationMillis = 0)
+        )
+
+        val testCollector1 = hotData.data.test(tag = "collector1", startOnScope = this)
+        testCollector1.silent = false
+
+        (1..10).forEach { _ ->
+            hotData.updateSafely {
+                this + 1L
+            }
+        }
+
+        advanceUntilIdle()
+
+        testCollector1.await { list, _ -> list.size == 11 }
+        testCollector1.latestValues shouldBe (1L..11L).toList()
+
+        testCollector1.cancel()
+        testCollector1.awaitFinal()
+
+        val testCollector2 = hotData.data.test(tag = "collector2", startOnScope = this)
+        testCollector2.silent = false
+
+        advanceUntilIdle()
+
+        testCollector2.cancel()
+        testCollector2.awaitFinal()
+
+        testCollector2.latestValues shouldBe listOf(1L)
+
+        coVerify(exactly = 2) { valueProvider.invoke(any()) }
+    }
+
     @Test
     fun `blocking update is actually blocking`() = runBlocking {
         val testScope = TestCoroutineScope()
diff --git a/Corona-Warn-App/src/test/java/testhelpers/coroutines/FlowTest.kt b/Corona-Warn-App/src/test/java/testhelpers/coroutines/FlowTest.kt
index 3fc56ce9a503dcd65c2afb6f91e657557776c2d8..5a19fa308a2f5ec037373528c26e0ea099810aa1 100644
--- a/Corona-Warn-App/src/test/java/testhelpers/coroutines/FlowTest.kt
+++ b/Corona-Warn-App/src/test/java/testhelpers/coroutines/FlowTest.kt
@@ -16,14 +16,17 @@ import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.onStart
 import kotlinx.coroutines.runBlocking
 import kotlinx.coroutines.sync.Mutex
 import kotlinx.coroutines.sync.withLock
+import kotlinx.coroutines.test.TestCoroutineScope
+import kotlinx.coroutines.withTimeout
+import org.joda.time.Duration
 import timber.log.Timber
 
 fun <T> Flow<T>.test(
     tag: String? = null,
-    startOnScope: CoroutineScope
-): TestCollector<T> = test(tag ?: "FlowTest").start(scope = startOnScope)
+    startOnScope: CoroutineScope = TestCoroutineScope()
+): TestCollector<T> = createTest(tag ?: "FlowTest").start(scope = startOnScope)
 
-fun <T> Flow<T>.test(
+fun <T> Flow<T>.createTest(
     tag: String? = null
 ): TestCollector<T> = TestCollector(this, tag ?: "FlowTest")
 
@@ -74,9 +77,14 @@ class TestCollector<T>(
     val latestValues: List<T>
         get() = collectedValues
 
-    fun await(condition: (List<T>, T) -> Boolean): T = runBlocking {
-        emissions().first {
-            condition(collectedValues, it)
+    fun await(
+        timeout: Duration = Duration.standardSeconds(10),
+        condition: (List<T>, T) -> Boolean
+    ): T = runBlocking {
+        withTimeout(timeMillis = timeout.millis) {
+            emissions().first {
+                condition(collectedValues, it)
+            }
         }
     }
 
@@ -95,6 +103,8 @@ class TestCollector<T>(
     }
 
     fun cancel() {
+        if (job.isCompleted) throw IllegalStateException("Flow is already canceled.")
+
         runBlocking {
             job.cancelAndJoin()
         }