How to fix this error on ESP32-Cam Guru Meditation Error: Core 1 panic'ed (LoadProhibited). Exception was unhandled

#include "Arduino.h"
#include "WiFi.h"
#include "esp_camera.h"
#include "soc/soc.h"           // Disable brownout problems
#include "soc/rtc_cntl_reg.h"  // Disable brownout problems
#include "driver/rtc_io.h"
#include <LittleFS.h>
#include <FS.h>
#include <Firebase_ESP_Client.h>
//Provide the token generation process info.
#include <addons/TokenHelper.h>

//Replace with your network credentials
const char* ssid = "xxx";
const char* password = "xxx";

// Insert Firebase project API Key
#define API_KEY "xxx"

// Insert Authorized Email and Corresponding Password
#define USER_EMAIL "xxx"
#define USER_PASSWORD "xxx"

// Insert Firebase storage bucket ID e.g bucket-name.appspot.com
#define STORAGE_BUCKET_ID "xxx"
// For example:
//#define STORAGE_BUCKET_ID "xxx"

// Photo File Name to save in LittleFS
#define FILE_PHOTO_PATH "/xxx.jpg"
#define BUCKET_PHOTO "/yyy/xxx``.jpg"

// OV2640 camera module pins (CAMERA_MODEL_AI_THINKER)
#define PWDN_GPIO_NUM     -1
#define RESET_GPIO_NUM    -1
#define XCLK_GPIO_NUM     10
#define SIOD_GPIO_NUM     40
#define SIOC_GPIO_NUM     39

#define Y9_GPIO_NUM       48
#define Y8_GPIO_NUM       11
#define Y7_GPIO_NUM       12
#define Y6_GPIO_NUM       14
#define Y5_GPIO_NUM       16
#define Y4_GPIO_NUM       18
#define Y3_GPIO_NUM       17
#define Y2_GPIO_NUM       15
#define VSYNC_GPIO_NUM    38
#define HREF_GPIO_NUM     47
#define PCLK_GPIO_NUM     13

#define LED_GPIO_NUM      21

boolean takeNewPhoto = true;

//Define Firebase Data objects
FirebaseData fbdo;
FirebaseAuth auth;
FirebaseConfig configF;

void fcsUploadCallback(FCS_UploadStatusInfo info);

bool taskCompleted = false;

// Capture Photo and Save it to LittleFS
void capturePhotoSaveLittleFS( void ) {
  // Dispose first pictures because of bad quality
  camera_fb_t* fb = NULL;
  // Skip first 3 frames (increase/decrease number as needed).
  for (int i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
    fb = esp_camera_fb_get();
    esp_camera_fb_return(fb);
    fb = NULL;
  }
    
  // Take a new photo
  fb = NULL;  
  fb = esp_camera_fb_get();  
  if(!fb) {
    Serial.println("Camera capture failed");
    delay(1000);
    ESP.restart();
  }  

  // Photo file name
  Serial.printf("Picture file name: %s\n", FILE_PHOTO_PATH);
  File file = LittleFS.open(FILE_PHOTO_PATH, FILE_WRITE);

  // Insert the data in the photo file
  if (!file) {
    Serial.println("Failed to open file in writing mode");
  }
  else {
    file.write(fb->buf, fb->len); // payload (image), payload length
    Serial.print("The picture has been saved in ");
    Serial.print(FILE_PHOTO_PATH);
    Serial.print(" - Size: ");
    Serial.print(fb->len);
    Serial.println(" bytes");
  }
  // Close the file
  file.close();
  esp_camera_fb_return(fb);
}

void initWiFi(){
  WiFi.begin(ssid, password);
  while (WiFi.status() != WL_CONNECTED) {
    delay(1000);
    Serial.println("Connecting to WiFi...");
  }
}

void initLittleFS(){
  if (!LittleFS.begin(true)) {
    Serial.println("An Error has occurred while mounting LittleFS");
    ESP.restart();
  }
  else {
    delay(500);
    Serial.println("LittleFS mounted successfully");
  }
}

void initCamera(){
 // OV2640 camera module
  camera_config_t config;
  config.ledc_channel = LEDC_CHANNEL_0;
  config.ledc_timer = LEDC_TIMER_0;
  config.pin_d0 = Y2_GPIO_NUM;
  config.pin_d1 = Y3_GPIO_NUM;
  config.pin_d2 = Y4_GPIO_NUM;
  config.pin_d3 = Y5_GPIO_NUM;
  config.pin_d4 = Y6_GPIO_NUM;
  config.pin_d5 = Y7_GPIO_NUM;
  config.pin_d6 = Y8_GPIO_NUM;
  config.pin_d7 = Y9_GPIO_NUM;
  config.pin_xclk = XCLK_GPIO_NUM;
  config.pin_pclk = PCLK_GPIO_NUM;
  config.pin_vsync = VSYNC_GPIO_NUM;
  config.pin_href = HREF_GPIO_NUM;
  config.pin_sscb_sda = SIOD_GPIO_NUM;
  config.pin_sscb_scl = SIOC_GPIO_NUM;
  config.pin_pwdn = PWDN_GPIO_NUM;
  config.pin_reset = RESET_GPIO_NUM;
  config.xclk_freq_hz = 20000000;
  config.pixel_format = PIXFORMAT_JPEG;
  config.grab_mode = CAMERA_GRAB_LATEST;

  if (psramFound()) {
    config.frame_size = FRAMESIZE_UXGA;
    config.jpeg_quality = 10;
    config.fb_count = 1;
  } else {
    config.frame_size = FRAMESIZE_SVGA;
    config.jpeg_quality = 12;
    config.fb_count = 1;
  }
  // Camera init
  esp_err_t err = esp_camera_init(&config);
  if (err != ESP_OK) {
    Serial.printf("Camera init failed with error 0x%x", err);
    ESP.restart();
  } 
}

void deleteFile(fs::FS &fs, const char * path){
  Serial.printf("Deleting file: %s\r\n", path);
  if(fs.remove(path)){
    Serial.println("- file deleted");
  } else {
    Serial.println("- delete failed");
  }
}

void setup() {
  // Serial port for debugging purposes
  Serial.begin(115200);
  initWiFi();
  initLittleFS();
  // Turn-off the 'brownout detector'
  WRITE_PERI_REG(RTC_CNTL_BROWN_OUT_REG, 0);
  initCamera();

  //Firebase
  // Assign the api key
  configF.api_key = API_KEY;
  //Assign the user sign in credentials
  auth.user.email = USER_EMAIL;
  auth.user.password = USER_PASSWORD;
  //Assign the callback function for the long running token generation task
  configF.token_status_callback = tokenStatusCallback; //see addons/TokenHelper.h

  Firebase.begin(&configF, &auth);
  Firebase.reconnectWiFi(true);
}

void loop() {
  if (takeNewPhoto) {
    capturePhotoSaveLittleFS();
    takeNewPhoto = false;
  }
  delay(1);
  if (Firebase.ready() && !taskCompleted){
    taskCompleted = true;
    Serial.print("Uploading picture... ");

    //MIME type should be valid to avoid the download problem.
    //The file systems for flash and SD/SDMMC can be changed in FirebaseFS.h.
    if (Firebase.Storage.upload(&fbdo, STORAGE_BUCKET_ID /* Firebase Storage bucket id */, FILE_PHOTO_PATH /* path to local file */, mem_storage_type_flash /* memory storage type, mem_storage_type_flash and mem_storage_type_sd */, BUCKET_PHOTO /* path of remote file stored in the bucket */, "image/jpeg" /* mime type */,fcsUploadCallback)){
      Serial.printf("\nDownload URL: %s\n", fbdo.downloadURL().c_str());
    }
    else{
      Serial.println(fbdo.errorReason());
    }
  }
  //deleteFile(LittleFS, "/photo.jpg");
}

// The Firebase Storage upload callback function
void fcsUploadCallback(FCS_UploadStatusInfo info){
    if (info.status == firebase_fcs_upload_status_init){
        Serial.printf("Uploading file %s (%d) to %s\n", info.localFileName.c_str(), info.fileSize, info.remoteFileName.c_str());
    }
    else if (info.status == firebase_fcs_upload_status_upload)
    {
        Serial.printf("Uploaded %d%s, Elapsed time %d ms\n", (int)info.progress, "%", info.elapsedTime);
    }
    else if (info.status == firebase_fcs_upload_status_complete)
    {
        Serial.println("Upload completed\n");
        FileMetaInfo meta = fbdo.metaData();
        Serial.printf("Name: %s\n", meta.name.c_str());
        Serial.printf("Bucket: %s\n", meta.bucket.c_str());
        Serial.printf("contentType: %s\n", meta.contentType.c_str());
        Serial.printf("Size: %d\n", meta.size);
        Serial.printf("Generation: %lu\n", meta.generation);
        Serial.printf("Metageneration: %lu\n", meta.metageneration);
        Serial.printf("ETag: %s\n", meta.etag.c_str());
        Serial.printf("CRC32: %s\n", meta.crc32.c_str());
        Serial.printf("Tokens: %s\n", meta.downloadTokens.c_str());
        Serial.printf("Download URL: %s\n\n", fbdo.downloadURL().c_str());
    }
    else if (info.status == firebase_fcs_upload_status_error){
        Serial.printf("Upload failed, %s\n", info.errorMsg.c_str());
    }
}

This code was copy from this website and I modified it from there.

https://randomnerdtutorials.com/esp32-cam-save-picture-firebase-storage/

run the ESP Exception Decoder on the exception dump to find the source line where things went wrong. Hint - probably related to your modifications.

what is displayed on the serial monitor? copy and upload it as text not a screen image
add extra Serial.println() statements to display values of variables and show the flow of execution of the code

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