This morning I was playing with a toy app I have which uses Retrofit, and I’ve found the following problem with it (and Instant Run):

02-16 07:41:55.550 2976-2976/com.test.android A/art: art/runtime/thread.cc:1329] Throwing new exception 'length=227; index=1017' with unexpected pending exception: java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException: length=227; index=1017

The exception was in the call itself, so it was either Retrofit doing strange things or something deeper. I found the problem to be because of some interaction between ART and Instant Run, and it was already reported.

The original reporter has opened a bug in the AOSP and it’s still unsolved. See also (Retrofit).

All in all, currently there is no fully reliable solution. So, if you find this problem in a call using Retrofit, the best course of action is to disable Instant Run and rebuild. Preferences -> Build, Execution, Deployment -> Instant Run -> (uncheck) Enable Instant Run to hot swap code/resource changes on deploy (default enabled)