diff --git a/core/src/jni/rac_hybrid_custom_filter_jni.cpp b/core/src/jni/rac_hybrid_custom_filter_jni.cpp
index cdaa0b655..66bce85e4 100644
--- a/core/src/jni/rac_hybrid_custom_filter_jni.cpp
+++ b/core/src/jni/rac_hybrid_custom_filter_jni.cpp
@@ -101,6 +101,15 @@ rac_bool_t custom_filter_predicate(const rac_hybrid_routing_context_t* ctx, void
     }
     const jboolean keep = scope.env->CallBooleanMethod(a->predicate, a->mid_evaluate, model_id);
     scope.env->DeleteLocalRef(model_id);
+    // The predicate is app code. A throw leaves `keep` undefined and, worse,
+    // leaves the exception pending on this thread: the next JNI call made by
+    // whoever we return into aborts the process with "JNI called with pending
+    // exception". Clear it and keep the candidate, the same answer this
+    // function already gives when it cannot reach the JVM at all.
+    if (scope.env->ExceptionCheck() == JNI_TRUE) {
+        scope.env->ExceptionClear();
+        return RAC_TRUE;
+    }
     return keep != JNI_FALSE ? RAC_TRUE : RAC_FALSE;
 }
 
diff --git a/core/src/jni/rac_hybrid_device_state_jni.cpp b/core/src/jni/rac_hybrid_device_state_jni.cpp
index 5952208d5..690373174 100644
--- a/core/src/jni/rac_hybrid_device_state_jni.cpp
+++ b/core/src/jni/rac_hybrid_device_state_jni.cpp
@@ -81,7 +81,16 @@ bool device_state_is_online(void* user_data) {
     if (scope.env == nullptr) {
         return true;
     }
-    return scope.env->CallBooleanMethod(a->provider, a->mid_is_online) != JNI_FALSE;
+    const jboolean online = scope.env->CallBooleanMethod(a->provider, a->mid_is_online);
+    // The provider is app code. A throw leaves the exception pending on this
+    // thread, and the next JNI call aborts the process with "JNI called with
+    // pending exception", so clear it and fall back to the same answer used
+    // when the JVM is unreachable.
+    if (scope.env->ExceptionCheck() == JNI_TRUE) {
+        scope.env->ExceptionClear();
+        return true;
+    }
+    return online != JNI_FALSE;
 }
 
 int32_t device_state_battery_percent(void* user_data) {
@@ -93,7 +102,12 @@ int32_t device_state_battery_percent(void* user_data) {
     if (scope.env == nullptr) {
         return 100;
     }
-    return static_cast<int32_t>(scope.env->CallIntMethod(a->provider, a->mid_battery_percent));
+    const jint percent = scope.env->CallIntMethod(a->provider, a->mid_battery_percent);
+    if (scope.env->ExceptionCheck() == JNI_TRUE) {
+        scope.env->ExceptionClear();
+        return 100;
+    }
+    return static_cast<int32_t>(percent);
 }
 
 bool device_state_is_thermal_throttled(void* user_data) {
@@ -105,7 +119,12 @@ bool device_state_is_thermal_throttled(void* user_data) {
     if (scope.env == nullptr) {
         return false;
     }
-    return scope.env->CallBooleanMethod(a->provider, a->mid_is_thermal_throttled) != JNI_FALSE;
+    const jboolean throttled = scope.env->CallBooleanMethod(a->provider, a->mid_is_thermal_throttled);
+    if (scope.env->ExceptionCheck() == JNI_TRUE) {
+        scope.env->ExceptionClear();
+        return false;
+    }
+    return throttled != JNI_FALSE;
 }
 
 /** Detach commons from the current adapter and free its GlobalRef. */