Check VM service URI is valid before attempting to start DDS (Re-upload #73998) (#74280)

diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/resident_runner.dart b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/resident_runner.dart
index 5b9bad2..82d7489 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/resident_runner.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/resident_runner.dart

@@ -242,6 +242,20 @@
             completer.completeError('failed to connect to $observatoryUri', st);
           }
         }
+        // First check if the VM service is actually listening on observatoryUri as
+        // this may not be the case when scraping logcat for URIs. If this URI is
+        // from an old application instance, we shouldn't try and start DDS.
+        try {
+          service = await connectToVmService(observatoryUri);
+          service.dispose();
+        } on Exception catch (exception) {
+          globals.printTrace('Fail to connect to service protocol: $observatoryUri: $exception');
+          if (!completer.isCompleted && !_isListeningForObservatoryUri) {
+            completer.completeError('failed to connect to $observatoryUri');
+          }
+          return;
+        }
+
         // This first try block is meant to catch errors that occur during DDS startup
         // (e.g., failure to bind to a port, failure to connect to the VM service,
         // attaching to a VM service with existing clients, etc.).

diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/test/general.shard/resident_runner_test.dart b/packages/flutter_tools/test/general.shard/resident_runner_test.dart
index 3166445..7289073 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_tools/test/general.shard/resident_runner_test.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/test/general.shard/resident_runner_test.dart

@@ -2889,6 +2889,16 @@
     if (!caught) {
       fail('Expected a StateError to be thrown.');
     }
+  }, overrides: <Type, Generator>{
+    VMServiceConnector: () => (Uri httpUri, {
+      ReloadSources reloadSources,
+      Restart restart,
+      CompileExpression compileExpression,
+      GetSkSLMethod getSkSLMethod,
+      PrintStructuredErrorLogMethod printStructuredErrorLogMethod,
+      io.CompressionOptions compression,
+      Device device,
+    }) async => mockVMService,
   }));
 
   testUsingContext('nextPlatform moves through expected platforms', () {