diff --git a/apex/jobscheduler/framework/java/android/app/JobSchedulerImpl.java b/apex/jobscheduler/framework/java/android/app/JobSchedulerImpl.java
index 776d913e56cb1..3cfddc6d8e2b2 100644
--- a/apex/jobscheduler/framework/java/android/app/JobSchedulerImpl.java
+++ b/apex/jobscheduler/framework/java/android/app/JobSchedulerImpl.java
@@ -65,8 +65,12 @@ public class JobSchedulerImpl extends JobScheduler {
     @NonNull
     @Override
     public JobScheduler forNamespace(@NonNull String namespace) {
+        namespace = sanitizeNamespace(namespace);
         if (namespace == null) {
-            throw new IllegalArgumentException("namespace cannot be null");
+            throw new NullPointerException("namespace cannot be null");
+        }
+        if (namespace.isEmpty()) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("namespace cannot be empty");
         }
         return new JobSchedulerImpl(this, namespace);
     }
diff --git a/apex/jobscheduler/framework/java/android/app/job/JobScheduler.java b/apex/jobscheduler/framework/java/android/app/job/JobScheduler.java
index b8847add07349..d59d430e0b78f 100644
--- a/apex/jobscheduler/framework/java/android/app/job/JobScheduler.java
+++ b/apex/jobscheduler/framework/java/android/app/job/JobScheduler.java
@@ -270,6 +270,9 @@ public abstract class JobScheduler {
      * otherwise. Attempting to update a job scheduled in another namespace will not be possible
      * but will instead create or update the job inside the current namespace. A JobScheduler
      * instance dedicated to a namespace must be used to schedule or update jobs in that namespace.
+     *
+     * <p class="note">Since leading and trailing whitespace can lead to hard-to-debug issues,
+     * they will be {@link String#trim() trimmed}. An empty String (after trimming) is not allowed.
      * @see #getNamespace()
      */
     @NonNull
@@ -287,6 +290,15 @@ public abstract class JobScheduler {
         throw new RuntimeException("Not implemented. Must override in a subclass.");
     }
 
+    /** @hide */
+    @Nullable
+    public static String sanitizeNamespace(@Nullable String namespace) {
+        if (namespace == null) {
+            return null;
+        }
+        return namespace.trim().intern();
+    }
+
     /**
      * Schedule a job to be executed.  Will replace any currently scheduled job with the same
      * ID with the new information in the {@link JobInfo}.  If a job with the given ID is currently
diff --git a/apex/jobscheduler/service/java/com/android/server/job/JobSchedulerService.java b/apex/jobscheduler/service/java/com/android/server/job/JobSchedulerService.java
index 3fe83a64b5ec8..bad4060ca775c 100644
--- a/apex/jobscheduler/service/java/com/android/server/job/JobSchedulerService.java
+++ b/apex/jobscheduler/service/java/com/android/server/job/JobSchedulerService.java
@@ -4024,6 +4024,18 @@ public class JobSchedulerService extends com.android.server.SystemService
             return JobScheduler.RESULT_SUCCESS;
         }
 
+        /** Returns a sanitized namespace if valid, or throws an exception if not. */
+        private String validateNamespace(@Nullable String namespace) {
+            namespace = JobScheduler.sanitizeNamespace(namespace);
+            if (namespace != null) {
+                if (namespace.isEmpty()) {
+                    throw new IllegalArgumentException("namespace cannot be empty");
+                }
+                namespace = namespace.intern();
+            }
+            return namespace;
+        }
+
         private int validateRunUserInitiatedJobsPermission(int uid, String packageName) {
             final int state = getRunUserInitiatedJobsPermissionState(uid, packageName);
             if (state == PermissionChecker.PERMISSION_HARD_DENIED) {
@@ -4071,9 +4083,7 @@ public class JobSchedulerService extends com.android.server.SystemService
                 return result;
             }
 
-            if (namespace != null) {
-                namespace = namespace.intern();
-            }
+            namespace = validateNamespace(namespace);
 
             final long ident = Binder.clearCallingIdentity();
             try {
@@ -4104,9 +4114,7 @@ public class JobSchedulerService extends com.android.server.SystemService
                 return result;
             }
 
-            if (namespace != null) {
-                namespace = namespace.intern();
-            }
+            namespace = validateNamespace(namespace);
 
             final long ident = Binder.clearCallingIdentity();
             try {
@@ -4145,9 +4153,7 @@ public class JobSchedulerService extends com.android.server.SystemService
                 return result;
             }
 
-            if (namespace != null) {
-                namespace = namespace.intern();
-            }
+            namespace = validateNamespace(namespace);
 
             final long ident = Binder.clearCallingIdentity();
             try {
@@ -4184,7 +4190,8 @@ public class JobSchedulerService extends com.android.server.SystemService
             final long ident = Binder.clearCallingIdentity();
             try {
                 return new ParceledListSlice<>(
-                        JobSchedulerService.this.getPendingJobsInNamespace(uid, namespace));
+                        JobSchedulerService.this.getPendingJobsInNamespace(uid,
+                                validateNamespace(namespace)));
             } finally {
                 Binder.restoreCallingIdentity(ident);
             }
@@ -4196,7 +4203,8 @@ public class JobSchedulerService extends com.android.server.SystemService
 
             final long ident = Binder.clearCallingIdentity();
             try {
-                return JobSchedulerService.this.getPendingJob(uid, namespace, jobId);
+                return JobSchedulerService.this.getPendingJob(
+                        uid, validateNamespace(namespace), jobId);
             } finally {
                 Binder.restoreCallingIdentity(ident);
             }
@@ -4208,7 +4216,8 @@ public class JobSchedulerService extends com.android.server.SystemService
 
             final long ident = Binder.clearCallingIdentity();
             try {
-                return JobSchedulerService.this.getPendingJobReason(uid, namespace, jobId);
+                return JobSchedulerService.this.getPendingJobReason(
+                        uid, validateNamespace(namespace), jobId);
             } finally {
                 Binder.restoreCallingIdentity(ident);
             }
@@ -4238,7 +4247,7 @@ public class JobSchedulerService extends com.android.server.SystemService
                 JobSchedulerService.this.cancelJobsForUid(uid,
                         // Documentation says only jobs scheduled BY the app will be cancelled
                         /* includeSourceApp */ false,
-                        /* namespaceOnly */ true, namespace,
+                        /* namespaceOnly */ true, validateNamespace(namespace),
                         JobParameters.STOP_REASON_CANCELLED_BY_APP,
                         JobParameters.INTERNAL_STOP_REASON_CANCELED,
                         "cancelAllInNamespace() called by app, callingUid=" + uid);
@@ -4253,7 +4262,7 @@ public class JobSchedulerService extends com.android.server.SystemService
 
             final long ident = Binder.clearCallingIdentity();
             try {
-                JobSchedulerService.this.cancelJob(uid, namespace, jobId, uid,
+                JobSchedulerService.this.cancelJob(uid, validateNamespace(namespace), jobId, uid,
                         JobParameters.STOP_REASON_CANCELLED_BY_APP);
             } finally {
                 Binder.restoreCallingIdentity(ident);