Flutter: Bloc to emmiting events

could I ask for assistance for this problem? My CombosBloc does not receive the CategoryChangedEvent. It was created in main with lazy: false and I am calling the event like this: context.read().add(CategoryChangedEvent(newCategory: widget.task![‘category’]));

This is inside an initState of a screen a few clicks away from the home of the app. My Bloc is setup like this:

class CombosBloc extends Bloc<CombosEvent, CombosState> {
  /// Default constructor. Values are set to default.
  ///
  CombosBloc() : super(const CombosInitial()) {
    on<CategoryChangedEvent>((event, emit) {
      print('OnEvent: ${event.newCategory}');
      emit(state.copyWith(category: event.newCategory));
    });

    on<OrderChangedEvent>((event, emit) {
      emit(state.copyWith(order: event.newOrder));
    });
    on<ArchivedChangedEvent>((event, emit) {
      emit(state.copyWith(archived: event.newArchived));
    });
  }
}

/// Basic event.
sealed class CombosEvent extends Equatable {
  const CombosEvent();

  @override
  List<Object> get props => [];
}

/// Event when a value on the Category Combo is changed.
final class CategoryChangedEvent extends CombosEvent {
  /// Default constructor.
  const CategoryChangedEvent({required this.newCategory});

  /// New value.
  final String newCategory;
}

/// Event when a value on the Task Combo is changed.
final class OrderChangedEvent extends CombosEvent {
  /// Default constructor.
  const OrderChangedEvent({required this.newOrder});

  /// New value.
  final String newOrder;
}

/// Event when a value on the Show Archived Switch is changed.
final class ArchivedChangedEvent extends CombosEvent {
  /// Default constructor.
  const ArchivedChangedEvent({required this.newArchived});

  /// New value.
  final bool newArchived;
}

part of 'combos_bloc.dart';

/// Combos State.
final class CombosState extends Equatable {
  /// Default constructor.
  const CombosState({
    required this.category,
    required this.categoryFilter,
    required this.order,
    required this.archived,
  });

  /// Category Combo value.
  final String category;

  /// Used in the filter Combo. It has the additional value "All".
  final String categoryFilter;

  /// Ordering value.
  final String order;

  /// Show Archived Only Switch value.
  final bool archived;

  /// copyWith method.
  CombosState copyWith({
    String? category,
    String? order,
    bool? archived,
  }) {
    return CombosState(
      category: category ?? this.category,
      categoryFilter: categoryFilter ?? this.categoryFilter,
      order: order ?? this.order,
      archived: archived ?? this.archived,
    );
  }

  @override
  List<Object> get props => [category, categoryFilter, order, archived];
}

/// Initial State for the Combos.
final class CombosInitial extends CombosState {
  /// Default constructor. All default values.
  const CombosInitial()
      : super(
          category: '',
          categoryFilter: 'Todas',
          order: 'Mais recentes',
          archived: false,
        );
}

main.dart:

void main() {
  initializeDateFormatting('pt_BR', null).then(
    (_) {
      WidgetsFlutterBinding.ensureInitialized();
      runApp(
        MultiBlocProvider(providers: [
          BlocProvider(create: (_) => CombosBloc(), lazy: false),
        ], child: TimeManager()),
      );
    },
  );
}

Trying to trigger the event:

@override
  void initState() {
    if (widget.isEditing) {
      title = 'Editar tarefa';
      _nameController.text = widget.task!['name'];
      _descController.text = widget.task!['desc'];
      print("widget.task!['category']: ${widget.task!['category']}");
      context
          .read<CombosBloc>()
          .add(CategoryChangedEvent(newCategory: widget.task!['category']));
    super.initState();
  }

The print above shows that map has data in it.

Now I have used a BlocObserver:
I saw changes for my others blocs, but none for CombosBloc. That was with debbuging (F5)
When I tried running without debbuging, I saw this:

CombosBloc Change { currentState: CombosInitial(, Todas, Mais
recentes, false), nextState: CombosState(Estudos, Todas, Mais
recentes, false) }

Didn’t understand why this happened.

I’m trying to capture a variable from CombosBloc state like this:

  void initState() {
    values = context.read<CategoriesCubit>().getCategoryNames();
    selected = context.read<CombosBloc>().state.category;
    print('selected: $selected');
    super.initState();
  }

selected is empty, both with F5 and Ctrl + F5. That causes the crash, as the selected variable is of late type.