ios - Duplicate collectionView cells after reloadData with Firebase query

Question

I have a Firebase snapshot listener that checks for new documents, adds them to an array (the collectionView datasource), and then reloads the collectionView. However, I'm getting duplicate cells in the collectionView. I currently have 3 objects in my Firestore collection but they get duplicated for a total of 9 cells.

I even added a check for the index so reloadData only happens after it reaches the end of the array. Here's the relevant code:

messageListener = query.addSnapshotListener { querySnapshot, error in
    guard let snapshot = querySnapshot else {
        print("Error listening for channel updates: (error?.localizedDescription ?? "No error")")
        return
    }
    
    snapshot.documentChanges.forEach { change in

        if change.type == .added {
            for document in snapshot.documents{
                
                 ....

                let newMessage = Message(sender: newSender, messageId: document.documentID, sentDate: date, text: text)
                
                self.messages.append(newMessage)
                
                guard let index = snapshot.documents.index(of: document) else {return}
                
                if index == (snapshot.documents.count - 1) {
                    self.messagesCollectionView.reloadData()
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

It correctly counts down the index so it eventually reaches 2 == 2 to reloadData. However, it then starts the process over again two other times for a total of three (3 objects loaded three times for a total of 9 cells). Any idea how I can improve this logic flow to stop the duplicates?

Thanks!!

EDIT 1

extension ChatViewController: MessagesDataSource {
    
    func currentSender() -> Sender {
        //guard let currentUserID = User.current?.key else {return nil}
        let newSender = Sender(id: (User.current?.key)!, displayName: (User.current?.username)!)
        return newSender
    }
    
        func numberOfSections(in messagesCollectionView: MessagesCollectionView) -> Int {
    return 1
}

func numberOfItems(inSection section: Int, in messagesCollectionView: MessagesCollectionView) -> Int {
    return messages.count
}
    func messageForItem(at indexPath: IndexPath, in messagesCollectionView: MessagesCollectionView) -> MessageType {
        return messages[indexPath.section]
        
        func cellTopLabelAttributedText(for message: MessageType, at indexPath: IndexPath) -> NSAttributedString? {
           
            return NSAttributedString(string: MessageKitDateFormatter.shared.string(from: message.sentDate), attributes: [NSAttributedString.Key.font: UIFont.boldSystemFont(ofSize: 10), NSAttributedString.Key.foregroundColor: UIColor.darkGray])
        }
        
        func messageTopLabelAttributedText(for message: MessageType, at indexPath: IndexPath) -> NSAttributedString? {
            let name = message.sender.displayName
            return NSAttributedString(string: name, attributes: [NSAttributedString.Key.font: UIFont.preferredFont(forTextStyle: .caption1)])
        }
        
        func messageBottomLabelAttributedText(for message: MessageType, at indexPath: IndexPath) -> NSAttributedString? {
            
            let dateString = formatter.string(from: message.sentDate)
            return NSAttributedString(string: dateString, attributes: [NSAttributedString.Key.font: UIFont.preferredFont(forTextStyle: .caption2)])
        }
    }
}

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