AVAssetExportSession export fails non-deterministically with error: "Operation Stopped, NSLocalizedFailureReason=The video could not be composed."

We add subtitles to a video recorded by the user, but the export by our AVAssetExportSession object fails non-deterministically: sometimes it works, and sometimes it doesn't. It's unclear even how to reproduce the error.

Error:

Error Domain=AVFoundationErrorDomain Code=-11841 "Operation Stopped" UserInfo=0x170676e80 {NSLocalizedDescription=Operation Stopped, NSLocalizedFailureReason=The video could not be composed.}

Code:

    let videoAsset = AVURLAsset(URL: fileUrl, options: nil)
    let mixComposition = AVMutableComposition()
    let videoTrack = mixComposition.addMutableTrackWithMediaType(AVMediaTypeVideo, preferredTrackID: CMPersistentTrackID(kCMPersistentTrackID_Invalid))
    let audioTrack = mixComposition.addMutableTrackWithMediaType(AVMediaTypeAudio, preferredTrackID: CMPersistentTrackID(kCMPersistentTrackID_Invalid))

    let sourceVideoTrack = videoAsset.tracksWithMediaType(AVMediaTypeVideo)[0] as! AVAssetTrack
    let sourceAudioTrack = videoAsset.tracksWithMediaType(AVMediaTypeAudio)[0] as! AVAssetTrack
    videoTrack.insertTimeRange(CMTimeRangeMake(kCMTimeZero, videoAsset.duration), ofTrack: sourceVideoTrack, atTime: kCMTimeZero, error: nil)
    audioTrack.insertTimeRange(CMTimeRangeMake(kCMTimeZero, videoAsset.duration), ofTrack: sourceAudioTrack, atTime: kCMTimeZero, error: nil)

    // Create something mutable???
    // -- Create instruction
    let instruction = AVMutableVideoCompositionInstruction()
    instruction.timeRange = CMTimeRangeMake(kCMTimeZero, videoAsset.duration)
    let videoLayerInstruction = AVMutableVideoCompositionLayerInstruction(assetTrack: sourceVideoTrack)
    instruction.layerInstructions = [videoLayerInstruction]

    let mutableComposition = AVMutableVideoComposition()
    //mutableComposition.renderSize = videoTrack.naturalSize
    mutableComposition.renderSize = CGSize(width: 320, height: 320)
    mutableComposition.frameDuration = CMTimeMake(1, 60)
    mutableComposition.instructions = [instruction]

    // Animate
    mutableComposition.animationTool = AVVideoCompositionCoreAnimationTool(postProcessingAsVideoLayer: videoLayer, inLayer: parentLayer)

    // -- Get path
    let fileName = "/editedVideo-\(arc4random() % 10000).mp4"
    let allPaths = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(.DocumentDirectory, .UserDomainMask, true)
    let docsPath = allPaths[0] as! NSString
    let exportPath = docsPath.stringByAppendingFormat(fileName)
    let exportUrl = NSURL.fileURLWithPath(exportPath as String)!

    println("Num of tracks \(mixComposition.tracks.count)")

    // -- Remove old video?
    if NSFileManager.defaultManager().fileExistsAtPath(exportPath as String) {
        println("Deleting existing file\n")
        NSFileManager.defaultManager().removeItemAtPath(exportPath as String, error: nil)
    }

    // -- Create exporter
    let exporter = AVAssetExportSession(asset: mixComposition, presetName: AVAssetExportPresetHighestQuality)
    exporter.videoComposition = mutableComposition
    exporter.outputFileType = AVFileTypeMPEG4
    exporter.outputURL = exportUrl
    exporter.shouldOptimizeForNetworkUse = true

    // -- Export video
    exporter.exportAsynchronouslyWithCompletionHandler({
        self.exportDidFinish(exporter)
    })

Questions:

1) What's causing the problem, and what's the solution?

2) Suggestions on how to reproduce the error consistently, which hopefully helps debug the problem?