affaan-m/ECC · error · Error

returned invalid JSON

Error message

${displayCommand} returned invalid JSON: ${error.message}

What it means

runGhJson throws when the gh command succeeded but its stdout is not valid JSON (empty output, human-readable error text, or truncated output). The faulting input is the gh stdout stream; JSON.parse's message is embedded.

Solutions

1. Re-run the gh command manually with the same args to inspect its raw output.
2. Ensure the gh version supports the JSON fields requested (--json with valid field names).
3. Check ECC_GH_SHIM: a shim returning non-JSON output will trigger this.

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at scripts/work-items.js:166 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

Understand the failure class

• Parsing and encoding errors: unexpected token, malformed input — why parsers reject input and how to find the real culprit.

AI-assisted analysis of affaan-m/ECC@8321021c54 (2026-09-16). Data as JSON: /api/errors/27c7efc9fbe36990. Report an issue: GitHub.

Appendix: source

Thrown at scripts/work-items.js:166

  const commandArgs = shimPath ? [shimPath, ...args] : args;
  const displayCommand = shimPath ? `node ${shimPath} ${args.join(' ')}` : `gh ${args.join(' ')}`;
  const result = spawnSync(command, commandArgs, {
    encoding: 'utf8',
    maxBuffer: 10 * 1024 * 1024
  });

  if (result.error) {
    throw new Error(`Failed to run gh: ${result.error.message}`);
  }

  if (result.status !== 0) {
    throw new Error(`${displayCommand} failed: ${(result.stderr || result.stdout || '').trim()}`);
  }

  try {
    return JSON.parse(result.stdout || '[]');
  } catch (error) {
    throw new Error(`${displayCommand} returned invalid JSON: ${error.message}`);
  }
}

function slugifyWorkItemSegment(value) {
  return (
    String(value || '')
      .toLowerCase()
      .replace(/[^a-z0-9]+/g, '-')
      .replace(/^-+|-+$/g, '') || 'unknown'
  );
}

function githubWorkItemId(repo, type, number) {
  return `github-${slugifyWorkItemSegment(repo)}-${type}-${number}`;
}

function githubPrStatus(pr) {
  if (pr.isDraft || pr.mergeStateStatus === 'DIRTY') {

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