[gui error report] SyntaxError: Unexpected end of JSON input

[agrohs]

Please describe what you were doing when this error happened.

Specifications

• OS: darwin
• IPFS Desktop Version: 0.20.0
• Electron Version: 17.1.0
• Chrome Version: 98.0.4758.102

Error

SyntaxError: Unexpected end of JSON input
    at JSON.parse (<anonymous>)
    at Daemon._getConfig (/Applications/IPFS Desktop.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar/node_modules/ipfsd-ctl/src/ipfsd-daemon.js:365:19)
    at processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:96:5)
    at async Daemon.init (/Applications/IPFS Desktop.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar/node_modules/ipfsd-ctl/src/ipfsd-daemon.js:157:9)
    at async spawn (/Applications/IPFS Desktop.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar/src/daemon/daemon.js:55:3)
    at async module.exports (/Applications/IPFS Desktop.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar/src/daemon/daemon.js:143:31)
    at async startIpfs (/Applications/IPFS Desktop.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar/src/daemon/index.js:46:17)
    at async module.exports (/Applications/IPFS Desktop.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar/src/daemon/index.js:114:3)
    at async run (/Applications/IPFS Desktop.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar/src/index.js:83:5)

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[lidel]

The error originates from https://github.com/ipfs/js-ipfsd-ctl/blob/66a947010b0dbc90074c29724fd64c5bbc9a8eed/src/ipfsd-daemon.js#L365 which suggests reading config via ipfs config show fails due to some error – tracked in ipfs/js-ipfsd-ctl#721

@agrohs @realitymeetsdreams

• are you able to run ipfs config show ?
• is your $IPFS_PATH/config a valid JSON?

[hacdias]

The error originates from ipfs/js-ipfsd-ctl@66a9470/src/ipfsd-daemon.js#L365 which suggests reading config via ipfs config show fails due to some error – tracked in ipfs/js-ipfsd-ctl#721

@agrohs @realitymeetsdreams

• are you able to run ipfs config show ?
• is your $IPFS_PATH/config a valid JSON?

Same questions for you @goralbaris @avelguenin 😄