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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"browserstack-local sometimes breaks due to Incorrect JSON in stdout","articleBody":"\u003c!--- Provide a general summary of the issue in the Title above --\u003e\r\n\r\n## Expected Behavior\r\n\u003c!--- Tell us what should happen --\u003e\r\nbrowserstack-local starts and works fine\r\n\r\n## Actual Behavior\r\n\u003c!--- Tell us what happens instead of the expected behavior --\u003e\r\nbrowserstack-local starts and fails with next error\r\n```\r\nSyntaxError: Unexpected token { in JSON at position 66\r\n    at JSON.parse (\u003canonymous\u003e)\r\n    at /\u003cproject path\u003e/node_modules/browserstack-local/lib/Local.js:59:23\r\n    at ChildProcess.exithandler (node:child_process:388:7)\r\n    at ChildProcess.emit (node:events:390:28)\r\n    at ChildProcess.emit (node:domain:475:12)\r\n    at maybeClose (node:internal/child_process:1064:16)\r\n    at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (node:internal/child_process:301:5)\r\nerror Command failed with exit code 1.\r\n```\r\n\r\n## Steps to Reproduce the Problem\r\nit's flaky, but often reproduces\r\n  1. start connection to BrowserStack before tests\r\n\r\n\r\n## browserstack local arguments\r\n```\r\n    local: true,\r\n    localIdentifier: \"\" // generated id:  `${\u003cproject name\u003e}_${os.userInfo().username}_${Math.round(Math.random() * 1e6)}` as string,\r\n\r\n    networkLogs: true,\r\n    consoleLogs: \"errors\",\r\n    resolution: \"1280x1024\",\r\n    seleniumVersion: \"4.0.0-alpha-6\", // also reproduced with \"4.1.2\", \"3.141.59\"\r\n    idleTimeout: 300,\r\n\r\n    os: \"Windows\",\r\n    osVersion: \"10\",\r\n\r\n    projectName: \"\" // project name as string,\r\n    sessionName: \"\" // name as string,\r\n    buildName: \"\" // name as string,\r\n```\r\n\r\n## Platform details\r\n \r\n  1. browserstack-local-nodejs version: 1.4.8, also reproduced on 1.4.9\r\n  2. node version: 16.13.0, also reproduced on 14.3.0, 14.18.0\r\n  3. os type and version: ubuntu/macos\r\n\r\n## Details\r\n\u003c!--- Provide a detailed description of the issue that you are facing. --\u003e\r\nI made fork with logging of reponse \r\nhttps://github.com/elukoyanov/browserstack-local/blob/master/lib/Local.js#L61\r\nand I see next stdout:\r\n```\r\n{\"state\":\"connected\",\"pid\":323,\"message\":{\"message\":\"Connected\"}}\r\n{\"state\":\"connected\",\"pid\":323,\"message\":{\"message\":\"Connected\"}}\r\nThu Mar 10 2022 15:59:47 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) -- Received runtime exception: Error [ERR_IPC_DISCONNECTED]: IPC channel is already disconnected\r\nThu Mar 10 2022 15:59:47 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) -- Exiting.\r\n```\r\n\r\nAs I see - there are duplicated JSON and two strings with error.\r\n\r\nIt breaks JSON.parse.\r\n\r\nAs I see, it's more server error, than package. But maybe not\r\n","author":{"url":"https://github.com/elukoyanov","@type":"Person","name":"elukoyanov"},"datePublished":"2022-03-16T13:16:44.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":0},"url":"https://github.com/127/browserstack-local-nodejs/issues/127"}