From b90d91c7a6f46fa60d32c43a82c3deaaf045dfd4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Fernando Barreiro <fh.barreiro@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 9 Dec 2024 12:02:16 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Exception handling for JSON decoding errors

---
 pandaserver/taskbuffer/OraDBProxy.py | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/pandaserver/taskbuffer/OraDBProxy.py b/pandaserver/taskbuffer/OraDBProxy.py
index a1f3c9fe..15758355 100644
--- a/pandaserver/taskbuffer/OraDBProxy.py
+++ b/pandaserver/taskbuffer/OraDBProxy.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 import traceback
 import uuid
 import warnings
+from json.decoder import JSONDecodeError
 
 from pandacommon.pandalogger.LogWrapper import LogWrapper
 from pandacommon.pandalogger.PandaLogger import PandaLogger
@@ -457,9 +458,11 @@ def getConfigValue(self, component, key, app="pandaserver", vo=None):
                 return json.loads(value_json_str)
             else:
                 raise ValueError
+        except JSONDecodeError:
+            _logger.debug(f"Could not decode. Value_json: {value_json_str}, Type: {type}")
+            return None
         except ValueError:
-            error_message = f"Wrong value/type pair. Value: {value_str}, Type: {type}"
-            _logger.debug(error_message)
+            _logger.debug(f"Wrong value/type pair. Value: {value_str}, Type: {type}")
             return None
 
     # insert job to jobsDefined