error when running retire_users management command

[sentry-io]

I ran

python manage.py retire_users --user=[REDACTED]@gmail.com

and got the following error:

Sentry Issue: MITXONLINE-32T

JSONDecodeError: Expecting value: line 4 column 1 (char 3)
  File "__init__.py", line 346, in loads
    return _default_decoder.decode(s)
  File "json/decoder.py", line 337, in decode
    obj, end = self.raw_decode(s, idx=_w(s, 0).end())
  File "json/decoder.py", line 355, in raw_decode
    raise JSONDecodeError("Expecting value", s, err.value) from None

JSONDecodeError: Expecting value: line 4 column 1 (char 3)
(4 additional frame(s) were not displayed)
...
  File "manage.py", line 19, in <module>
    execute_from_command_line(sys.argv)
  File "users/management/commands/retire_users.py", line 110, in handle
    resp = bulk_retire_edx_users(user.username)
  File "openedx/api.py", line 930, in bulk_retire_edx_users
    response = edx_client.bulk_user_retirement.retire_users({"usernames": usernames})

[asadali145]

As per my R&D, it seems like the configurations added in mitodl/salt-ops#1574 & mitodl/ol-infrastructure#1667 are not deployed on Production and that is the reason that edX is returning 200 but that status is from a redirected page. So, the response is not JSON serializable. I have asked the DevOps team to look into it.

CC: @pdpinch @arslanashraf7

[pdpinch]

Thanks Asad. Open edx deployments to prod have been held up by issues with proctored exams. We may have to wait a week or two, depending on what devops has to say.

[pdpinch]

This is blocked until we get a release to production that includes mitodl/salt-ops#1574 and mitodl/ol-infrastructure#1667

[pdpinch]

This was fixed after Asad's config settings were deployed to production.