package_esp8266com_index.json contains garbage

[obor00]

https://arduino.esp8266.com/stable/package_esp8266com_index.json contains garbage at the start of the file, and Arduino IDE can't decode it anymore:

Dropping version 1.6.5-947-g39819f0
Dropping version 2.5.0-beta1
Dropping version 2.5.0-beta2
Dropping version 2.5.0-beta3
Dropping version 2.4.0-rc1
Dropping version 2.4.0-rc2
{
"packages": [
{
...

[probonopd]

I second this - it breaks by builds.

http://arduino.esp8266.com/stable/package_esp8266com_index.json gives in Firefox:

SyntaxError: JSON.parse: unexpected character at line 1 column 1 of the JSON data

Reference: probonopd/WirelessPrinting#118 (comment)

[d-a-v]

Will be fixed by #6070

[BasEmmen]

A couple of minutes ago i lost the ESP8266 boards from the list.
Is this the result of the incorrect Json ?

Skipping contributed index file /Users/Me/Library/Arduino15/package_esp8266com_index.json, parsing error occured:
com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonParseException: Unrecognized token 'Dropping': was expecting ('true', 'false' or 'null')
at [Source: (FileInputStream); line: 1, column: 10]

[d-a-v]

We are fixing this as fast as we can. We are waiting for CI to approve the fix.
https://travis-ci.org/esp8266/Arduino/builds/531090576?utm_source=github_status&utm_medium=notification

[gnbl]

Workarounds?

• Using a fixed file locally does not work (protocol error).
• Using the template file https://github.com/esp8266/Arduino/blob/master/package/package_esp8266com_index.template.json does not seem to make esp8266 available in boards manager either.

[obor00]

I also tried to copy the file without Garbage on my own web server, and got an error "Erreur durant le téléchargement de http://.../package_esp8266.com"

[gnbl]

This seems to work

EDIT: deleted https://gist.githubusercontent.com/gnbl/...package_esp8266com_index.json

but upgrading to / installing the latest version gives an error.

So I'm currently installing 2.5.0. Seems to work.

[gnbl]

Garbage is still in file - how long until the fix is propagated?

[probonopd]

Still getting SyntaxError: JSON.parse: unexpected character at line 1 column 1 of the JSON data

[d-a-v]

It should be OK now

[gnbl]

For me it isn't - have you tried?
https://arduino.esp8266.com/stable/package_esp8266com_index.json

[probonopd]

For me it is neither. Still getting SyntaxError: JSON.parse: unexpected character at line 1 column 1 of the JSON data in Firefox. Even after refreshing.