Node-Red does not start in Homeassistant OS 12.2

[JuliusH93]

Problem/Motivation

I upgraded to Homeassistant OS 12.2 and also updated the addon to the newest version 17.0.12.

Homeassistant Version:

Core
2024.4.4
Supervisor
2024.04.4
Operating System
12.2
Frontend
20240404.2

Expected behavior

The addon should start like it did before the update.

Actual behavior

There is an error loading a config while starting the addon. Logs:

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Add-on: Node-RED
Flow-based programming for the Internet of Things

Add-on version: 17.0.12
You are running the latest version of this add-on.
System: Home Assistant OS 12.2 (aarch64 / odroid-c4)
Home Assistant Core: 2024.4.4
Home Assistant Supervisor: 2024.04.4

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s6-rc: info: service base-addon-banner successfully started
s6-rc: info: service fix-attrs: starting
s6-rc: info: service base-addon-log-level: starting
s6-rc: info: service fix-attrs successfully started
s6-rc: info: service base-addon-log-level successfully started
s6-rc: info: service legacy-cont-init: starting
s6-rc: info: service legacy-cont-init successfully started
s6-rc: info: service init-nginx: starting
s6-rc: info: service init-customizations: starting
s6-rc: info: service init-customizations successfully started
s6-rc: info: service init-nodered: starting
s6-rc: info: service init-nginx successfully started
npm ERR! code EJSONPARSE
npm ERR! path /config/package.json
npm ERR! JSON.parse Unexpected end of JSON input while parsing empty string
npm ERR! JSON.parse Failed to parse JSON data.
npm ERR! JSON.parse Note: package.json must be actual JSON, not just JavaScript.

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in: /root/.npm/_logs/2024-05-01T19_26_56_925Z-debug-0.log
[21:26:58] WARNING: Failed un-installing conflicting packages
s6-rc: info: service init-nodered successfully started
s6-rc: info: service nodered: starting
s6-rc: info: service nodered successfully started
s6-rc: info: service nginx: starting
s6-rc: info: service nginx successfully started
s6-rc: info: service legacy-services: starting
s6-rc: info: service legacy-services successfully started
[21:26:58] INFO: Setting safe mode startup
[21:26:58] INFO: Starting Node-RED...

start
node $NODE_OPTIONS node_modules/node-red/red.js --safe --settings /etc/node-red/config.js

Error loading settings file: /etc/node-red/config.js
SyntaxError: Error parsing /config/package.json: Unexpected end of JSON input
at parse ()
at read (node:internal/modules/package_json_reader:79:16)
at readPackage (node:internal/modules/package_json_reader:140:10)
at Object.readPackageScope (node:internal/modules/package_json_reader:157:19)
at Module._extensions..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1388:35)
at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1203:32)
at Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1019:12)
at Module.require (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1231:19)
at require (node:internal/modules/helpers:177:18)
at Object. (/etc/node-red/config.js:1:16) {
path: '/config/package.json'
}
[21:27:02] INFO: Service Node-RED exited with code 1 (by signal 0)
s6-rc: info: service legacy-services: stopping
s6-rc: info: service legacy-services successfully stopped
s6-rc: info: service nginx: stopping
[21:27:02] INFO: Service NGINX exited with code 256 (by signal 15)
s6-rc: info: service nginx successfully stopped
s6-rc: info: service init-nginx: stopping
s6-rc: info: service nodered: stopping
s6-rc: info: service init-nginx successfully stopped
s6-rc: info: service nodered successfully stopped
s6-rc: info: service init-nodered: stopping
s6-rc: info: service init-nodered successfully stopped
s6-rc: info: service init-customizations: stopping
s6-rc: info: service init-customizations successfully stopped
s6-rc: info: service legacy-cont-init: stopping
s6-rc: info: service legacy-cont-init successfully stopped
s6-rc: info: service fix-attrs: stopping
s6-rc: info: service base-addon-log-level: stopping
s6-rc: info: service fix-attrs successfully stopped
s6-rc: info: service base-addon-log-level successfully stopped
s6-rc: info: service base-addon-banner: stopping
s6-rc: info: service base-addon-banner successfully stopped
s6-rc: info: service s6rc-oneshot-runner: stopping
s6-rc: info: service s6rc-oneshot-runner successfully stopped

Node red gets started with /etc/node-red/config.js as the settings file but i cannot find this path on my system.

Any help is highly appreciate since I have no idea how to fix this issue and get my flows running again.

[sinclairpaul]

Two different issues here.

@JuliusH93 - There is an issue with the package.json by the looks of it, I would suggest checking the syntax with an editor such as Studo Code.

Others please don't randomly attach issues, your problem is with the Integration which you can find at https://github.com/zachowj/hass-node-red

[berndeee]

Same issue for me. Got the same errors as @berndeee

@Feuerhamster look at this https://community.home-assistant.io/t/node-red-error-after-updating-homeassistant-to-version-2024-5-0/724520

[JuliusH93]

For some reason the update to Homeassistant 12.2 seemed to have corrupted the node-red config files.

I have now exported the flows from a backup prio to the update, completely removed the addon from the updated version with deleting all folders i could find (including the on in addon_configs) and reinstalled the addon again.

Now it is working and in could reimport the flows without any problems :)

For me the issue can be closed but is it normal that the update corrupted the node-red installation?

[pfwei1029]

@JuliusH93 I met totally same problem. How did you solved this issue?

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