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is an invalid start of a value — System.Text.Json: '<' is an invalid start of a value. Path: $ | LineNumber: 0 | BytePositionInLine: 0 (.NET)is an inval…InvalidDefinitionException — com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.exc.InvalidDefinitionException: No serializer found for class X and no properties discovered (Java)InvalidDefinitionEx…MismatchedInputException — com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.exc.MismatchedInputException: Cannot deserialize value of type `java.util.ArrayList` from Object value (Java)MismatchedInputExce…entity.parse.failed — API Error: Malformed JSON in request body (entity.parse.failed / JSON parse error) (API)entity.parse.failedunexpected end of input — SyntaxError: Unexpected end of input (JavaScript)unexpected end of i…SyntaxError: JSON — SyntaxError: Unexpected token < in JSON at position 0 (JavaScript)SyntaxError: JSONHttpMessageNotReadableException — HttpMessageNotReadableException: JSON parse error / Required request body is missing (Java)HttpMessageNotReada…EJSONPARSE — npm ERR! code EJSONPARSE — Failed to parse json / Unexpected token in JSON at position (npm)EJSONPARSEjson_decode null — json_decode() returns null / JSON_ERROR_SYNTAX: Syntax error (PHP)json_decode nullJSONDecodeError — json.decoder.JSONDecodeError: Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0) (Python)JSONDecodeErrorUnrecognizedPropertyException — com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.exc.UnrecognizedPropertyException: Unrecognized field "x", not marked as ignorable (Java)UnrecognizedPropert…circular JSON — TypeError: Converting circular structure to JSON (JavaScript)circular JSONnot JSON serializable — TypeError: Object of type datetime is not JSON serializable (Python)not JSON serializab…JsonException object cycle — JsonException: A possible object cycle was detected (.NET)JsonException objec…LazyInitializationException — org.hibernate.LazyInitializationException: could not initialize proxy - no Session (Java)LazyInitializationE…The JSON value could not be converted — System.Text.Json.JsonException: The JSON value could not be converted to System.Int32. Path: $.id (.NET)The JSON value coul…Unexpected character encountered while parsing value — Newtonsoft.Json.JsonReaderException: Unexpected character encountered while parsing value: <. Path '', line 0, position 0 (.NET)Unexpected characte…400 — HTTP 400 Bad Request (HTTP)400415 — HTTP 415 Unsupported Media Type (HTTP)415411 — HTTP 411 Length Required (HTTP)411missing ) — SyntaxError: missing ) after argument list (JavaScript)missing )already declared — SyntaxError: Identifier 'x' has already been declared (JavaScript)already declaredawait outside async — SyntaxError: await is only valid in async functions and the top level bodies of modules (JavaScript)await outside async404 — HTTP 404 Not Found (HTTP)404500 — HTTP 500 Internal Server Error (HTTP)500Failed to fetch — TypeError: Failed to fetch / NetworkError when attempting to fetch resource (JavaScript)Failed to fetchUnsatisfiedDependencyException — UnsatisfiedDependencyException / NoSuchBeanDefinitionException: No qualifying bean of type 'X' available (Java)UnsatisfiedDependen…circular references — The dependencies of some of the beans in the application context form a cycle (Java)circular referencesPort 8080 in use — Web server failed to start. Port 8080 was already in use. (Java)Port 8080 in useEOVERRIDE — npm ERR! code EOVERRIDE — Override for x conflicts with direct dependency (npm)EOVERRIDEMissing script — npm ERR! Missing script: "start" (npm)Missing scriptInvalid Version — npm ERR! Invalid Version: (semver parse error) (npm)Invalid VersionDecodingError — Swift DecodingError: keyNotFound / typeMismatch / valueNotFound / dataCorrupted (iOS)DecodingError

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InvalidDefinitionExceptionJava

com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.exc.InvalidDefinitionException: No serializer found for class X and no properties discovered

Jackson can’t serialize the class — it has no public getters/fields, or it’s a Hibernate proxy, or Java 8 date types without the…

MismatchedInputExceptionJava

com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.exc.MismatchedInputException: Cannot deserialize value of type `java.util.ArrayList` from Object value

Jackson found JSON whose shape doesn’t match the target Java type (object vs array, string vs number, missing constructor).

entity.parse.failedAPI

API Error: Malformed JSON in request body (entity.parse.failed / JSON parse error)

The server couldn’t parse the request body as JSON, so it rejected the request before looking at any field.

unexpected end of inputJavaScript

SyntaxError: Unexpected end of input

The parser reached the end of the code (or JSON) while still expecting more — a missing } ) ] or empty JSON.

SyntaxError: JSONJavaScript

SyntaxError: Unexpected token < in JSON at position 0

`JSON.parse()` / `response.json()` received something that isn’t JSON — very often an HTML error page.

HttpMessageNotReadableExceptionJava

HttpMessageNotReadableException: JSON parse error / Required request body is missing

Spring couldn’t read the request body into your @RequestBody object.

EJSONPARSEnpm

npm ERR! code EJSONPARSE — Failed to parse json / Unexpected token in JSON at position

package.json (or package-lock.json) contains invalid JSON.

json_decode nullPHP

json_decode() returns null / JSON_ERROR_SYNTAX: Syntax error

The string passed to json_decode isn’t valid JSON, so PHP returns null.

JSONDecodeErrorPython

json.decoder.JSONDecodeError: Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0)

The text passed to json.loads() isn’t JSON — at char 0 it’s usually empty or HTML.

UnrecognizedPropertyExceptionJava

com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.exc.UnrecognizedPropertyException: Unrecognized field "x", not marked as ignorable

The JSON contains a field your Java class doesn’t have, and Jackson is configured to fail on unknown properties.

circular JSONJavaScript

TypeError: Converting circular structure to JSON

JSON.stringify met an object that references itself (directly or through children).

not JSON serializablePython

TypeError: Object of type datetime is not JSON serializable

json.dumps() met a type it doesn’t know how to encode (datetime, Decimal, set, custom objects).

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JsonException object cycle.NET

JsonException: A possible object cycle was detected

System.Text.Json found a reference loop (e.g. Order → Customer → Orders → …) while serialising, usually from EF Core navigation p…

LazyInitializationExceptionJava

org.hibernate.LazyInitializationException: could not initialize proxy - no Session

A lazy-loaded association was accessed after the Hibernate session/transaction closed.

The JSON value could not be converted.NET

System.Text.Json.JsonException: The JSON value could not be converted to System.Int32. Path: $.id

System.Text.Json couldn’t map a JSON value to the target .NET type — e.g. "42" (string) to int, null to a non-nullable type, or w…

Unexpected character encountered while parsing value.NET

Newtonsoft.Json.JsonReaderException: Unexpected character encountered while parsing value: <. Path '', line 0, position 0

Json.NET was given text that isn’t valid JSON — commonly HTML, a BOM, or an already-serialized string.

400HTTP

HTTP 400 Bad Request

The server could not understand the request because its syntax, headers or body are malformed or invalid.

415HTTP

HTTP 415 Unsupported Media Type

The server refuses the request because the body’s Content-Type isn’t one it accepts.

411HTTP

HTTP 411 Length Required

The server refuses a request with a body but no Content-Length header.

missing )JavaScript

SyntaxError: missing ) after argument list

A function call’s parentheses are unbalanced — often an unescaped quote or a missing comma/plus.

already declaredJavaScript

SyntaxError: Identifier 'x' has already been declared

The same let/const/class name was declared twice in the same scope.

await outside asyncJavaScript

SyntaxError: await is only valid in async functions and the top level bodies of modules

await was used inside a function that isn’t async (or in a classic, non-module script).

404HTTP

HTTP 404 Not Found

The server can’t find anything at the requested URL.

500HTTP

HTTP 500 Internal Server Error

The server hit an unexpected condition — usually an unhandled exception or misconfiguration in the application.

Failed to fetchJavaScript

TypeError: Failed to fetch / NetworkError when attempting to fetch resource

The browser couldn’t complete the request at the network level — CORS, DNS, offline, blocked mixed content, or the server refused…

UnsatisfiedDependencyExceptionJava

UnsatisfiedDependencyException / NoSuchBeanDefinitionException: No qualifying bean of type 'X' available

Spring couldn’t find (or choose) a bean to inject.

circular referencesJava

The dependencies of some of the beans in the application context form a cycle

Two or more Spring beans depend on each other through constructors, and Spring Boot 2.6+ forbids cycles by default.

Port 8080 in useJava

Web server failed to start. Port 8080 was already in use.

Spring Boot couldn’t bind its embedded server port because another process uses it.

EOVERRIDEnpm

npm ERR! code EOVERRIDE — Override for x conflicts with direct dependency

An "overrides" entry sets a different version for a package you also depend on directly.

Missing scriptnpm

npm ERR! Missing script: "start"

The script name you ran isn’t defined in package.json "scripts".

Invalid Versionnpm

npm ERR! Invalid Version: (semver parse error)

A package.json or lockfile contains a version string that isn’t valid semver.

DecodingErroriOS

Swift DecodingError: keyNotFound / typeMismatch / valueNotFound / dataCorrupted

JSONDecoder couldn’t map the JSON to your Codable type — a key is missing, a value has a different type or is null, or the data i…