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[Sentry] Error: unable to get access token: Unexpected non-whitespace character after JSON at position 4 (line 1 column 5)
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Description
Sentry Issue: [METAMASK-XHJ7](https://metamask.sentry.io/issues/6545744903/?referrer=github_integration)
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Error: unable to get access token: Unexpected non-whitespace character after JSON at position 4 (line 1 column 5)
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First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start with the linked Sentry report for METAMASK-XHJ7 and trace the access-token handling associated with the reported JSON parsing error. Determine which response is being parsed and reproduce the failure; done means the underlying token retrieval handles the reported response correctly and the error no longer occurs.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript
- Domain
- authentication
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100