expo / expo/orbit

Open with Orbit fails with `JSON Parse error: Unexpected character: C`

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Description

### Summary

From a fresh expo / eas project (following the expo / eas initialization steps), I get the following error when I click on the Open with Orbit button

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The only thing I can think that I'm doing differently from the guide is using `bun` instead of `npm`. Note that downloading the build and dropping onto simulator works fine

### Steps to reproduce

1. Follow guidelines from expo / eas, but using `bun` / `bunx` instead of `npm` / `npx`
2. Click on Open with Orbit
3. See error message

### Environment

expo-env-info 1.3.3 environment info:
System:
OS: macOS 15.4
Shell: 5.9 - /usr/local/bin/zsh
Binaries:
Node: 22.15.0 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v22.15.0/bin/node
Yarn: 1.22.19 - /opt/homebrew/bin/yarn
npm: 10.9.2 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v22.15.0/bin/npm
Watchman: 2025.04.28.00 - /opt/homebrew/bin/watchman
SDKs:
iOS SDK:
Platforms: DriverKit 24.4, iOS 18.4, macOS 15.4, tvOS 18.4, visionOS 2.4, watchOS 11.4
IDEs:
Xcode: 16.3/16E140 - /usr/bin/xcodebuild
npmPackages:
expo: ~53.0.9 => 53.0.9
expo-router: ~5.0.6 => 5.0.7
react: 19.0.0 => 19.0.0
react-dom: 19.0.0 => 19.0.0
react-native: 0.79.2 => 0.79.2
react-native-web: ~0.20.0 => 0.20.0
npmGlobalPackages:
eas-cli: 16.7.0
Expo Workflow: managed

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