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🐛 Bug Report: Failed to parse page JSON data when accessing front page

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Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
57/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Active
Tech stack
rust
Domain
backend

Research direction

Start at the front-page request path that parses /r/popular/hot.json and inspect how it handles Reddit's response. Reproduce by opening an instance and compare the returned page data with what the parser expects. Done means the Reddit front page loads without the JSON parse error; the issue names no source file or test to start from.

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Description

bug

Describe the bug

Failed to parse page JSON data: expected value at line 1 column 1 | /r/popular/hot.json?&raw_json=1&geo_filter=GLOBAL

Steps to reproduce the bug

Open instance

What's the expected behavior?

Reddit front page loads

Additional context / screenshot

I saw a post today on Reddit saying that Reddit has changed how ordering by New/Hot/Rising/etc works, so possibly related?: https://www.reddit.com/r/enshittification/comments/1xhdvhd/reddit_removed_ability_to_sort_by_new_hot_best/

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