[rarbg] (testing) Exception (rarbg): The response was not JSON: The response was not JSON

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Environment

2022-07-13 16:34:25.2602 Info Starting Jackett v0.20.1304 
2022-07-13 16:34:25.9720 Info Environment version: 6.0.7 (C:\ProgramData\Jackett\) 
2022-07-13 16:34:25.9720 Info OS version: Microsoft Windows NT 10.0.19043.0 (64bit OS) 
2022-07-13 16:34:25.9720 Info Jackett variant: CoreWindows 
2022-07-13 16:34:25.9720 Info Running in Docker: No 
2022-07-13 16:34:25.9720 Info ThreadPool MaxThreads: 1023 workerThreads, 1000 completionPortThreads 
2022-07-13 16:34:25.9720 Info App config/log directory: C:\ProgramData\Jackett 
2022-07-13 16:34:25.9720 Info Using proxy: Disabled 
2022-07-13 16:34:25.9720 Info Using FlareSolverr: No 
2022-07-13 16:34:25.9812 Info Using HTTP Client: HttpWebClient2

Description

This just started a couple of days ago where RARBG is throwing errors in Sonarr. I removed it from Jackett and re-added it and Sonarr was fine for about 10 seconds before showing failure again. Not sure what else to try as I'm not a programmer, but this program's been a life saver.

Test Results from Jackett:
An error occurred while testing this indexer
Exception (rarbg): The response was not JSON: The response was not JSON

log.txt

Logged Error Messages

2022-07-13 16:34:52.5429 Error Jackett.Common.IndexerException: Exception (rarbg): The response was not JSON
 ---> System.Exception: The response was not JSON
   at Jackett.Common.Indexers.RarBG.PerformQueryWithRetry(TorznabQuery query, Boolean retry) in D:\a\1\s\src\Jackett.Common\Indexers\RarBG.cs:line 148
   at Jackett.Common.Indexers.RarBG.PerformQuery(TorznabQuery query) in D:\a\1\s\src\Jackett.Common\Indexers\RarBG.cs:line 134
   at Jackett.Common.Indexers.BaseIndexer.ResultsForQuery(TorznabQuery query, Boolean isMetaIndexer) in D:\a\1\s\src\Jackett.Common\Indexers\BaseIndexer.cs:line 310
   --- End of inner exception stack trace ---
   at Jackett.Common.Indexers.BaseIndexer.ResultsForQuery(TorznabQuery query, Boolean isMetaIndexer) in D:\a\1\s\src\Jackett.Common\Indexers\BaseIndexer.cs:line 322
   at Jackett.Common.Indexers.BaseWebIndexer.ResultsForQuery(TorznabQuery query, Boolean isMetaIndexer) in D:\a\1\s\src\Jackett.Common\Indexers\BaseIndexer.cs:line 677
   at Jackett.Common.Services.IndexerManagerService.TestIndexer(String name) in D:\a\1\s\src\Jackett.Common\Services\IndexerManagerService.cs:line 309
   at Jackett.Server.Controllers.IndexerApiController.Test() in D:\a\1\s\src\Jackett.Server\Controllers\IndexerApiController.cs:line 132
   at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Infrastructure.ActionMethodExecutor.TaskOfIActionResultExecutor.Execute(IActionResultTypeMapper mapper, ObjectMethodExecutor executor, Object controller, Object[] arguments)
   at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Infrastructure.ControllerActionInvoker.<InvokeActionMethodAsync>g__Awaited|12_0(ControllerActionInvoker invoker, ValueTask`1 actionResultValueTask)
   at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Infrastructure.ControllerActionInvoker.<InvokeNextActionFilterAsync>g__Awaited|10_0(ControllerActionInvoker invoker, Task lastTask, State next, Scope scope, Object state, Boolean isCompleted)
   at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Infrastructure.ControllerActionInvoker.Rethrow(ActionExecutedContextSealed context)
   at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Infrastructure.ControllerActionInvoker.Next(State& next, Scope& scope, Object& state, Boolean& isCompleted)
   at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Infrastructure.ControllerActionInvoker.<InvokeInnerFilterAsync>g__Awaited|13_0(ControllerActionInvoker invoker, Task lastTask, State next, Scope scope, Object state, Boolean isCompleted)
   at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Infrastructure.ResourceInvoker.<InvokeFilterPipelineAsync>g__Awaited|20_0(ResourceInvoker invoker, Task lastTask, State next, Scope scope, Object state, Boolean isCompleted)
   at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Infrastructure.ResourceInvoker.<InvokeAsync>g__Awaited|17_0(ResourceInvoker invoker, Task task, IDisposable scope)
   at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Infrastructure.ResourceInvoker.<InvokeAsync>g__Awaited|17_0(ResourceInvoker invoker, Task task, IDisposable scope)
   at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing.EndpointMiddleware.<Invoke>g__AwaitRequestTask|6_0(Endpoint endpoint, Task requestTask, ILogger logger)
   at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication.AuthenticationMiddleware.Invoke(HttpContext context)
   at Jackett.Server.Middleware.CustomExceptionHandler.Invoke(HttpContext httpContext) in D:\a\1\s\src\Jackett.Server\Middleware\CustomExceptionHandler.cs:line 26

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[ilike2burnthing]

#13350 (comment)
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#13356 (comment)

TL;DR - reconfigure the RARBG indexer to increase the retry count

[Airilk]

I have the same issue with the OP. I get the same "Exception (rarbg): The response was not JSON: The response was not JSON" error. The increase of the retry count does not seem to be the solution. Is there another way to fix this? i am not a programmer either.

[ilike2burnthing]

Increasing the number of retries doesn't fix the issue, as the problem lies with RARBG, it only reduces the chance of a failure for a single search (e.g. failing 5 times in a row is much less likely, but still possible).

[Locutus64]

I'm experiencing the exact same issue with RARBG.

[ilike2burnthing]

See instructions above.