[ioredis] Unhandled error event: ParserError: Protocol error, got "H" as reply type byte. Please report this.

[verbal-assassin]

Pretty simple example that simply won't work. Using Node 14.20.1. Connecting to a Redis server in our network. here is the code (excluding private data which I have verified multiple times and had multiple people double check it).

both ioredis and ioredis-rejson were installed with npm

const Redis = require('ioredis-rejson');

const getRedisData = async() => {

  const redis = new Redis({
    username: 'user', // use your Redis user. More info https://redis.io/docs/management/security/acl/
    password: 'password',
    host: host
    port: port,
    tls: true,
  });

  const res2 = await redis.json_get('2ceb1a22-313c-353d-8137-cd061861ebef');
  console.log(res2);
};

module.exports = getRedisData;

execution of this is nothing more than

  await getRedisData();

the error I receive is the following

[ioredis] Unhandled error event: ParserError: Protocol error, got "H" as reply type byte. Please report this.
    at handleError (/Users/d/ocbo-node-api/node_modules/redis-parser/lib/parser.js:190:15)
    at parseType (/Users/P2950656/ocbo-node-api/node_modules/redis-parser/lib/parser.js:304:14)
[ioredis] Unhandled error event: ParserError: Protocol error, got "H" as reply type byte. Please report this.
    at handleError (/Users/d/ocbo-node-api/node_modules/redis-parser/lib/parser.js:190:15)
    at parseType (/Users/d/ocbo-node-api/node_modules/redis-parser/lib/parser.js:304:14)
Waiting for the debugger to disconnect...
node:internal/process/promises:288
            triggerUncaughtException(err, true /* fromPromise */);
            ^

ParserError: Protocol error, got "H" as reply type byte. Please report this.
    at handleError (/Users/d/ocbo-node-api/node_modules/redis-parser/lib/parser.js:190:15)
    at parseType (/Users/d/ocbo-node-api/node_modules/redis-parser/lib/parser.js:304:14) {
  offset: 1,
  buffer: '{"type":"Buffer","data":[72,84,84,80,47,49,46,49,32,52,48,48,32,66,97,100,32,82,101,113,117,101,115,116,13,10,68,97,116,101,58,32,77,111,110,44,32,48,55,32,65,117,103,32,50,48,50,51,32,49,55,58,51,51,58,51,49,32,71,77,84,13,10,67,111,110,116,101,110,116,45,84,121,112,101,58,32,116,101,120,116,47,104,116,109,108,13,10,67,111,110,116,101,110,116,45,76,101,110,103,116,104,58,32,49,53,48,13,10,67,111,110,110,101,99,116,105,111,110,58,32,99,108,111,115,101,13,10,13,10,60,104,116,109,108,62,13,10,60,104,101,97,100,62,60,116,105,116,108,101,62,52,48,48,32,66,97,100,32,82,101,113,117,101,115,116,60,47,116,105,116,108,101,62,60,47,104,101,97,100,62,13,10,60,98,111,100,121,62,13,10,60,99,101,110,116,101,114,62,60,104,49,62,52,48,48,32,66,97,100,32,82,101,113,117,101,115,116,60,47,104,49,62,60,47,99,101,110,116,101,114,62,13,10,60,104,114,62,60,99,101,110,116,101,114,62,110,103,105,110,120,60,47,99,101,110,116,101,114,62,13,10,60,47,98,111,100,121,62,13,10,60,47,104,116,109,108,62,13,10]}'
}

Please advise.