Unable to decode output into JSON: Syntax error

Thanks a lot for reporting this problem!
The attached patch should fix this. It seems we weren’t careful in our code to still keep compatible with PHP 7.3, the oldest version we officially support.
Please test/review!

However, the correct fix for you would be to update to a newer version of PHP, if at all possible. PHP 7.3 has been unsupported for over a year now, so running it constitutes a security risk for your site.

keshav.k → made their first commit to this issue’s fork.

I have tested the patch, Confirmed that this will solve the issue.
I have created the MR, So it can be merge easily.

Thanks. The updates were already performed so I don't know that I can test, but I applied the one-line fix and tried running updatedb and no errors.

OK, the fix should be fine anyways. Still, thanks for providing feedback!
Committed.

Automatically closed - issue fixed for 2 weeks with no activity.