deployProxy giving Unexpected token error

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I am having trouble deploying an upgradeable contract. The contract deploys just fine if I deploy regularly, but having trouble reading some artifact when doing deployProxy. Any ideas?

:computer: Environment
Truffle v5.3.4 (core: 5.3.4)
Solidity - 0.6 (solc-js)
Node v12.18.3
Web3.js v1.3.5

:memo:Details

SyntaxError: Unexpected token . in JSON at position 1
    at JSON.parse (<anonymous>)
    at C:\...\npm\node_modules\@openzeppelin\truffle-upgrades\src\utils\validations.ts:25:41
    at Array.map (<anonymous>)
    at readArtifacts (C:\...\npm\node_modules\@openzeppelin\truffle-upgrades\src\utils\validations.ts:25:27)
    at Object.validateArtifacts (C:\...\npm\node_modules\@openzeppelin\truffle-upgrades\src\utils\validations.ts:16:21)
    at Object.deployImpl (C:\...\npm\node_modules\@openzeppelin\truffle-upgrades\src\utils\deploy-impl.ts:29:23)
    at deployProxy (C:\...\npm\node_modules\@openzeppelin\truffle-upgrades\src\deploy-proxy.ts:46:16)
    at module.exports (C:\...\2_deploy_contracts.js:5:3)
    at Migration._deploy (C:\...\npm\node_modules\truffle\build\webpack:\packages\migrate\Migration.js:79:1)
    at Migration._load (C:\...\npm\node_modules\truffle\build\webpack:\packages\migrate\Migration.js:61:1)
    at Migration.run (C:\...\npm\node_modules\truffle\build\webpack:\packages\migrate\Migration.js:212:1)
    at Object.runMigrations (C:\...\npm\node_modules\truffle\build\webpack:\packages\migrate\index.js:150:1)
    at Object.runFrom (C:\...\npm\node_modules\truffle\build\webpack:\packages\migrate\index.js:110:1)
    at Object.runAll (C:\...\npm\node_modules\truffle\build\webpack:\packages\migrate\index.js:114:1)
    at Object.run (C:\...\npm\node_modules\truffle\build\webpack:\packages\migrate\index.js:79:1)
    at runMigrations (C:\...\npm\node_modules\truffle\build\webpack:\packages\core\lib\commands\migrate.js:263:1)
    at Object.run (C:\...\npm\node_modules\truffle\build\webpack:\packages\core\lib\commands\migrate.js:228:1)
    at Command.run (C:\...\npm\node_modules\truffle\build\webpack:\packages\core\lib\command.js:140:1)

Truffle v5.3.4 (core: 5.3.4)
Node v12.18.3

:1234: Code to reproduce
deploy contract:

const { deployProxy } = require('@openzeppelin/truffle-upgrades');
var token = artifacts.require("Token");

module.exports = async function(deployer) {
  await deployProxy(token , [], { deployer, initializer: 'init' });
};
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Can you share the list of files found in your artifacts directory? Iā€™m assuming thereā€™s a file in there that is not a JSON file, but I donā€™t know what itā€™s doing there.

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Thanks for the prompt response! I started playing around with it this morning and it magically worked.

It seems to work if I delete the build/contracts folder right before deployingā€¦sometimes. I am on a windows machine and perhaps it is picking up a hidden windows file or something.

Anyway, now I am getting a new error: " Unable to update lock within the stale threshold".

I see there is a thread about that so I will comment there.

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4

Ok. Iā€™ve published a new version of the Truffle plugin that will filter out non-JSON files found in the artifacts directory so this shouldnā€™t happen again.

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5

im hitting same issue on windows, unexpected token in multiple locations ā€˜;ā€™

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6

Im sorry how did you solve this? I cant delete that folder because it has code in it right?!

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7

the build/contracts folder is rebuilt each time you compile (e.g., before each deployment). Just donā€™t delete the main contracts folder!

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8

oh right thanks, im a noob and thereā€™s not a lot of info for people using windows out there!

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I canā€™t even remember what the thing was that solved it for me because I tried a huge number of things (some of which are not recommended, but like you said, doing this on windows can be a pain):

removing the build/contracts folder before each run
shutting off syncing programs while deploying
upgrading the newest version of the truffle plugin
commenting out portions of plugin code in libraries that were throwing inexplicable errors
making sure my folders had the proper access permissions
setting ā€œskipDryRunā€ in truffle config to ā€œtrueā€
playing with just about every other truffle config parameter
removing ropsten.json.lock file manually
ā€¦ and more

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Wow thanks for the run down deffo save me some time being able to use your references, Iā€™m off to bed now but Iā€™ll try some of things again tomorrow

Cheers

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