bug: "direnv: error invalid character 'A' looking for beginning of value"

[pkubiak-nr]

Describe the Bug

Keep getting this error on Amazon Linux VM: direnv: error invalid character 'A' looking for beginning of value

Steps to Reproduce

After login create a new .envrc file in any Git repository:

echo export FOO=foo > .envrc
direnv: error /home/ec2-user/repos/poc-tools/.envrc is blocked. Run `direnv allow` to approve its content

[ec2-user@ip-10-222-17-45 poc-tools]$ direnv allow .
direnv: loading ~/repos/poc-tools/.envrc
direnv: error invalid character 'A' looking for beginning of value

[ec2-user@ip-10-222-17-45 poc-tools]$ cat -A .envrc
export FOO=foo$

Expected Behaviour

direnv should load the variable into current session

Actual Behaviour

Each time when trying to run direnv allow or direnv reload I keep getting this error:

direnv: error invalid character 'A' looking for beginning of value

Debug Output

**Environment**
 - OS: Amazon Linux

 cat /etc/os-release
NAME="Amazon Linux"
VERSION="2023"
ID="amzn"
ID_LIKE="fedora"
VERSION_ID="2023"
PLATFORM_ID="platform:al2023"
PRETTY_NAME="Amazon Linux 2023.5.20240624"
ANSI_COLOR="0;33"
CPE_NAME="cpe:2.3:o:amazon:amazon_linux:2023"
HOME_URL="https://aws.amazon.com/linux/amazon-linux-2023/"
DOCUMENTATION_URL="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/linux/"
SUPPORT_URL="https://aws.amazon.com/premiumsupport/"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://github.com/amazonlinux/amazon-linux-2023"
VENDOR_NAME="AWS"
VENDOR_URL="https://aws.amazon.com/"
SUPPORT_END="2028-03-15"

• Shell:bash

 bash --version | head -2
GNU bash, version 5.2.15(1)-release (x86_64-amazon-linux-gnu)
Copyright (C) 2022 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

• Direnv version [2.25.2, 2.34.0] - installed via asdf

Additional context
The problem exists when using direnv installed with asdf. It exists regardless of version installed (two versions were tested).
The following line was added to a file ~/.bashrc: eval "$(direnv hook bash)

• asdf version

asdf --version
v0.14.0-ccdd47d

The error shows up on each repository where .envrc is created and then trying to be loaded.

[ec2-user@ip-10-222-17-45 k8s]$ cd ../poc-tools/
direnv: loading ~/repos/poc-tools/.envrc
direnv: error invalid character 'A' looking for beginning of value

• Hook loaded

 type _direnv_hook
_direnv_hook is a function
_direnv_hook ()
{
    local previous_exit_status=$?;
    trap -- '' SIGINT;
    eval "$("/home/ec2-user/.asdf/installs/direnv/2.34.0/bin/direnv" export bash)";
    trap - SIGINT;
    return $previous_exit_status
}

• No value printed

[ec2-user@ip-10-222-17-45 poc-tools]$ echo $FOO

• direnv status

[ec2-user@ip-10-222-17-45 poc-tools]$ direnv status
direnv exec path /home/ec2-user/.asdf/installs/direnv/2.34.0/bin/direnv
DIRENV_CONFIG /home/ec2-user/.config/direnv
bash_path /usr/bin/bash
disable_stdin false
warn_timeout 5s
whitelist.prefix []
whitelist.exact map[]
Loaded RC path /home/ec2-user/repos/poc-tools/.envrc
Loaded watch: ".envrc" - 2024-07-05T04:09:56Z
Loaded watch: "../../.local/share/direnv/allow/4343317fc4707c0c56d1ac82ebcf8eaccfecc85de52ce28ee0a0eb33f74a38bc" - 2024-07-05T04:10:01Z
Loaded watch: "../../.local/share/direnv/deny/d5bd79a7b1bde2ff8456e0490db5641367656c8f67fa40f68eb6bf3009a9c39b" - 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z
Loaded RC allowed 0
Loaded RC allowPath /home/ec2-user/.local/share/direnv/allow/4343317fc4707c0c56d1ac82ebcf8eaccfecc85de52ce28ee0a0eb33f74a38bc
Found RC path /home/ec2-user/repos/poc-tools/.envrc
Found watch: ".envrc" - 2024-07-05T04:09:56Z
Found watch: "../../.local/share/direnv/allow/4343317fc4707c0c56d1ac82ebcf8eaccfecc85de52ce28ee0a0eb33f74a38bc" - 2024-07-05T04:10:01Z
Found watch: "../../.local/share/direnv/deny/d5bd79a7b1bde2ff8456e0490db5641367656c8f67fa40f68eb6bf3009a9c39b" - 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z
Found RC allowed 0
Found RC allowPath /home/ec2-user/.local/share/direnv/allow/4343317fc4707c0c56d1ac82ebcf8eaccfecc85de52ce28ee0a0eb33f74a38bc

• No extra characters etc.

[ec2-user@ip-10-222-17-45 poc-tools]$ cat -A .envrc
export FOO=foo$

Trying to reshim did not help:

 asdf reshim direnv 2.34.0
[ec2-user@ip-10-222-17-45 poc-tools]$ cd ../
direnv: unloading
[ec2-user@ip-10-222-17-45 repos]$ cd -
/home/ec2-user/repos/poc-tools
direnv: loading ~/repos/poc-tools/.envrc
direnv: error invalid character 'A' looking for beginning of value
[ec2-user@ip-10-222-17-45 poc-tools]$ direnv --version
2.34.0
[ec2-user@ip-10-222-17-45 poc-tools]$ echo $PATH
/home/ec2-user/.krew/bin:/home/ec2-user/.asdf/shims:/home/ec2-user/.asdf/bin:/home/ec2-user/.local/bin:/home/ec2-user/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin
[ec2-user@ip-10-222-17-45 poc-tools]$ asdf shim-versions direnv
direnv 2.25.2
direnv 2.34.0