merge-on-green error: SyntaxError: Unexpected token < in JSON at position 0

[ldetmer]

Received this error at 2024-10-03 01:20:26.413

{
  "jsonPayload": {
    "err": {
      "stack": "SyntaxError: Unexpected token < in JSON at position 0\n    at JSON.parse (<anonymous>)\n    at decodeResponse (/workspace/node_modules/google-gax/build/src/fallbackRest.js:64:23)\n    at /workspace/node_modules/google-gax/build/src/fallbackServiceStub.js:104:42\n    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:95:5)",
      "type": "SyntaxError",
      "message": "Unexpected token < in JSON at position 0"
    },