Is this expected? This code works in CF - if the file isn't there it sets an empty struct. In Lucee it bombs with 'file not found'. I can rewrite it with a FileExists() check but seems like the try/catch should handle that?

try {
		application.stats = FileRead("/etc/stats.json");
	} catch (Any e) {
		application.stats = StructNew();
	}

does it throw outside a try catch?

On latest 6.2.1.122 Seems to throw the same error outside the try catch as well... The 'type' seems weird:

type	string	expression

In CF I get

type java.io.FileNotFoundException

let me try locally

@Jim Priest, Is the "stats.json" an empty string by any chance? There's a change in the behavior of

deserializeJSON()

and it will now throw an exception if the input is an empty string. My suspicion is the file is coming back empty, so it's not the

fileRead()

that's the problem (which would explain the

expression

exception. However, it should certainly be catching both errors. You might try splitting things up to see if you can determine if the problem is really with file reading or the deserializing.

@dswitzer Thanks! I think it's an issue with our application - I reproduced this in a Commandbox instance and it works correctly with no file present. I'm trying to convert our app over to Lucee so I'm guessing something is wacky when it's spinning up causing these weird errors - I just haven't found it yet LOL