From e4798dcf66bfc8eb9da5bcc24d2b5383c0d5c1b5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Kartchner <dkartchner3@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2025 16:00:47 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Added further parsing validation and error messages

---
 Duplicati/CommandLine/ServerUtil/Connection.cs | 15 ++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Duplicati/CommandLine/ServerUtil/Connection.cs b/Duplicati/CommandLine/ServerUtil/Connection.cs
index 847dec077..7906cbdc0 100644
--- a/Duplicati/CommandLine/ServerUtil/Connection.cs
+++ b/Duplicati/CommandLine/ServerUtil/Connection.cs
@@ -445,14 +445,19 @@ public class Connection
 
         var parsedLogs = await response.Content.ReadFromJsonAsync<List<Dictionary<string, object>>>()
             ?? throw new UserReportedException("Failed to parse response");
-
         if (parsedLogs.Count < 1)
         {
-            return "Failed to run";
+            return "No logs available";
+        }
+        try
+        {
+            var lastLogResultString = ((JsonElement)parsedLogs[0]["Message"]).GetString();
+            var lastLogResult = JsonSerializer.Deserialize<JsonElement>(lastLogResultString);
+            return lastLogResult.GetProperty("ParsedResult").ToString();
+        } catch
+        {
+            return "Failed to parse backup log";
         }
-        var lastLogResultString = ((JsonElement)parsedLogs[0]["Message"]).GetString();
-        var lastLogResult = JsonSerializer.Deserialize<JsonElement>(lastLogResultString);
-        return lastLogResult.GetProperty("ParsedResult").ToString();
     }
 
     /// <summary>