what is the cause of "Unexpected character encountered while parsing value: <. Path '', line 0, pos"

what is the cause of "Unexpected character encountered while parsing value: <. Path '', line 0, position 0." error when using the C# SDK.

the full log message is: -

2025-09-18 09:58:54 *** Exception in 'ProcessShares(Entity, EntityName, EntityId, Counter, ssWorkspace)'
2025-09-18 09:58:54 1 'ShareResources.ListShares()'
2025-09-18 09:58:54 2 Report: PI_CPT0032_DISTRICT SIX - ULN BOQ
2025-09-18 09:58:54 3 EntityId: 3779582830268292
2025-09-18 09:58:54 4 Counter : 3614
2025-09-18 09:58:54 5 -2146233088
2025-09-18 09:58:54 6 Unexpected character encountered while parsing value: <. Path '', line 0, position 0.

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jjg279

Hey @JohnAtuphondo, I haven't encountered this error before, but my guess based on some quick reading is that there is an issue parsing the JSON you are passing in. What is your code leading up to the error?

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