# AWX job fails with error but runs in the background

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-job-fails-with-error-but-runs-in-the-background/41855>\
**Category:** Get Help\
**Tags:** kubernetes, awx, ee\
**Created:** [April 21, 2025, 4:51pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-job-fails-with-error-but-runs-in-the-background/41855 "2025-04-21T16:51:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![sramesh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@sramesh](https://forum.ansible.com/u/sramesh)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2025, 4:51pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-job-fails-with-error-but-runs-in-the-background/41855/1 "2025-04-21T16:51:56Z")

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The jobs errors out with Failed to JSON parse a line from worker stream. Error: Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0) Line with invalid JSON data: b’’  
but the job actually continues to run in the backend, I’m able to follow the logs within the k8s pod.

I see these error in my awx-ee container logs

```auto
ERROR 2025/04/21 16:04:17 Error getting pod test/automation-job-222937-78xzt. Error: client rate limiter Wait returned an error: context canceledERROR 2025/04/21 16:04:17 Error updating status file /tmp/receptor/awx-task-5d969588bb-nbzps/dU7M12m7/status: open /tmp/receptor/awx-task-5d969588bb-nbzps/dU7M12m7/status.lock: no such file or directory.INFO 2025/04/21 16:04:18 Detected Error: EOF for pod test/automation-job-222935-7ljrh. Will retry 5 more times.INFO 2025/04/21 16:04:18 Detected Error: EOF for pod test/automation-job-222935-7ljrh. Will retry 5 more times.INFO 2025/04/21 16:04:18 Detected Error: EOF for pod test/automation-job-222935-7ljrh. Will retry 4 more times.INFO 2025/04/21 16:04:18 Detected Error: EOF for pod test/automation-job-222935-7ljrh. Will retry 3 more times.INFO 2025/04/21 16:04:18 Detected Error: EOF for pod test/automation-job-222935-7ljrh. Will retry 2 more times.INFO 2025/04/21 16:04:19 Detected Error: EOF for pod test/automation-job-222935-7ljrh. Will retry 5 more times.INFO 2025/04/21 16:04:19 Detected Error: EOF for pod test/automation-job-222935-7ljrh. Will retry 4 more times.INFO 2025/04/21 16:04:19 Detected Error: EOF for pod test/automation-job-222935-7ljrh. Will retry 5 more times.INFO 2025/04/21 16:04:19 Detected Error: EOF for pod test/automation-job-222935-7ljrh. Will retry 4 more times.INFO 2025/04/21 16:04:20 Detected Error: EOF for pod test/automation-job-222935-7ljrh. Will retry 3 more times.INFO 2025/04/21 16:04:20 Detected Error: EOF for pod test/automation-job-222935-7ljrh. 
16:04:23 Error reading from pod test/automation-job-222935-7ljrh: EOF

```