{"action":"opened","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/mitchellh/vagrant/issues/5545","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/mitchellh/vagrant/issues/5545/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/mitchellh/vagrant/issues/5545/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/mitchellh/vagrant/issues/5545/events","html_url":"https://github.com/mitchellh/vagrant/issues/5545","id":65565995,"number":5545,"title":"Vagrant Exception 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\r\n\r\nI am running Vagrant 1.7.2 with the AWS plugin  and I run into the following error very intermittently. \r\n\r\n/opt/vagrant/embedded/gems/gems/vagrant-1.7.2/plugins/provisioners/chef/provisioner/base.rb:124:in `setup_json': undefined method `empty?' for nil:NilClass (NoMethodError)\r\n\r\nthe full stack trace is below..\r\n\r\n/opt/vagrant/embedded/gems/gems/vagrant-1.7.2/plugins/provisioners/chef/provisioner/base.rb:124:in `setup_json': undefined method `empty?' for nil:NilClass (NoMethodError)\r\n\tfrom /opt/vagrant/embedded/gems/gems/vagrant-1.7.2/plugins/provisioners/chef/provisioner/chef_solo.rb:59:in `provision'\r\n\tfrom /opt/vagrant/embedded/gems/gems/vagrant-1.7.2/lib/vagrant/action/builtin/provision.rb:133:in `run_provisioner'\r\n\tfrom /opt/vagrant/embedded/gems/gems/vagrant-1.7.2/lib/vagrant/action/warden.rb:95:in `call'\r\n\tfrom /opt/vagrant/embedded/gems/gems/vagrant-1.7.2/lib/vagrant/action/warden.rb:95:in `block in finalize_action'\r\n\tfrom /opt/vagrant/embedded/gems/gems/vagrant-1.7.2/lib/vagrant/action/warden.rb:34:in `call'\r\n\tfrom /opt/vagrant/embedded/gems/gems/vagrant-1.7.2/lib/vagrant/action/warden.rb:34:in `call'\r\n\tfrom /opt/vagrant/embedded/gems/gems/vagrant-1.7.2/lib/vagrant/action/builder.rb:116:in `call'\r\n\tfrom /opt/vagrant/embedded/gems/gems/vagrant-1.7.2/lib/vagrant/action/runner.rb:66:in `block in run'\r\n\tfrom /opt/vagrant/embedded/gems/gems/vagrant-1.7.2/lib/vagrant/util/busy.rb:19:in `busy'\r\n\tfrom /opt/vagrant/embedded/gems/gems/vagrant-1.7.2/lib/vagrant/action/runner.rb:66:in `run'\r\n\tfrom /opt/vagrant/embedded/gems/gems/vagrant-1.7.2/lib/vagrant/environment.rb:428:in `hook'\r\n\tfrom /opt/vagrant/embedded/gems/gems/vagrant-1.7.2/lib/vagrant/action/builtin/provision.rb:121:in `call'\r\n\tfrom /opt/vagrant/embedded/gems/gems/vagrant-1.7.2/lib/vagrant/action/builtin/provision.rb:121:in `block in call'\r\n\tfrom /opt/vagrant/embedded/gems/gems/vagrant-1.7.2/lib/vagrant/action/builtin/provision.rb:103:in `each'\r\n\tfrom /opt/vagrant/embedded/gems/gems/vagrant-1.7.2/lib/vagrant/action/builtin/provision.rb:103:in `call'\r\n\tfrom /opt/vagrant/embedded/gems/gems/vagrant-1.7.2/lib/vagrant/action/warden.rb:34:in `call'\r\n\tfrom /opt/vagrant/embedded/gems/gems/vagrant-1.7.2/lib/vagrant/action/warden.rb:95:in `block in finalize_action'\r\n\tfrom /opt/vagrant/embedded/gems/gems/vagrant-1.7.2/lib/vagrant/action/warden.rb:34:in `call'\r\n\tfrom /opt/vagrant/embedded/gems/gems/vagrant-1.7.2/lib/vagrant/action/warden.rb:34:in `call'\r\n\tfrom /opt/vagrant/embedded/gems/gems/vagrant-1.7.2/lib/vagrant/action/builder.rb:116:in `call'\r\n\tfrom /opt/vagrant/embedded/gems/gems/vagrant-1.7.2/lib/vagrant/action/runner.rb:66:in `block in run'\r\n\tfrom /opt/vagrant/embedded/gems/gems/vagrant-1.7.2/lib/vagrant/util/busy.rb:19:in `busy'\r\n\tfrom /opt/vagrant/embedded/gems/gems/vagrant-1.7.2/lib/vagrant/action/runner.rb:66:in `run'\r\n\tfrom /opt/vagrant/embedded/gems/gems/vagrant-1.7.2/lib/vagrant/action/builtin/call.rb:53:in `call'\r\n\tfrom /opt/vagrant/embedded/gems/gems/vagrant-1.7.2/lib/vagrant/action/warden.rb:34:in `call'\r\n\tfrom /Users/pete/.vagrant.d/gems/gems/vagrant-aws-0.6.0/lib/vagrant-aws/action/connect_aws.rb:43:in `call'\r\n\tfrom /opt/vagrant/embedded/gems/gems/vagrant-1.7.2/lib/vagrant/action/warden.rb:34:in `call'\r\n\tfrom /opt/vagrant/embedded/gems/gems/vagrant-1.7.2/lib/vagrant/action/builtin/config_validate.rb:25:in `call'\r\n\tfrom /opt/vagrant/embedded/gems/gems/vagrant-1.7.2/lib/vagrant/action/warden.rb:34:in `call'\r\n\tfrom /opt/vagrant/embedded/gems/gems/vagrant-1.7.2/lib/vagrant/action/builtin/handle_box.rb:56:in `call'\r\n\tfrom /opt/vagrant/embedded/gems/gems/vagrant-1.7.2/lib/vagrant/action/warden.rb:34:in `call'\r\n\tfrom /opt/vagrant/embedded/gems/gems/vagrant-1.7.2/lib/vagrant/action/builder.rb:116:in `call'\r\n\tfrom /opt/vagrant/embedded/gems/gems/vagrant-1.7.2/lib/vagrant/action/runner.rb:66:in `block in run'\r\n\tfrom /opt/vagrant/embedded/gems/gems/vagrant-1.7.2/lib/vagrant/util/busy.rb:19:in `busy'\r\n\tfrom /opt/vagrant/embedded/gems/gems/vagrant-1.7.2/lib/vagrant/action/runner.rb:66:in `run'\r\n\tfrom /opt/vagrant/embedded/gems/gems/vagrant-1.7.2/lib/vagrant/machine.rb:214:in `action_raw'\r\n\tfrom /opt/vagrant/embedded/gems/gems/vagrant-1.7.2/lib/vagrant/machine.rb:191:in `block in action'\r\n\tfrom /opt/vagrant/embedded/gems/gems/vagrant-1.7.2/lib/vagrant/environment.rb:516:in `lock'\r\n\tfrom /opt/vagrant/embedded/gems/gems/vagrant-1.7.2/lib/vagrant/machine.rb:178:in `call'\r\n\tfrom /opt/vagrant/embedded/gems/gems/vagrant-1.7.2/lib/vagrant/machine.rb:178:in `action'\r\n\tfrom /opt/vagrant/embedded/gems/gems/vagrant-1.7.2/lib/vagrant/batch_action.rb:82:in `block (2 levels) in run'\r\n\r\nAny thoughts on what might cause this?\r\n\r\nThanks\r\nPete\r\n"}}