From 93c284a67d67c7a70ccc400b804543c2202c7045 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Paul Gauthier (aider)" <paul@aider.chat>
Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2025 08:33:18 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] fix: Handle JSONDecodeError when loading model cache file

---
 aider/models.py | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/aider/models.py b/aider/models.py
index 3c85b73e5..7eb022681 100644
--- a/aider/models.py
+++ b/aider/models.py
@@ -153,7 +153,11 @@ class ModelInfoManager:
             if self.cache_file.exists():
                 cache_age = time.time() - self.cache_file.stat().st_mtime
                 if cache_age < self.CACHE_TTL:
-                    self.content = json.loads(self.cache_file.read_text())
+                    try:
+                        self.content = json.loads(self.cache_file.read_text())
+                    except json.JSONDecodeError:
+                        # If the cache file is corrupted, treat it as missing
+                        self.content = None
         except OSError:
             pass