From cfeb2d84eb92dcd0abae5c9353b8b35bc4ecdd39 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jeremiah <42397676+jlsnow301@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2023 19:23:50 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Fixes chat bluescreen (#79821)

## About The Pull Request
Adds a chat reliability layer reliability layer

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<summary>more info</summary>

json.parse claims another

![d86](https://github.com/tgstation/tgstation/assets/42397676/c7d864f2-b5d6-4c5d-95b4-deece37c808d)

javascript completely opaque about what throws. innocuous function not
wrapped in try/catch block

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## Why It's Good For The Game
No bluescreen?
Fixes #79814
## Changelog
:cl:
fix: Chat shouldn't bluescreen at the start of the round
/:cl:
---
 tgui/packages/tgui-panel/chat/middleware.js | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tgui/packages/tgui-panel/chat/middleware.js b/tgui/packages/tgui-panel/chat/middleware.js
index dc81955e906..ecafbd23641 100644
--- a/tgui/packages/tgui-panel/chat/middleware.js
+++ b/tgui/packages/tgui-panel/chat/middleware.js
@@ -87,7 +87,13 @@ export const chatMiddleware = (store) => {
       loadChatFromStorage(store);
     }
     if (type === 'chat/message') {
-      const payload_obj = JSON.parse(payload);
+      let payload_obj;
+      try {
+        payload_obj = JSON.parse(payload);
+      } catch (err) {
+        return;
+      }
+
       const sequence = payload_obj.sequence;
       if (sequences.includes(sequence)) {
         return;