From 0d24995c3ebc038a931227259aa06a6aa206d15d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Valere <bill.carson@valrsoft.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2026 17:46:58 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] add defensive coding against JSON.stringify

---
 src/settings/rageshake.ts | 9 ++++++++-
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/settings/rageshake.ts b/src/settings/rageshake.ts
index 26d0839b..c288f73e 100644
--- a/src/settings/rageshake.ts
+++ b/src/settings/rageshake.ts
@@ -75,7 +75,14 @@ class ConsoleLogger extends EventEmitter {
       } else if (arg instanceof Error) {
         return arg.message + (arg.stack ? `\n${arg.stack}` : "");
       } else if (typeof arg === "object") {
-        return JSON.stringify(arg, getCircularReplacer());
+        try {
+          return JSON.stringify(arg, getCircularReplacer());
+        } catch {
+          // Stringify can fail if the object has circular references or if
+          // there is a bigInt.
+          // Did happen even with our `getCircularReplacer`. In this case, just log
+          return "<$ failed to serialize object $>";
+        }
       } else {
         return arg;
       }