70066 - The JSON engine returns the error "ERROR: Invalid JSON in input near line 1 column 85746: Some code points did not transcode"

Problem Note 70066: The JSON engine returns the error "ERROR: Invalid JSON in input near line 1 column 85746: Some code points did not transcode"

Reading a JSON file into SAS that runs with UTF-8 encoding might fail with the following error:

ERROR: Invalid JSON in input near line 1 column 85746: Some code points did not transcode.

The error is sporadic and can occur when the JSON file contains UTF-8 encoded characters.

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Product Family	Product	System	SAS Release
Product Family	Product	System	Reported	Fixed*
SAS System	Base SAS	Microsoft® Windows® for x64	9.4 TS1M7
		Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise 32-bit	9.4 TS1M7
		Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise x64	9.4 TS1M7
		Microsoft Windows 8 Pro 32-bit	9.4 TS1M7
		Microsoft Windows 8 Pro x64	9.4 TS1M7
		Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise 32-bit	9.4 TS1M7
		Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise x64	9.4 TS1M7
		Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro 32-bit	9.4 TS1M7
		Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro x64	9.4 TS1M7
		Microsoft Windows 10	9.4 TS1M7
		Microsoft Windows 11	9.4 TS1M7
		Microsoft Windows Server 2008	9.4 TS1M7
		Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2	9.4 TS1M7
		Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64	9.4 TS1M7
		Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Datacenter	9.4 TS1M7
		Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter	9.4 TS1M7
		Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Std	9.4 TS1M7
		Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Std	9.4 TS1M7
		Microsoft Windows Server 2016	9.4 TS1M7
		Microsoft Windows Server 2019	9.4 TS1M7
		Microsoft Windows Server 2022	9.4 TS1M7
		Windows 7 Enterprise 32 bit	9.4 TS1M7
		Windows 7 Enterprise x64	9.4 TS1M7
		Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit	9.4 TS1M7
		Windows 7 Home Premium x64	9.4 TS1M7
		Windows 7 Professional 32 bit	9.4 TS1M7
		Windows 7 Professional x64	9.4 TS1M7
		Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit	9.4 TS1M7
		Windows 7 Ultimate x64	9.4 TS1M7

* For software releases that are not yet generally available, the Fixed Release is the software release in which the problem is planned to be fixed.

A fix for this issue for SAS Threaded Kernel Core Routines 9.4_M8 is available at:

A fix for this issue for SAS Threaded Kernel Core Routines 9.4_M7 is available at:

Type:	Problem Note
Priority:	medium

Date Modified:	2023-05-05 10:09:18
Date Created:	2023-05-03 03:21:01