From 8b0a5d00fbc33c6c2596167f152e1a5cc216439a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Steve Vermeulen <sfvermeulen@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2023 09:49:07 +0800
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Fixed issue where json fails to encode and then no errors
 are output

---
 busted/core.lua                |  2 +-
 busted/outputHandlers/json.lua | 14 ++++++++++++--
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/busted/core.lua b/busted/core.lua
index a00912db..6250e108 100644
--- a/busted/core.lua
+++ b/busted/core.lua
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ return function()
     end
 
     info.traceback = debug.traceback('', level)
-    info.message = msg
+    info.message = tostring(msg)
 
     local file = busted.getFile(element)
     return file and file.getTrace(file.name, info) or trimTrace(info)
diff --git a/busted/outputHandlers/json.lua b/busted/outputHandlers/json.lua
index 880e639d..f7aa8668 100644
--- a/busted/outputHandlers/json.lua
+++ b/busted/outputHandlers/json.lua
@@ -7,13 +7,23 @@ return function(options)
   local handler = require 'busted.outputHandlers.base'()
 
   handler.suiteEnd = function()
-    io_write(json.encode({
+    local error_info = {
       pendings = handler.pendings,
       successes = handler.successes,
       failures = handler.failures,
       errors = handler.errors,
       duration = handler.getDuration()
-    }))
+    }
+    local ok, result = pcall(function()
+      return json.encode(error_info)
+    end)
+
+    if ok then
+      io_write(result)
+    else
+      io_write("Failed to encode test results to json: " .. result)
+    end
+
     io_write("\n")
     io_flush()
 

From 0453e157879734eb0594e2cf537d7bcee067f63e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Steve Vermeulen <sfvermeulen@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2023 18:18:54 +0800
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Response to code review to use pcall correctly

---
 busted/outputHandlers/json.lua | 4 +---
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/busted/outputHandlers/json.lua b/busted/outputHandlers/json.lua
index f7aa8668..97a07f37 100644
--- a/busted/outputHandlers/json.lua
+++ b/busted/outputHandlers/json.lua
@@ -14,9 +14,7 @@ return function(options)
       errors = handler.errors,
       duration = handler.getDuration()
     }
-    local ok, result = pcall(function()
-      return json.encode(error_info)
-    end)
+    local ok, result = pcall(json.encode, error_info)
 
     if ok then
       io_write(result)