Question My server tries to start and comes up with an error and gives up.

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I dont really know how to describe this issue, but i start the server, then it just throws an error and gives up. I run the server through feathermc on a vm with radmin vpn for extra security, its on 1.21.3. Heres my latest.log file's content

[04:22:11] [ServerMain/INFO]: [bootstrap] Running Java 21 (OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM 21.0.3+9-LTS; Eclipse Adoptium Temurin-21.0.3+9) on Windows Server 2022 10.0 (amd64)

[04:22:11] [ServerMain/INFO]: [bootstrap] Loading Paper 1.21.3-60-master@cf956ac (2024-11-24T21:39:46Z) for Minecraft 1.21.3

[04:22:11] [ServerMain/INFO]: [PluginInitializerManager] Initializing plugins...

[04:22:11] [ServerMain/ERROR]: Failed to start the minecraft server

com.google.gson.JsonSyntaxException: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Expected BEGIN_OBJECT but was STRING at line 1 column 1 path $

at com.google.gson.internal.bind.ReflectiveTypeAdapterFactory$Adapter.read(ReflectiveTypeAdapterFactory.java:397) \~\[gson-2.10.1.jar:?\]

at com.google.gson.Gson.fromJson(Gson.java:1227) \~\[gson-2.10.1.jar:?\]

at com.google.gson.Gson.fromJson(Gson.java:1137) \~\[gson-2.10.1.jar:?\]

at com.google.gson.Gson.fromJson(Gson.java:1075) \~\[gson-2.10.1.jar:?\]

at io.papermc.paper.pluginremap.RemappedPluginIndex.readIndex(RemappedPluginIndex.java:74) \~\[paper-1.21.3.jar:1.21.3-60-cf956ac\]

at io.papermc.paper.pluginremap.RemappedPluginIndex.<init>(RemappedPluginIndex.java:62) \~\[paper-1.21.3.jar:1.21.3-60-cf956ac\]

at io.papermc.paper.pluginremap.UnknownOriginRemappedPluginIndex.<init>(UnknownOriginRemappedPluginIndex.java:24) \~\[paper-1.21.3.jar:1.21.3-60-cf956ac\]

at io.papermc.paper.pluginremap.PluginRemapper.<init>(PluginRemapper.java:69) \~\[paper-1.21.3.jar:1.21.3-60-cf956ac\]

at io.papermc.paper.pluginremap.PluginRemapper.create(PluginRemapper.java:78) \~\[paper-1.21.3.jar:1.21.3-60-cf956ac\]

at io.papermc.paper.plugin.PluginInitializerManager.<init>(PluginInitializerManager.java:40) \~\[paper-1.21.3.jar:1.21.3-60-cf956ac\]

at io.papermc.paper.plugin.PluginInitializerManager.parse(PluginInitializerManager.java:64) \~\[paper-1.21.3.jar:1.21.3-60-cf956ac\]

at io.papermc.paper.plugin.PluginInitializerManager.init(PluginInitializerManager.java:88) \~\[paper-1.21.3.jar:1.21.3-60-cf956ac\]

at io.papermc.paper.plugin.PluginInitializerManager.load(PluginInitializerManager.java:109) \~\[paper-1.21.3.jar:1.21.3-60-cf956ac\]

at net.minecraft.server.Main.main(Main.java:123) \~\[paper-1.21.3.jar:1.21.3-60-cf956ac\]

at io.papermc.paper.PaperBootstrap.boot(PaperBootstrap.java:21) \~\[paper-1.21.3.jar:1.21.3-60-cf956ac\]

at org.bukkit.craftbukkit.Main.main(Main.java:281) \~\[paper-1.21.3.jar:1.21.3-60-cf956ac\]

at io.papermc.paperclip.Paperclip.lambda$main$0(Paperclip.java:42) \~\[app:?\]

at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source) \~\[?:?\]
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Expected BEGIN_OBJECT but was STRING at line 1 column 1 path $

at com.google.gson.stream.JsonReader.beginObject(JsonReader.java:393) \~\[gson-2.10.1.jar:?\]

at com.google.gson.internal.bind.ReflectiveTypeAdapterFactory$Adapter.read(ReflectiveTypeAdapterFactory.java:386) \~\[gson-2.10.1.jar:?\]

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plz help me asap all help is appreciated

- Sincerely Forbidden, the owner of astroblocks