RAF Broken?

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Any channel that uses RAF, my own or stuff from the channel store, started crashing about 20 minutes ago. Stuff without RAF works fine. Is this just me with a network problem, or is something seriously broken?

Immediately after “m.rafVast=Roku_Ads()” I get this:

Roku_Ads Framework version 2.0215
[size=100]BRIGHTSCRIPT: ERROR: ParseJSON: Data is empty: roku_ads_lib:/Roku_Ads.brs(1567)[/size]

BrightScript Micro Debugger.
Enter any BrightScript statement, debug commands, or HELP.

Suspending threads...
Thread selected:  6*   roku_ads_lib:/Roku_Ads.brs(1570)        ??

Current Function:
1562:  ??
1563:  ??
1564:  ??
1565:  ??
1566:  ??
1567:  ??
1568:  ??
1569:  ??
1570:* ??
1571:  ??
1572:  ??
1573:  ??
1574:  ??
'Dot' Operator attempted with invalid BrightScript Component or interface reference. (runtime error &hec) in roku_ads_lib:/Roku_Ads.brs(1570)
1570: ??
Backtrace:
#4  Function roku_ads_checkallowedfeature(keytype_ As String, util_ As Object) As Boolean
   file/line: roku_ads_lib:/Roku_Ads.brs(1570)
#3  Function roku_ads_constructor(view_ As Object) As Object
   file/line: roku_ads_lib:/Roku_Ads.brs(426)
#2  Function roku_ads() As Object
   file/line: roku_ads_lib:/Roku_Ads.brs(42)
#1  Function initvast() As Void
   file/line: pkg:/components/itvcUtilsTasksOnly.brs(608)
#0  Function adloop() As Void
   file/line: pkg:/components/itvcAdTask.xml(170)
Local Variables:
No variable info.
Threads:
ID    Location                                Source Code
 0    pkg:/source/main.brs(45)                msg=wait(0, m.port)
 1    ...components/itvcLoaderTask.xml(304)   msg=wait(loopTimeout,m.port)
 2    .../itvcMainTask_Springboard.brs(468)   if (not episodePlayAllFlag) and (m.top.overhangEnabled<>"y")
 3    .../components/itvcDebugTask.xml(216)   msg=wait(1000, m.port)
 4    ...:/components/itvcHttpTask.xml(392)   if msg=Invalid then msg=wait(100,m.port)
 5    ...mponents/itvcTaskWrappers.brs(91)    ' Debug to port 8085 and to TV screen
 6*   roku_ads_lib:/Roku_Ads.brs(1570)        ??
  *selected

Brightscript Debugger> 
2

I am experiencing the same issue.

It seems to be happening across a range of production applications as well as all example projects.

Suspending threads...
Thread selected:  0*   roku_ads_lib:/Roku_Ads.brs(1570)        ??

Current Function:
1562:  ??
1563:  ??
1564:  ??
1565:  ??
1566:  ??
1567:  ??
1568:  ??
1569:  ??
1570:* ??
1571:  ??
1572:  ??
1573:  ??
1574:  ??
'Dot' Operator attempted with invalid BrightScript Component or interface reference. (runtime error &hec) in roku_ads_lib:/Roku_Ads.brs(1570)
1570: ??
Backtrace:
#4  Function roku_ads_checkallowedfeature(keytype_ As String, util_ As Object) As Boolean
   file/line: roku_ads_lib:/Roku_Ads.brs(1570)
#3  Function roku_ads_constructor(view_ As Object) As Object
   file/line: roku_ads_lib:/Roku_Ads.brs(426)
#2  Function roku_ads() As Object
   file/line: roku_ads_lib:/Roku_Ads.brs(42)
#1  Function initads(port As Dynamic) As Void
   file/line: pkg:/source/VideoPlayerAdService.brs(12)
#0  Function main(args As Dynamic) As Void
   file/line: pkg:/source/main.brs(62)
Local Variables:
No variable info.
Threads:
ID    Location                                Source Code
 0*   roku_ads_lib:/Roku_Ads.brs(1570)        ??
  *selected

Brightscript Debugger> 
3

Seems all better now.

No RAF ads on any Roku channel for 30 minutes or so. That’s got to have been expensive.

4

There was a disturbance in the Force yesterday.
We have top men working on it, so this Event never happens again.