From d2218807cf1881b2dde5b7cfe20146fcd85d7e97 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Marco Stoffel <marco.stoffel@softwareag.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2024 11:51:48 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix: catch malformated message

---
 .../src/nodes/notification/notification.js    | 24 ++++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/node-red-contrib-c8y-client/src/nodes/notification/notification.js b/node-red-contrib-c8y-client/src/nodes/notification/notification.js
index dd74c3e..15404fb 100644
--- a/node-red-contrib-c8y-client/src/nodes/notification/notification.js
+++ b/node-red-contrib-c8y-client/src/nodes/notification/notification.js
@@ -184,14 +184,22 @@ module.exports = function (RED) {
           node.debug(
             `New Notification id: ${id} source: ${source} operation: ${operation} \n payload: ${payload}`
           );
-          const msg = {
-            payload: {
-              id: id,
-              source: source,
-              operation: operation,
-              message: JSON.parse(payload),
-            },
-          };
+          let msg;
+          try {
+             msg = {
+              payload: {
+                id: id,
+                source: source,
+                operation: operation,
+                message: JSON.parse(payload),
+              },
+            };
+          } catch (error) {
+            node.error(
+              `[ws error] parsing payload ${error}`
+            ); 
+            return;
+          }
           // Ack message
           try {
             node.socket.send(id);