# Module "com.inductiveautomation.alarm-notification" threw exception during setup()

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/module-com-inductiveautomation-alarm-notification-threw-exception-during-setup/111172>\
**Category:** Module Development\
**Tags:** ignition83\
**Created:** [October 3, 2025, 12:47pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/module-com-inductiveautomation-alarm-notification-threw-exception-during-setup/111172 "2025-10-03T12:47:31Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 3, 2025, 12:47pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/module-com-inductiveautomation-alarm-notification-threw-exception-during-setup/111172/1 "2025-10-03T12:47:31Z")

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I migrate a module very close to [ignition-sdk-examples/slack-alarm-notification at ignition-8.3 · inductiveautomation/ignition-sdk-examples · GitHub](https://github.com/inductiveautomation/ignition-sdk-examples/tree/ignition-8.3/slack-alarm-notification)  
with an **AlarmNotificationProfileExtensionPoint**

At startup I have an error on **IA alarm-notification** related to my added module, but I don't found what I missed ?

![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/optimized/3X/2/8/286425c1e0cc3f10cbcb52abd14d519cb53c6e3e_2_690x25.png)

```java
com.inductiveautomation.ignition.common.gson.JsonSyntaxException: com.inductiveautomation.ignition.common.gson.stream.MalformedJsonException: Use JsonReader.setLenient(true) to accept malformed JSON at line 1 column 4 path $
	at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.common.gson.JsonParser.parseReader(JsonParser.java:76)
	at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.common.gson.JsonParser.parseString(JsonParser.java:51)
	at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.gateway.dataroutes.openapi.SchemaUtil.parseLenient(SchemaUtil.java:420)
	at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.gateway.dataroutes.openapi.SchemaUtil.lambda$addJsonSchemaMetadata$7(SchemaUtil.java:296)
	at java.base/java.util.Optional.map(Unknown Source)
	at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.gateway.dataroutes.openapi.SchemaUtil.addJsonSchemaMetadata(SchemaUtil.java:296)
	at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.gateway.dataroutes.openapi.SchemaUtil.fromTypeInternal(SchemaUtil.java:239)
	at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.gateway.dataroutes.openapi.SchemaUtil.fromType(SchemaUtil.java:196)
	at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.gateway.dataroutes.openapi.SchemaUtil.fromType(SchemaUtil.java:180)
	at java.base/java.util.Optional.map(Unknown Source)
	at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.gateway.config.ExtensionPoint.settingsSchema(ExtensionPoint.java:126)
	at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.gateway.config.DefaultResourceRouteDelegate$ExtensionPointBuilder.lambda$buildConfigSchema$3(DefaultResourceRouteDelegate.java:510)
	at java.base/java.util.stream.ReferencePipeline$3$1.accept(Unknown Source)
	at java.base/java.util.AbstractList$RandomAccessSpliterator.forEachRemaining(Unknown Source)
	at java.base/java.util.stream.AbstractPipeline.copyInto(Unknown Source)
	at java.base/java.util.stream.AbstractPipeline.wrapAndCopyInto(Unknown Source)
	at java.base/java.util.stream.AbstractPipeline.evaluate(Unknown Source)
	at java.base/java.util.stream.AbstractPipeline.evaluateToArrayNode(Unknown Source)
	at java.base/java.util.stream.ReferencePipeline.toArray(Unknown Source)
	at java.base/java.util.stream.ReferencePipeline.toArray(Unknown Source)
	at java.base/java.util.stream.ReferencePipeline.toList(Unknown Source)
	at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.gateway.config.DefaultResourceRouteDelegate$ExtensionPointBuilder.buildConfigSchema(DefaultResourceRouteDelegate.java:513)
	at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.gateway.config.DefaultResourceRouteDelegate$ExtensionPointBuilder.build(DefaultResourceRouteDelegate.java:545)
	at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.gateway.config.DefaultResourceTypeMeta$ExtensionPointBuilder.build(DefaultResourceTypeMeta.java:1126)
	at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.alarming.notification.AlarmNotificationManagerImpl.createAlarmNotificationMeta(AlarmNotificationManagerImpl.java:46)
	at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.alarming.notification.AbstractNotificationManager.<init>(AbstractNotificationManager.java:47)
	at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.alarming.notification.AlarmNotificationManagerImpl.<init>(AlarmNotificationManagerImpl.java:18)
	at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.alarming.AlarmNotificationGatewayHook.createNotificationManager(AlarmNotificationGatewayHook.java:95)
	at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.alarming.AlarmNotificationGatewayHook.setup(AlarmNotificationGatewayHook.java:102)
	at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.gateway.modules.ModuleInstance.setup(ModuleInstance.java:676)
	at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.gateway.modules.ModuleManagerImpl.runStartupPhase(ModuleManagerImpl.java:499)
	at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.gateway.modules.ModuleManagerImpl.setup(ModuleManagerImpl.java:441)
	at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.gateway.IgnitionGateway.startupInternal(IgnitionGateway.java:1211)
	at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.gateway.redundancy.RedundancyManagerImpl.startup(RedundancyManagerImpl.java:352)
	at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.gateway.IgnitionGateway.initRedundancy(IgnitionGateway.java:787)
	at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.gateway.IgnitionGateway.lambda$initInternal$1(IgnitionGateway.java:712)
	at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.common.execution.impl.BasicExecutionEngine$ThrowableCatchingRunnable.run(BasicExecutionEngine.java:550)
	at java.base/java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Unknown Source)
	at java.base/java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(Unknown Source)
	at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor$ScheduledFutureTask.run(Unknown Source)
	at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(Unknown Source)
	at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source)
	at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
Caused by: com.inductiveautomation.ignition.common.gson.stream.MalformedJsonException: Use JsonReader.setLenient(true) to accept malformed JSON at line 1 column 4 path $
	at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.common.gson.stream.JsonReader.syntaxError(JsonReader.java:1659)
	at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.common.gson.stream.JsonReader.checkLenient(JsonReader.java:1465)
	at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.common.gson.stream.JsonReader.nextNonWhitespace(JsonReader.java:1416)
	at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.common.gson.stream.JsonReader.doPeek(JsonReader.java:547)
	at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.common.gson.stream.JsonReader.peek(JsonReader.java:433)
	at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.common.gson.JsonParser.parseReader(JsonParser.java:71)
	at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.common.gson.JsonParser.parseString(JsonParser.java:51)
	at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.gateway.dataroutes.openapi.SchemaUtil.parseLenient(SchemaUtil.java:420)
	at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.gateway.dataroutes.openapi.SchemaUtil.lambda$addJsonSchemaMetadata$7(SchemaUtil.java:296)
	at java.base/java.util.Optional.map(Unknown Source)
	at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.gateway.dataroutes.openapi.SchemaUtil.addJsonSchemaMetadata(SchemaUtil.java:296)
	at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.gateway.dataroutes.openapi.SchemaUtil.fromTypeInternal(SchemaUtil.java:239)
	at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.gateway.dataroutes.openapi.SchemaUtil.fromType(SchemaUtil.java:196)
	at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.gateway.dataroutes.openapi.SchemaUtil.fromType(SchemaUtil.java:180)
	at java.base/java.util.Optional.map(Unknown Source)
	at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.gateway.config.ExtensionPoint.settingsSchema(ExtensionPoint.java:126)
	at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.gateway.config.DefaultResourceRouteDelegate$ExtensionPointBuilder.lambda$buildConfigSchema$3(DefaultResourceRouteDelegate.java:510)
	at java.base/java.util.stream.ReferencePipeline$3$1.accept(Unknown Source)
	at java.base/java.util.AbstractList$RandomAccessSpliterator.forEachRemaining(Unknown Source)
	at java.base/java.util.stream.AbstractPipeline.copyInto(Unknown Source)
	at java.base/java.util.stream.AbstractPipeline.wrapAndCopyInto(Unknown Source)
	at java.base/java.util.stream.AbstractPipeline.evaluate(Unknown Source)
	at java.base/java.util.stream.AbstractPipeline.evaluateToArrayNode(Unknown Source)
	at java.base/java.util.stream.ReferencePipeline.toArray(Unknown Source)
	at java.base/java.util.stream.ReferencePipeline.toArray(Unknown Source)
	at java.base/java.util.stream.ReferencePipeline.toList(Unknown Source)
	at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.gateway.config.DefaultResourceRouteDelegate$ExtensionPointBuilder.buildConfigSchema(DefaultResourceRouteDelegate.java:513)
	at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.gateway.config.DefaultResourceRouteDelegate$ExtensionPointBuilder.build(DefaultResourceRouteDelegate.java:545)
	at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.gateway.config.DefaultResourceTypeMeta$ExtensionPointBuilder.build(DefaultResourceTypeMeta.java:1126)
	at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.alarming.notification.AlarmNotificationManagerImpl.createAlarmNotificationMeta(AlarmNotificationManagerImpl.java:46)
	at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.alarming.notification.AbstractNotificationManager.<init>(AbstractNotificationManager.java:47)
	at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.alarming.notification.AlarmNotificationManagerImpl.<init>(AlarmNotificationManagerImpl.java:18)
	at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.alarming.AlarmNotificationGatewayHook.createNotificationManager(AlarmNotificationGatewayHook.java:95)
	at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.alarming.AlarmNotificationGatewayHook.setup(AlarmNotificationGatewayHook.java:102)
	at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.gateway.modules.ModuleInstance.setup(ModuleInstance.java:676)
	at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.gateway.modules.ModuleManagerImpl.runStartupPhase(ModuleManagerImpl.java:499)
	at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.gateway.modules.ModuleManagerImpl.setup(ModuleManagerImpl.java:441)
	at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.gateway.IgnitionGateway.startupInternal(IgnitionGateway.java:1211)
	at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.gateway.redundancy.RedundancyManagerImpl.startup(RedundancyManagerImpl.java:352)
	at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.gateway.IgnitionGateway.initRedundancy(IgnitionGateway.java:787)
	at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.gateway.IgnitionGateway.lambda$initInternal$1(IgnitionGateway.java:712)
	at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.common.execution.impl.BasicExecutionEngine$ThrowableCatchingRunnable.run(BasicExecutionEngine.java:550)
	at java.base/java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Unknown Source)
	at java.base/java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(Unknown Source)
	at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor$ScheduledFutureTask.run(Unknown Source)
	at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(Unknown Source)
	at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source)
	at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
Ignition version: Dev
Java version: Or

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**Post date:** [October 3, 2025, 2:33pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/module-com-inductiveautomation-alarm-notification-threw-exception-during-setup/111172/2 "2025-10-03T14:33:39Z")

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The value you're supplying with the `DefaultValue` or `DefaultValueKey` annotation is not well formed JSON:

```python
        // Add Default Value
        Optional.ofNullable(field.getAnnotation(DefaultValue.class))
            .map(DefaultValue::value)
            .or(() ->
                Optional.ofNullable(field.getAnnotation(DefaultValueKey.class))
                    .map(DefaultValueKey::value)
                    .map(BundleUtil::i18n))
            .map(string -> parseLenient(fieldType, string))
            .ifPresent(fieldSchema::defaultValue);

```

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**Post date:** [October 3, 2025, 2:49pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/module-com-inductiveautomation-alarm-notification-threw-exception-during-setup/111172/3 "2025-10-03T14:49:50Z")

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Thanks, I was suspected some "illegal" annotation but I have not comment all the suspected annotation.

Now it's ok, removing those, I will confirm my @Description is malformed

```python

// @DefaultValue("sI/7ewBCeWunDs6JXXtSHg==")
        @DefaultValue("")
// @Description("Must be encoded. For example : use \"sI/7ewBCeWunDs6JXXtSHg==\" for \"password\"")
        @Description("")

// @DefaultValue("http://192.168.1.1/cgi")
        @DefaultValue("")

```

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**Post date:** [October 3, 2025, 3:01pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/module-com-inductiveautomation-alarm-notification-threw-exception-during-setup/111172/4 "2025-10-03T15:01:09Z")

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oops I miss one field was FormFieldType.SECRET

```java
@FormField(FormFieldType.SECRET)
@DefaultValue("")
SecretConfig routerPassword,

```

That's the DefaultValue "sI/7ewBCeWunDs6JXXtSHg==" that cause the exception.

@paul-griffith can we put a default string password value ? we need to encode it ?

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**Post date:** [October 3, 2025, 3:33pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/module-com-inductiveautomation-alarm-notification-threw-exception-during-setup/111172/5 "2025-10-03T15:33:29Z")

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`@DefaultValue("\"sI/7ewBCeWunDs6JXXtSHg==\"")`

Might work, to make it a valid JSON string.

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**Post date:** [October 3, 2025, 3:53pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/module-com-inductiveautomation-alarm-notification-threw-exception-during-setup/111172/6 "2025-10-03T15:53:31Z")

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strange ?

```python
        @FormCategory("Settings")
        @FormField(FormFieldType.SECRET)
        @Label("RouterPassword")
        @Required
        @DefaultValue("sI/7ewBCeWunDs6JXXtSHg==")
        @Description("Must be encoded. For example : use sI/7ewBCeWunDs6JXXtSHg== for password")
        SecretConfig routerPassword,

```

trigger the exception

```python
        @FormCategory("Settings")
        @FormField(FormFieldType.SECRET)
        @Label("RouterPassword")
        @Required
        @DefaultValue("123456")
        @Description("Must be encoded. For example : use sI/7ewBCeWunDs6JXXtSHg== for password")
        SecretConfig routerPassword,

```

is OK

despide seems not to be a default password:

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/1/f/1f1a2648e03452cf4848b2d99d871a7ad6e1d888.png)

Nevermid, default password is definitely not a good practice

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**Post date:** [October 3, 2025, 4:03pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/module-com-inductiveautomation-alarm-notification-threw-exception-during-setup/111172/7 "2025-10-03T16:03:09Z")

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Whatever you specify for `DefaultValue` (if your field's type is not `String`) is getting parsed to JSON.  
JSON doesn't support unquoted strings, but a numeric literal is valid JSON, so it makes sense to me that `123456` works but your b64 string didn't.

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**Post date:** [October 3, 2025, 4:08pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/module-com-inductiveautomation-alarm-notification-threw-exception-during-setup/111172/8 "2025-10-03T16:08:16Z")

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Ok I see.