test: add zalouser zca parse tests (#1379) (thanks @ptn1411)

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ Docs: https://docs.clawd.bot
 - Model picker: list the full catalog when no model allowlist is configured.
 - Discord: honor wildcard channel configs via shared match helpers. (#1334) Thanks @pvoo.
 - BlueBubbles: resolve short message IDs safely and expose full IDs in templates. (#1387) Thanks @tyler6204.
+- Zalouser: parse zca JSON output when logs or ANSI codes are present. (#1379) Thanks @ptn1411.
 - Infra: preserve fetch helper methods when wrapping abort signals. (#1387)
 
 ## 2026.1.20

extensions/zalouser/src/zca.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+
+import { parseJsonOutput } from "./zca.js";
+
+describe("parseJsonOutput", () => {
+  it("parses plain JSON output", () => {
+    expect(parseJsonOutput<{ ok: boolean }>('{"ok":true}')).toEqual({ ok: true });
+  });
+
+  it("parses JSON wrapped in ANSI codes", () => {
+    const output = "\u001B[32m{\"ok\":true}\u001B[0m";
+    expect(parseJsonOutput<{ ok: boolean }>(output)).toEqual({ ok: true });
+  });
+
+  it("parses JSON after log prefix lines", () => {
+    const output = ["INFO starting up", "{\"items\":[1,2]}"].join("\n");
+    expect(parseJsonOutput<{ items: number[] }>(output)).toEqual({ items: [1, 2] });
+  });
+
+  it("skips invalid JSON blocks and returns the next payload", () => {
+    const output = ["INFO", "{bad}", "{\"ok\":true}"].join("\n");
+    expect(parseJsonOutput<{ ok: boolean }>(output)).toEqual({ ok: true });
+  });
+
+  it("returns null when no JSON payload is found", () => {
+    expect(parseJsonOutput("INFO no payload")).toBeNull();
+  });
+});

extensions/zalouser/src/zca.ts

@@ -114,11 +114,36 @@ export function runZcaInteractive(
   });
 }
 
+function stripAnsi(str: string): string {
+  return str.replace(/\x1B\[[0-9;]*[a-zA-Z]/g, "");
+}
+
 export function parseJsonOutput<T>(stdout: string): T | null {
   try {
     return JSON.parse(stdout) as T;
   } catch {
-    return null;
+    const cleaned = stripAnsi(stdout);
+
+    try {
+      return JSON.parse(cleaned) as T;
+    } catch {
+      // zca may prefix output with INFO/log lines, try to find JSON
+      const lines = cleaned.split("\n");
+
+      for (let i = 0; i < lines.length; i++) {
+        const line = lines[i].trim();
+        if (line.startsWith("{") || line.startsWith("[")) {
+          // Try parsing from this line to the end
+          const jsonCandidate = lines.slice(i).join("\n").trim();
+          try {
+            return JSON.parse(jsonCandidate) as T;
+          } catch {
+            continue;
+          }
+        }
+      }
+      return null;
+    }
   }
 }