PBAutoBuild fails with JSON syntax error.

Client/Server App

Scenario 1: Build pbl's from GIT into Workspace

Setup 1 is:

SourceControl = GIT

Encoding = UTF-16 LE BOM

Start of JSON file:

{
"MetaInfo": {
"IDEVersion": "220",
"RuntimeVersion": "22.2.0.3356"
},
"BuildPlan": {

Error is:

09:56:36 [Normal] PBAutoBuild Version: 22.2.0.3356.
09:56:36 [Normal] Work Path: c:\Program Files (x86)\Appeon\PowerBuilderUtilities 22.0\pbautobuild220.exe.
09:56:36 [Normal] Runtime Version: 22.2.0.3356.
09:56:36 [Normal] Load file: c:\users\szihlma\appdata\local\appeon\powerbuilder 22.0\pb.ini
09:56:36 [Normal] Start processing parse json to model code segment.
09:56:36 [Error] Json format error!
Error Row: 1.
Error Offset: 1.
Error Text: Ἠ吒⿨Ĉ㪰Ĉ㴠Ĉ

Setup 2 is:

Same as Setup 1 except Encoding = UTF-8

Error is:

09:51:12 [Normal] PBAutoBuild Version: 22.2.0.3356.
09:51:12 [Normal] Work Path: c:\Program Files (x86)\Appeon\PowerBuilderUtilities 22.0\pbautobuild220.exe.
09:51:12 [Normal] Runtime Version: 22.2.0.3356.
09:51:12 [Normal] Load file: c:\users\szihlma\appdata\local\appeon\powerbuilder 22.0\pb.ini
09:51:12 [Normal] Start processing parse json to model code segment.
09:51:12 [Error] Json format error!
Error Row: 116.
Error Offset: 9312.
Error Text: ∈吒⿨ċ㪰ċ㴠ċ

There is no data on row 116

Scenario 2: Existing pbl's in Workspace

SourceControl = NONE

Encoding = UTF-16 LE BOM

No errors - successful build.