Corrupt Settings fixer doesn't work

[dennisrijsdijk]

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Current Behavior

When settings.json in a profile is corrupt, Firebot tries to write to settings.json in the appdata local Firebot install directory which fails.

Expected Behavior

When settings.json is corrupt, the settings.json file in the user data path should be replaced

Steps To Reproduce

1. Corrupt settings.json in your profile
2. Try to start Firebot
3. Observe error

Version

v5.65.4

What operating system are you using Firebot on?

Windows 11

Relevant log output

[2026-02-03 18:07:37.518] [ERROR] Error on when ready step ENOENT: no such file or directory, open 'C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\firebot\app-5.65.4\profiles\Main Profile\settings.json' {"stack":"Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, open 'C:\\Users\\User\\AppData\\Local\\firebot\\app-5.65.4\\profiles\\Main Profile\\settings.json'\n    at Object.writeFileSync (node:fs:2425:20)\n    at SettingsManager.handleCorruptSettingsFile (C:\\Users\\User\\AppData\\Local\\firebot\\app-5.65.4\\resources\\app.asar\\build\\backend\\common\\settings-manager.js:81:22)\n    at SettingsManager.getDataFromFile (C:\\Users\\User\\AppData\\Local\\firebot\\app-5.65.4\\resources\\app.asar\\build\\backend\\common\\settings-manager.js:134:26)\n    at SettingsManager.getSetting (C:\\Users\\User\\AppData\\Local\\firebot\\app-5.65.4\\resources\\app.asar\\build\\backend\\common\\settings-manager.js:218:26)\n    at new AuthManager (C:\\Users\\User\\AppData\\Local\\firebot\\app-5.65.4\\resources\\app.asar\\build\\backend\\auth\\auth-manager.js:18:61)\n    at Object.<anonymous> (C:\\Users\\User\\AppData\\Local\\firebot\\app-5.65.4\\resources\\app.asar\\build\\backend\\auth\\auth-manager.js:112:17)\n    at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1714:14)\n    at Module._extensions..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1848:10)\n    at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1448:32)\n    at Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1270:12)\n    at c._load (node:electron/js2c/node_init:2:17993)\n    at TracingChannel.traceSync (node:diagnostics_channel:328:14)\n    at wrapModuleLoad (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:244:24)\n    at Module.require (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1470:12)\n    at require (node:internal/modules/helpers:147:16)\n    at Object.<anonymous> (C:\\Users\\User\\AppData\\Local\\firebot\\app-5.65.4\\resources\\app.asar\\build\\backend\\integrations\\integration-manager.js:6:21)","message":"ENOENT: no such file or directory, open 'C:\\Users\\User\\AppData\\Local\\firebot\\app-5.65.4\\profiles\\Main Profile\\settings.json'","errno":-4058,"code":"ENOENT","syscall":"open","path":"C:\\Users\\User\\AppData\\Local\\firebot\\app-5.65.4\\profiles\\Main Profile\\settings.json"}

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