diff --git a/scripts/src/platform-infra-pipelines-as-code-remote.sh b/scripts/src/platform-infra-pipelines-as-code-remote.sh
index 7e2166c8..6d3ef98c 100644
--- a/scripts/src/platform-infra-pipelines-as-code-remote.sh
+++ b/scripts/src/platform-infra-pipelines-as-code-remote.sh
@@ -936,9 +936,17 @@ cicd_diagnostics() {
   printf '%s' "${4:-{}}" >"$runtime_file"
   probe_env=$(node - "$params_file" "$pipelines_file" "$artifact_file" <<'NODE'
 const fs = require('node:fs');
-const params = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(process.argv[2], 'utf8') || '{}');
-const pipelines = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(process.argv[3], 'utf8') || '[]');
-const artifact = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(process.argv[4], 'utf8') || '{}');
+function parseLoose(path, fallback) {
+  const input = fs.readFileSync(path, 'utf8').trim();
+  if (!input) return fallback;
+  for (let end = input.length; end > 0; end -= 1) {
+    try { return JSON.parse(input.slice(0, end)); } catch {}
+  }
+  return fallback;
+}
+const params = parseLoose(process.argv[2], {});
+const pipelines = parseLoose(process.argv[3], []);
+const artifact = parseLoose(process.argv[4], {});
 const latest = Array.isArray(pipelines) ? pipelines[0] || {} : {};
 const sourceCommit = latest.sourceCommit || null;
 const runtimeSourceCommit = artifact.runtimeSourceCommit || sourceCommit;