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# ModelJudgeError.jsonDecodingFailed(response:underlying:)

The evaluator fails to decode the JSON from the model judge’s response.

```
case jsonDecodingFailed(response: String, underlying: any Error)
```

## Parameters

`response`

The raw response text from the model judge.

`underlying`

The decoding error.

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