DO NOT MERGE: HACK

Author: attente

packages/wallet/core/src/state/arweave/index.ts

@@ -88,6 +88,13 @@ function sameAddress(left: Address.Address | undefined, right: Address.Address |
     : left !== undefined && right !== undefined && Address.isEqual(left, right)
 }
 
+function allowsPlainTextJsonFallback(entry: ItemEntry): boolean {
+  return (
+    entry.tags.Type === 'payload' &&
+    (entry.tags['Payload-Type'] === 'message' || entry.tags['Payload-Type'] === 'digest')
+  )
+}
+
 function mergeConfigurations(base: Config.Config | undefined, next: Config.Config): Config.Config {
   if (!base) {
     return next
@@ -413,8 +420,19 @@ export class Reader implements ReaderInterface {
       throw new Error(`failed to fetch arweave item ${entry.id}: ${response.status}`)
     }
 
-    const data =
-      entry.tags['Content-Type'] === 'application/json' ? await response.json() : (await response.text()).trim()
+    const text = (await response.text()).trim()
+    let data: unknown = text
+
+    if (entry.tags['Content-Type'] === 'application/json') {
+      try {
+        data = JSON.parse(text)
+      } catch (error) {
+        if (!allowsPlainTextJsonFallback(entry)) {
+          throw error
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
     return { ...entry.tags, data } as T
   }