Add try catch around JSON parse of users meta values (https://github.com/woocommerce/woocommerce-admin/pull/6819)

* Add try catch around JSON parse of users meta values

* Add changelog

plugins/woocommerce-admin/packages/data/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+# Unreleased
+
+-   Fix parsing bad JSON string data in useUserPreferences hook. #6819
+
 # 1.2.0
 
 -   Add management of persisted queries to navigation data store.

plugins/woocommerce-admin/packages/data/src/user/use-user-preferences.js

@@ -18,11 +18,21 @@ import { STORE_NAME } from './constants';
 const getWooCommerceMeta = ( user ) => {
 	const wooMeta = user.woocommerce_meta || {};
 
-	const userData = mapValues( wooMeta, ( data ) => {
+	const userData = mapValues( wooMeta, ( data, key ) => {
 		if ( ! data || data.length === 0 ) {
 			return '';
 		}
-		return JSON.parse( data );
+		try {
+			return JSON.parse( data );
+		} catch ( e ) {
+			/* eslint-disable no-console */
+			console.error(
+				`Error parsing value '${ data }' for ${ key }`,
+				e.message
+			);
+			/* eslint-enable no-console */
+			return '';
+		}
 	} );
 
 	return userData;

plugins/woocommerce-admin/readme.txt

@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ Release and roadmap notes are available on the [WooCommerce Developers Blog](htt
 - Fix: Pause inbox message "GivingFeedbackNotes" #6802
 - Tweak: Sort the extension task list by completion status and allow toggling visibility. #6792
 - Fix: Missed DB version number updates causing unnecessary upgrades. #6818
+- Fix: Parsing bad JSON string data from user WooCommerce meta. #6819
 
 == 2.2.0 3/30/2021 ==