From 6e4768ee75d67fab0c6b13dd4fd17fe4720c9a8a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Shawn <44221603+smarshall-spitzbart@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2023 15:34:06 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] add panic for invalid bytes

---
 tests/e2e/state.go | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tests/e2e/state.go b/tests/e2e/state.go
index 2bee3119ba..06940d48cd 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/state.go
+++ b/tests/e2e/state.go
@@ -711,6 +711,10 @@ func (tr TestRun) getPendingPacketQueueSize(chain chainID) uint {
 		log.Fatal(err, "\n", string(bz))
 	}
 
+	if !gjson.ValidBytes(bz) {
+		panic("invalid json response from query ccvconsumer throttle-state: " + string(bz))
+	}
+
 	packetData := gjson.Get(string(bz), "packet_data_queue").Array()
 	return uint(len(packetData))
 }