# Jq issue since 7 september

**URL:** <https://discuss.circleci.com/t/jq-issue-since-7-september/49193>\
**Category:** Build Environment\
**Created:** [September 8, 2023, 1:21pm UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/jq-issue-since-7-september/49193 "2023-09-08T13:21:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![khaled5321](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/circleci/user_avatar/discuss.circleci.com/khaled5321/32/33721_2.png) [@khaled5321](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/khaled5321)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2023, 1:21pm UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/jq-issue-since-7-september/49193/1 "2023-09-08T13:21:10Z")

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Hello everyone!  
Since yesterday I have been getting this error:

`A different version of jq is installed (jq-1.6); removing it curl: (3) URL using bad/illegal format or missing URL Exited with code exit status 3`

I am using the latest version of jq orb `circleci/jq@2.2.1`

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![rit1010](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/circleci/user_avatar/discuss.circleci.com/rit1010/32/34738_2.png) [@rit1010](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/rit1010)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2023, 2:13pm UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/jq-issue-since-7-september/49193/2 "2023-09-08T14:13:24Z")

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This thread covers the same issue.

> [@Jq install issue happen 7 Sep](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/jq-install-issue-happen-7-sep/49177/2):
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> The issue was reported to the ORB maintainer a few hours ago here [Unable to download linux jq 1.7 binary · Issue #29 · CircleCI-Public/jq-orb · GitHub](https://github.com/CircleCI-Public/jq-orb/issues/29) It seems that version 1.7 has been restructured. For now the best option would be to set the version that you want the ORB to install to “jq-1.6”, which should retain the version already in place.

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**Author:** ![khaled5321](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/circleci/user_avatar/discuss.circleci.com/khaled5321/32/33721_2.png) [@khaled5321](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/khaled5321)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2023, 2:16pm UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/jq-issue-since-7-september/49193/5 "2023-09-08T14:16:49Z")

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Thank you for your reply.  
Yes, I saw it. They say the issue has been solved but I am still having the same issue.

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**Author:** ![rit1010](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/circleci/user_avatar/discuss.circleci.com/rit1010/32/34738_2.png) [@rit1010](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/rit1010)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2023, 2:54pm UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/jq-issue-since-7-september/49193/6 "2023-09-08T14:54:42Z")

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Can you provide more details about your environment?

circleci/jq@2.2.1 has been updated to handle the new home for jq and the jq repo was updated yesterday to correctly provide a jq-linux64 file.

The thing is that without more info about your environment, it is not possible to tell if it is the Linux version that your workflow is trying to retrieve.

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**Author:** ![khaled5321](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/circleci/user_avatar/discuss.circleci.com/khaled5321/32/33721_2.png) [@khaled5321](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/khaled5321)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2023, 3:18pm UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/jq-issue-since-7-september/49193/8 "2023-09-08T15:18:07Z")

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The environment is a docker image `cimg/python:3.9.4` which is using a Linux system.

In the jq install error when I clicked on see more I saw that `JQ_SOURCE_URL` and `JQ_BINARY_URL` were referring to the old repo  
`https://api.github.com/repos/stedolan/jq/releases/tags/$JQ_VERSION`  
and  
`https://api.github.com/repos/stedolan/jq/releases/tags/$JQ_VERSION`

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**Author:** ![Poonam0311](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/circleci/user_avatar/discuss.circleci.com/poonam0311/32/33745_2.png) [@Poonam0311](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/Poonam0311)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2023, 3:28pm UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/jq-issue-since-7-september/49193/9 "2023-09-13T15:28:36Z")

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I’m facing the same error.  
The environment is a docker image ‘cimg/python:3.9-node’ which is using a Linux system.  
It gets triggered when I use the jira/notify orb commands

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**Author:** ![khaled5321](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/circleci/user_avatar/discuss.circleci.com/khaled5321/32/33721_2.png) [@khaled5321](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/khaled5321)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2023, 3:31pm UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/jq-issue-since-7-september/49193/10 "2023-09-13T15:31:55Z")

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It was the same for me, Use `jq: circleci/jq@2.2.1` and before the Jira notification command run this:

```yml
- jq/install:
              override: true
              version: "jq-1.7"

```

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**Author:** ![Poonam0311](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/circleci/user_avatar/discuss.circleci.com/poonam0311/32/33745_2.png) [@Poonam0311](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/Poonam0311)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2023, 6:34am UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/jq-issue-since-7-september/49193/11 "2023-09-14T06:34:08Z")

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Yes it worked for me now! Thanks a lot!! 🙂

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**Author:** ![khaled5321](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/circleci/user_avatar/discuss.circleci.com/khaled5321/32/33721_2.png) [@khaled5321](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/khaled5321)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2023, 12:45pm UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/jq-issue-since-7-september/49193/12 "2023-09-14T12:45:20Z")

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You are welcome!
