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MirthSync is unable to pull code if the Mirth code has a "invalid XML character" in them#76
@VibinchanderVenkatasubramanian

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@VibinchanderVenkatasubramanian
VibinchanderVenkatasubramanian
opened on Dec 11, 2025

When pulling code from mirth using mirthsync command, if there is a presence of any invalid / illegal XML character is present then, mirth sync fails to pull the code further and stops at that particular spot.

In real time on many cases, it's possible to have some invalid XML code used inside mirth script to escape a few data incoming from multiple source application.

In my case, I'm using the character "&#17" to escape that character coming in the incoming message. When I run the below .bat script (basically mirth sync command - represented as .bat script here).

@echo off
REM Change to script directory
cd /d "%~dp0"

REM Run mirthsync
"C:\mirth-sync-install-location\mirthsync.bat" ^
 -s "https://some-url-where-mirth-is-hosted:mirth-https-port/api" ^
 -i ^
 --disk-mode code ^
 --skip-disabled ^
 --include-configuration-map ^
 -u my-mirth-admin-username ^
 -p my-mirth-admin-password ^
 -t ".\Mirth-Test" ^
 pull -f

The error received while pulling the mirth code using mirth sync command is as below.

javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamException: ParseError at [row,col]:[269273,37]
Message: Character reference "&#x17" is an invalid XML character.
        at java.xml/com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLStreamReaderImpl.next(XMLStreamReaderImpl.java:652)
        at clojure.data.xml$pull_seq$fn__543.invoke(xml.clj:287)
        at clojure.lang.LazySeq.sval(LazySeq.java:42)
        at clojure.lang.LazySeq.seq(LazySeq.java:51)
        at clojure.lang.RT.seq(RT.java:535)
        at clojure.core$seq__5402.invokeStatic(core.clj:137)
        at clojure.core$seq__5402.invoke(core.clj:137)
        at clojure.data.xml$seq_tree$fn__437.invoke(xml.clj:178)
        at clojure.lang.LazySeq.sval(LazySeq.java:42)
        at clojure.lang.LazySeq.seq(LazySeq.java:51)
        at clojure.lang.LazySeq.more(LazySeq.java:87)
        at clojure.lang.RT.more(RT.java:722)
        at clojure.core$rest__5388.invokeStatic(core.clj:73)
        at clojure.core$rest__5388.invoke(core.clj:73)
        at clojure.data.xml$seq_tree$fn__437$fn__443.invoke(xml.clj:184)
        at clojure.lang.LazySeq.sval(LazySeq.java:42)
        at clojure.lang.LazySeq.seq(LazySeq.java:51)
        at clojure.lang.RT.seq(RT.java:535)
        at clojure.core$seq__5402.invokeStatic(core.clj:137)
        at clojure.core$seq__5402.invoke(core.clj:137)
        at clojure.data.xml$seq_tree$fn__437.invoke(xml.clj:178)
        at clojure.lang.LazySeq.sval(LazySeq.java:42)
        at clojure.lang.LazySeq.seq(LazySeq.java:51)
        at clojure.lang.LazySeq.more(LazySeq.java:87)
        at clojure.lang.RT.more(RT.java:722)
        at clojure.core$rest__5388.invokeStatic(core.clj:73)
        at clojure.core$rest__5388.invoke(core.clj:73)
        at clojure.data.xml$seq_tree$fn__437$fn__447.invoke(xml.clj:186)
        at clojure.lang.LazySeq.sval(LazySeq.java:42)
        at clojure.lang.LazySeq.seq(LazySeq.java:58)
        at clojure.lang.RT.seq(RT.java:535)
        at clojure.core$seq__5402.invokeStatic(core.clj:137)
        at clojure.core$seq__5402.invoke(core.clj:137)
        at clojure.data.xml$seq_tree$fn__437.invoke(xml.clj:178)
        at clojure.lang.LazySeq.sval(LazySeq.java:42)
        at clojure.lang.LazySeq.seq(LazySeq.java:51)
        at clojure.lang.LazySeq.more(LazySeq.java:87)
        at clojure.lang.RT.more(RT.java:722)
        at clojure.core$rest__5388.invokeStatic(core.clj:73)
        at clojure.core$rest__5388.invoke(core.clj:73)
        at clojure.data.xml$seq_tree$fn__437$fn__447.invoke(xml.clj:186)
        at clojure.lang.LazySeq.sval(LazySeq.java:42)
        at clojure.lang.LazySeq.seq(LazySeq.java:58)
        at clojure.lang.RT.seq(RT.java:535)
        at clojure.core$seq__5402.invokeStatic(core.clj:137)
        at clojure.core$seq__5402.invoke(core.clj:137)
        at clojure.data.xml$seq_tree$fn__437.invoke(xml.clj:178)
        at clojure.lang.LazySeq.sval(LazySeq.java:42)
        at clojure.lang.LazySeq.seq(LazySeq.java:51)
        at clojure.lang.LazySeq.more(LazySeq.java:87)
        at clojure.lang.RT.more(RT.java:722)
        at clojure.core$rest__5388.invokeStatic(core.clj:73)
        at clojure.core$rest__5388.invoke(core.clj:73)
        at clojure.data.xml$seq_tree$fn__437$fn__447.invoke(xml.clj:186)
        at clojure.lang.LazySeq.sval(LazySeq.java:42)
        at clojure.lang.LazySeq.seq(LazySeq.java:58)
        at clojure.lang.RT.seq(RT.java:535)
        at clojure.core$seq__5402.invokeStatic(core.clj:137)
        at clojure.core$seq__5402.invoke(core.clj:137)
        at clojure.data.xml$seq_tree$fn__437.invoke(xml.clj:178)
        at clojure.lang.LazySeq.sval(LazySeq.java:42)
        at clojure.lang.LazySeq.seq(LazySeq.java:51)
        at clojure.lang.LazySeq.more(LazySeq.java:87)
        at clojure.lang.RT.more(RT.java:722)
        at clojure.core$rest__5388.invokeStatic(core.clj:73)
        at clojure.core$rest__5388.invoke(core.clj:73)
        at clojure.data.xml$seq_tree$fn__437$fn__447.invoke(xml.clj:186)
        at clojure.lang.LazySeq.sval(LazySeq.java:42)
        at clojure.lang.LazySeq.seq(LazySeq.java:58)
        at clojure.lang.RT.seq(RT.java:535)
        at clojure.core$seq__5402.invokeStatic(core.clj:137)
        at clojure.core$seq__5402.invoke(core.clj:137)
        at clojure.data.xml$seq_tree$fn__437.invoke(xml.clj:178)
        at clojure.lang.LazySeq.sval(LazySeq.java:42)
        at clojure.lang.LazySeq.seq(LazySeq.java:51)
        at clojure.lang.LazySeq.more(LazySeq.java:87)
        at clojure.lang.RT.more(RT.java:722)
        at clojure.core$rest__5388.invokeStatic(core.clj:73)
        at clojure.core$rest__5388.invoke(core.clj:73)
        at clojure.data.xml$seq_tree$fn__437$fn__447.invoke(xml.clj:186)
        at clojure.lang.LazySeq.sval(LazySeq.java:42)
        at clojure.lang.LazySeq.seq(LazySeq.java:58)
        at clojure.lang.RT.seq(RT.java:535)
        at clojure.core$seq__5402.invokeStatic(core.clj:137)
        at clojure.core$seq__5402.invoke(core.clj:137)
        at clojure.data.xml$seq_tree$fn__437.invoke(xml.clj:178)
        at clojure.lang.LazySeq.sval(LazySeq.java:42)
        at clojure.lang.LazySeq.seq(LazySeq.java:51)
        at clojure.lang.LazySeq.more(LazySeq.java:87)
        at clojure.lang.RT.more(RT.java:722)
        at clojure.core$rest__5388.invokeStatic(core.clj:73)
        at clojure.core$rest__5388.invoke(core.clj:73)
        at clojure.data.xml$seq_tree$fn__437$fn__447.invoke(xml.clj:186)
        at clojure.lang.LazySeq.sval(LazySeq.java:42)
        at clojure.lang.LazySeq.seq(LazySeq.java:58)
        at clojure.lang.RT.seq(RT.java:535)
        at clojure.core$seq__5402.invokeStatic(core.clj:137)
        at clojure.core$seq__5402.invoke(core.clj:137)
        at clojure.data.xml$seq_tree$fn__437.invoke(xml.clj:178)
        at clojure.lang.LazySeq.sval(LazySeq.java:42)
        at clojure.lang.LazySeq.seq(LazySeq.java:51)
        at clojure.lang.LazySeq.first(LazySeq.java:73)
        at clojure.lang.RT.first(RT.java:692)
        at clojure.core$first__5384.invokeStatic(core.clj:55)
        at clojure.core$first__5384.invoke(core.clj:55)
        at clojure.data.xml$seq_tree$fn__437$fn__445.invoke(xml.clj:185)
        at clojure.lang.LazySeq.sval(LazySeq.java:42)
        at clojure.lang.LazySeq.seq(LazySeq.java:51)
        at clojure.lang.Cons.next(Cons.java:39)
        at clojure.lang.RT.next(RT.java:713)
        at clojure.core$next__5386.invokeStatic(core.clj:64)
        at clojure.zip$right.invokeStatic(zip.clj:153)
        at clojure.zip$right.invoke(zip.clj:149)
        at clojure.data.zip$right_locs$fn__2688.invoke(zip.clj:28)
        at clojure.lang.LazySeq.sval(LazySeq.java:42)
        at clojure.lang.LazySeq.seq(LazySeq.java:51)
        at clojure.lang.RT.seq(RT.java:535)
        at clojure.core$seq__5402.invokeStatic(core.clj:137)
        at clojure.core$map$fn__5866.invoke(core.clj:2746)
        at clojure.lang.LazySeq.sval(LazySeq.java:42)
        at clojure.lang.LazySeq.seq(LazySeq.java:51)
        at clojure.lang.RT.seq(RT.java:535)
        at clojure.core$seq__5402.invokeStatic(core.clj:137)
        at clojure.core$filter$fn__5893.invoke(core.clj:2809)
        at clojure.lang.LazySeq.sval(LazySeq.java:42)
        at clojure.lang.LazySeq.seq(LazySeq.java:51)
        at clojure.lang.LazySeq.first(LazySeq.java:73)
        at clojure.lang.RT.first(RT.java:692)
        at clojure.core$first__5384.invokeStatic(core.clj:55)
        at clojure.core$first__5384.invoke(core.clj:55)
        at mirthsync.actions$process_nodes.invokeStatic(actions.clj:91)
        at mirthsync.actions$process_nodes.invoke(actions.clj:85)
        at mirthsync.actions$download.invokeStatic(actions.clj:108)
        at mirthsync.actions$download.invoke(actions.clj:103)
        at mirthsync.apis$iterate_apis.invokeStatic(apis.clj:152)
        at mirthsync.apis$iterate_apis.invoke(apis.clj:146)
        at mirthsync.core$run$fn__4635.invoke(core.clj:44)
        at mirthsync.http_client$with_authentication.invokeStatic(http_client.clj:58)
        at mirthsync.http_client$with_authentication.invoke(http_client.clj:45)
        at mirthsync.core$run.invokeStatic(core.clj:32)
        at mirthsync.core$run.invoke(core.clj:10)
        at mirthsync.core$main_func$fn__4653.invoke(core.clj:70)
        at mirthsync.core$main_func.invokeStatic(core.clj:69)
        at mirthsync.core$main_func.doInvoke(core.clj:65)
        at clojure.lang.RestFn.applyTo(RestFn.java:137)
        at clojure.core$apply.invokeStatic(core.clj:665)
        at clojure.core$apply.invoke(core.clj:660)
        at mirthsync.core$_main.invokeStatic(core.clj:81)
        at mirthsync.core$_main.doInvoke(core.clj:79)
        at clojure.lang.RestFn.applyTo(RestFn.java:137)
        at mirthsync.core.main(Unknown Source)
ParseError at [row,col]:[269273,37]
Message: Character reference "&#x17" is an invalid XML character.

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