Inconsistent parsing => REXML::ParseException

[eignerchris]

on console...seeing inconsistent parsing behavior. first three times it returned all 100+ projects we have. waited 15 sec, tried again, got exception. example below.

irb(main):022:0> Lighthouse.account = LH_ACCOUNT irb(main):022:0> Lighthouse.token = LH_TOKEN irb(main):022:0> Lighthouse::Project.find(:all) REXML::ParseException: #<REXML::ParseException: #<NoMethodError: undefined method []' for nil:NilClass> /opt/local/lib/ruby/1.8/rexml/parsers/baseparser.rb:330:in pull' /opt/local/lib/ruby/1.8/rexml/parsers/treeparser.rb:22:inparse' /opt/local/lib/ruby/1.8/rexml/document.rb:227:in build' /opt/local/lib/ruby/1.8/rexml/document.rb:43:ininitialize' /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.3.5/lib/active_support/xml_mini/rexml.rb:17:in new' /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.3.5/lib/active_support/xml_mini/rexml.rb:17:inparse' /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.3.5/lib/active_support/xml_mini.rb:12:in send' /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.3.5/lib/active_support/xml_mini.rb:12:inparse' /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.3.5/lib/active_support/core_ext/hash/conversions.rb:164:in from_xml' /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activeresource-2.3.5/lib/active_resource/formats/xml_format.rb:19:indecode' /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activeresource-2.3.5/lib/active_resource/connection.rb:138:in get' /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activeresource-2.3.5/lib/active_resource/base.rb:639:infind_every' /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activeresource-2.3.5/lib/active_resource/base.rb:582:in find' (irb):22:inirb_binding' /opt/local/lib/ruby/1.8/irb/workspace.rb:52:in irb_binding' :0 ... Exception parsing Line: Position: Last 80 unconsumed characters: /opt/local/lib/ruby/1.8/rexml/parsers/baseparser.rb:418:inpull' /opt/local/lib/ruby/1.8/rexml/parsers/treeparser.rb:22:in parse' /opt/local/lib/ruby/1.8/rexml/document.rb:227:inbuild' /opt/local/lib/ruby/1.8/rexml/document.rb:43:in initialize' /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.3.5/lib/active_support/xml_mini/rexml.rb:17:innew' /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.3.5/lib/active_support/xml_mini/rexml.rb:17:in parse' /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.3.5/lib/active_support/xml_mini.rb:12:in**send**' /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.3.5/lib/active_support/xml_mini.rb:12:in parse' /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.3.5/lib/active_support/core_ext/hash/conversions.rb:164:infrom_xml' /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activeresource-2.3.5/lib/active_resource/formats/xml_format.rb:19:in decode' /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activeresource-2.3.5/lib/active_resource/connection.rb:138:inget' /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activeresource-2.3.5/lib/active_resource/base.rb:639:in find_every' /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activeresource-2.3.5/lib/active_resource/base.rb:582:infind' (irb):22:in irb_binding' /opt/local/lib/ruby/1.8/irb/workspace.rb:52:in`irb_binding' :0 -- truncated --

Exception parsing Line: Position: Last 80 unconsumed characters: </default-assigned-user Line: Position: Last 80 unconsumed characters: </default-assigned-user from /opt/local/lib/ruby/1.8/rexml/parsers/treeparser.rb:92:in parse' from /opt/local/lib/ruby/1.8/rexml/document.rb:227:inbuild' from /opt/local/lib/ruby/1.8/rexml/document.rb:43:in initialize' from /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.3.5/lib/active_support/xml_mini/rexml.rb:17:innew' from /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.3.5/lib/active_support/xml_mini/rexml.rb:17:in parse' from /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.3.5/lib/active_support/xml_mini.rb:12:insend' from /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.3.5/lib/active_support/xml_mini.rb:12:in parse' from /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.3.5/lib/active_support/core_ext/hash/conversions.rb:164:infrom_xml' from /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activeresource-2.3.5/lib/active_resource/formats/xml_format.rb:19:in decode' from /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activeresource-2.3.5/lib/active_resource/connection.rb:138:inget' from /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activeresource-2.3.5/lib/active_resource/base.rb:639:in find_every' from /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activeresource-2.3.5/lib/active_resource/base.rb:582:infind' from (irb):22 from :0