Failed continuous replication with CouchDB

command.sh

curl -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -X POST http://localhost:5984/_replicate -d ' {"source": "http://isaacs.iriscouch.com/registry", "target": "npmregistry", "create_target": true, "continuous": true} '

log.txt

...
                                 {<<"xml-markup">>,2369,
                                  [{6,
                                    <<16,10,146,209,247,254,148,68,226,133,
                                      54,93,206,130,3,222>>}]},
                                 {<<"xjs">>,2367,
                                  [{11,
                                    <<5,213,205,0,34,152,137,78,213,130,169,
                                      245,191,245,167,98>>}]},
                                 {<<"x-core">>,2366,
                                  [{13,
                                    <<240,75,6,56,85,218,35,21,57,209,148,
                                      90,53,128,45,158>>}]},
                                 {<<"x">>,2365,
                                  [{9,
                                    <<16,64,51,88,152,10,186,35,155,122,154,
                                      247,129,117,88,157>>}]},
                                 {<<"wwwdude">>,2364,
                                  [{19,
                                    <<235,129,146,70,27,136,100,175,89,116,
                                      15,155,68,225,104,202>>}]},
                                 {<<"wurfl-client">>,2363,
                                  [{3,
                                    <<168,195,228,84,214,217,201,178,59,114,
                                      144,235,100,134,110,128>>}]},
                                 {<<"wu">>,2362,
                                  [{4,
                                    <<243,7,211,160,14,122,18,18,183,148,
                                      155,203,150,22,16,136>>}]},
                                 {<<"wsscraper">>,2361,
                                  [{3,
                                    <<148,168,79,233,179,223,70,184,214,173,
                                      72,81,227,137,218,225>>},
                                   {4,
                                    <<240,138,140,26,73,89,170,96,247,21,241,
                                      42,49,155,253,34>>},
                                   {4,
                                    <<71,168,166,242,152,24,7,137,70,84,200,
                                      183,28,153,58,198>>}]},
                                 {<<"wscomm">>,2360,
                                  [{47,
                                    <<128,175,253,164,93,165,35,229,124,135,
                                      184,212,62,247,62,201>>},
                                   {4,
                                    <<201,6,41,134,215,65,143,37,235,253,207,
                                      251,78,181,112,14>>},
                                   {4,
                                    <<192,183,14,250,104,193,63,75,211,27,74,
                                      189,169,52,44,67>>},
                                   {4,
                                    <<187,103,101,49,3,86,176,79,177,225,225,
                                      7,109,185,210,161>>},
                                   {4,
                                    <<162,92,113,51,85,28,11,71,184,251,97,
                                      113,65,9,20,177>>},
                                   {4,
                                    <<63,181,237,213,202,205,192,154,64,201,
                                      200,187,159,89,154,74>>},
                                   {4,
                                    <<55,94,97,79,160,39,129,241,200,152,
                                      246,212,197,237,130,104>>}]}],
                                [{<<"workhorse">>,2356,
                                  [{30,
                                    <<195,154,226,221,216,103,161,55,7,58,
                                      40,156,23,9,242,41>>}]},
                                 {<<"world-db">>,2357,
                                  [{6,
                                    <<234,239,27,235,106,187,235,211,233,
                                      3,162,138,127,70,170,129>>}]}]},
                               15943,15943,0}
** Reason for termination == 
** {{nocatch,{invalid_json,<<>>}},
    [{couch_util,json_decode,1,[{file,"couch_util.erl"},{line,403}]},
     {couch_rep_reader,'-open_doc_revs/3-lc$^1/1-1-',1,
                       [{file,"couch_rep_reader.erl"},{line,225}]},
     {couch_rep_reader,open_doc_revs,3,
                       [{file,"couch_rep_reader.erl"},{line,225}]},
     {couch_rep_reader,'-spawn_document_request/4-fun-0-',5,
                       [{file,"couch_rep_reader.erl"},{line,274}]}]}
[error] [<0.15350.0>] {error_report,<0.31.0>,
                       {<0.15350.0>,crash_report,
                        [[{initial_call,
                           {couch_rep_missing_revs,init,['Argument__1']}},
                          {pid,<0.15350.0>},
                          {registered_name,[]},
                          {error_info,
                           {exit,
                            {{nocatch,{invalid_json,<<>>}},
                             [{couch_util,json_decode,1,
                               [{file,"couch_util.erl"},{line,403}]},
                              {couch_rep_reader,
                               '-open_doc_revs/3-lc$^1/1-1-',1,
                               [{file,"couch_rep_reader.erl"},{line,225}]},
                              {couch_rep_reader,open_doc_revs,3,
                               [{file,"couch_rep_reader.erl"},{line,225}]},
                              {couch_rep_reader,
                               '-spawn_document_request/4-fun-0-',5,
                               [{file,"couch_rep_reader.erl"},{line,274}]}]},
                            [{gen_server,terminate,6,
                              [{file,"gen_server.erl"},{line,737}]},
                             {proc_lib,init_p_do_apply,3,
                              [{file,"proc_lib.erl"},{line,227}]}]}},
                          {ancestors,
                           [<0.15325.0>,couch_rep_sup,couch_primary_services,
                            couch_server_sup,<0.32.0>]},
                          {messages,[]},
                          {links,[<0.15351.0>]},
                          {dictionary,[]},
                          {trap_exit,true},
                          {status,running},
                          {heap_size,75025},
                          {stack_size,24},
                          {reductions,15347}],
                         []]}}

=CRASH REPORT==== 6-Jan-2012::00:04:16 ===
  crasher:
    initial call: couch_rep_missing_revs:init/1
    pid: <0.15350.0>
    registered_name: []
    exception exit: {{nocatch,{invalid_json,<<>>}},
                     [{couch_util,json_decode,1,
                          [{file,"couch_util.erl"},{line,403}]},
                      {couch_rep_reader,'-open_doc_revs/3-lc$^1/1-1-',1,
                          [{file,"couch_rep_reader.erl"},{line,225}]},
                      {couch_rep_reader,open_doc_revs,3,
                          [{file,"couch_rep_reader.erl"},{line,225}]},
                      {couch_rep_reader,'-spawn_document_request/4-fun-0-',5,
                          [{file,"couch_rep_reader.erl"},{line,274}]}]}
      in function  gen_server:terminate/6 (gen_server.erl, line 737)
    ancestors: [<0.15325.0>,couch_rep_sup,couch_primary_services,
                  couch_server_sup,<0.32.0>]
    messages: []
    links: [<0.15351.0>]
    dictionary: []
    trap_exit: true
    status: running
    heap_size: 75025
    stack_size: 24
    reductions: 15347
  neighbours:
[error] [<0.81.0>] {error_report,<0.31.0>,
                       {<0.81.0>,supervisor_report,
                        [{supervisor,{local,couch_rep_sup}},
                         {errorContext,child_terminated},
                         {reason,
                             {{nocatch,{invalid_json,<<>>}},
                              [{couch_util,json_decode,1,
                                   [{file,"couch_util.erl"},{line,403}]},
                               {couch_rep_reader,
                                   '-open_doc_revs/3-lc$^1/1-1-',1,
                                   [{file,"couch_rep_reader.erl"},{line,225}]},
                               {couch_rep_reader,open_doc_revs,3,
                                   [{file,"couch_rep_reader.erl"},{line,225}]},
                               {couch_rep_reader,
                                   '-spawn_document_request/4-fun-0-',5,
                                   [{file,"couch_rep_reader.erl"},
                                    {line,274}]}]}},
                         {offender,
                             [{pid,<0.15325.0>},
                              {name,"f40b3a7c63a687f09f79f402ec6ee38f"},
                              {mfargs,{gen_server,start_link,undefined}},
                              {restart_type,temporary},
                              {shutdown,1},
                              {child_type,worker}]}]}}

=SUPERVISOR REPORT==== 6-Jan-2012::00:04:16 ===
     Supervisor: {local,couch_rep_sup}
     Context:    child_terminated
     Reason:     {{nocatch,{invalid_json,<<>>}},
                  [{couch_util,json_decode,1,
                               [{file,"couch_util.erl"},{line,403}]},
                   {couch_rep_reader,'-open_doc_revs/3-lc$^1/1-1-',1,
                                     [{file,"couch_rep_reader.erl"},
                                      {line,225}]},
                   {couch_rep_reader,open_doc_revs,3,
                                     [{file,"couch_rep_reader.erl"},
                                      {line,225}]},
                   {couch_rep_reader,'-spawn_document_request/4-fun-0-',5,
                                     [{file,"couch_rep_reader.erl"},
                                      {line,274}]}]}
     Offender:   [{pid,<0.15325.0>},
                  {name,"f40b3a7c63a687f09f79f402ec6ee38f"},
                  {mfargs,{gen_server,start_link,undefined}},
                  {restart_type,temporary},
                  {shutdown,1},
                  {child_type,worker}]

output.json

{"ok":true,"_local_id":"f40b3a7c63a687f09f79f402ec6ee38f"}

If I set continue:false, it works well (takes ages, but works well)

nope, with continue:false it just goes a bit farther (2 docs instead of only one replicated)

could be an issue with target db ?