[Bug]: makeRequest throws unhandled JSON.parse syntax error on non-JSON HTTP responses

### What happened?

The code fails to handle standard HTTP edge cases. If an API gateway returns an HTML error page (like a 502 Bad Gateway), the server crashes due to an unhandled exception.

### Version

1.0.2 (Default)

### Relevant log output

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