Conda create New environment Error: An unexpected error has occurred. Conda has prepared the above report.

Problem Description:

In Anaconda prompt (anaconda3), use the CONDA create command to create a new environment. The error is as follows:

(base) D:\OneDrive\Desktop>conda create -n my_env python==3.8
Collecting package metadata (current_repodata.json): failed

# >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ERROR REPORT <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

    Traceback (most recent call last):
      File "D:\anaconda3\lib\site-packages\conda\core\subdir_data.py", line 259, in _load
        raw_repodata_str = fetch_repodata_remote_request(
      File "D:\anaconda3\lib\site-packages\conda\core\subdir_data.py", line 613, in fetch_repodata_remote_request
        raise Response304ContentUnchanged()
    conda.core.subdir_data.Response304ContentUnchanged

    During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

    Traceback (most recent call last):
      File "D:\anaconda3\lib\site-packages\conda\exceptions.py", line 1079, in __call__
        return func(*args, **kwargs)
      File "D:\anaconda3\lib\site-packages\conda\cli\main.py", line 84, in _main
        exit_code = do_call(args, p)
      File "D:\anaconda3\lib\site-packages\conda\cli\conda_argparse.py", line 83, in do_call
        return getattr(module, func_name)(args, parser)
      File "D:\anaconda3\lib\site-packages\conda\cli\main_create.py", line 41, in execute
        install(args, parser, 'create')
      File "D:\anaconda3\lib\site-packages\conda\cli\install.py", line 261, in install
        unlink_link_transaction = solver.solve_for_transaction(
      File "D:\anaconda3\lib\site-packages\conda\core\solve.py", line 114, in solve_for_transaction
        unlink_precs, link_precs = self.solve_for_diff(update_modifier, deps_modifier,
      File "D:\anaconda3\lib\site-packages\conda\core\solve.py", line 157, in solve_for_diff
        final_precs = self.solve_final_state(update_modifier, deps_modifier, prune, ignore_pinned,
      File "D:\anaconda3\lib\site-packages\conda\core\solve.py", line 262, in solve_final_state
        ssc = self._collect_all_metadata(ssc)
      File "D:\anaconda3\lib\site-packages\conda\common\io.py", line 88, in decorated
        return f(*args, **kwds)
      File "D:\anaconda3\lib\site-packages\conda\core\solve.py", line 425, in _collect_all_metadata
        index, r = self._prepare(prepared_specs)
      File "D:\anaconda3\lib\site-packages\conda\core\solve.py", line 1020, in _prepare
        reduced_index = get_reduced_index(self.prefix, self.channels,
      File "D:\anaconda3\lib\site-packages\conda\core\index.py", line 276, in get_reduced_index
        new_records = SubdirData.query_all(spec, channels=channels, subdirs=subdirs,
      File "D:\anaconda3\lib\site-packages\conda\core\subdir_data.py", line 120, in query_all
        result = tuple(concat(executor.map(subdir_query, channel_urls)))
      File "D:\anaconda3\lib\concurrent\futures\_base.py", line 611, in result_iterator
        yield fs.pop().result()
      File "D:\anaconda3\lib\concurrent\futures\_base.py", line 432, in result
        return self.__get_result()
      File "D:\anaconda3\lib\concurrent\futures\_base.py", line 388, in __get_result
        raise self._exception
      File "D:\anaconda3\lib\concurrent\futures\thread.py", line 57, in run
        result = self.fn(*self.args, **self.kwargs)
      File "D:\anaconda3\lib\site-packages\conda\core\subdir_data.py", line 112, in <lambda>
        subdir_query = lambda url: tuple(SubdirData(Channel(url), repodata_fn=repodata_fn).query(
      File "D:\anaconda3\lib\site-packages\conda\core\subdir_data.py", line 125, in query
        self.load()
      File "D:\anaconda3\lib\site-packages\conda\core\subdir_data.py", line 189, in load
        _internal_state = self._load()
      File "D:\anaconda3\lib\site-packages\conda\core\subdir_data.py", line 277, in _load
        _internal_state = self._read_local_repdata(mod_etag_headers.get('_etag'),
      File "D:\anaconda3\lib\site-packages\conda\core\subdir_data.py", line 326, in _read_local_repdata
        _internal_state = self._process_raw_repodata_str(raw_repodata_str)
      File "D:\anaconda3\lib\site-packages\conda\core\subdir_data.py", line 364, in _process_raw_repodata_str
        json_obj = json.loads(raw_repodata_str or '{}')
      File "D:\anaconda3\lib\json\__init__.py", line 357, in loads
        return _default_decoder.decode(s)
      File "D:\anaconda3\lib\json\decoder.py", line 337, in decode
        obj, end = self.raw_decode(s, idx=_w(s, 0).end())
      File "D:\anaconda3\lib\json\decoder.py", line 353, in raw_decode
        obj, end = self.scan_once(s, idx)
    json.decoder.JSONDecodeError: Expecting ',' delimiter: line 420202 column 26 (char 12681108)

`$ D:\anaconda3\Scripts\conda-script.py create -n my_env python==3.8`

  environment variables:
                 CIO_TEST=<not set>
                CLASSPATH=.;D:\Programming Environment\Java\java_8\lib\dt.jar;D:\Programming
                          Environment\Java\java_8\lib\tools.jar;
        CONDA_DEFAULT_ENV=base
                CONDA_EXE=D:\anaconda3\condabin\..\Scripts\conda.exe
               CONDA_EXES="D:\anaconda3\condabin\..\Scripts\conda.exe"
             CONDA_PREFIX=D:\Anaconda3
    CONDA_PROMPT_MODIFIER=(base)
         CONDA_PYTHON_EXE=D:\anaconda3\python.exe
               CONDA_ROOT=D:\anaconda3
              CONDA_SHLVL=1
                CUDA_PATH=D:\Mx-yolov3\CUDAv10.0
           CURL_CA_BUNDLE=<not set>
                 HOMEPATH=\Users\MSTIFIY
          NVTOOLSEXT_PATH=C:\Program Files\NVIDIA Corporation\NvToolsExt\
                     PATH=D:\anaconda3;D:\anaconda3\Library\mingw-w64\bin;D:\anaconda3\Library\u
                          sr\bin;D:\anaconda3\Library\bin;D:\anaconda3\Scripts;D:\anaconda3\bin;
                          D:\Anaconda3;D:\Anaconda3\Library\mingw-w64\bin;D:\Anaconda3\Library\u
                          sr\bin;D:\Anaconda3\Library\bin;D:\Anaconda3\Scripts;D:\Anaconda3\bin;
                          D:\anaconda3\condabin;D:\Mx-yolov3\CUDAv10.0\bin;D:\Mx-yolov3\CUDAv10.
                          0\libnvvp;C:\ProgramData\Oracle\Java\javapath;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\sy
                          stem32;C:\WINDOWS\System32;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;C:\WINDOWS\System3
                          2\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0;C:\WINDOWS\System32\OpenSSH;D:\Lauguage
                          Studing\PythonSpider;C:\Program Files
                          (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chromedriver;D:\Programming
                          Environment\Java\java_8;D:\Lauguage
                          Studing\Android\Git\Git\cmd;D:\Programming Environment\Tesseract-
                          OCR;C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.1\Windows Performance
                          Toolkit;C:\Program Files (x86)\NVIDIA
                          Corporation\PhysX\Common;C:\Program Files\NVIDIA Corporation\NVIDIA
                          NvDLISR;D:\Lauguage Studing\Matlab\runtime\win64;D:\Lauguage
                          Studing\Matlab\bin;D:\Lauguage
                          Studing\Matlab\polyspace\bin;D:\Lauguage
                          Studing\opencv3.4.0\opencv\build\x64\vc14\bin;D:\Lauguage Studing\rasp
                          berry\putty;C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;C:
                          \WINDOWS\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0;C:\WINDOWS\System32\OpenSSH;D
                          :\anaconda3\envs\Mx_yolov3\Scripts;D:\anaconda3\envs\Mx_yolov3;D:\Andr
                          oidSDK;\platform-tools;D:\AndroidSDK;\tools;D:\Tools\cmake-3.21.2-wind
                          ows-x86_64\bin;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS\System32;C:\W
                          INDOWS\System32\Wbem;C:\WINDOWS\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0;C:\WIN
                          DOWS\System32\OpenSSH;D:\Programming
                          Environment\python;D:\Fiddler;D:\Lauguage Studing\鐖櫕\PyCharm
                          Community Edition 2019.3.1\bin;.;D:\Programming
                          Environment\python\Scripts;C:\Program Files
                          (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application;D:\Programming
                          Environment\Java\java_8\bin;D:\Programming
                          Environment\Java\java_8\jre\bin;"D:\Programming
                          Environment\Java\java_8\bin;D:\Mx-yolov3\CUDAv10.0\bin;D:\Mx-yolov3\CU
                          DAv10.0\libnvvp;C:\ProgramData\Oracle\Java\javapath;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WIND
                          OWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS\System32;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;C:\WINDOWS\S
                          ystem32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0;C:\WINDOWS\System32\OpenSSH;D:\Lauguage
                          Studing\PythonSpider;C:\Program Files
                          (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chromedriver;D:\Programming
                          Environment\Java\java_8;D:\Lauguage
                          Studing\Android\Git\Git\cmd;D:\Programming Environment\Tesseract-
                          OCR;C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.1\Windows Performance
                          Toolkit;C:\Program Files (x86)\NVIDIA
                          Corporation\PhysX\Common;C:\Program Files\NVIDIA Corporation\NVIDIA
                          NvDLISR;D:\Lauguage Studing\Matlab\runtime\win64;D:\Lauguage
                          Studing\Matlab\bin;D:\Lauguage
                          Studing\Matlab\polyspace\bin;D:\Lauguage
                          Studing\opencv3.4.0\opencv\build\x64\vc14\bin;D:\Lauguage Studing\rasp
                          berry\putty;C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;C:
                          \WINDOWS\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0;C:\WINDOWS\System32\OpenSSH;D
                          :\anaconda3\envs\Mx_yolov3\Scripts;D:\anaconda3\envs\Mx_yolov3;D:\Andr
                          oidSDK;\platform-tools;D:\AndroidSDK;\tools;D:\Tools\cmake-3.21.2-wind
                          ows-x86_64\bin;";"D:\AndroidSDK;\platform-
                          tools;D:\AndroidSDK;\tools鈥嬧€嬧€嬧€嬧€嬧€嬧€?;D:\Programming
                          Environment\Tesseract-OCR;D:\anaconda3;C:\Users\MSTIFIY\AppData\Local\
                          Microsoft\WindowsApps;D:\Lauguage Studing\miktex\MiKTeX\miktex\bin\x64
             PSMODULEPATH=C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules;C:\WINDOWS\system32\Windows
                          PowerShell\v1.0\Modules
       REQUESTS_CA_BUNDLE=<not set>
            SSL_CERT_FILE=<not set>

     active environment : base
    active env location : D:\Anaconda3
            shell level : 1
       user config file : C:\Users\MSTIFIY\.condarc
 populated config files : C:\Users\MSTIFIY\.condarc
          conda version : 4.9.2
    conda-build version : 3.18.11
         python version : 3.8.3.final.0
       virtual packages : __cuda=10.2=0
                          __win=0=0
                          __archspec=1=x86_64
       base environment : D:\anaconda3  (writable)
           channel URLs : https://mirrors.ustc.edu.cn/anaconda/pkgs/main/win-64
                          https://mirrors.ustc.edu.cn/anaconda/pkgs/main/noarch
                          https://mirrors.ustc.edu.cn/anaconda/pkgs/free/win-64
                          https://mirrors.ustc.edu.cn/anaconda/pkgs/free/noarch
                          https://mirrors.ustc.edu.cn/anaconda/cloud/conda-forge/win-64
                          https://mirrors.ustc.edu.cn/anaconda/cloud/conda-forge/noarch
          package cache : D:\anaconda3\pkgs
                          C:\Users\MSTIFIY\.conda\pkgs
                          C:\Users\MSTIFIY\AppData\Local\conda\conda\pkgs
       envs directories : D:\anaconda3\envs
                          C:\Users\MSTIFIY\.conda\envs
                          C:\Users\MSTIFIY\AppData\Local\conda\conda\envs
               platform : win-64
             user-agent : conda/4.9.2 requests/2.24.0 CPython/3.8.3 Windows/10 Windows/10.0.19041
          administrator : False
             netrc file : None
           offline mode : False


An unexpected error has occurred. Conda has prepared the above report.

If submitted, this report will be used by core maintainers to improve
future releases of conda.
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Solution:

Open the .Condarc file:

channels:
  - https://mirrors.ustc.edu.cn/anaconda/pkgs/main/
  - https://mirrors.ustc.edu.cn/anaconda/pkgs/free/
  - https://mirrors.ustc.edu.cn/anaconda/cloud/conda-forge/
ssl_verify: true

Delete the mirror source of CONDA forge

channels:
  - https://mirrors.ustc.edu.cn/anaconda/pkgs/main/
  - https://mirrors.ustc.edu.cn/anaconda/pkgs/free/
ssl_verify: true

Create a new environment again. The operation is successful.

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