DocuSign Node.js SDK: Error: RECIPIENTS_NOT_PROVIDED - docusignapi

Question

We are using the Node.js DoucSign SDK to send out docs for signatures. Currently, we are getting the RECIPIENTS_NOT_PROVIDED error when we try to send it via our CRM. Our CRM calls our API when a a status is changed which should send the docs. In our Graphql API Playground we are able to successfully create and send the envelope with no issue. I am sure I am missing something but I just can't see it. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
let signer1 = docusign.TemplateRole.constructFromObject({
email: args.signorEmail,
name: `${args.signorLegalName}`,
tabs: signerTabs,
roleName: 'signer',
recipientId: '1'
});
let cc1 = docusign.TemplateRole.constructFromObject({
email: !!args.ccEmail,
name: !!args.ccName,
tabs: ccTabs,
roleName: 'signer',
recipientId: '2'
});
// Add the TemplateRole objects to the envelope object
env.templateRoles = [signer1, cc1];
env.status = 'sent';
Here is our successful template roles via our playground:
"[{"email":"signorEmail",
"name":"Jane Doe",
"roleName":"signer",
"tabs":{"signHereTabs":[{"anchorString":"{{Signature_1}}"}],
"textTabs":[Removed Tabs]}},
{"email": "ccEmail",
"name":"John Smith",
"roleName":"cc",
"tabs":{"signHereTabs":[{"anchorString":"{{Signature_2}}"}],"textTabs":[removed Tabs]
}}]"
Unsuccessful:
"[{"email": "signorEmail",
"name":"Test 1",
"roleName":"signer",
"tabs":{"signHereTabs":[{"anchorString":"{{Signature_1}}"}],
"textTabs":[Removed Tabs]}},
{"email": "ccEmail",
"name":"John Smith",
"roleName":"cc",
"tabs":{"signHereTabs":[{"anchorString":"{{Signature_2}}"}],"textTabs":[removed Tabs]
}}]"

Answer 1

Well,
First, I see two recipients with the same roleName ('signer') which suggest to me one of them is wrong. RoleNames should be unique inside the same template.
In terms of why the first JSON is ok and the second is not, they seem to be the same except that the second is not valid JSON at all. Just use any JSON validator and check out some missing brackets etc.