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Fix UnicodeDecodeError
in ComfyUI
✅ Solution
This error usually stems from Python trying to decode a file using the wrong character encoding. To fix it, specify the correct encoding when opening the file, often 'utf-8'. Example: `open("filename.txt", encoding="utf-8")`. If 'utf-8' doesn't work, try detecting the file's actual encoding and use that instead like 'gbk' or 'latin-1'.
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First reported:Feb 21, 2026
Last reported:Feb 21, 2026