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Fix UnicodeDecodeError

in InvokeAI

Solution

UnicodeDecodeError usually arises when trying to decode a file or stream with an encoding different from what was used to encode it. Specify the correct encoding when opening files or decoding byte strings, often 'utf-8' or 'latin-1', using the `encoding` parameter in functions like `open()` or the `.decode()` method (e.g., `open('file.txt', 'r', encoding='utf-8')` or `byte_string.decode('latin-1')`). If the correct encoding is unknown, try different common encodings until the error disappears.

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Timeline

First reported:Sep 2, 2025
Last reported:Sep 2, 2025

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