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Fix UnicodeDecodeError
in OpenTelemetry Python
✅ Solution
UnicodeDecodeError usually arises when trying to decode a byte sequence into a string using an incorrect encoding. Ensure the encoding used when decoding (e.g., UTF-8) matches the actual encoding of the byte data by specifying the correct encoding during the decode operation, or preprocess span attributes to remove or replace non-decodable characters before encoding them. For example, use `attribute_value.decode('utf-8', errors='ignore')` to ignore errors.
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First reported:May 29, 2025
Last reported:May 29, 2025
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