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Fix UnicodeDecodeError

in Ray

Solution

UnicodeDecodeError in Ray often arises when strings are encoded using one encoding (e.g., UTF-8) but are incorrectly decoded using another (e.g., ASCII). To fix this, explicitly specify the correct encoding (usually UTF-8) when decoding bytes to strings, using `.decode('utf-8', errors='ignore')` to handle potentially malformed characters, and ensure consistent encoding throughout data serialization/deserialization within Ray tasks and actors.

Timeline

First reported:Apr 12, 2026
Last reported:Apr 12, 2026

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