HL2DM UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xd0 in position 106: invalid continuation byte

[srpg]

In steam i got report of this error, the server is linux and its running latest source.python

2025-04-19 10:40:33 - sp.hooks.exceptions - EXCEPTION [Source.Python]
[SP] Caught an Exception:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "..\addons\source-python\packages\source-python\messages\hooks.py", line 278, in _pre_message_end
data = impl.read(buffer_read)
File "..\addons\source-python\packages\source-python\messages\impl.py", line 113, in read
return cls.read_bitbuffer(buffer)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^
File "..\addons\source-python\packages\source-python\messages\impl.py", line 159, in read_bitbuffer
message=buffer.read_string(),
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^

UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xd0 in position 106: invalid continuation byte

I am not sure if it is related to #452

[Ayuto]

Do you know how to reproduce the error?

[srpg]

Unfortunaly no, i asked the guy who reported to me how that error appeared and he doesn't sadly know

[Ayuto]

Could you please try adding the "ignore" parameter in impl.py to line 159 just like in line 161?

[srpg]

I'll tell him to add that, i think i got some clue of the error. He have a plugin that hooks SayText2 and its being used to colorize chat messages that players chat messages:

from messages.hooks import HookUserMessage
@HookUserMessage('SayText2')
def saytext2_hook(recipients, data):
    if data['index'] == 0:
        return True
    recipients.remove_all_players()

[Ayuto]

I think it's the colorizing part that causes the message to exceed its buffer. Then, it will be truncated and invalid bytes are left.

Does the ignore parameter fix the issue?

[srpg]

It seem to have fixed the issue