From ff8759fb88d9f4bab09dcf621d311a6cf0735acc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: kanjoe24 <165808281+kanjoe24@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2025 09:58:32 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] Fix : gh #485 : Fix codec cant decode byte error in
 device settings tests audio

---
 framework/core/commandModules/sshConsole.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/framework/core/commandModules/sshConsole.py b/framework/core/commandModules/sshConsole.py
index e3b1ed5..4b60b27 100644
--- a/framework/core/commandModules/sshConsole.py
+++ b/framework/core/commandModules/sshConsole.py
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ def read_until(self, value, timeout=10) -> str:
         
         while time.time() < end_time:
             if self.shell.recv_ready():
-                output += self.shell.recv(4096).decode('utf-8')
+                output += self.shell.recv(4096).decode('utf-8', errors='ignore')
                 # Reset the timeout if new data is received
                 end_time = time.time() + timeout
 

From 907e43bf1763891e5fbb22879defa434fbf3e6c5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: kanjoe24 <165808281+kanjoe24@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2025 12:09:40 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] Add : gh #485:Adding a try catch block to handle this
 issue rather than ignore

---
 framework/core/commandModules/sshConsole.py | 9 ++++++++-
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/framework/core/commandModules/sshConsole.py b/framework/core/commandModules/sshConsole.py
index 4b60b27..779895e 100644
--- a/framework/core/commandModules/sshConsole.py
+++ b/framework/core/commandModules/sshConsole.py
@@ -103,7 +103,14 @@ def read_until(self, value, timeout=10) -> str:
         
         while time.time() < end_time:
             if self.shell.recv_ready():
-                output += self.shell.recv(4096).decode('utf-8', errors='ignore')
+                try:
+                     # Read the output from the shell
+                     raw_output = self.shell.recv(4096)
+                     output += raw_output.decode('utf-8', errors='strict')
+                except UnicodeDecodeError as e:
+                     self.log.critical(f"UnicodeDecodeError - {e}")
+                     # Fallback to safer decoding of the same raw data without crashing
+                     output += raw_output.decode('utf-8', errors='replace')
                 # Reset the timeout if new data is received
                 end_time = time.time() + timeout
 

From bcfdb4b30daba1674da4fffa12efde256417caf4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: kanjoe24 <165808281+kanjoe24@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2025 12:16:22 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] Revert : gh #485 :  Reverting the decode command back to
 original

---
 framework/core/commandModules/sshConsole.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/framework/core/commandModules/sshConsole.py b/framework/core/commandModules/sshConsole.py
index 779895e..3742750 100644
--- a/framework/core/commandModules/sshConsole.py
+++ b/framework/core/commandModules/sshConsole.py
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ def read_until(self, value, timeout=10) -> str:
                 try:
                      # Read the output from the shell
                      raw_output = self.shell.recv(4096)
-                     output += raw_output.decode('utf-8', errors='strict')
+                     output += raw_output.decode('utf-8')
                 except UnicodeDecodeError as e:
                      self.log.critical(f"UnicodeDecodeError - {e}")
                      # Fallback to safer decoding of the same raw data without crashing