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non-ASCII(?) characters in spreadsheet upload

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Description

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This generates an error, a bytes-like object is required, not 'str'.

The error is related to utf-8 decoding failing:

UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xd5 in position 0: invalid continuation byte

Not sure what encoding this is supposed to be.

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Start by reproducing the spreadsheet upload with the reported non-ASCII input and tracing where UTF-8 decoding raises the UnicodeDecodeError. Determine the expected input encoding and ensure the upload handles such characters without the reported bytes/str error; done means the example spreadsheet uploads successfully.

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Tech stack
python
Domain
backend
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
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Stale
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Needs clarification
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