UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte

[Combine-sudo]

Traceback (most recent call last): File "/home/Denis/.local/bin/protontricks", line 8, in sys.exit(cli()) ^^^^^ File "/home/Denis/.local/share/pipx/venvs/protontricks/lib/python3.12/site-packages/protontricks/cli/main.py", line 32, in cli main(args) File "/home/Denis/.local/share/pipx/venvs/protontricks/lib/python3.12/site-packages/protontricks/cli/util.py", line 159, in wrapper return cli_func(self, *args, **kwargs) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/home/Denis/.local/share/pipx/venvs/protontricks/lib/python3.12/site-packages/protontricks/cli/main.py", line 293, in main proton_app = find_proton_app( ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/home/Denis/.local/share/pipx/venvs/protontricks/lib/python3.12/site-packages/protontricks/steam.py", line 904, in find_proton_app tool_app = find_steam_compat_tool_app( ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/home/Denis/.local/share/pipx/venvs/protontricks/lib/python3.12/site-packages/protontricks/steam.py", line 660, in find_steam_compat_tool_app content = config_vdf_path.read_text() ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/usr/lib/python3.12/pathlib.py", line 1028, in read_text return f.read() ^^^^^^^^ File "", line 322, in decode UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xe8 in position 29908: invalid continuation byte

System

• Distro: Arch Linux 6.10.9-arch-1
• Protontricks installation method: pipx
• Protontricks version: protontricks (1.11.2.dev8+gf7b1fa3)
• Steam version: steam beta update

Additional context

tried to uninstall and reinstall via git,AUR,flathub and pipx multiple times but still got the same issue.

[orkel1215]

I have the same problem.

• Distro: EndevourOS (Linux 6.10.10-zen1-1-zen)
• Protontricks installation method: AUR (yay)
• Protontricks version: 1.11.1-2
• Steam version: steam beta update

[orkel1215]

fixed for me in the new update.

[Combine-sudo]

can confirm, latest pipx version fixed the issue. closing issue and thanks for the fix