Investigate Gnosis Gateway UTF8 Encoding Error

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Problem Description

The Gnosis Gateway experienced an encoding error when executing getChannelsByTopic. The error mentions invalid UTF8 byte sequences.

Exact Error Text

[01:34:29] ERROR: getChannelsByTopic error: Error: Failed to get entities from store: invalid byte sequence for encoding "UTF8": 0x00, query = /* controller='filter',application='sgd3',route='bcc8ebbc63e8a3f1-6dc8c4ef99f8cc6a',action='41759191' */

Error Details

• Service: Gnosis Gateway
• Component: getChannelsByTopic
• Frequency: 1 occurrence (Aug 24, 01:34:29)
• Status: Single incident, unknown if it's a real problem

What We Know

• Error occurred once on Aug 24 at 01:34:29
• Error message mentions UTF8 encoding and null bytes (0x00)
• Related to getChannelsByTopic function
• Query includes specific controller/application/route identifiers

What We Don't Know

• Is this a recurring issue or one-time occurrence?
• What data source caused the encoding issue (IPFS, Graph node, etc.)?
• Whether this indicates actual data corruption or a transient issue
• Impact on functionality (was the query retried successfully?)

Investigation Needed

1. Monitor for recurrence - Check if this error happens again
2. Identify data source - Determine where the invalid UTF8 data originated
3. Assess impact - Check if the operation was retried or if it caused user-facing issues

Files to Investigate

• Gnosis Gateway getChannelsByTopic function
• Data store/query handling code
• UTF8 encoding validation logic