From 4f46bbfb922b04b7cc83dc6b51a326430651a97a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: teknium1 <127238744+teknium1@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 20 Sep 2026 16:09:37 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] fix(delegation): recovery-hint git probe decodes output as
 utf-8 (Windows footgun)

---
 tools/async_delegation_recovery_hints.py | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/tools/async_delegation_recovery_hints.py b/tools/async_delegation_recovery_hints.py
index 7426ed3587..54ed2cc765 100644
--- a/tools/async_delegation_recovery_hints.py
+++ b/tools/async_delegation_recovery_hints.py
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ def git_state_hint(cwd: Optional[str]) -> Optional[str]:
     def run(*args: str) -> Optional[str]:
         try:
             out = subprocess.run(["git", "-C", cwd, *args], capture_output=True, text=True,
+                                 encoding="utf-8", errors="replace",
                                  stdin=subprocess.DEVNULL, timeout=_GIT_TIMEOUT_S)
         except (OSError, subprocess.SubprocessError):
             return None