Barman 3.15 - backup / recover returns: EXCEPTION: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xcd in position 61: invalid continuation byte
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Stan
Oct 1, 2025, 9:49:12 AM (9 days ago) Oct 1
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Hello,
EXCEPTION: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xcd in position 61: invalid continuation byte
See log file for more details.
I am having an issue with our Barman 3.15 setup.
It has a launch daemon that creates a new backup of our PostgreSQL database every day at 4 a.m. and then restores it to a secondary server.
This has been working great, until this morning. Now, both the "barman backup" and "barman recover" command return the following:
Processing xlog segments from file archival for pg_live
00000001000008730000001FEXCEPTION: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xcd in position 61: invalid continuation byte
See log file for more details.
I thought creating a new base backup would solve the issue, but it keeps returning the error above. Despite the error, it does list a new backup on the Barman server, but I am unable to restore it.
Any idea how to resolve this?
We are running Barman 3.15 on macOS 15.3.1
Full barman log output below.
Kind regards,
Stan
2025-10-01 13:07:32,310 [86549] barman.backup INFO: Starting backup using postgres method for server pg_live in /Volumes/BarmanData/postgres/barman/pg_live/base/20251001T130732
2025-10-01 13:07:32,347 [86549] barman.backup_executor INFO: Backup start at LSN: 877/722BEA10 (000000010000087700000072, 002BEA10)
2025-10-01 13:07:32,347 [86549] barman.backup_executor INFO: Starting backup copy via pg_basebackup for 20251001T130732
2025-10-01 13:07:32,470 [86549] barman.backup_executor INFO: pg_basebackup: initiating base backup, waiting for checkpoint to complete
2025-10-01 13:07:32,945 [1038] barman.command_wrappers INFO: pg_live: pg_receivewal: finished segment at 877/73000000 (timeline 1)
2025-10-01 13:07:33,173 [86556] barman.server INFO: Received file '000000010000087700000072' with checksum '2d7047c48806c130083ab38511fc043d0cff188523ffe8e2ddc78eba2c9747b1' by put-wal for server 'pg_live' (SSH host: 192.163.1.33)
2025-10-01 13:08:37,775 [86549] barman.backup_executor INFO: pg_basebackup: checkpoint completed
2025-10-01 13:20:40,987 [1038] barman.command_wrappers INFO: pg_live: pg_receivewal: finished segment at 877/74000000 (timeline 1)
2025-10-01 13:20:41,740 [86911] barman.server INFO: Received file '000000010000087700000073' with checksum '34c5a48eefeeb2ef638800df059f343893c62e1bf8aaedc9ac83ceea753af510' by put-wal for server 'pg_live' (SSH host: 192.163.1.33)
2025-10-01 13:33:41,120 [1038] barman.command_wrappers INFO: pg_live: pg_receivewal: finished segment at 877/75000000 (timeline 1)
2025-10-01 13:33:41,922 [87282] barman.server INFO: Received file '000000010000087700000074' with checksum '651100cefb6fda953d63d1aa63070b088147f5792d75c60824ac87f930796475' by put-wal for server 'pg_live' (SSH host: 192.163.1.33)
2025-10-01 13:41:32,484 [1038] barman.command_wrappers INFO: pg_live: pg_receivewal: finished segment at 877/76000000 (timeline 1)
2025-10-01 13:41:33,238 [87500] barman.server INFO: Received file '000000010000087700000075' with checksum '522f7e8292e59feaeb3798436ed2e1425d31327dd5f1faefa8451841fc416f5a' by put-wal for server 'pg_live' (SSH host: 192.163.1.33)
2025-10-01 13:53:42,896 [1038] barman.command_wrappers INFO: pg_live: pg_receivewal: finished segment at 877/77000000 (timeline 1)
2025-10-01 13:53:43,717 [87865] barman.server INFO: Received file '000000010000087700000076' with checksum 'ae0e1241514c91f18ddb593ad0d415d03debf4d575f58b2067f6eb727da9f7fa' by put-wal for server 'pg_live' (SSH host: 192.163.1.33)
2025-10-01 14:03:54,506 [1038] barman.command_wrappers INFO: pg_live: pg_receivewal: finished segment at 877/78000000 (timeline 1)
2025-10-01 14:03:55,260 [88157] barman.server INFO: Received file '000000010000087700000077' with checksum 'f4278a55879823048a412daf5706c191f131c25cef74bc6da822163749495209' by put-wal for server 'pg_live' (SSH host: 192.163.1.33)
2025-10-01 14:08:44,749 [1038] barman.command_wrappers INFO: pg_live: pg_receivewal: finished segment at 877/79000000 (timeline 1)
2025-10-01 14:08:45,482 [88286] barman.server INFO: Received file '000000010000087700000078' with checksum 'e333b85556d11a31ed64971f927d0a2879e11caed3ef84c194b2a12f81ee9e93' by put-wal for server 'pg_live' (SSH host: 192.163.1.33)
2025-10-01 14:13:03,842 [1038] barman.command_wrappers INFO: pg_live: pg_receivewal: finished segment at 877/7A000000 (timeline 1)
2025-10-01 14:13:04,569 [88407] barman.server INFO: Received file '000000010000087700000079' with checksum '894d21f2c4b8b14056dc76ab17f06c00d22887098c2361d8c1957d4ca7d12c1c' by put-wal for server 'pg_live' (SSH host: 192.163.1.33)
2025-10-01 14:22:08,280 [1038] barman.command_wrappers INFO: pg_live: pg_receivewal: finished segment at 877/7B000000 (timeline 1)
2025-10-01 14:22:09,011 [88675] barman.server INFO: Received file '00000001000008770000007A' with checksum 'c83a65efdf9e60d2b8a3fa915ffc8ca737153fe6a12feca844cf9882d286bbd9' by put-wal for server 'pg_live' (SSH host: 192.163.1.33)
2025-10-01 14:28:19,708 [1038] barman.command_wrappers INFO: pg_live: pg_receivewal: finished segment at 877/7C000000 (timeline 1)
2025-10-01 14:28:20,095 [88858] barman.server INFO: Received file '00000001000008770000007B' with checksum '00d9fcce2e969f1fd7cff9afc8485def0372d0b0d7c9c529ac522bc368fdca02' by put-wal for server 'pg_live' (SSH host: 192.163.1.33)
2025-10-01 14:32:06,376 [1038] barman.command_wrappers INFO: pg_live: pg_receivewal: finished segment at 877/7D000000 (timeline 1)
2025-10-01 14:32:06,925 [88969] barman.server INFO: Received file '00000001000008770000007C' with checksum 'c02177ffdf8bfcc4c4a7e035ace8d94fd712a99391ea433af6632515dee2c9ef' by put-wal for server 'pg_live' (SSH host: 192.163.1.33)
2025-10-01 14:32:07,484 [88974] barman.server INFO: Received file '000000010000087700000073.000A3A48.backup' with checksum 'f341773294492744145c8e734e13943eb3075ea8cba65542f6cef645e1827ad7' by put-wal for server 'pg_live' (SSH host: 192.163.1.33)
2025-10-01 14:32:08,112 [86549] barman.backup_executor INFO: NOTICE: all required WAL segments have been archived
2025-10-01 14:32:08,157 [86549] barman.backup_executor INFO: pg_basebackup: syncing data to disk ...
2025-10-01 14:32:08,500 [86549] barman.backup_executor INFO: pg_basebackup: renaming backup_manifest.tmp to backup_manifest
2025-10-01 14:32:08,500 [86549] barman.backup_executor INFO: pg_basebackup: base backup completed
2025-10-01 14:32:08,501 [86549] barman.backup_executor INFO:
2025-10-01 14:32:08,502 [86549] barman.backup_executor INFO: Copy done (time: 1 hour, 24 minutes, 36 seconds)
2025-10-01 14:32:08,516 [86549] barman.backup_executor INFO: Finalising the backup.
2025-10-01 14:32:09,180 [86549] barman.postgres INFO: Restore point 'barman_20251001T130732' successfully created
2025-10-01 14:32:09,284 [86549] barman.backup INFO: Backup size: 230.9 GiB
2025-10-01 14:32:09,284 [86549] barman.backup INFO: Backup end at LSN: 877/7D028970 (00000001000008770000007D, 00028970)
2025-10-01 14:32:09,285 [86549] barman.backup INFO: Backup completed (start time: 2025-10-01 13:07:32.348089, elapsed time: 1 hour, 24 minutes, 36 seconds)
2025-10-01 14:32:09,305 [86549] barman.wal_archiver INFO: Found 19 xlog segments from streaming for pg_live. Archive a batch of 18 segments in this run.
2025-10-01 14:32:09,305 [86549] barman.wal_archiver INFO: Archiving segment 1 of 18 from streaming: pg_live/00000001000008770000006B
2025-10-01 14:32:09,306 [86549] barman.wal_archiver INFO: Archiving segment 2 of 18 from streaming: pg_live/00000001000008770000006C
2025-10-01 14:32:09,306 [86549] barman.wal_archiver INFO: Archiving segment 3 of 18 from streaming: pg_live/00000001000008770000006D
2025-10-01 14:32:09,307 [86549] barman.wal_archiver INFO: Archiving segment 4 of 18 from streaming: pg_live/00000001000008770000006E
2025-10-01 14:32:09,307 [86549] barman.wal_archiver INFO: Archiving segment 5 of 18 from streaming: pg_live/00000001000008770000006F
2025-10-01 14:32:09,308 [86549] barman.wal_archiver INFO: Archiving segment 6 of 18 from streaming: pg_live/000000010000087700000070
2025-10-01 14:32:09,309 [86549] barman.wal_archiver INFO: Archiving segment 7 of 18 from streaming: pg_live/000000010000087700000071
2025-10-01 14:32:09,309 [86549] barman.wal_archiver INFO: Archiving segment 8 of 18 from streaming: pg_live/000000010000087700000072
2025-10-01 14:32:09,310 [86549] barman.wal_archiver INFO: Archiving segment 9 of 18 from streaming: pg_live/000000010000087700000073
2025-10-01 14:32:09,310 [86549] barman.wal_archiver INFO: Archiving segment 10 of 18 from streaming: pg_live/000000010000087700000074
2025-10-01 14:32:09,311 [86549] barman.wal_archiver INFO: Archiving segment 11 of 18 from streaming: pg_live/000000010000087700000075
2025-10-01 14:32:09,312 [86549] barman.wal_archiver INFO: Archiving segment 12 of 18 from streaming: pg_live/000000010000087700000076
2025-10-01 14:32:09,313 [86549] barman.wal_archiver INFO: Archiving segment 13 of 18 from streaming: pg_live/000000010000087700000077
2025-10-01 14:32:09,319 [86549] barman.wal_archiver INFO: Archiving segment 14 of 18 from streaming: pg_live/000000010000087700000078
2025-10-01 14:32:09,320 [86549] barman.wal_archiver INFO: Archiving segment 15 of 18 from streaming: pg_live/000000010000087700000079
2025-10-01 14:32:09,321 [86549] barman.wal_archiver INFO: Archiving segment 16 of 18 from streaming: pg_live/00000001000008770000007A
2025-10-01 14:32:09,322 [86549] barman.wal_archiver INFO: Archiving segment 17 of 18 from streaming: pg_live/00000001000008770000007B
2025-10-01 14:32:09,322 [86549] barman.wal_archiver INFO: Archiving segment 18 of 18 from streaming: pg_live/00000001000008770000007C
2025-10-01 14:32:09,495 [1038] barman.command_wrappers INFO: pg_live: pg_receivewal: finished segment at 877/7E000000 (timeline 1)
2025-10-01 14:32:09,713 [88978] barman.server INFO: Received file '00000001000008770000007D' with checksum '9ba975df7c70490bef41aef9897650a01470d3a19c87a5302c89e5de701051cc' by put-wal for server 'pg_live' (SSH host: 192.163.1.33)
2025-10-01 14:32:16,878 [86549] barman.wal_archiver INFO: Found 1120 xlog segments from file archival for pg_live. Archive all segments in one run.
2025-10-01 14:32:16,878 [86549] barman.wal_archiver INFO: Archiving segment 1 of 1120 from file archival: pg_live/00000001000008730000001F
2025-10-01 14:32:16,911 [86549] barman.cli ERROR: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xcd in position 61: invalid continuation byte
See log file for more details.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/opt/macports-bin-pkg-version/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.13/lib/python3.13/site-packages/barman/cli.py", line 2673, in main
args.func(args)
~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^
File "/opt/macports-bin-pkg-version/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.13/lib/python3.13/site-packages/barman/cli.py", line 609, in backup
server.backup(
~~~~~~~~~~~~~^
wait=args.wait,
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
...<2 lines>...
**incremental_kwargs,
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
)
^
File "/opt/macports-bin-pkg-version/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.13/lib/python3.13/site-packages/barman/server.py", line 1817, in backup
self.archive_wal(verbose=False)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/opt/macports-bin-pkg-version/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.13/lib/python3.13/site-packages/barman/server.py", line 3069, in archive_wal
self.backup_manager.archive_wal(verbose)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^
File "/opt/macports-bin-pkg-version/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.13/lib/python3.13/site-packages/barman/backup.py", line 1201, in archive_wal
archiver.archive(verbose)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^
File "/opt/macports-bin-pkg-version/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.13/lib/python3.13/site-packages/barman/wal_archiver.py", line 189, in archive
self.archive_wal(compressor, encryption, wal_info)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/opt/macports-bin-pkg-version/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.13/lib/python3.13/site-packages/barman/wal_archiver.py", line 294, in archive_wal
dst_info = self.backup_manager.get_wal_file_info(dst_file)
File "/opt/macports-bin-pkg-version/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.13/lib/python3.13/site-packages/barman/backup.py", line 1931, in get_wal_file_info
return WalFileInfo.from_file(
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^
filename,
^^^^^^^^^
...<2 lines>...
encryption_manager=self.encryption_manager,
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
)
^
File "/opt/macports-bin-pkg-version/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.13/lib/python3.13/site-packages/barman/infofile.py", line 416, in from_file
kwargs["encryption"] = encryption_manager.identify_encryption(filename)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^
File "/opt/macports-bin-pkg-version/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.13/lib/python3.13/site-packages/barman/encryption.py", line 319, in identify_encryption
if klass.recognize_encryption(filename):
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^
File "/opt/macports-bin-pkg-version/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.13/lib/python3.13/site-packages/barman/encryption.py", line 215, in recognize_encryption
process = subprocess.run(
["file", "--brief", filename],
...<3 lines>...
text=True,
)
File "/opt/macports-bin-pkg-version/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.13/lib/python3.13/subprocess.py", line 556, in run
stdout, stderr = process.communicate(input, timeout=timeout)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/opt/macports-bin-pkg-version/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.13/lib/python3.13/subprocess.py", line 1222, in communicate
stdout, stderr = self._communicate(input, endtime, timeout)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/opt/macports-bin-pkg-version/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.13/lib/python3.13/subprocess.py", line 2169, in _communicate
stdout = self._translate_newlines(stdout,
self.stdout.encoding,
self.stdout.errors)
File "/opt/macports-bin-pkg-version/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.13/lib/python3.13/subprocess.py", line 1099, in _translate_newlines
data = data.decode(encoding, errors)
UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xcd in position 61: invalid continuation byte
2025-10-01 14:32:19,179 [88999] barman.wal_archiver INFO: Found 2 xlog segments from streaming for pg_live. Archive a batch of 1 segments in this run.
2025-10-01 14:32:19,180 [88999] barman.wal_archiver INFO: Archiving segment 1 of 1 from streaming: pg_live/00000001000008770000007D
2025-10-01 14:32:19,206 [88999] barman.wal_archiver INFO: Found 1121 xlog segments from file archival for pg_live. Archive all segments in one run.
2025-10-01 14:32:19,206 [88999] barman.wal_archiver INFO: Archiving segment 1 of 1121 from file archival: pg_live/00000001000008730000001F
2025-10-01 14:32:19,211 [88999] barman.cli ERROR: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xcd in position 61: invalid continuation byte
See log file for more details.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/opt/macports-bin-pkg-version/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.13/lib/python3.13/site-packages/barman/cli.py", line 2673, in main
args.func(args)
~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^
File "/opt/macports-bin-pkg-version/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.13/lib/python3.13/site-packages/barman/cli.py", line 1302, in restore
server.recover(
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^
backup_info,
^^^^^^^^^^^^
...<14 lines>...
**snapshot_kwargs,
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
)
^
File "/opt/macports-bin-pkg-version/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.13/lib/python3.13/site-packages/barman/server.py", line 2330, in recover
return self.backup_manager.recover(
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^
backup_info, dest, wal_dest, tablespaces, remote_command, **kwargs
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
)
^
File "/opt/macports-bin-pkg-version/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.13/lib/python3.13/site-packages/barman/backup.py", line 1104, in recover
self.server.archive_wal(verbose=False)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/opt/macports-bin-pkg-version/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.13/lib/python3.13/site-packages/barman/server.py", line 3069, in archive_wal
self.backup_manager.archive_wal(verbose)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^
File "/opt/macports-bin-pkg-version/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.13/lib/python3.13/site-packages/barman/backup.py", line 1201, in archive_wal
archiver.archive(verbose)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^
File "/opt/macports-bin-pkg-version/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.13/lib/python3.13/site-packages/barman/wal_archiver.py", line 189, in archive
self.archive_wal(compressor, encryption, wal_info)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/opt/macports-bin-pkg-version/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.13/lib/python3.13/site-packages/barman/wal_archiver.py", line 294, in archive_wal
dst_info = self.backup_manager.get_wal_file_info(dst_file)
File "/opt/macports-bin-pkg-version/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.13/lib/python3.13/site-packages/barman/backup.py", line 1931, in get_wal_file_info
return WalFileInfo.from_file(
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^
filename,
^^^^^^^^^
...<2 lines>...
encryption_manager=self.encryption_manager,
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
)
^
File "/opt/macports-bin-pkg-version/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.13/lib/python3.13/site-packages/barman/infofile.py", line 416, in from_file
kwargs["encryption"] = encryption_manager.identify_encryption(filename)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^
File "/opt/macports-bin-pkg-version/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.13/lib/python3.13/site-packages/barman/encryption.py", line 319, in identify_encryption
if klass.recognize_encryption(filename):
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^
File "/opt/macports-bin-pkg-version/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.13/lib/python3.13/site-packages/barman/encryption.py", line 215, in recognize_encryption
process = subprocess.run(
["file", "--brief", filename],
...<3 lines>...
text=True,
)
File "/opt/macports-bin-pkg-version/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.13/lib/python3.13/subprocess.py", line 556, in run
stdout, stderr = process.communicate(input, timeout=timeout)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/opt/macports-bin-pkg-version/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.13/lib/python3.13/subprocess.py", line 1222, in communicate
stdout, stderr = self._communicate(input, endtime, timeout)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/opt/macports-bin-pkg-version/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.13/lib/python3.13/subprocess.py", line 2169, in _communicate
stdout = self._translate_newlines(stdout,
self.stdout.encoding,
self.stdout.errors)
File "/opt/macports-bin-pkg-version/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.13/lib/python3.13/subprocess.py", line 1099, in _translate_newlines
data = data.decode(encoding, errors)
UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xcd in position 61: invalid continuation byte
2025-10-01 13:07:32,347 [86549] barman.backup_executor INFO: Backup start at LSN: 877/722BEA10 (000000010000087700000072, 002BEA10)
2025-10-01 13:07:32,347 [86549] barman.backup_executor INFO: Starting backup copy via pg_basebackup for 20251001T130732
2025-10-01 13:07:32,470 [86549] barman.backup_executor INFO: pg_basebackup: initiating base backup, waiting for checkpoint to complete
2025-10-01 13:07:32,945 [1038] barman.command_wrappers INFO: pg_live: pg_receivewal: finished segment at 877/73000000 (timeline 1)
2025-10-01 13:07:33,173 [86556] barman.server INFO: Received file '000000010000087700000072' with checksum '2d7047c48806c130083ab38511fc043d0cff188523ffe8e2ddc78eba2c9747b1' by put-wal for server 'pg_live' (SSH host: 192.163.1.33)
2025-10-01 13:08:37,775 [86549] barman.backup_executor INFO: pg_basebackup: checkpoint completed
2025-10-01 13:20:40,987 [1038] barman.command_wrappers INFO: pg_live: pg_receivewal: finished segment at 877/74000000 (timeline 1)
2025-10-01 13:20:41,740 [86911] barman.server INFO: Received file '000000010000087700000073' with checksum '34c5a48eefeeb2ef638800df059f343893c62e1bf8aaedc9ac83ceea753af510' by put-wal for server 'pg_live' (SSH host: 192.163.1.33)
2025-10-01 13:33:41,120 [1038] barman.command_wrappers INFO: pg_live: pg_receivewal: finished segment at 877/75000000 (timeline 1)
2025-10-01 13:33:41,922 [87282] barman.server INFO: Received file '000000010000087700000074' with checksum '651100cefb6fda953d63d1aa63070b088147f5792d75c60824ac87f930796475' by put-wal for server 'pg_live' (SSH host: 192.163.1.33)
2025-10-01 13:41:32,484 [1038] barman.command_wrappers INFO: pg_live: pg_receivewal: finished segment at 877/76000000 (timeline 1)
2025-10-01 13:41:33,238 [87500] barman.server INFO: Received file '000000010000087700000075' with checksum '522f7e8292e59feaeb3798436ed2e1425d31327dd5f1faefa8451841fc416f5a' by put-wal for server 'pg_live' (SSH host: 192.163.1.33)
2025-10-01 13:53:42,896 [1038] barman.command_wrappers INFO: pg_live: pg_receivewal: finished segment at 877/77000000 (timeline 1)
2025-10-01 13:53:43,717 [87865] barman.server INFO: Received file '000000010000087700000076' with checksum 'ae0e1241514c91f18ddb593ad0d415d03debf4d575f58b2067f6eb727da9f7fa' by put-wal for server 'pg_live' (SSH host: 192.163.1.33)
2025-10-01 14:03:54,506 [1038] barman.command_wrappers INFO: pg_live: pg_receivewal: finished segment at 877/78000000 (timeline 1)
2025-10-01 14:03:55,260 [88157] barman.server INFO: Received file '000000010000087700000077' with checksum 'f4278a55879823048a412daf5706c191f131c25cef74bc6da822163749495209' by put-wal for server 'pg_live' (SSH host: 192.163.1.33)
2025-10-01 14:08:44,749 [1038] barman.command_wrappers INFO: pg_live: pg_receivewal: finished segment at 877/79000000 (timeline 1)
2025-10-01 14:08:45,482 [88286] barman.server INFO: Received file '000000010000087700000078' with checksum 'e333b85556d11a31ed64971f927d0a2879e11caed3ef84c194b2a12f81ee9e93' by put-wal for server 'pg_live' (SSH host: 192.163.1.33)
2025-10-01 14:13:03,842 [1038] barman.command_wrappers INFO: pg_live: pg_receivewal: finished segment at 877/7A000000 (timeline 1)
2025-10-01 14:13:04,569 [88407] barman.server INFO: Received file '000000010000087700000079' with checksum '894d21f2c4b8b14056dc76ab17f06c00d22887098c2361d8c1957d4ca7d12c1c' by put-wal for server 'pg_live' (SSH host: 192.163.1.33)
2025-10-01 14:22:08,280 [1038] barman.command_wrappers INFO: pg_live: pg_receivewal: finished segment at 877/7B000000 (timeline 1)
2025-10-01 14:22:09,011 [88675] barman.server INFO: Received file '00000001000008770000007A' with checksum 'c83a65efdf9e60d2b8a3fa915ffc8ca737153fe6a12feca844cf9882d286bbd9' by put-wal for server 'pg_live' (SSH host: 192.163.1.33)
2025-10-01 14:28:19,708 [1038] barman.command_wrappers INFO: pg_live: pg_receivewal: finished segment at 877/7C000000 (timeline 1)
2025-10-01 14:28:20,095 [88858] barman.server INFO: Received file '00000001000008770000007B' with checksum '00d9fcce2e969f1fd7cff9afc8485def0372d0b0d7c9c529ac522bc368fdca02' by put-wal for server 'pg_live' (SSH host: 192.163.1.33)
2025-10-01 14:32:06,376 [1038] barman.command_wrappers INFO: pg_live: pg_receivewal: finished segment at 877/7D000000 (timeline 1)
2025-10-01 14:32:06,925 [88969] barman.server INFO: Received file '00000001000008770000007C' with checksum 'c02177ffdf8bfcc4c4a7e035ace8d94fd712a99391ea433af6632515dee2c9ef' by put-wal for server 'pg_live' (SSH host: 192.163.1.33)
2025-10-01 14:32:07,484 [88974] barman.server INFO: Received file '000000010000087700000073.000A3A48.backup' with checksum 'f341773294492744145c8e734e13943eb3075ea8cba65542f6cef645e1827ad7' by put-wal for server 'pg_live' (SSH host: 192.163.1.33)
2025-10-01 14:32:08,112 [86549] barman.backup_executor INFO: NOTICE: all required WAL segments have been archived
2025-10-01 14:32:08,157 [86549] barman.backup_executor INFO: pg_basebackup: syncing data to disk ...
2025-10-01 14:32:08,500 [86549] barman.backup_executor INFO: pg_basebackup: renaming backup_manifest.tmp to backup_manifest
2025-10-01 14:32:08,500 [86549] barman.backup_executor INFO: pg_basebackup: base backup completed
2025-10-01 14:32:08,501 [86549] barman.backup_executor INFO:
2025-10-01 14:32:08,502 [86549] barman.backup_executor INFO: Copy done (time: 1 hour, 24 minutes, 36 seconds)
2025-10-01 14:32:08,516 [86549] barman.backup_executor INFO: Finalising the backup.
2025-10-01 14:32:09,180 [86549] barman.postgres INFO: Restore point 'barman_20251001T130732' successfully created
2025-10-01 14:32:09,284 [86549] barman.backup INFO: Backup size: 230.9 GiB
2025-10-01 14:32:09,284 [86549] barman.backup INFO: Backup end at LSN: 877/7D028970 (00000001000008770000007D, 00028970)
2025-10-01 14:32:09,285 [86549] barman.backup INFO: Backup completed (start time: 2025-10-01 13:07:32.348089, elapsed time: 1 hour, 24 minutes, 36 seconds)
2025-10-01 14:32:09,305 [86549] barman.wal_archiver INFO: Found 19 xlog segments from streaming for pg_live. Archive a batch of 18 segments in this run.
2025-10-01 14:32:09,305 [86549] barman.wal_archiver INFO: Archiving segment 1 of 18 from streaming: pg_live/00000001000008770000006B
2025-10-01 14:32:09,306 [86549] barman.wal_archiver INFO: Archiving segment 2 of 18 from streaming: pg_live/00000001000008770000006C
2025-10-01 14:32:09,306 [86549] barman.wal_archiver INFO: Archiving segment 3 of 18 from streaming: pg_live/00000001000008770000006D
2025-10-01 14:32:09,307 [86549] barman.wal_archiver INFO: Archiving segment 4 of 18 from streaming: pg_live/00000001000008770000006E
2025-10-01 14:32:09,307 [86549] barman.wal_archiver INFO: Archiving segment 5 of 18 from streaming: pg_live/00000001000008770000006F
2025-10-01 14:32:09,308 [86549] barman.wal_archiver INFO: Archiving segment 6 of 18 from streaming: pg_live/000000010000087700000070
2025-10-01 14:32:09,309 [86549] barman.wal_archiver INFO: Archiving segment 7 of 18 from streaming: pg_live/000000010000087700000071
2025-10-01 14:32:09,309 [86549] barman.wal_archiver INFO: Archiving segment 8 of 18 from streaming: pg_live/000000010000087700000072
2025-10-01 14:32:09,310 [86549] barman.wal_archiver INFO: Archiving segment 9 of 18 from streaming: pg_live/000000010000087700000073
2025-10-01 14:32:09,310 [86549] barman.wal_archiver INFO: Archiving segment 10 of 18 from streaming: pg_live/000000010000087700000074
2025-10-01 14:32:09,311 [86549] barman.wal_archiver INFO: Archiving segment 11 of 18 from streaming: pg_live/000000010000087700000075
2025-10-01 14:32:09,312 [86549] barman.wal_archiver INFO: Archiving segment 12 of 18 from streaming: pg_live/000000010000087700000076
2025-10-01 14:32:09,313 [86549] barman.wal_archiver INFO: Archiving segment 13 of 18 from streaming: pg_live/000000010000087700000077
2025-10-01 14:32:09,319 [86549] barman.wal_archiver INFO: Archiving segment 14 of 18 from streaming: pg_live/000000010000087700000078
2025-10-01 14:32:09,320 [86549] barman.wal_archiver INFO: Archiving segment 15 of 18 from streaming: pg_live/000000010000087700000079
2025-10-01 14:32:09,321 [86549] barman.wal_archiver INFO: Archiving segment 16 of 18 from streaming: pg_live/00000001000008770000007A
2025-10-01 14:32:09,322 [86549] barman.wal_archiver INFO: Archiving segment 17 of 18 from streaming: pg_live/00000001000008770000007B
2025-10-01 14:32:09,322 [86549] barman.wal_archiver INFO: Archiving segment 18 of 18 from streaming: pg_live/00000001000008770000007C
2025-10-01 14:32:09,495 [1038] barman.command_wrappers INFO: pg_live: pg_receivewal: finished segment at 877/7E000000 (timeline 1)
2025-10-01 14:32:09,713 [88978] barman.server INFO: Received file '00000001000008770000007D' with checksum '9ba975df7c70490bef41aef9897650a01470d3a19c87a5302c89e5de701051cc' by put-wal for server 'pg_live' (SSH host: 192.163.1.33)
2025-10-01 14:32:16,878 [86549] barman.wal_archiver INFO: Found 1120 xlog segments from file archival for pg_live. Archive all segments in one run.
2025-10-01 14:32:16,878 [86549] barman.wal_archiver INFO: Archiving segment 1 of 1120 from file archival: pg_live/00000001000008730000001F
2025-10-01 14:32:16,911 [86549] barman.cli ERROR: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xcd in position 61: invalid continuation byte
See log file for more details.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/opt/macports-bin-pkg-version/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.13/lib/python3.13/site-packages/barman/cli.py", line 2673, in main
args.func(args)
~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^
File "/opt/macports-bin-pkg-version/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.13/lib/python3.13/site-packages/barman/cli.py", line 609, in backup
server.backup(
~~~~~~~~~~~~~^
wait=args.wait,
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
...<2 lines>...
**incremental_kwargs,
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
)
^
File "/opt/macports-bin-pkg-version/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.13/lib/python3.13/site-packages/barman/server.py", line 1817, in backup
self.archive_wal(verbose=False)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/opt/macports-bin-pkg-version/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.13/lib/python3.13/site-packages/barman/server.py", line 3069, in archive_wal
self.backup_manager.archive_wal(verbose)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^
File "/opt/macports-bin-pkg-version/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.13/lib/python3.13/site-packages/barman/backup.py", line 1201, in archive_wal
archiver.archive(verbose)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^
File "/opt/macports-bin-pkg-version/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.13/lib/python3.13/site-packages/barman/wal_archiver.py", line 189, in archive
self.archive_wal(compressor, encryption, wal_info)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/opt/macports-bin-pkg-version/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.13/lib/python3.13/site-packages/barman/wal_archiver.py", line 294, in archive_wal
dst_info = self.backup_manager.get_wal_file_info(dst_file)
File "/opt/macports-bin-pkg-version/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.13/lib/python3.13/site-packages/barman/backup.py", line 1931, in get_wal_file_info
return WalFileInfo.from_file(
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^
filename,
^^^^^^^^^
...<2 lines>...
encryption_manager=self.encryption_manager,
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
)
^
File "/opt/macports-bin-pkg-version/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.13/lib/python3.13/site-packages/barman/infofile.py", line 416, in from_file
kwargs["encryption"] = encryption_manager.identify_encryption(filename)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^
File "/opt/macports-bin-pkg-version/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.13/lib/python3.13/site-packages/barman/encryption.py", line 319, in identify_encryption
if klass.recognize_encryption(filename):
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^
File "/opt/macports-bin-pkg-version/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.13/lib/python3.13/site-packages/barman/encryption.py", line 215, in recognize_encryption
process = subprocess.run(
["file", "--brief", filename],
...<3 lines>...
text=True,
)
File "/opt/macports-bin-pkg-version/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.13/lib/python3.13/subprocess.py", line 556, in run
stdout, stderr = process.communicate(input, timeout=timeout)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/opt/macports-bin-pkg-version/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.13/lib/python3.13/subprocess.py", line 1222, in communicate
stdout, stderr = self._communicate(input, endtime, timeout)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/opt/macports-bin-pkg-version/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.13/lib/python3.13/subprocess.py", line 2169, in _communicate
stdout = self._translate_newlines(stdout,
self.stdout.encoding,
self.stdout.errors)
File "/opt/macports-bin-pkg-version/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.13/lib/python3.13/subprocess.py", line 1099, in _translate_newlines
data = data.decode(encoding, errors)
UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xcd in position 61: invalid continuation byte
2025-10-01 14:32:19,179 [88999] barman.wal_archiver INFO: Found 2 xlog segments from streaming for pg_live. Archive a batch of 1 segments in this run.
2025-10-01 14:32:19,180 [88999] barman.wal_archiver INFO: Archiving segment 1 of 1 from streaming: pg_live/00000001000008770000007D
2025-10-01 14:32:19,206 [88999] barman.wal_archiver INFO: Found 1121 xlog segments from file archival for pg_live. Archive all segments in one run.
2025-10-01 14:32:19,206 [88999] barman.wal_archiver INFO: Archiving segment 1 of 1121 from file archival: pg_live/00000001000008730000001F
2025-10-01 14:32:19,211 [88999] barman.cli ERROR: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xcd in position 61: invalid continuation byte
See log file for more details.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/opt/macports-bin-pkg-version/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.13/lib/python3.13/site-packages/barman/cli.py", line 2673, in main
args.func(args)
~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^
File "/opt/macports-bin-pkg-version/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.13/lib/python3.13/site-packages/barman/cli.py", line 1302, in restore
server.recover(
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^
backup_info,
^^^^^^^^^^^^
...<14 lines>...
**snapshot_kwargs,
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
)
^
File "/opt/macports-bin-pkg-version/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.13/lib/python3.13/site-packages/barman/server.py", line 2330, in recover
return self.backup_manager.recover(
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^
backup_info, dest, wal_dest, tablespaces, remote_command, **kwargs
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
)
^
File "/opt/macports-bin-pkg-version/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.13/lib/python3.13/site-packages/barman/backup.py", line 1104, in recover
self.server.archive_wal(verbose=False)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/opt/macports-bin-pkg-version/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.13/lib/python3.13/site-packages/barman/server.py", line 3069, in archive_wal
self.backup_manager.archive_wal(verbose)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^
File "/opt/macports-bin-pkg-version/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.13/lib/python3.13/site-packages/barman/backup.py", line 1201, in archive_wal
archiver.archive(verbose)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^
File "/opt/macports-bin-pkg-version/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.13/lib/python3.13/site-packages/barman/wal_archiver.py", line 189, in archive
self.archive_wal(compressor, encryption, wal_info)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/opt/macports-bin-pkg-version/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.13/lib/python3.13/site-packages/barman/wal_archiver.py", line 294, in archive_wal
dst_info = self.backup_manager.get_wal_file_info(dst_file)
File "/opt/macports-bin-pkg-version/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.13/lib/python3.13/site-packages/barman/backup.py", line 1931, in get_wal_file_info
return WalFileInfo.from_file(
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^
filename,
^^^^^^^^^
...<2 lines>...
encryption_manager=self.encryption_manager,
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
)
^
File "/opt/macports-bin-pkg-version/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.13/lib/python3.13/site-packages/barman/infofile.py", line 416, in from_file
kwargs["encryption"] = encryption_manager.identify_encryption(filename)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^
File "/opt/macports-bin-pkg-version/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.13/lib/python3.13/site-packages/barman/encryption.py", line 319, in identify_encryption
if klass.recognize_encryption(filename):
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^
File "/opt/macports-bin-pkg-version/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.13/lib/python3.13/site-packages/barman/encryption.py", line 215, in recognize_encryption
process = subprocess.run(
["file", "--brief", filename],
...<3 lines>...
text=True,
)
File "/opt/macports-bin-pkg-version/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.13/lib/python3.13/subprocess.py", line 556, in run
stdout, stderr = process.communicate(input, timeout=timeout)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/opt/macports-bin-pkg-version/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.13/lib/python3.13/subprocess.py", line 1222, in communicate
stdout, stderr = self._communicate(input, endtime, timeout)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/opt/macports-bin-pkg-version/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.13/lib/python3.13/subprocess.py", line 2169, in _communicate
stdout = self._translate_newlines(stdout,
self.stdout.encoding,
self.stdout.errors)
File "/opt/macports-bin-pkg-version/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.13/lib/python3.13/subprocess.py", line 1099, in _translate_newlines
data = data.decode(encoding, errors)
UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xcd in position 61: invalid continuation byte
Andre Marchesini De Aguiar
Oct 1, 2025, 10:19:00 AM (9 days ago) Oct 1
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Hi Stan,
Thank you for reaching out and for bringing this issue to our attention! I had a look, and the problem seems to occur in this part of the code:
process = subprocess.run( ["file", "--brief"
, filename], stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE, check=True, text=True, # <-- this is what triggers the issue )
The text=True option tells Python to decode the raw bytes from stdout into a string using the system’s default encoding. On macOS this is usually UTF-8. However, the output of the file command is not guaranteed to be valid UTF-8. If the file name or its content contains certain bytes (such as 0xCD in your case), decoding fails with a UnicodeDecodeError.
To address this, you could try one of the following adjustments in barman/encryption.py, specifically inside the GPGEncryption.recognize_encryption method:
Option 1 (recommended): Use surrogateescape so invalid bytes are preserved safely.
process = subprocess.run( ["file", "--brief"
, filename], stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE, check=True, text=True, errors="surrogateescape", # robust on macOS and Linux ) output = process.stdout.upper()
Option 2: Read raw bytes and decode manually with a fallback.
process = subprocess.run( ["file", "--brief"
, filename], stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE, check=True, ) # Decode with replacement to avoid crashes output = process.stdout.decode("utf-8", errors="replace").upper()
If either of these resolves the issue for you, it would be great if you could open a pull request with the fix and contribute it back to the project. Your input would definitely help improve Barman for other macOS users as well.
Thanks again for reporting this, and please let us know how it goes!
Best regards,
Andre
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Stan
Oct 2, 2025, 5:11:14 AM (8 days ago) Oct 2
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Hi Andre,
Thank you for your reply. We have implemented your first suggestion and that fixes our problem.
My colleague has reported it on the Barman GitHub page.
Kind regards,
Stan
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