From 5508f4bc5411afddac764155c53ca6a87790e532 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Teknium <127238744+teknium1@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2026 07:51:31 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] fix(cli): utf-8 decode for whatsapp-bridge npm install
 capture (sibling of #43790)

---
 hermes_cli/main.py | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/hermes_cli/main.py b/hermes_cli/main.py
index 35e0d6370b6..5744d8a9e39 100644
--- a/hermes_cli/main.py
+++ b/hermes_cli/main.py
@@ -2419,6 +2419,8 @@ def cmd_whatsapp(args):
                 stdout=subprocess.DEVNULL,
                 stderr=subprocess.PIPE,
                 text=True,
+                encoding="utf-8",
+                errors="replace",
             )
         except KeyboardInterrupt:
             print("\n  ✗ Install cancelled")