[BUG] Issue with beacon in saltstack

[wileynoelle]

Description

I am trying to test out creating a beacon and seem to getting a "An un-handled exception was caught by Salt's global exception handler" error.

Setup
(Please provide relevant configs and/or SLS files (be sure to remove sensitive info. There is no general set-up of Salt.)

Please be as specific as possible and give set-up details.

• [x ] on-prem machine
• [x ] VM (vmware sphere and pysical linux desktop)
• VM running on a cloud service, please be explicit and add details
• container (Kubernetes, Docker, containerd, etc. please specify)
• or a combination, please be explicit
• jails if it is FreeBSD
• classic packaging
• onedir packaging
• used bootstrap to install

Steps to Reproduce the behavior
(Include debug logs if possible and relevant)

/etc/salt/minion.d/disk.conf

beacons: diskusage: - /: 5% - interval: 60

__beacons_return {
"_stamp": "2024-08-19T15:45:14.797958",
"beacons": [
{
"beacon_name": "diskusage",
"data": {
"diskusage": 77.6,
"id": "hostname",
"mount": "/"
},
"tag": "salt/beacon/hostname/diskusage/"
}
]
}
[ERROR ] An un-handled exception was caught by Salt's global exception handler:
UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xf0 in position 1: invalid continuation byte
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/salt-call", line 11, in
sys.exit(salt_call())
File "/opt/saltstack/salt/lib/python3.10/site-packages/salt/scripts.py", line 444, in salt_call
client.run()
File "/opt/saltstack/salt/lib/python3.10/site-packages/salt/cli/call.py", line 50, in run
caller.run()
File "/opt/saltstack/salt/lib/python3.10/site-packages/salt/cli/caller.py", line 95, in run
ret = self.call()
File "/opt/saltstack/salt/lib/python3.10/site-packages/salt/cli/caller.py", line 200, in call
ret["return"] = self.minion.executors[fname](
File "/opt/saltstack/salt/lib/python3.10/site-packages/salt/loader/lazy.py", line 159, in call
ret = self.loader.run(run_func, *args, **kwargs)
File "/opt/saltstack/salt/lib/python3.10/site-packages/salt/loader/lazy.py", line 1245, in run
return self._last_context.run(self._run_as, _func_or_method, *args, **kwargs)
File "/opt/saltstack/salt/lib/python3.10/site-packages/salt/loader/lazy.py", line 1260, in _run_as
ret = _func_or_method(*args, **kwargs)
File "/opt/saltstack/salt/lib/python3.10/site-packages/salt/executors/direct_call.py", line 10, in execute
return func(*args, **kwargs)
File "/opt/saltstack/salt/lib/python3.10/site-packages/salt/loader/lazy.py", line 159, in call
ret = self.loader.run(run_func, *args, **kwargs)
File "/opt/saltstack/salt/lib/python3.10/site-packages/salt/loader/lazy.py", line 1245, in run
return self._last_context.run(self._run_as, _func_or_method, *args, **kwargs)
File "/opt/saltstack/salt/lib/python3.10/site-packages/salt/loader/lazy.py", line 1260, in _run_as
ret = _func_or_method(*args, **kwargs)
File "/opt/saltstack/salt/lib/python3.10/site-packages/salt/modules/state.py", line 2594, in event
salt.utils.data.decode(ret["data"]),
File "/opt/saltstack/salt/lib/python3.10/site-packages/salt/utils/data.py", line 252, in decode
return decode_dict(
File "/opt/saltstack/salt/lib/python3.10/site-packages/salt/utils/data.py", line 411, in decode_dict
value = decode(
File "/opt/saltstack/salt/lib/python3.10/site-packages/salt/utils/data.py", line 293, in decode
data = _decode_func(data, encoding, errors, normalize)
File "/opt/saltstack/salt/lib/python3.10/site-packages/salt/utils/stringutils.py", line 113, in to_unicode
return _normalize(to_str(s, encoding, errors))
File "/opt/saltstack/salt/lib/python3.10/site-packages/salt/utils/stringutils.py", line 89, in to_str
raise exc # pylint: disable=raising-bad-type
File "/opt/saltstack/salt/lib/python3.10/site-packages/salt/utils/stringutils.py", line 82, in to_str
return _normalize(s.decode(enc, errors))
UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xf0 in position 1: invalid continuation byte
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/salt-call", line 11, in
sys.exit(salt_call())
File "/opt/saltstack/salt/lib/python3.10/site-packages/salt/scripts.py", line 444, in salt_call
client.run()
File "/opt/saltstack/salt/lib/python3.10/site-packages/salt/cli/call.py", line 50, in run
caller.run()
File "/opt/saltstack/salt/lib/python3.10/site-packages/salt/cli/caller.py", line 95, in run
ret = self.call()
File "/opt/saltstack/salt/lib/python3.10/site-packages/salt/cli/caller.py", line 200, in call
ret["return"] = self.minion.executors[fname](
File "/opt/saltstack/salt/lib/python3.10/site-packages/salt/loader/lazy.py", line 159, in call
ret = self.loader.run(run_func, *args, **kwargs)
File "/opt/saltstack/salt/lib/python3.10/site-packages/salt/loader/lazy.py", line 1245, in run
return self._last_context.run(self._run_as, _func_or_method, *args, **kwargs)
File "/opt/saltstack/salt/lib/python3.10/site-packages/salt/loader/lazy.py", line 1260, in _run_as
ret = _func_or_method(*args, **kwargs)
File "/opt/saltstack/salt/lib/python3.10/site-packages/salt/executors/direct_call.py", line 10, in execute
return func(*args, **kwargs)
File "/opt/saltstack/salt/lib/python3.10/site-packages/salt/loader/lazy.py", line 159, in call
ret = self.loader.run(run_func, *args, **kwargs)
File "/opt/saltstack/salt/lib/python3.10/site-packages/salt/loader/lazy.py", line 1245, in run
return self._last_context.run(self._run_as, _func_or_method, *args, **kwargs)
File "/opt/saltstack/salt/lib/python3.10/site-packages/salt/loader/lazy.py", line 1260, in _run_as
ret = _func_or_method(*args, **kwargs)
File "/opt/saltstack/salt/lib/python3.10/site-packages/salt/modules/state.py", line 2594, in event
salt.utils.data.decode(ret["data"]),
File "/opt/saltstack/salt/lib/python3.10/site-packages/salt/utils/data.py", line 252, in decode
return decode_dict(
File "/opt/saltstack/salt/lib/python3.10/site-packages/salt/utils/data.py", line 411, in decode_dict
value = decode(
File "/opt/saltstack/salt/lib/python3.10/site-packages/salt/utils/data.py", line 293, in decode
data = _decode_func(data, encoding, errors, normalize)
File "/opt/saltstack/salt/lib/python3.10/site-packages/salt/utils/stringutils.py", line 113, in to_unicode
return _normalize(to_str(s, encoding, errors))
File "/opt/saltstack/salt/lib/python3.10/site-packages/salt/utils/stringutils.py", line 89, in to_str
raise exc # pylint: disable=raising-bad-type
File "/opt/saltstack/salt/lib/python3.10/site-packages/salt/utils/stringutils.py", line 82, in to_str
return _normalize(s.decode(enc, errors))
UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xf0 in position 1: invalid continuation byte

Expected behavior
__beacons_return {
"_stamp": "2024-08-19T15:45:14.797958",
"beacons": [
{
"beacon_name": "diskusage",
"data": {
"diskusage": 77.6,
"id": "hostname",
"mount": "/"
},
"tag": "salt/beacon/hostname/diskusage/"
}
]
}

Screenshots
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Versions Report

SERVER:
Salt Version:
Salt: 3006.9

Python Version:
Python: 3.10.14 (main, Jun 26 2024, 11:44:37) [GCC 11.2.0]

Dependency Versions:
cffi: 1.14.6
cherrypy: unknown
cryptography: 42.0.5
dateutil: 2.8.1
docker-py: Not Installed
gitdb: Not Installed
gitpython: Not Installed
Jinja2: 3.1.4
libgit2: 1.6.4
looseversion: 1.0.2
M2Crypto: Not Installed
Mako: Not Installed
msgpack: 1.0.2
msgpack-pure: Not Installed
mysql-python: Not Installed
packaging: 22.0
pycparser: 2.21
pycrypto: Not Installed
pycryptodome: 3.19.1
pygit2: 1.12.1
python-gnupg: 0.4.8
PyYAML: 6.0.1
PyZMQ: 23.2.0
relenv: 0.17.0
smmap: Not Installed
timelib: 0.2.4
Tornado: 4.5.3
ZMQ: 4.3.4

System Versions:
dist: ubuntu 22.04.4 jammy
locale: utf-8
machine: x86_64
release: 5.15.0-117-generic
system: Linux
version: Ubuntu 22.04.4 jammy

MINION:

Salt Version:
Salt: 3006.9

Python Version:
Python: 3.10.14 (main, Jun 26 2024, 11:44:37) [GCC 11.2.0]

Dependency Versions:
cffi: 1.14.6
cherrypy: 18.6.1
cryptography: 42.0.5
dateutil: 2.8.1
docker-py: Not Installed
gitdb: Not Installed
gitpython: Not Installed
Jinja2: 3.1.4
libgit2: Not Installed
looseversion: 1.0.2
M2Crypto: Not Installed
Mako: Not Installed
msgpack: 1.0.2
msgpack-pure: Not Installed
mysql-python: Not Installed
packaging: 22.0
pycparser: 2.21
pycrypto: Not Installed
pycryptodome: 3.19.1
pygit2: Not Installed
python-gnupg: 0.4.8
PyYAML: 6.0.1
PyZMQ: 23.2.0
relenv: 0.17.0
smmap: Not Installed
timelib: 0.2.4
Tornado: 4.5.3
ZMQ: 4.3.4

System Versions:
dist: ubuntu 20.04.6 focal
locale: utf-8
machine: x86_64
release: 5.15.0-107-generic
system: Linux
version: Ubuntu 20.04.6 focal

`beacons:
  diskusage:
    - /: 5%
    - interval: 60`

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