Bug: "ERROR reading servers from file: decoding servers: invalid character '\x00' in string literal"

[Arson31]

Is this urgent?

Yes

Host OS

Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye)

CPU arch

aarch64

VPN service provider

TorGuard

What are you using to run the container

docker-compose

What is the version of Gluetun

Running version latest built on 2024-08-25T07:04:32.409Z (commit 01fa993)

What's the problem 🤔

Log displays "ERROR reading servers from file: decoding servers: invalid character '\x00' in string literal" then INFO Shutdown successful. The container restarts endlessly resulting the entire rest of the stack unusable.

Share your logs (at least 10 lines)

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=============== gluetun ================
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=========== Made with ❤️ by ============
======= https://github.com/qdm12 =======
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Running version latest built on 2024-08-25T07:04:32.409Z (commit 01fa993)

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💻 Email? quentin.mcgaw@gmail.com
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2024-09-17T23:12:58-05:00 INFO [routing] default route found: interface eth0, gateway 172.31.0.1, assigned IP 172.31.0.2 and family v4
2024-09-17T23:12:58-05:00 INFO [routing] local ethernet link found: eth0
2024-09-17T23:12:58-05:00 INFO [routing] local ipnet found: 172.31.0.0/16
2024-09-17T23:12:58-05:00 INFO [firewall] enabling...
2024-09-17T23:12:58-05:00 INFO [firewall] enabled successfully
2024-09-17T23:13:01-05:00 ERROR reading servers from file: decoding servers: invalid character '\x00' in string literal
2024-09-17T23:13:01-05:00 INFO Shutdown successful

Share your configuration

---
services:
  gluetun:
    image: qmcgaw/gluetun:latest
    container_name: gluetun
    environment:
      - PUID=998
      - PGID=100
      - TZ=America/Chicago
      - VPN_SERVICE_PROVIDER=torguard
      - OPENVPN_USER=######### #Change to YOUR Username
      - OPENVPN_PASSWORD=########## #Change to YOUR Password
      - OPENVPN_CIPHERS=aes-128-gcm
      - DOT_PROVIDERS=quad9,cloudflare,quadrant
      - UPDATER_PERIOD=24h
      - BLOCK_SURVEILLANCE=on
      - BLOCK_ADS=on

    volumes:
      - (folder path)/Config/Gluetun:/gluetun
    ports:
      - 8000:8000 #For Gluetun HTTP Control Server
    cap_add:
      - NET_ADMIN
    restart: unless-stopped

edit: removed content from docker-compose.yml unless asked otherwise.

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[Arson31]

Upon further investigation, this has been fixed by simply deleting the servers.json file in the configuration folder and have gluetun recreate the servers.json file. The container works as it should.

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