Fixes type error when decoding invalid Netconf data

Fixes issue #1254
Juniper · Aug 1, 2023 · 3a5060f · 3a5060f
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commit 3a5060f
Showing 1 changed file with 4 additions and 1 deletion.
diff --git a/lib/jnpr/junos/transport/tty_netconf.py b/lib/jnpr/junos/transport/tty_netconf.py
@@ -69,7 +69,10 @@ def open(self, at_shell):
             raise RuntimeError("Error: netconf not responding")
 
         self.hello = self._receive()
-        self._session_id, _ = HelloHandler.parse(self.hello.decode("utf-8"))
+        self._session_id, _ = HelloHandler.parse(
+            self.hello.decode("utf-8") if isinstance(self.hello, bytes)
+            else self.hello
+        )
 
     def close(self, force=False):
         """issue the XML API to close the session"""