Capsule synchronization fails with error "cadata should be an ASCII string or a bytes-like object"

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Issue

  • Any new Red Hat Capsule synchronization or Complete Sync of an existing server fails\stops with the following warning message:

    Error: cadata should be an ASCII string or a bytes-like object
cadata should be an ASCII string or a bytes-like object

Environment

  • Red Hat Satellite 6.11 and later
  • Red Hat Capsule 6.11 and later

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