Why is Automation Controller reporting "cryptography.fernet.InvalidToken" error message?

Issue

• Issue occurs soon after maintenance (upgrade, server reboot, etc)

• Automation Controller reporting the following error message

  Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/var/lib/awx/venv/awx/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/awx/main/utils/encryption.py", line 159, in decrypt_field
    return smart_str(decrypt_value(key, value))
  File "/var/lib/awx/venv/awx/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/awx/main/utils/encryption.py", line 136, in decrypt_value
    value = f.decrypt(encrypted)
  File "/var/lib/awx/venv/awx/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/cryptography/fernet.py", line 86, in decrypt
    timestamp, data = Fernet._get_unverified_token_data(token)
  File "/var/lib/awx/venv/awx/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/cryptography/fernet.py", line 119, in _get_unverified_token_data
    raise InvalidToken
  cryptography.fernet.InvalidToken