converting bytes to UTF-8 string. error=invalid utf-8

[StefanSa]

Hi there,
sporadically get this error message for source "syslog":

022-01-04T14:10:32.047522Z  INFO vector::app: API is disabled, enable by setting `api.enabled` to `true` and use commands like `vector top`.
^@^@2022-01-04T14:13:36.684758Z ERROR source{component_kind="source" component_id=syslog component_type=syslog component_name=syslog}: vector::internal_events::syslog: Error converting bytes to UTF-8 string. error=invalid utf-8 sequence of 1 bytes from index 1657 internal_log_rate_secs=10
2022-01-04T14:13:36.684827Z  WARN source{component_kind="source" component_id=syslog component_type=syslog component_name=syslog}: vector::internal_events::decoder: Failed deserializing frame. error=invalid utf-8 sequence of 1 bytes from index 1657 internal_log_rate_secs=10
2022-01-04T14:13:36.684849Z ERROR source{component_kind="source" component_id=syslog component_type=syslog component_name=syslog}: vector::internal_events::syslog: Error reading datagram. error=ParsingError(Utf8Error { valid_up_to: 1657, error_len: Some(1) }) internal_log_rate_secs=10
^@^@2022-01-04T14:15:26.539675Z ERROR source{component_kind="source" component_id=syslog component_type=syslog component_name=syslog}: vector::internal_events::syslog: Error converting bytes to UTF-8 string. error=invalid utf-8 sequence of 1 bytes from index 1642 internal_log_rate_secs=10
2022-01-04T14:15:26.539719Z  WARN source{component_kind="source" component_id=syslog component_type=syslog component_name=syslog}: vector::internal_events::decoder: Failed d

Is this a general network problem ?

[spencergilbert]

Hey there! I think this was recently reported here: #10571

[StefanSa]

@spencergilbert
Thanks for the info.