Fixes #148

.github/workflows/go_dev.yml

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # This workflow will build a golang project
 # For more information see: https://docs.github.com/en/actions/automating-builds-and-tests/building-and-testing-go
 
-name: "Merlin Server - Scan, Build, & Test: Development Work"
+name: "Scan, Build, & Test: Development Work"
 
 on:
   push:

.github/workflows/go_main.yml

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # This workflow will build a golang project
 # For more information see: https://docs.github.com/en/actions/automating-builds-and-tests/building-and-testing-go
 
-name: "Merlin Server - Scan, Build, & Test: Main"
+name: "Scan, Build, & Test: Main"
 
 on:
   push:

docs/CHANGELOG.MD

@@ -4,6 +4,12 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/)
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## 2.1.0 - 2023-12-14
+
+### Fixed
+
+- [Issue 148](https://github.com/Ne0nd0g/merlin/issues/148) - Validate & encode gRPC messages to UTF-8
+
 ## 2.0.0 - 2023-11-05
 
 ### Added

pkg/merlin.go

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ along with Merlin.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 package merlin
 
 // Version is a constant variable containing the version number for the Merlin package
-const Version = "2.0.0"
+const Version = "2.1.0"
 
 // Build is a hash off the git commit and is stamped it at compile time
 var Build = "nonRelease"

pkg/services/rpc/rpc.go

@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
+	"unicode/utf8"
 
 	// 3rd Party
 	"github.com/google/uuid"
@@ -367,7 +368,7 @@ func (s *Service) SendClientMessage(msg *message.Message) {
 func NewPBErrorMessage(err error) *pb.Message {
 	return &pb.Message{
 		Level:     pb.MessageLevel_WARN,
-		Message:   err.Error(),
+		Message:   validUTF8(err.Error()),
 		Timestamp: time.Now().UTC().Format(time.RFC3339),
 		Error:     true,
 	}
@@ -377,7 +378,7 @@ func NewPBErrorMessage(err error) *pb.Message {
 func NewPBSuccessMessage(msg string) *pb.Message {
 	return &pb.Message{
 		Level:     pb.MessageLevel_SUCCESS,
-		Message:   msg,
+		Message:   validUTF8(msg),
 		Timestamp: time.Now().UTC().Format(time.RFC3339),
 	}
 }
@@ -386,7 +387,7 @@ func NewPBSuccessMessage(msg string) *pb.Message {
 func NewPBNoteMessage(msg string) *pb.Message {
 	return &pb.Message{
 		Level:     pb.MessageLevel_NOTE,
-		Message:   msg,
+		Message:   validUTF8(msg),
 		Timestamp: time.Now().UTC().Format(time.RFC3339),
 	}
 }
@@ -395,7 +396,7 @@ func NewPBNoteMessage(msg string) *pb.Message {
 func NewPBInfoMessage(msg string) *pb.Message {
 	return &pb.Message{
 		Level:     pb.MessageLevel_INFO,
-		Message:   msg,
+		Message:   validUTF8(msg),
 		Timestamp: time.Now().UTC().Format(time.RFC3339),
 	}
 }
@@ -404,7 +405,7 @@ func NewPBInfoMessage(msg string) *pb.Message {
 func NewPBPlainMessage(msg string) *pb.Message {
 	return &pb.Message{
 		Level:     pb.MessageLevel_PLAIN,
-		Message:   msg,
+		Message:   validUTF8(msg),
 		Timestamp: time.Now().UTC().Format(time.RFC3339),
 	}
 }
@@ -413,7 +414,7 @@ func NewPBPlainMessage(msg string) *pb.Message {
 func NewPBWarnMessage(msg string) *pb.Message {
 	return &pb.Message{
 		Level:     pb.MessageLevel_WARN,
-		Message:   msg,
+		Message:   validUTF8(msg),
 		Timestamp: time.Now().UTC().Format(time.RFC3339),
 	}
 }
@@ -439,12 +440,25 @@ func NewPBMessageFromMessage(msg *message.Message) *pb.Message {
 	}
 	return &pb.Message{
 		Level:     level,
-		Message:   msg.Message(),
+		Message:   validUTF8(msg.Message()),
 		Timestamp: msg.Time().UTC().Format(time.RFC3339),
 		Error:     msg.Error(),
 	}
 }
 
+// validUTF8 ensures the string contains valid UTF-8 and replaces invalid characters with the '�' character
+// gRPC messages must be valid UTF-8
+func validUTF8(s string) string {
+	// Ensure the message is a valid UTF-8 string
+	if utf8.ValidString(s) {
+		return s
+	}
+	return fmt.Sprintf(
+		"\n*** The message contained invalid UTF-8 that was replaced with the '�' character ***\n\n%s",
+		strings.ToValidUTF8(s, "�"),
+	)
+}
+
 // getTLSConfig creates a new TLS configuration for the RPC service
 func getTLSConfig(secure bool, tlsKey, tlsCert, tlsCA string) (*tls.Config, error) {
 	slog.Debug("entering into function", "secure", secure, "tlsKey", tlsKey, "tlsCert", tlsCert)