Prevent crash when decoding binary multipart request bodies#9680
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I think this looks great; thanks much!
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Fixes #9626
DevTools previously attempted to decode all request and response
bodies using utf8.decode(), which throws a FormatException when
binary data (e.g., multipart file uploads such as PDFs) is encountered.
This change:
• Adds defensive UTF-8 decoding for UI display
• Caches a descriptive placeholder for non-text binary bodies
• Preserves raw byte buffers for accurate HAR export
• Ensures binary bodies are Base64 encoded in HAR output
with the required encoding: "base64" field (HAR 1.2 spec)
Valid UTF-8 responses are unaffected.
This prevents the Network screen from hanging when viewing
multipart requests containing binary payloads while maintaining
correct export behavior.