From a9cfb18968af803e39de215f74fbdfb0f9f298b9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Cristian Pufu <cristian.pufu@uipath.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2026 06:10:04 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix: reconfigure stdout/stderr to UTF-8 on Windows to prevent
 charmap encoding errors

---
 pyproject.toml              | 2 +-
 src/uipath/_cli/__init__.py | 7 +++++++
 uv.lock                     | 2 +-
 3 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 5487727d5..cb4ee4b9c 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "uipath"
-version = "2.9.14"
+version = "2.9.15"
 description = "Python SDK and CLI for UiPath Platform, enabling programmatic interaction with automation services, process management, and deployment tools."
 readme = { file = "README.md", content-type = "text/markdown" }
 requires-python = ">=3.11"
diff --git a/src/uipath/_cli/__init__.py b/src/uipath/_cli/__init__.py
index 9b33a450c..1c5ae464a 100644
--- a/src/uipath/_cli/__init__.py
+++ b/src/uipath/_cli/__init__.py
@@ -9,6 +9,13 @@
 from uipath._utils._logs import setup_logging
 from uipath._utils.constants import DOTENV_FILE
 
+# Windows console uses codepages (e.g. cp1252) that can't encode Unicode
+# characters used by Rich spinners (Braille) and emoji output.
+if sys.platform == "win32":
+    for _stream in (sys.stdout, sys.stderr):
+        if hasattr(_stream, "reconfigure"):
+            _stream.reconfigure(encoding="utf-8")
+
 # DO NOT ADD HEAVY IMPORTS HERE
 #
 # Every import at the top of this file runs on EVERY command.
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index 827bb27dd..e341d3500 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -2531,7 +2531,7 @@ wheels = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "uipath"
-version = "2.9.14"
+version = "2.9.15"
 source = { editable = "." }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "applicationinsights" },