From 63dd687d73a7b05cdee74aa0cb82c3bb55554579 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Egbert Bouman <ebouman@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2024 15:43:29 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Fix is_bencoded

---
 src/tribler/core/tunnel/community.py | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/tribler/core/tunnel/community.py b/src/tribler/core/tunnel/community.py
index 06ad145a46..5f03ef6ddd 100644
--- a/src/tribler/core/tunnel/community.py
+++ b/src/tribler/core/tunnel/community.py
@@ -51,7 +51,13 @@ def is_bencoded(x: bytes) -> bool:
     """
     Returns True is x appears to be valid bencoded byte string.
     """
-    return bdecode(x) is not None
+    if not isinstance(x, bytes):
+        raise ValueError('Value should be of bytes type. Got: %s' % type(x).__name__)
+    try:
+        decoded = bdecode(x)
+    except RuntimeError:
+        decoded = None
+    return decoded is not None
 
 
 class TriblerTunnelSettings(HiddenTunnelSettings):