Messageservice; (Cannot publish Array, can only accept valid UTF-8 characters.)

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Hello! I am making a cross chatting game, I tried using a dictionary, told me it’s unable to publish that, I tried to index it, failed to work, tried searching for the problem for 10 minutes, didn’t work.

ERROR:
Cannot publish Array, can only accept valid UTF-8 characters.

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SubscribeAsync code:

local MS = game:GetService("MessagingService")

task.wait()

MS:SubscribeAsync("ChatEvent", function(msg)
	local decoded = msg.Data
	if typeof(decoded[1]) == "string" and typeof(decoded[2]) == "Instance" and decoded[2].ClassName == "Player" then
		if script:FindFirstChild("ChatFrame") then
			local content = script:FindFirstChild("ChatFrame"):Clone()
			local success, result = pcall(function()
				local c, isr = game.Players:GetUserThumbnailAsync(decoded[2].UserId, Enum.ThumbnailType.HeadShot, Enum.ThumbnailSize.Size60x60)
				if isr then
					return c
				else
					return "error"
				end
			end)
			if success then
				if result then
					if result ~= "error" then
						pcall(function()
							content.AuthorPic.Image = result
							content.Author.Text = decoded[2].Name
						end)
						local s, r = pcall(function()
							local filtered = game:GetService("Chat"):FilterStringForBroadcast(tostring(decoded[1], decoded[2]))
							if typeof(filtered) == "string" then
								return filtered
							end
						end)
						if s then
							pcall(function()
								content.Chat.Text = r
							end)
						end
					end
					for i,v in pairs(game.Players:GetDescendants()) do
						if v.ClassName == "ScrollingFrame" and v.Parent.Name == "ChatHolder" and v.Parent.ClassName == "Frame" and v.Parent.Parent.Name == "PrimaryChat" then
							content.Name =	decoded[2].Name
							content.Parent = v
						end
					end
				end
			end
		end
	end
end)

Publish code:

local ratelimit = 0

script.Parent.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(plr, msg)
	if typeof(msg) == "string" and (typeof(plr) == "Instance" and plr ~= nil) then
		local txt = script.Parent.Parent
		ratelimit += 1
		if ratelimit >= 10 then
			txt.TextEditable = false
			txt.PlaceholderColor3 = Color3.fromRGB(255, 85, 0)
			txt.PlaceholderText = "You are being rate limited."
			task.wait(4)
			txt.TextEditable = true
			txt.PlaceholderColor3 = Color3.fromRGB(178, 178, 178)
			txt.PlaceholderText = "Chat..."
	else
		local success, result = pcall(function()
			game:GetService("MessagingService"):PublishAsync("ChatEvent", {[1] = tostring(msg), [2] = plr})
			txt.Text = ""
		end)
		if not success then
			if typeof(txt) == "Instance" and txt.ClassName == "TextBox" then
				txt.TextEditable = false
				txt.PlaceholderColor3 = Color3.fromRGB(255, 255, 0)
				txt.Text = ""
				txt.PlaceholderText = "ERROR! CHECK DEV CONSOLE FOR MORE INFO"
				warn([[
				===== ERROR =====
				
				TYPE: MESSAGE SEND FAIL
				EXECUTED: ]] .. os.time() .. [[
				
				PROCESS ERROR: PUBLISHASYNC FAILED
				
				
				ERROR:
				
				--
				
				]] .. result .. [[
				
				--
				
				ALERT DEVLEOPERS OR UPPER ABOUT THIS ISSUE.
				]])
				task.wait(4)
				txt.TextEditable = true
				txt.PlaceholderColor3 = Color3.fromRGB(178, 178, 178)
				txt.PlaceholderText = "Chat..."
				end
			end
		end
	end
end)

local ratedecrease = coroutine.wrap(function()
	while task.wait(1) do
		if ratelimit ~= 0 then
			ratelimit = ratelimit - 1
			task.wait(2)
		end
	end
end)
ratedecrease()
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The error is telling you that your array is incompatible because it contains entries that are not letters. plr is the reference to a player object in memory and it’s unnecessary to send an Instance object since it’s only a reference to that object, and MessageService won’t be recreating it on the other side. Use the player’s user ID or name.

Also I just noticed that your rate limit is global, meaning that a troll can ruin it for everyone. I would use a table like this.

local rateLimit = {}


.....

rateLimit[plr] += 1
if rateLimit[plr] >= 10

And then just add/remove each player in the table when they join or leave.

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