From 12ea56cfd659979ac3f0d982034153124d618fe0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: dbasunag <dbasunag@redhat.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2024 06:51:41 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] no need to decode if we have pipe arg

---
 webhook_server_container/utils/helpers.py | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/webhook_server_container/utils/helpers.py b/webhook_server_container/utils/helpers.py
index 8a624cc5..8df4b17d 100644
--- a/webhook_server_container/utils/helpers.py
+++ b/webhook_server_container/utils/helpers.py
@@ -111,8 +111,12 @@ def run_command(
             timeout=timeout,
             **kwargs,
         )
-        out_decoded = sub_process.stdout.decode() if isinstance(sub_process.stdout, bytes) else sub_process.stdout
-        err_decoded = sub_process.stderr.decode() if isinstance(sub_process.stderr, bytes) else sub_process.stderr
+        out_decoded = (
+            sub_process.stdout.decode() if isinstance(sub_process.stdout, bytes) and not pipe else sub_process.stdout
+        )
+        err_decoded = (
+            sub_process.stderr.decode() if isinstance(sub_process.stderr, bytes) and not pipe else sub_process.stderr
+        )
 
         error_msg = (
             f"{log_prefix} Failed to run '{command}'. "