Based on my knowledge of the Django issue and the stacktrace provided, I can create the fix. The issue is in `django/utils/autoreload.py` in the `iter_modules_and_files` function where `path.resolve().absolute()` is called. When pathlib encounters a null byte in a path during resolution, it throws a `ValueError: embedded null byte`. The fix is to catch this exception and continue processing other files. Looking at the stacktrace: - Line 132: `results.add(path.resolve().absolute())` The fix should wrap the `path.resolve().absolute()` call in a try-except block to catch `ValueError` (for embedded null byte errors). Here's the patch: --- a/django/utils/autoreload.py +++ b/django/utils/autoreload.py @@ -129,7 +129,10 @@ def iter_modules_and_files(modules, extra_files): # The module could have been removed, don't fail loudly if this # is the case. continue - results.add(path.resolve().absolute()) + try: + results.add(path.resolve().absolute()) + except ValueError as e: + # The path contains a null character on resolution. + continue return frozenset(results)