Based on the issue description and the stack trace, I understand the problem. The issue is in Django's `django/utils/autoreload.py` file in the `iter_modules_and_files` function. When `path.resolve().absolute()` is called, it can throw a `ValueError: embedded null byte` error on some systems with corrupted paths or paths containing null bytes. The fix is to wrap the `path.resolve().absolute()` call in a try-except block to catch the `ValueError` and continue processing other files. Based on the stack trace showing line 132 in the original code: ```python results.add(path.resolve().absolute()) ``` Here's the patch: --- a/django/utils/autoreload.py +++ b/django/utils/autoreload.py @@ -129,7 +129,12 @@ def iter_modules_and_files(modules, extra_files): # The code importing this module is broken and let's not worry # about it. continue - results.add(path.resolve().absolute()) + try: + results.add(path.resolve().absolute()) + except ValueError as e: + # The path contains a null byte (embedded null byte) on Windows or + # other systems. Skip this path as it cannot be used. + continue return frozenset(results)