encoding problem while inictial copy in logical replication

Hi,

I have a database with UTF8 encoding. This database seems to be
receiving data in WIN1252 encoding from some client.

I even see this:

db=# select * from pg_db_role_setting ;
setdatabase | setrole | setconfig
-------------+----------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
119464 | 0 |
{client_encoding=WIN1252,bytea_output=escape,standard_conforming_strings=off}
(1 rows)

Some time ago I tried to create a logical replication, for a speed up
I used I created a physical replica and converted it in a logical one
and it works fine.
But the I tried to add a new table to the replica, so I added it to
the publication and when I "ALTER SUBSCRIPTION .... REFRESH
PUBLICATION" got this error.

2025-09-16 08:20:24.971 UTC [1535715] LOG: logical replication table
synchronization worker for subscription "sub1", table "new_table" has
started
2025-09-16 09:20:23.037 UTC [1535715] ERROR: character with byte
sequence 0x8d in encoding "WIN1252" has no equivalent in encoding
"UTF8"
2025-09-16 09:20:23.037 UTC [1535715] CONTEXT: COPY new_table, line 2489
2025-09-16 09:20:23.041 UTC [1463234] LOG: background worker "logical
replication worker" (PID 1535715) exited with exit code 1

But if I pg_dump the data directly to the table in the subscription
and avoid the initial copy using copy_data=false, it works fine.

I tried to "SET client_encoding=UTF8" before the refresh and also
created an user that defaults to client_encoding=UTF8 for using it in
the subscription connection, but I still see the problem during the
initial copy of data.
AFAICS, this doesn't ocurr during normal replication process.

Any idea? Currently my process is to manually copy the data.

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Jaime Casanova
SYSTEMGUARDS
Director de servicios profesionales