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Undecodable QR code generated

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Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
15/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
csharp
Domain
backend

Research direction

The payload names no source files or tests, only the attached QR image and a web decoder that uses the library. Start by decoding the attached image with the library's reader and comparing the output with a screenshot of it, which does decode. Done would mean a generated code that decodes reliably, with a regression test added. The issue has been silent for about two years, so confirm the bug still reproduces before starting.

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Description

Hello,

I have this QR code (included) which have been generated by this library, and when I try to decode it, I get nothing. Even when I try to decode from this website https://webqr.com/index.html which uses this library, the QR is not decoded.

When I tryu to decode with another website, it works. and the most weird thing is that if I actually do a screenshot of this QR code, I can decode it with the library.

all QR code I generated with this lib before have worked as expected so I hope this will be helpful enough to find the bug!

Thank you,

Eric Jalbert

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