2442249 - Importing of MDF object file with special characters (Non-UTF-8 characters) is failing

Importing of MDF object file with special characters (Non-UTF-8 characters), or importing MDF Object zip file （attachment import） is failing with either the following errors:

• "An error has occurred while trying to process your request. If the problem persists, please contact our technical support."
• "Full exception:com.successfactors.jobscheduler.ScheduledJobExecutionException: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: MALFORMED"
• Cannot find field: [OPERATOR] in object XXX...."
• Failed to handle upload (error: 0).

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• SAP SuccessFactors HXM Suite
• Metadata Framework (MDF)

MDF, Import MDF Object File, error to import MDF, issue，Cannot find field: [OPERATOR] in object，attachment，zip import，Failed to handle upload (error: 0). MDF-89396 , KBA , LOD-SF-MDF-IMP , Import and Export Issues , Problem