{"version":"2.1.234","anchor":"grader-focus-files-can-now-be-images","canonical_anchor":"grader-focus-files-can-now-be-images","heading":"Grader focus files can now be images","tier":"notice","area":"Elsewhere","scope":null,"heads_up":null,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.234\/e\/grader-focus-files-can-now-be-images","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.234","markdown":"### Grader focus files can now be images\n\nGrader focus files can now be images or binaries, not just UTF-8 text.\n\n**What**\n\nA focus file handed to the plugin-eval grader is now detected by content: images are passed through as bytes with their media type, and anything else is read as text with a preview of the leading bytes if it looks binary. Previously every file was decoded as UTF-8. The size cap and its error message are unchanged.\n\n**Evidence**\n\n`grader focus file exceeds the size cap`\n\n- Area: Elsewhere\n- Tier: You'll notice\n- Useful: 2\/5\n- Signal: 2\/5"}