ListRecursive unmarshalling metadata: invalid character '÷' looking for beginning of value

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What is the problem you are having with rclone?

Using the size command on the entire drive from the root causes an error. Specifying a folder seems work.

What is your rclone version (output from rclone version)

rclone v1.73.0

• os/version: Microsoft Windows 11 Home 23H2 23H2 (64 bit)
• os/kernel: 10.0.22631.6199 (x86_64)
• os/type: windows
• os/arch: amd64
• go/version: go1.25.6
• go/linking: static
• go/tags: cmount

Which OS you are using and how many bits (e.g. Windows 7, 64 bit)

Windows 11 Home 23H2 (64 bit)

Which cloud storage system are you using? (e.g. Google Drive)

Filen

The command you were trying to run (e.g. rclone copy /tmp remote:tmp)

rclone size filen:

A log from the command with the -vv flag (e.g. output from rclone -vv copy /tmp remote:tmp)

rclone size filen:  -vv
2026/02/10 21:51:32 DEBUG : rclone: Version "v1.73.0" starting with parameters ["rclone" "size" "filen:" "-vv"]
2026/02/10 21:51:32 DEBUG : Creating backend with remote "filen:"
2026/02/10 21:51:32 DEBUG : Using config file from "C:\\Users\\random\\AppData\\Roaming\\rclone\\rclone.conf"
2026/02/10 21:51:43 DEBUG : 6 go routines active
2026/02/10 21:51:43 NOTICE: Failed to size: ListRecursive unmarshalling metadata: invalid character '÷' looking for beginning of value

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