wifi password can't handle special chacter

[Kugeleis]

I have a wifi password with & in it. WIFIManager is not able to connect to it. Error:

Trying to connect to mygreatwifi...
E (275725) wifi:sta is connecting, return error
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "main.py", line 7, in <module>
  File "wifimgr.py", line 60, in get_connection
  File "wifimgr.py", line 317, in start
  File "wifimgr.py", line 200, in handle_configure
  File "wifimgr.py", line 88, in do_connect
OSError: Wifi Internal Error
MicroPython v1.21.0 on 2023-10-05; Generic ESP32 module with ESP32

[ebolisa]

try this:

# version 1.9 compatibility
    try:
        ssid = match.group(1).decode("utf-8").replace("%3F", "?").replace("%26", "&")
        password = match.group(2).decode("utf-8").replace("%3F", "?").replace("%26", "&")
    except Exception:
        ssid = match.group(1).replace("%3F", "?").replace("%26", "&")
        password = match.group(2).replace("%3F", "?").replace("%26", "&")