@@ -7,6 +7,28 @@
 # future enhancements, you should normally quote any identifier that
 # is an English language word, even if you do not have to."
 
+
+from contextlib import contextmanager
+
+
+def _force_decode(bs, *args, **kwargs):
+    # gh-108590: Don't fail if the database contains invalid Unicode data.
+    try:
+        return bs.decode(*args, **kwargs)
+    except UnicodeDecodeError:
+        return "".join([chr(c) for c in bs])
+
+
+@contextmanager
+def _text_factory(con, factory):
+    saved_factory = con.text_factory
+    con.text_factory = factory
+    try:
+        yield
+    finally:
+        con.text_factory = saved_factory
+
+
 def _iterdump(connection):
     """
     Returns an iterator to the dump of the database in an SQL text format.
@@ -63,8 +85,9 @@ def _iterdump(connection):
             table_name_ident,
             ",".join("""'||quote("{0}")||'""".format(col.replace('"', '""')) for col in column_names))
         query_res = cu.execute(q)
-        for row in query_res:
-            yield("{0};".format(row[0]))
+        with _text_factory(connection, bytes):
+            for row in query_res:
+                yield("{0};".format(_force_decode(row[0])))
 
     # Now when the type is 'index', 'trigger', or 'view'
     q = """

@@ -137,6 +137,21 @@ def test_dump_virtual_tables(self):
         actual = list(self.cx.iterdump())
         self.assertEqual(expected, actual)
 
+    def test_dump_unicode_invalid(self):
+        # gh-108590
+        expected = [
+            "BEGIN TRANSACTION;",
+            "CREATE TABLE foo (data TEXT);",
+            "INSERT INTO \"foo\" VALUES('a\x9f');",
+            "COMMIT;",
+        ]
+        self.cu.executescript("""
+            CREATE TABLE foo (data TEXT);
+            INSERT INTO foo VALUES (CAST(X'619f' AS TEXT));
+        """)
+        actual = list(self.cx.iterdump())
+        self.assertEqual(expected, actual)
+
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     unittest.main()
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2023-08-29-22-53-48.gh-issue-108590.6k0pOl.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2023-08-29-22-53-48.gh-issue-108590.6k0pOl.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fixed an issue where :meth:`sqlite3.Connection.iterdump` would fail and leave an incomplete SQL dump if a table includes invalid Unicode sequences. Patch by Corvin McPherson
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		@@ -0,0 +1 @@
		Fixed an issue where :meth:`sqlite3.Connection.iterdump` would fail and leave an incomplete SQL dump if a table includes invalid Unicode sequences. Patch by Corvin McPherson