--- a/mercurial/hgweb/hgweb_mod.py	Thu Aug 01 11:14:58 2024 +0100
+++ b/mercurial/hgweb/hgweb_mod.py	Mon Aug 05 20:47:17 2024 +0200
@@ -464,7 +464,7 @@
 
                 res.headers[b'ETag'] = tag
 
-            if cmd not in webcommands.__all__:
+            if pycompat.sysstr(cmd) not in webcommands.__all__:
                 msg = b'no such method: %s' % cmd
                 raise ErrorResponse(HTTP_BAD_REQUEST, msg)
             else: