After upgrading to NodeBB 4.6, Chinese filenames show as garbled text in the admin panel, while displaying correctly on the frontend.
Issue:
Upload Chinese-named files → frontend shows correctly
Admin panel displays random characters instead of Chinese text
Works fine in NodeBB 4.2, broken after 4.6 upgrade
This appears to be a regression in filename encoding handling specific to the admin interface. The actual files work properly - only the display is affected.
Environment: Ubuntu, C.UTF-8 locale, MongoDB.
Requesting investigation into this encoding issue that affects Chinese content management in the admin panel.
Files with Chinese names display garbled characters when uploaded.