Chinese Filename Display Issue in Admin Panel (community.nodebb.org)

submitted 7 months ago by lwsh6688@community.nodebb.org to c/general-discussion@community.nodebb.org

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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.

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[-] jonathanrdd@community.nodebb.org 1 points 6 months ago

LWSH6688 It’s likely a UI side regression rather than a storage issue, since the frontend still renders the filenames correctly. Check that the admin page is actually being served with UTF 8 headers, then compare the output with the filename shown in the database to confirm it is only a display layer problem. If everything matches, open a GitHub issue with your environment info, because this looks like something the core team will need to patch in the 4.6 admin interface.

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