VS Code Extension version modified code all unicode characters become ?? on Windows
Open 💬 3 comments Opened Mar 15, 2026 by bear0330
💡 Likely answer: A maintainer (github-actions[bot], contributor)
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What version of the IDE extension are you using?
26.311.21342
What subscription do you have?
Plus
Which IDE are you using?
VS Code
What platform is your computer?
Microsoft Windows NT 10.0.26200.0 x64
What issue are you seeing?
For example I have a JS code with content:
/**
* AuthGateRegistry — collects auth gates (pickup code, pubkey, E2EE key, …) and runs them
* in sequence before invoking onUnlockedCallback. Decoupled from DownloadManager so that
* DownloadManager can be constructed at the right moment with correct, final values.
*
* Each gate: { validate() → null|string, apply() → void, focus?() → void }
*/
after Codex edited it, it becomes:
/**
* AuthGateRegistry ??collects auth gates (pickup code, pubkey, E2EE key, ?? and runs them
* in sequence before invoking onUnlockedCallback. Decoupled from DownloadManager so that
* DownloadManager can be constructed at the right moment with correct, final values.
*
* Each gate: { validate() ??null|string, apply() ??void, focus?() ??void }
*/
What steps can reproduce the bug?
Just like issue description, prepare a code with unicode like — (or → ... etc, any non-ascii), then let Codex extension to edit it.
What is the expected behavior?
_No response_
Additional information
_No response_
3 Comments
Potential duplicates detected. Please review them and close your issue if it is a duplicate.
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Thanks :)