Self-Hosted: Cannot use æøå in workflows

[MarcusB13]

Bug Description

I try to do an discord action when I receive an email from outlook.
In the subject I receive æåø, and is not able to do anything with these letters.

I cannot use them in code nodes nor in the discord node.

To Reproduce

1. Create workflow
2. Receive data from any data source where æøå is included
3. Try to use this in a code node or anything else
4. When you try to use æøå in code node fx it will convert it to �

Expected behavior

I expect the nodes and workflows to be able to save data like æøå

Operating System

Ubuntu 22

n8n Version

Newest. Master

Node.js Version

v22.7.0

Database

SQLite (default)

Execution mode

main (default)

[Joffcom]

Hey @MarcusB13,

We have created an internal ticket to look into this which we will be tracking as "GHC-586"

[MarcusB13]

Thank you :)

Do you know how long till I will know more about the issue...

[Joffcom]

@MarcusB13 It all depends on priority, At the moment this is waiting to be prioritised but it looks like an encoding issue. I have done a quick test and for me I see the characters as intended.

To do this I have used a form trigger node to get the data into n8n, Could it be that this is only an issue with emails? Are you using the IMAP trigger or the Outlook trigger node?

[MarcusB13]

Yes. I do get the same as you. But after saving it turns into a question mark symbol. Symbolising it's not recognized. This only happens after I have saved the workflow and reload

[Joffcom]

Hey @MarcusB13,

I have tried to reproduce this on my local install and our cloud environment and for some reason on save and reload it still looks good. My initial thought was maybe it is down to the database but that seems to be ok.

Can you share more information on how you have n8n deployed? Do you have your browser set to a specific language or character set as well?