Panic when handling Korean text in file links: byte index not a char boundary
Resolved 💬 3 comments Opened Jan 5, 2026 by socar-pauljay Closed Feb 18, 2026
Description
Claude Code crashes with a Rust panic when processing markdown file links containing Korean characters.
Error Message
thread '<unnamed>' (4617873) panicked at /rustc/ed61e7d7e242494fb7057f2657300d9e77bb4fcb/library/core/src/str/mod.rs:833:21:
byte index 12 is not a char boundary; it is inside '작' (bytes 10..13) of `부터 시작`
note: run with `RUST_BACKTRACE=1` environment variable to display a backtrace
fatal runtime error: failed to initiate panic, error 5, aborting
zsh: abort claude --dangerously-skip-permissions
Steps to Reproduce
- Work with markdown files that have Korean filenames (e.g.,
E2E 자율주행 기술 브리핑.md) - Edit the file to add markdown links pointing to other Korean-named files
- The links use URL-encoded Korean characters like
./01-%20%5B42dot%5D%20%5BAtria%20AI%5D%20기술%20현황%20보고서.md - After multiple edit operations, the crash occurs
Root Cause
The Rust code is attempting to slice a Korean UTF-8 string at a byte index (12) that falls in the middle of a multi-byte Korean character ('작' spans bytes 10-13). Korean characters are 3 bytes each in UTF-8, and slicing must occur at valid character boundaries.
Environment
- OS: macOS (Darwin 25.2.0)
- Claude Code version: Latest
- Model: claude-opus-4-5-20251101
Additional Context
This occurred while editing a Korean markdown document and adding internal links to other Korean-named markdown files in the same directory.
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