[BUG] Panic on UTF-8 char boundary in Japanese text with HTML tags
Resolved 💬 2 comments Opened Jan 13, 2026 by munyamunya Closed Feb 27, 2026
Description
Claude Code crashes with a Rust panic when processing Japanese text containing HTML tags.
Error Message
thread '<unnamed>' panicked at /rustc/ed61e7d7e242494fb7057f2657300d9e77bb4fcb/library/core/src/str/mod.rs:833:21:
byte index 20 is not a char boundary; it is inside 'ト' (bytes 18..21) of `合宿・イベント</h1>`
note: run with RUST_BACKTRACE=1 environment variable to display a backtrace
fatal runtime error: failed to initiate panic, error 5, aborting
Environment
- OS: macOS (Darwin 24.3.0)
- Claude Code version: Latest
Context
The crash occurred while working with a Japanese website project (Next.js). The string 合宿・イベント</h1> contains katakana characters where the byte index calculation incorrectly lands inside a multi-byte character.
Related Issues
- #14405
- #15768
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