[BUG] The Edit tool changes file charset when editing .properties files, corrupting non-ASCII characters (Latin-1 encoded files get re-saved in UTF-8, causing character corruption)
Resolved 💬 3 comments Opened Mar 15, 2026 by molekola-io Closed Apr 12, 2026
Preflight Checklist
- [x] I have searched existing issues and this hasn't been reported yet
- [x] This is a single bug report (please file separate reports for different bugs)
- [x] I am using the latest version of Claude Code
What's Wrong?
When editing the properties file, has been changed the encoding from UTF-8 to ISO-8859-1.
This is what claude reported to me in italian, after I debugged and found the issue:
È un bug del tool Edit di Claude Code. Quando ho usato Edit per inserire le due righe nel file .properties, il tool ha riscritto il file con un encoding diverso dall'originale. Il file era salvato in ISO-8859-1 (il charset standard per i file .properties Java), dove è è il byte 0xE8. Il tool ha riscritto il file in UTF-8 (o ha fatto una conversione sbagliata), e 0xE8 in Latin-1 letto come UTF-8 parziale è diventato il carattere di replacement U+FFFD — che
in Latin-1 si visualizza come � (bytes EF BF BD).
What Should Happen?
When claude code rewrite the file to add something, it has to preserve the original encoding unless differently specified
Error Messages/Logs
Steps to Reproduce
Please load this caption from properties
Claude Model
None
Is this a regression?
I don't know
Last Working Version
_No response_
Claude Code Version
2.1.76
Platform
Anthropic API
Operating System
macOS
Terminal/Shell
Terminal.app (macOS)
Additional Information
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