fix(terminal): stop forcing en_US.UTF-8 in execa command environment - #1481
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ExecaTerminalProcess unconditionally overwrote LANG/LC_ALL with
en_US.UTF-8 for every command it ran, even when the host already had a
correctly configured non-US UTF-8 locale (e.g. en_AU.UTF-8). This
produced setlocale warnings on every command for anyone whose system
locale isn't en_US.
ensureUtf8Locale() now preserves an existing locale if it already
specifies a UTF-8 encoding, upgrades the encoding portion of a non-UTF-8
locale while keeping its language/territory, and only falls back to
en_US.UTF-8 when LANG/LC_ALL is unset or one of the encoding-less POSIX
defaults ("C"/"POSIX").
Fixes Zoo-Code-Org#1084
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In `@src/integrations/terminal/__tests__/ExecaTerminalProcess.spec.ts`:
- Around line 65-68: Add focused tests in the ExecaTerminalProcess test suite
for ensureUtf8Locale when LANG and LC_ALL are set to C and when they are set to
POSIX, asserting both are normalized to en_US.UTF-8. Preserve the existing
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- Line 110: Replace the undocumented double assertions around the execaMock
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In `@src/integrations/terminal/ExecaTerminalProcess.ts`:
- Line 73: Update the environment construction in ExecaTerminalProcess so
ensureUtf8Locale is applied to LC_ALL only when process.env.LC_ALL is set;
otherwise leave LC_ALL unset and preserve LANG or category-specific locale
variables. Update the related ExecaTerminalProcess test coverage to verify this
behavior.
- Around line 24-25: Update ensureUtf8Locale to parse any locale modifier
separately, normalize the base locale to .UTF-8, and append the modifier
afterward so both de_DE@euro and de_DE.UTF-8@euro become valid
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Addresses CodeRabbit review feedback on Zoo-Code-Org#1481: - LC_ALL overrides LANG and every category-specific LC_* variable. The previous version of ensureUtf8Locale() defaulted LC_ALL to en_US.UTF-8 whenever it was unset, even if LANG was already a correctly configured non-US UTF-8 locale -- silently re-forcing en_US and recreating the exact bug from Zoo-Code-Org#1084 for the common case where only LANG is set. LC_ALL is now only normalized (and only ever set) when the environment already had it. - ensureUtf8Locale() now parses a trailing locale modifier (e.g. "de_DE@euro") separately from the language/encoding portion, so the modifier survives an encoding upgrade instead of being appended after ".UTF-8" (which produced an invalid locale string) or dropped entirely. - Added regression tests for both fixes, plus the isolated C/POSIX fallback cases CodeRabbit asked for, and replaced the two remaining `as any` test casts with a small typed getCalledEnv() helper (also pruned the now-inflated eslint-suppressions.json count for the test file from 10 to 8, since two pre-existing `any` casts became unused by that same helper).
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Added regression tests for both, plus the isolated C/POSIX cases you asked for, and replaced the remaining `as any` test casts with a typed helper (pruned the suppression count for the test file accordingly). Left the changeset in place — this repo's other routine fix PRs (e.g. fix-diff-scroll-position.md) add one the same way, so it looks like standard convention here rather than release-prep-only. |
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- Around line 82-84: Update the environment construction in ExecaTerminalProcess
so the LC_ALL override is added only when process.env.LC_ALL is non-empty,
leaving it unset when the value is an empty string so LANG remains effective.
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33-37: Remove or document the double assertion.
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afterEachrestoresprocess.envfrom theoriginalEnvsnapshot, including all modified keys. No cleanup issue exists.src/integrations/terminal/ExecaTerminalProcess.ts (1)
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In POSIX environments, the determination of locale categories follows a strictly defined precedence order [1][2]. If an environment variable is unset or set to the empty string, it is treated as if it were not defined for the purpose of the precedence rules, effectively falling through to the next level in the hierarchy [1][3][2]. The precedence order, from highest to lowest, is as follows [2][4]: 1. LC_ALL: If this variable is defined and is not null (not empty), it overrides all other locale environment variables and determines the value for all locale categories [5][6][2]. 2. LC_: If LC_ALL is unset or empty, the individual category-specific environment variables (e.g., LC_COLLATE, LC_CTYPE, LC_MESSAGES, LC_MONETARY, LC_NUMERIC, LC_TIME) are used for their respective categories, provided they are defined and not null [2][7]. 3. LANG: If neither LC_ALL nor the specific LC_ variable is set (or if they are empty), the value of the LANG environment variable is used [6][2]. 4. Implementation-defined default: If LANG is also unset or set to the empty string, the system uses an implementation-defined default locale (often the POSIX or C locale) [1][3][2]. In summary, an empty value for any of these variables causes the system to ignore that variable and proceed to the next lower level of precedence [1][3][2].
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- 2: https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699969799/basedefs/xbd_chap08.html
- 3: https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/basedefs/V1_chap07.html
- 4: https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699959399/basedefs/xbd_chap08.html
- 5: https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799.2016edition/basedefs/V1_chap08.html
- 6: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/aix/7.2.0?topic=locales-understanding-locale-environment-variables
- 7: https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799.2013edition/basedefs/V1_chap08.html
Do not normalize an empty LC_ALL into a fallback override.
When process.env.LC_ALL === "", the current condition adds LC_ALL: "en_US.UTF-8" to the child environment. This non-empty value overrides LANG. Guard on a non-empty value and add a regression test.
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In `@src/integrations/terminal/ExecaTerminalProcess.ts` around lines 82 - 84,
Update the environment construction in ExecaTerminalProcess so the LC_ALL
override is added only when process.env.LC_ALL is non-empty, leaving it unset
when the value is an empty string so LANG remains effective. Add a regression
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Closes: #1084
Description
ExecaTerminalProcessunconditionally overwroteLANG/LC_ALLwithen_US.UTF-8for every command it runs, even when the host already had a correctly configured non-US UTF-8 locale (e.g.en_AU.UTF-8). This produced asetlocale: LC_ALL: cannot change locale (en_US.UTF-8): No such file or directorywarning on every single command for anyone whose system locale isn'ten_US.UTF-8and doesn't have that specific locale generated (confirmed root cause in the issue via the bundleddist/extension.js).src/integrations/terminal/ExecaTerminalProcess.ts: addedensureUtf8Locale(value), which:LANG/LC_ALLvalue as-is if it already specifies a UTF-8 encoding (e.g.en_AU.UTF-8staysen_AU.UTF-8).de_DE.ISO-8859-1becomesde_DE.UTF-8).en_US.UTF-8only when the value is unset, or is one of the encoding-less POSIX defaults (C/POSIX) — matching the original intent of the code (the comment says "Ensure UTF-8 encoding for Ruby, CocoaPods, etc.") without clobbering a locale the system already had correctly configured.src/integrations/terminal/__tests__/ExecaTerminalProcess.spec.ts: updated the existing "should set LANG and LC_ALL to en_US.UTF-8" test to explicitly unsetLANG/LC_ALLfirst (previously it implicitly relied on the old code ignoring the ambient environment entirely, which made the assertion depend on whatever locale happened to be set on the machine running the test — it silently passed in CI only because CI runners don't set a non-US UTF-8 locale). Added two new cases covering the actual bug: preserving an already-UTF-8 non-US locale, and upgrading a non-UTF-8 encoding while keeping the language/territory.Test Procedure
npx vitest run integrations/terminal/__tests__/ExecaTerminalProcess.spec.ts— 15/15 passed, including the 2 new cases reproducing the reported bug (en_AU.UTF-8preserved) and the encoding-upgrade case (de_DE.ISO-8859-1→de_DE.UTF-8).npx vitest run integrations/terminal— 189 passed / 23 skipped, no regressions in the wider terminal integration suite.tsc --noEmit— clean.eslint . --ext=ts --max-warnings=0(viapnpm lint, all 13 packages) — clean, no new@typescript-eslint/no-explicit-anysuppressions added (used aunknowndouble-cast for the two new test assertions instead ofany, matching the file's existing suppression budget ineslint-suppressions.json).LANG=en_AU.UTF-8/LC_ALL=en_AU.UTF-8set, the spawned command environment now keepsen_AU.UTF-8instead of being forced toen_US.UTF-8.Pre-Submission Checklist
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I found this issue unassigned and unclaimed while looking for a well-scoped bug to fix. I wasn't able to complete the Discord assignment step described in CONTRIBUTING.md before opening this — happy to withdraw or wait if a maintainer would rather this go through that process first, but the fix itself is small, fully tested, and root-caused directly from the issue's own diagnosis.
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