#1712·bubbletea

Windows: clipboard paste produces garbled characters that can't be deleted

Author: zjywillCreated Jun 9, 2026Updated Aug 26, 2026

Problem

On Windows, pasting text from clipboard produces garbled/mojibake characters. These corrupted characters get inserted into the text input and cannot be deleted with backspace.

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Environment

  • OS: Windows
  • bubbletea version: latest

Expected Behavior

Pasted text should appear correctly and be fully editable/deletable.

Actual Behavior

Pasted content appears as unreadable garbled characters and becomes stuck in the input field.