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UTF-8 BOM stripping in memory file reads

Cluster 10878 · agent. Data as of

Nothing open on GitHub. Fix attempted, not merged.

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No fix has been merged to main. 3 PRs closed without merging; see the attempts below.
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A bug report and multiple fix attempts addressing invisible BOM characters (\ufeff) entering the system prompt when reading memory files. The fixes focus on stripping UTF-8 BOM and handling non-UTF-8 bytes during memory file loading.

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3 PRs closed without merging

From the close comments: duplicate 1 · partial fix 1 · other 1

  • #10888 fix(memory): handle BOM and non-UTF-8 bytes in memory files · partial fix
  • #11147 fix 10878: strip UTF-8 BOM from memory files on read · duplicate → #10888
  • #11856 fix(memory): strip UTF-8 BOM from MEMORY.md on load · other → #10888, #10879
Closed issues · 1
  • Closed#10878[Bug]: memory_tool _read_file does not strip BOM — invisible \ufeff enters system prompt
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  • Pairwise link density 0.50: the share of item pairs that carry a link, counting a structural link in full and a relevance-only link at 0.36. 1.00 means every pair is linked.

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