← Problems

Unicode edge cases missing from test strings

Unicode edge cases are missing from the list: ZWJ emoji sequences, special-letter words, and Windows codepage mapping tricks.

Tier II · Emerging Problems that are still building up.

4 public reports · first reported 27 April 2017 · last reported 26 January 2025

Idea report · $9 · No contacts · All sales final

See a sample idea report

What's going wrong

Testers working with international text and emoji say the list leaves out several Unicode cases that break real software.

AI-assisted: written with the help of AI from the reports. The idea report has the full summary.

In the idea report

  • The full summary.
  • The products the 4 reports are about, and how many came each month.
  • Related problems.

No business has been found with this problem yet, so the report has no contacts. All sales are final — no refunds. Pricing.