HTML entity issue in notification pop-up – Apostrophe displayed incorrectly (' instead of ')

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Hello everyone :waving_hand:

I’m currently facing a small display bug in my self-hosted Discourse instance (version [add your version if known]).

When a user receives their first notification, the popup shows an HTML entity instead of a proper apostrophe. Instead of showing:

“J’ai compris !”

It renders:
“J'ai compris !”
Here’s a screenshot of the issue:

Screenshot 2025-06-02 at 10.58.50
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Has anyone seen this before or found a workaround for it?

Thanks in advance for your help :folded_hands:

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Welcome to Meta :wave:

This was reported before in

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I think there is a workaround if you wanted an immediate change while waiting for a fix.

Overriding that text using the customise site text option seems to clear it up nicely:

Before:

A pop-up message in French prompts the user to continue reading tabs they marked, with a button labeled "J&x27;ai compris!" to acknowledge the message. (Captioned by AI)
A pop-up message in French prompts the user to continue reading tabs they marked, with a button labeled "J&x27;ai compris!" to acknowledge the message. (Captioned by AI)1179×712 115 KB

After:

The image displays a notification in French with the message "Continuez de lire! Voici quelques sujets que vous pourriez vouloir lire ensuite." on a blue background. (Captioned by AI)
The image displays a notification in French with the message "Continuez de lire! Voici quelques sujets que vous pourriez vouloir lire ensuite." on a blue background. (Captioned by AI)1179×685 107 KB

For that I went to the /admin/customize/site_texts page and searched for js.user_tips.button. I then edited it and just retyped ‘J’ai compris !’ and saved.

Though hopefully a proper fix shouldn’t take too long. :crossed_fingers: :slight_smile:

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