# Unicode usernames

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/unicode-usernames/277878>\
**Category:** Development\
**Tags:** rest-api\
**Created:** [September 5, 2023, 4:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unicode-usernames/277878 "2023-09-05T16:50:44Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 11, 2023, 2:44am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unicode-usernames/277878/28 "2023-09-11T02:44:11Z")

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I suspect the proxy may be the cause.

Can you send the request direct to the real server’s IP and see what result you get back?

That’ll let us know if it’s Cloudflare interfering.

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