Escape charactars are shown in site names

Bug
1

This is already a long existing issue, so it’s time to report it… :wink:

If a single quote is used in a website’s name, the name is shown in various places including an escaping \like: in the top left of a single site’s dashboard:

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And in the Quick Site sidebar:

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2

Hey @josklever

I couldn’t reproduce that, using `, ', or ".

2026-04-08 at 14.56.08
2026-04-08 at 14.56.083104×958 200 KB

2026-04-08 at 14.57.14

What character are you using? Do you know the exact Unicode for it?

I assume your Site Language is Netherlands?

3

It’s the normal single quote: 39 (U+0027)

I did some tests:

  1. Remove the \ directly in the database: :white_check_mark:
  2. Replacing the ' in the single site settings: :x: The ' was removed.
  3. Adding the ' again: :white_check_mark:
  4. Test 2 did work for 2 other sites.

So it looks like it was an old bug and luckily I had only 4 sites with this issue, so it’s solved for now.