Problem
Often users may have problems with certain characters in an instance. Symptoms may include:
- Non-ASCII characters appearing as question marks (?)
- Page links with non-ASCII characters not working
- Single characters being displayed as two characters
- Garbled text appearing
Resolution
Atlassian recommends UTF-8 or Unicode encoding, and case-insensitive collation. In most cases, problems are due to a misconfiguration in one of the components.
Ensure the same encoding is used across all components
The UTF-8 character encoding should be used across the database, application server and web application.
Requesting support
If there are still problems with character encoding after following the above steps, create a support request, and our support staff will aid in solving your problem.
Entering in the following details will help us to identify your problem:
- Attach screenshots of the problem.
- Generate a Support Zip and attach it to the ticket.
- Copy the contents of the System Information page into the 'Description' field.