From e604dcd94e4fc1627ca800acf8cf1094e4a68b5d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kainoa Kanter <kainoa@t1c.dev>
Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2026 01:57:08 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] fix: better mojibake detection for lone multi-byte lead
 (#1247)

---
 src/cli/components/Text.tsx | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/cli/components/Text.tsx b/src/cli/components/Text.tsx
index 7a62baf..ba5f3f0 100644
--- a/src/cli/components/Text.tsx
+++ b/src/cli/components/Text.tsx
@@ -37,6 +37,13 @@ function looksLikeMojibake(value: string): boolean {
       }
     }
 
+    // A lone multi-byte lead with even one valid continuation is mojibake
+    if (byte >= 0xc2 && byte <= 0xf4) {
+      if (i + 1 < value.length && isContinuationByte(value.charCodeAt(i + 1))) {
+        sawUtf8Sequence = true;
+      }
+    }
+
     if (byte >= 0xf0 && byte <= 0xf4) {
       if (
         i + 3 < value.length &&