noVNC clipboard does not send Turkish characters correctly on Windows VMs (CloudStack 4.22)
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### problem
When using CloudStack 4.22 noVNC console, clipboard text containing Turkish characters is not transmitted correctly to Windows virtual machines.
"asdasdç"
Inside the Windows VM it appears corrupted:
"asdasd."
The issue only occurs with noVNC → Windows clipboard operations.
It does not occur on Linux VMs.
Typing manually sometimes works, but clipboard “Send” is consistently broken.
This suggests a missing or incorrect UTF-8 → Windows codepage conversion in the noVNC version included with the CloudStack 4.22 SystemVM.
### versions
CloudStack version: 4.22.0
System VM Template: systemvm64template 4.22 (fresh download)
Hypervisor: VMware ESXi 8.x
vCenter: 8.x
Browsers tested: Chrome, Firefox (same result)
Guest OS: Windows Server 2016 / 2019 / 2022 (all affected)
### The steps to reproduce the bug
1. Deploy a Windows VM in CloudStack 4.22
2. Open noVNC console → Clipboard
3. Paste the following UTF-8 text: "asdasdç"
4. Click Send Clipboard
5. Paste the text inside the Windows VM
Expected: Unicode characters should be transmitted correctly
Actual: Turkish characters appear corrupted or replaced with “?”
### What to do about it?
The noVNC version embedded in SystemVM may not properly handle UTF-8 clipboard transmission for Windows guests.
• CloudStack may need:
• An updated noVNC version inside the SystemVM
• A fix to clipboard handling for non-ASCII characters
• Unicode normalization before sending text to the RFB server
This issue appears similar to:
https://github.com/apache/cloudstack/issues/7335
Please investigate whether the current SystemVM noVNC build processes clipboard text incorrectly or lacks UTF-8 handling required for Windows VMs.
Guia de contribuição
Direção de pesquisa
Comece pelo caminho da área de transferência do noVNC incluído na CloudStack 4.22 System VM e reproduza o problema usando o texto turco listado em uma VM Windows. Compare o comportamento com guests Linux e com o issue 7335 relacionado. Considera-se concluído quando clipboard Send preserva caracteres não ASCII nas versões afetadas do Windows Server.
Escrita pelo modelo de indexação a partir do texto da issue.
Avaliação
- Domínio
- desktop, infrastructure
- Tipo de issue
- Bug
- Dificuldade
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- Tempo estimado
- 3-5 dias
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