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Since 2.8.4 the MQTT root topic field rejects any character outside ASCII, so communities that write their roots in their own letters (msh/EU_868/NO/Østlandet, msh/EU_868/SE/Göteborg) can't save them, and the topic finder folds place names to ASCII (Østlandet -> Ostlandet), suggesting roots nobody uses. The firmware stores the root as UTF-8 and only limits it to 31 bytes; there's no ASCII rule. The Apple app already accepts these roots (meshtastic/Meshtastic-Apple#2710), and Nordic communities raised this on meshtastic/design#167.

🐛 Bug Fixes

• MqttRootTopic.problem no longer has a NON_ASCII rule. Spaces, control and invisible characters (any Unicode whitespace, ISO control or format character) are still rejected, along with wildcards, empty segments, a trailing /2 and anything over 31 bytes.
• TopicPlan.segment keeps letters and digits in any script, composed to NFC, instead of folding to ASCII: Bayern/München gives msh/EU_868/DE/Bayern/münchen, and a name like 東京都 gets a rung instead of none.
• The too-long message and the custom topic hint say 31 bytes and that æ, ø and å take two. The unused mqtt_root_problem_non_ascii string is removed.

🧹 Chores

• AsciiFold is replaced by ComposeCanonical (NFC through java.text.Normalizer / NSString).
• English MQTT docs updated.

Testing Performed

• :core:network:jvmTest MQTT tests (33) and :feature:settings:jvmTest MQTT tests (15) pass. New cases: Nordic and CJK roots accepted, a zero-width space and a no-break space rejected, the 31-byte limit counted in bytes, and segments keeping their letters (including a decomposed u + diaeresis).
• spotlessCheck, and detekt for core:network and feature:settings.

Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features
  • MQTT root topics now accept non-ASCII characters, subject to the 31-byte limit; whitespace and formatting characters remain invalid.
  • Topic suggestions preserve letters, digits, and combining marks across writing systems, normalize equivalent Unicode spellings, and retain accents in place names.
• Documentation
  • Updated MQTT guidance and validation text to explain the byte limit, clarify how accented characters count, and show an international place-name example.

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Walkthrough

MQTT root-topic validation now accepts non-ASCII characters subject to the existing UTF-8 byte limit. Topic suggestions preserve Unicode letters and digits, and platform implementations use NFC canonical composition. Tests, UI text, and documentation reflect these changes.

Changes: Unicode MQTT topics

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Unicode topic suggestions and normalization core/network/src/commonMain/kotlin/org/meshtastic/core/network/mqtt/AsciiFold.kt, core/network/src/commonMain/kotlin/org/meshtastic/core/network/mqtt/ComposeCanonical.kt, core/network/src/iosMain/kotlin/org/meshtastic/core/network/mqtt/ComposeCanonical.ios.kt, core/network/src/jvmAndroidMain/kotlin/org/meshtastic/core/network/mqtt/ComposeCanonical.jvmAndroid.kt, core/network/src/commonMain/kotlin/org/meshtastic/core/network/mqtt/MqttTopicSuggestions.kt, core/network/src/commonTest/kotlin/org/meshtastic/core/network/mqtt/MqttTopicDiscoveryTest.kt	Topic suggestions retain letters, digits, and marks from any script instead of folding characters to ASCII. Canonical normalization composes text. Tests cover accented and multilingual names, decomposed accents, and punctuation-only input.
Root validation and byte-limit guidance core/network/src/commonMain/kotlin/org/meshtastic/core/network/mqtt/MqttRootTopic.kt, core/network/src/commonTest/kotlin/org/meshtastic/core/network/mqtt/MqttTopicDiscoveryTest.kt, feature/settings/src/commonMain/kotlin/org/meshtastic/feature/settings/radio/component/MqttTopicFinderRows.kt, core/resources/src/commonMain/composeResources/values/strings.xml, docs/en/user/mqtt.md, .skills/compose-ui/strings-index.txt	Root validation accepts non-ASCII characters while checking the UTF-8 byte limit and classifying whitespace, ISO controls, and format characters as whitespace. UI text and documentation describe the byte limit. The NON_ASCII problem and its string key were removed.

Merge Risk: Low · up to b9062

Unicode topic support is mergeable with bounded follow-up: unusual place names can omit suggestions or produce visually ambiguous or differently normalized roots that miss expected traffic. Users can enter the correct root manually.

Pre-merge checks: 7 · 1

Failed checks: 1 warning

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Regression Coverage For Changed Behavior		Regression coverage gaps: - TopicPlan.segment: UTF-16 character filtering can drop supplementary-plane letters from MQTT suggestions. Add a test that preserves 𠀀 in a segment. `MqttTopicDiscoveryT…	Add the specified regression tests. Fix any failures they expose, including supplementary-plane character handling.

Passed checks: 7 passed

Check name	Status	Explanation
Description Check		Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check		The title "fix(mqtt): accept root topics in any script" matches the main change in the changeset. The PR lets MQTT root topics use letters from any writing system, drops the NON_ASCII problem, and cha…
Linked Issues check		Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check		Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Sibling Call Sites And Presence Semantics		The diff changes MQTT topic validation and Unicode normalization. It does not change field presence semantics or add a measurement field with a zero default.
Tests Prove The Path, Not The End State		The changed tests distinguish the new behavior from the base code. They assert validation results, exact segments, and complete suggestion lists. The base code rejects non-ASCII roots and folds Münche…
Moved Code Diffed Against Its Original		The normalization change is explicit, and its caller was updated. No listed move-related failure was found. TopicPlan.segment now retains combining marks, with coverage for दिल्ली and Thai text. P…

Full details: Title check

Explanation

The title "fix(mqtt): accept root topics in any script" matches the main change in the changeset. The PR lets MQTT root topics use letters from any writing system, drops the NON_ASCII problem, and changes suggested topic segments to keep Unicode letters instead of folding them to ASCII. The title is short, names the area (mqtt), and states the primary behavior change. It does not cover the segment-suggestion change or the removed AsciiFold, which is expected for a title of this length.

Full details: Tests Prove The Path, Not The End State

Explanation

The changed tests distinguish the new behavior from the base code. They assert validation results, exact segments, and complete suggestion lists. The base code rejects non-ASCII roots and folds München to munchen, so the changed tests would fail after a revert. The changed tests do not use fake backing-store round trips, size-only assertions, or Dispatchers.Unconfined emission order.

Full details: Moved Code Diffed Against Its Original

Explanation

The normalization change is explicit, and its caller was updated. No listed move-related failure was found. TopicPlan.segment now retains combining marks, with coverage for दिल्ली and Thai text. Prior failure addressed: Commit b90625c adds isMark() to the segment filter and adds tests for दिल्ली and Thai combining marks.

Full details: Regression Coverage For Changed Behavior

Explanation

Regression coverage gaps: - TopicPlan.segment: UTF-16 character filtering can drop supplementary-plane letters from MQTT suggestions. Add a test that preserves 𠀀 in a segment. MqttTopicDiscoveryTest.kt:125-138 covers BMP letters and now covers non-composing marks, but not supplementary letters. - TopicPlan.build → fitted: Unicode segments can cross the 31-byte limit at a different point than ASCII segments. Add an overlong ø city test that asserts the exact fitted topic and byte count. The existing fitting test uses ASCII (MqttTopicDiscoveryTest.kt:198-204). - MqttRootTopic.problem → mqttSaveEnabled: the settings Save path could still reject a valid Nordic root or accept an overlength one. Add editable-root tests for both cases in MqttRootSaveTest; its current cases use ASCII. - MqttRootTopic.problem → TopicPlan.ranked: heard Unicode roots could be omitted or duplicated beside a suggestion. Add a ranking test with a Nordic root in the expected tier and a matching suggestion excluded from the ranked list. Existing ranking tests use ASCII heard roots. - MqttRootTopic.problem: the new format-character check iterates UTF-16 characters, so a supplementary format character can escape rejection. Add a test that expects WHITESPACE for a root containing U+E0001. The existing format-character test covers U+200B only.

Resolution

Add the specified regression tests. Fix any failures they expose, including supplementary-plane character handling.

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• .skills/compose-ui/strings-index.txt
• core/network/src/commonMain/kotlin/org/meshtastic/core/network/mqtt/AsciiFold.kt
• core/network/src/commonMain/kotlin/org/meshtastic/core/network/mqtt/ComposeCanonical.kt
• core/network/src/commonMain/kotlin/org/meshtastic/core/network/mqtt/MqttRootTopic.kt
• core/network/src/commonMain/kotlin/org/meshtastic/core/network/mqtt/MqttTopicSuggestions.kt
• core/network/src/commonTest/kotlin/org/meshtastic/core/network/mqtt/MqttTopicDiscoveryTest.kt
• core/network/src/iosMain/kotlin/org/meshtastic/core/network/mqtt/ComposeCanonical.ios.kt
• core/network/src/jvmAndroidMain/kotlin/org/meshtastic/core/network/mqtt/ComposeCanonical.jvmAndroid.kt
• core/resources/src/commonMain/composeResources/values/strings.xml
• docs/en/user/mqtt.md
• feature/settings/src/commonMain/kotlin/org/meshtastic/feature/settings/radio/component/MqttTopicFinderRows.kt

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