JSON should be utf-8 encoded

aliaspooryorik · aliaspooryorik · commit 7165921fdb79 · 2025-11-10T21:41:07.000Z
Note that renderData already defaults to utf-8 encoding COLDBOX-1370
diff --git a/system/Bootstrap.cfc b/system/Bootstrap.cfc
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ component serializable="false" accessors="true" {
 						// ColdBox does native JSON if you return a complex object.
 						else {
 							renderedContent = cbController.getUtil().toJson( local.refResults.results );
-							getPageContextResponse().setContentType( "application/json" );
+							getPageContextResponse().setContentType( "application/json;charset=utf-8" );
 						}
 					}
 					// Render Layout/View pair via set variable to eliminate whitespace

Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ component serializable="false" accessors="true" {`
`307`	`307`	`// ColdBox does native JSON if you return a complex object.`
`308`	`308`	`else {`
`309`	`309`	`renderedContent = cbController.getUtil().toJson( local.refResults.results );`
`310`		`- getPageContextResponse().setContentType( "application/json" );`
	`310`	`+ getPageContextResponse().setContentType( "application/json;charset=utf-8" );`
`311`	`311`	`}`
`312`	`312`	`}`
`313`	`313`	`// Render Layout/View pair via set variable to eliminate whitespace`