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[Bug]: Filenames with # cannot be opened

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Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
30/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
csharp
Domain
backend

Research direction

Start by reading StandardFolderProvider.GetFileUrl, which the issue identifies as the source of the filename handling. Reproduce the problem with a file named “My File Example #1.PDF” in the Asset manager and check how its URL is generated. Done means opening the file no longer returns a 404 because of the # character.

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Description

Status: New
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What happened?

If I add a file with # in it's name, when I try to open-it throgh asset management it cannot be accessed.
Example: "My File Example #1.PDF"
I have checked using the APIs in the code and when I use the default FolderManager GetUrl method, it returns the fiilename without handling the # character that becomes invalid to use in the browser.

Steps to reproduce?

Go to Asset manager
Add a file with the filename: "My File Example #1.PDF"
Right click on the file after upload
Chose the option Open
File will try to oned on a new tab bot a 404 page is displayed because of the # in the URL

Current Behavior

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Expected Behavior

I think that the StandardFolderProvider implementation of GetFileUrl should handle the # as any of the other InvalidFileUrlChars and render a LinkCLick url for the file instead of the direct link.

Or replace the # char with %23

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Affected Versions

10.2.0 (latest v10 release)

What browsers are you seeing the problem on?

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