Studio editor escapes á, é, í, ó, ú, ñ, ¿, ¡ as \u00XX when saving YAML

[mavacara]

Is there an existing issue for this?

• I have searched the existing issues and didn't find mine.

Steps to reproduce

1. Open a .yaml flow in Maestro Studio
2. Type or paste: - assertVisible: "¿Con cuál método quieres pagar tu cuota?"
3. Save the file
4. The text becomes: - assertVisible: "\u00bfCon cu\u00e1l m\u00e9todo quieres pagar tu cuota?"

Actual results

Studio editor escapes á, é, í, ó, ú, ñ, ¿, ¡ as \u00XX when saving YAML

Expected results

Accented characters should be preserved as-is in UTF-8, matching what the app displays on screen.

Workaround
Editing the file in VS Code (UTF-8) preserves the characters correctly. The issue only occurs when editing inside Maestro Studio.

About app

n/a

About environment

Mestro v 0.9.1
OS Name Wicrosoft Windows 11 Pro
Version 10.0.26200 Build 26200
System Type x64-based PC
System SKU LENOVO_MT_20S1_BU_Think_FM_ThinkPad T14 Gen 1
Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-10510U CPU @ 1.80GHz, 2304 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 8 Logical Processor(s)

java version "21.0.9" 2025-10-21 LTS
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 21.0.9+7-LTS-338)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 21.0.9+7-LTS-338, mixed mode, sharing)

Logs

Logs

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Maestro version

0.9.1

How did you install Maestro?

install script (https://get.maestro.mobile.dev)

Anything else?

No response

[linear]

MAE-471

[mavacara]

In the 0.8 version this behavior is not reproducible.

[Fishbowler]

mobile-dev-inc/maestro-studio#56

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