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ASF GitHub Bot commented on NIFI-3853: -------------------------------------- Github user alopresto commented on the issue: https://github.com/apache/nifi/pull/1784 That said, the proposed changes solve the issue identified in NIFI-3853, so I will merge this and then open a follow-on ticket to discuss further options. +1, merging. > Escape configurations prior to writing flow.xml > ----------------------------------------------- > > Key: NIFI-3853 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/NIFI-3853 > Project: Apache NiFi > Issue Type: Bug > Components: Core Framework > Reporter: Matt Gilman > Assignee: Matt Gilman > Priority: Critical > Fix For: 1.3.0 > > > If invalid characters are entered through the UI, they can corrupt the > flow.xml.gz making it unparsable on future restarts. Once in this state, the > flow.xml.gz needs to be hand-edited to remove the invalid characters. > Characters outside the following ranges may cause issues: > {code} > #x9 | #xA | #xD | [#x20-#xD7FF] | [#xE000-#xFFFD] | [#x10000-#x10FFFF] > {code} -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.3.15#6346)