Pull Request Overview

Opened on September 14, 2026
Status Open
Commit count 1 with first commit September 14, 2026

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123 Total Diff Delta

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Open 5 weekdays

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0 Diff Delta in Test Files

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How long has this pull request spent in each phase of its lifecycle?

Fraction of total time	Business days	Phase
	0.0 days	Authoring 1 commit before pull request opened for review
	0.0 days	Awaiting first review
	4.8 days	Revising work with 0 commits in response to 1 review that left 3 comments

Total time for pull request still awaiting merge: 4.8 business days

[Flight] Preserve leading `U+FEFF` in text rows

The Flight client dropped a leading U+FEFF from outlined text rows when it decoded binary input. TextDecoder consumed the character as an encoding signature, even though it was part of the serialized string. Both the Node and Web decoders now use ignoreBOM: true to preserve it.

Regression tests cover one and two leading U+FEFF characters with normal chunks and with every UTF-8 byte delivered separately. They also include an inline-string control. The global TextDecoder Flow declaration now makes fatal optional and declares ignoreBOM, matching the API.