Platform: iOS App version number 18.6.2 Screenshots of what you are seeing: [IMG_3828] Description of problem: As a Chinese user, when I tried to search the name for an observation using Chinese, the app always quit suddenly after I typed in the spells of characters for about 2-5 seconds (But i…

I’m sorry about this. I’d like to try and replicate it so I can write up a bug report, but I’m not sure which Chinese keyboard you’re using: [image] Which one of these should I choose? (I’m assuming you’re using Chinese (simplifed))

（Sorry I posted a wrong reply and I’ve already deleted it) I am using Chinese (simplified), and I’m using Pinyin - QWERT keyboard. I am not sure whether other types of keyboard have the same bug because I never use them, but some people do, so maybe other Chinese keyboard should be tested too.

I was able to replicate and I’ve made an issue, thanks!

Non alphanumeric characters not allowed inside search word

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yuxuan85860 April 2, 2026, 4:02pm 5

bumping up this - was trying to make another bug report about this but tried searched and found the issue has already been reported. Still having this problem in version 1.0.18

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Non alphanumeric characters not allowed inside search word

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