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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"URI malformed with Base64 string-array encoding and surrogate-range literal","articleBody":"## Expected Behavior\nObfuscation completes for valid JavaScript that contains a string literal with surrogate code units used in a regex range.\n\n## Current Behavior\nBase64 string-array encoding throws `URIError: URI malformed`. This reproduces in v5.4.1 and appears related to the previously fixed [#530](https://github.com/javascript-obfuscator/javascript-obfuscator/issues/530).\n\n## Steps to Reproduce\n1. Install `javascript-obfuscator@5.4.1`.\n2. Run the minimal example below.\n\n## JavaScript Obfuscator Edition\n- JavaScript Obfuscator Open Source\n\n## Your Environment\n* Obfuscator version used: 5.4.1\n* Node version used: v23.7.0\n\n# Stack trace\n```\nURIError: URI malformed\n    at encodeURIComponent (\u003canonymous\u003e)\n```\n\n## Minimal working example that will help to reproduce issue\n```js\nconst JavaScriptObfuscator = require(\"javascript-obfuscator\");\n\nJavaScriptObfuscator.obfuscate(\n  String.raw`const controlSymbolRegexString = \"\\\\\\\\[^\\uD800-\\uDFFF]\";`,\n  {\n    stringArray: true,\n    stringArrayEncoding: [\"base64\"],\n    stringArrayThreshold: 1,\n    splitStrings: true,\n    splitStringsChunkLength: 5,\n    seed: 1,\n  },\n);\n```","author":{"url":"https://github.com/JasonHZS","@type":"Person","name":"JasonHZS"},"datePublished":"2026-07-10T06:16:34.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":1},"url":"https://github.com/1431/javascript-obfuscator/issues/1431"}