Issue

I want to display Japanese Characters in the description of a Job

Environment

• CloudBees Core on modern cloud platforms - Managed Master
• CloudBees Core on traditional platforms - Client Master
• CloudBees Jenkins Enterprise - Managed Master
• CloudBees Jenkins Platform - Client Master
• CloudBees Jenkins Distribution
• Jenkins LTS

Resolution

It is possible to display Japanese characters in the description.
However there is a problem during Form Submission and you cannot use the UI.
To update the job description, you need to use the CLI/REST API to update the job.

1. Example using the Jenkins CLI:

   java -jar jenkins-cli.jar -s http://localhost:8080/ update-job my-job < my-config.xml
   

2. Example using the REST API:

   curl -v -X POST \
       --data-binary @my-config.xml \
       -u "user:$token" \
       -H 'Content-Type: application/xml' \
       "http://jenkins:port/job/my-job/config.xml"