Fix: Improve text encoding for shell output in VSCode preview (#6178) (#6182)

## 🐛 Problem

Users running commands with non-ASCII characters (like Russian text
"пример") in Windows/WSL environments experience garbled text in
VSCode's shell preview window, with Unicode replacement characters (�)
appearing instead of the actual text.

**Issue**: https://github.com/openai/codex/issues/6178

## 🔧 Root Cause

The issue was in `StreamOutput<Vec<u8>>::from_utf8_lossy()` method in
`codex-rs/core/src/exec.rs`, which used `String::from_utf8_lossy()` to
convert shell output bytes to strings. This function immediately
replaces any invalid UTF-8 byte sequences with replacement characters,
without attempting to decode using other common encodings.

In Windows/WSL environments, shell output often uses encodings like:

- Windows-1252 (common Windows encoding)
- Latin-1/ISO-8859-1 (extended ASCII)

## 🛠️ Solution

Replaced the simple `String::from_utf8_lossy()` call with intelligent
encoding detection via a new `bytes_to_string_smart()` function that
tries multiple encoding strategies:

1. **UTF-8** (fast path for valid UTF-8)
2. **Windows-1252** (handles Windows-specific characters in 0x80-0x9F
range)
3. **Latin-1** (fallback for extended ASCII)
4. **Lossy UTF-8** (final fallback, same as before)

## 📁 Changes

### New Files

- `codex-rs/core/src/text_encoding.rs` - Smart encoding detection module
- `codex-rs/core/tests/suite/text_encoding_fix.rs` - Integration tests

### Modified Files

- `codex-rs/core/src/lib.rs` - Added text_encoding module
- `codex-rs/core/src/exec.rs` - Updated StreamOutput::from_utf8_lossy()
- `codex-rs/core/tests/suite/mod.rs` - Registered new test module

##  Testing

- **5 unit tests** covering UTF-8, Windows-1252, Latin-1, and fallback
scenarios
- **2 integration tests** simulating the exact Issue #6178 scenario
- **Demonstrates improvement** over the previous
`String::from_utf8_lossy()` approach

All tests pass:

```bash
cargo test -p codex-core text_encoding
cargo test -p codex-core test_shell_output_encoding_issue_6178
```

## 🎯 Impact

-  **Eliminates garbled text** in VSCode shell preview for non-ASCII
content
-  **Supports Windows/WSL environments** with proper encoding detection
-  **Zero performance impact** for UTF-8 text (fast path)
-  **Backward compatible** - UTF-8 content works exactly as before
-  **Handles edge cases** with robust fallback mechanism

## 🧪 Test Scenarios

The fix has been tested with:

- Russian text ("пример")
- Windows-1252 quotation marks (""test")
- Latin-1 accented characters ("café")
- Mixed encoding content
- Invalid byte sequences (graceful fallback)

## 📋 Checklist

- [X] Addresses the reported issue
- [X] Includes comprehensive tests
- [X] Maintains backward compatibility
- [X] Follows project coding conventions
- [X] No breaking changes

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Co-authored-by: Josh McKinney <joshka@openai.com>
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@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ use crate::sandboxing::ExecEnv;
use crate::sandboxing::SandboxManager;
use crate::spawn::StdioPolicy;
use crate::spawn::spawn_child_async;
use crate::text_encoding::bytes_to_string_smart;
const DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_MS: u64 = 10_000;
@@ -414,7 +415,7 @@ impl StreamOutput<String> {
impl StreamOutput<Vec<u8>> {
pub fn from_utf8_lossy(&self) -> StreamOutput<String> {
StreamOutput {
text: String::from_utf8_lossy(&self.text).to_string(),
text: bytes_to_string_smart(&self.text),
truncated_after_lines: self.truncated_after_lines,
}
}