breken-ai · Sep 25, 2026 · Sep 26, 2026 · Sep 27, 2026 · Sep 27, 2026 · Sep 27, 2026
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 ### Fixed
 - Made the default home page configurable with `DEFAULT_HOME_VIEW_PAGE`, defaulting to Code Search and supporting Ask. [#1677](https://github.com/sourcebot-dev/sourcebot/pull/1677)
 - Require authentication for the streaming and blocking Ask APIs in Public SaaS deployments. [#1679](https://github.com/sourcebot-dev/sourcebot/pull/1679)
+- Fixed local repositories whose path contains spaces or non-ASCII characters resolving to a percent-encoded path that could not be indexed. [#1690](https://github.com/sourcebot-dev/sourcebot/pull/1690)
 
 ## [5.1.14] - 2026-09-17
 

diff --git a/packages/shared/src/utils.test.ts b/packages/shared/src/utils.test.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 import { readFile } from 'fs/promises';
 import { beforeEach, describe, expect, test, vi } from 'vitest';
 import { DEFAULT_CONFIG_SETTINGS } from './constants.js';
-import { getConfigSettings, resolveConfigSettings } from './utils.js';
+import type { Repo } from '@sourcebot/db';
+import { getConfigSettings, getRepoPath, resolveConfigSettings } from './utils.js';
 
 // Mock fs/promises so loadConfig doesn't hit the filesystem.
 // The config schema has no required fields, so '{}' is valid.
@@ -110,3 +111,32 @@ describe('resolveConfigSettings', () => {
         );
     });
 });
+
+describe('getRepoPath', () => {
+    const localRepo = (cloneUrl: string) => ({
+        id: 1,
+        external_codeHostType: 'genericGitHost',
+        cloneUrl,
+    }) as unknown as Repo;
+
+    test('returns the on-disk path of a local repository', () => {
+        expect(getRepoPath(localRepo('file:///repos/project'))).toEqual({
+            path: '/repos/project',
+            isReadOnly: true,
+        });
+    });
+
+    test('returns the on-disk path of a local repository whose path contains spaces', () => {
+        expect(getRepoPath(localRepo('file:///Users/me/Code Projects/my repo'))).toEqual({
+            path: '/Users/me/Code Projects/my repo',
+            isReadOnly: true,
+        });
+    });
+
+    test('returns the on-disk path of a local repository whose path contains percent-encodable characters', () => {
+        expect(getRepoPath(localRepo('file:///repos/caf\u00e9/[legacy]'))).toEqual({
+            path: '/repos/caf\u00e9/[legacy]',
+            isReadOnly: true,
+        });
+    });
+});
diff --git a/packages/shared/src/utils.ts b/packages/shared/src/utils.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { ConfigSettings } from "./types.js";
 import { Org, Repo } from "@sourcebot/db";
 import type { SourcebotConfig } from "@sourcebot/schemas/v3/index.type";
 import path from "path";
+import { fileURLToPath } from "url";
 import { env, isRemotePath, loadConfig } from "./env.server.js";
 
 // From https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Glossary/Base64#the_unicode_problem
@@ -109,7 +110,9 @@ export const getRepoPath = (repo: Repo): { path: string, isReadOnly: boolean } =
     const cloneUrl = new URL(repo.cloneUrl);
     if (repo.external_codeHostType === 'genericGitHost' && cloneUrl.protocol === 'file:') {
         return {
-            path: cloneUrl.pathname,
+            // @note: URL.pathname is percent-encoded (e.g., spaces become %20),
+            // so decode it back into the on-disk path.
+            path: fileURLToPath(cloneUrl),
             isReadOnly: true,
         }
     }