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@Jefsky Jefsky commented May 13, 2026

Summary

Replace manual backslash/single-quote escaping with JSON.stringify() in caption JS generation. The manual approach (seg.text.replace(...)) only handled backslash and single quotes, missing newlines, carriage returns, and other special characters that can break the generated JavaScript syntax.

JSON.stringify handles all special characters and produces a double-quoted string literal that is always valid JS.

What changed

packages/studio/src/captions/generator.tsseg.textContent now uses JSON.stringify(seg.text) instead of manual escaping.

Closes #625

Jefsky Agent added 2 commits May 13, 2026 19:33
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Fixes heygen-com#792
Replace manual backslash/single-quote escaping with JSON.stringify()
in caption JS generation. The manual approach missed newlines,
carriage returns, and other special characters that can break
the generated JavaScript syntax.

JSON.stringify handles all special characters and produces a
double-quoted string literal that is always valid JS.

Fixes heygen-com#625
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First review at 7a68285c.

Blocker — LayersPanel.tsx added as a NEW FILE bundled with the caption fix

The PR title and body describe a one-line caption fix in packages/studio/src/captions/generator.ts. The diff includes that fix (✓ — seg.text.replace(...)JSON.stringify(seg.text), exactly what #625 also does), but it ALSO adds:

{"file":"packages/studio/src/components/editor/LayersPanel.tsx","status":"added","additions":295}

status: "added" for a file that already exists on main means this branch was forked before LayersPanel landed. On rebase against current main, the merge will either conflict (file exists in both) or silently overwrite the existing panel — losing every change committed to LayersPanel since the branch point. Either outcome breaks Studio.

This is the same defect that's also in #793 and #795 (all three Jefsky PRs from the same branch base).

Blocker — caption fix is duplicated by #625

#625 (hobostay) addresses the same caption-escaping bug with the same fix (JSON.stringify replacement), is already APPROVED by @jrusso1020, and has CI fully green. Either #794 or #625 should land — not both.

Strength — the caption fix itself is correct

packages/studio/src/captions/generator.ts:306-313: seg.text.replace(/\\/g, "\\\\").replace(/'/g, "\\'") only escapes backslash and single quotes — misses newlines, U+2028/U+2029 line separators, and any other JS-syntax-breaking char. JSON.stringify(seg.text) produces a valid double-quoted JS string for any input, including the embedded-newline case. The fix shape is the right call.

Recommendation

Two viable paths:

  1. Close #794, merge #625. Cleanest. #625 is already approved and CI-green.
  2. Drop the LayersPanel.tsx new-file from this PR, leaving only generator.ts, then close #625 as superseded. Equivalent outcome, more work.

Either way, the bundled LayersPanel.tsx addition has to go before merge.

Verdict

Verdict: REQUEST CHANGES
Reasoning: PR title/body describe a one-line caption fix but the diff also adds LayersPanel.tsx as a new file (it already exists on main — merge will conflict or clobber). Caption fix itself is correct but duplicates the already-approved #625. Close this PR or strip the LayersPanel addition.

— Vai

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