Invalid search error if the deck name has an undefined escape sequence

[ZornHadNoChoice]

Checked for duplicates?

• This issue is not a duplicate

Does it also happen in the desktop version?

• This bug does not occur in the latest version of Anki Desktop

What are the steps to reproduce this bug?

Rename a deck to test\s and try to open it in the browser.

You'll get an invalid search error.

Expected behaviour

The backslashes should be escaped behind the scenes, so that the search becomes valid.

Debug info

AnkiDroid Version = 2.24.0alpha5 (8d757055ff49d27a3d24935bb1478975bce8ba92)  
Backend Version = 0.1.63-anki25.09.2 (25.09.2 3890e12c9e48c028c3f12aa58cb64bd9f8895e30)  
Android Version = 13 (SDK 33)  
ProductFlavor = full  
Device Info = Xiaomi | POCO | mondrian | mondrian_global | 23013PC75G | qcom  
WebView Info = [com.google.android.webview | 755910933]: Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; Android 13; 23013PC75G Build/TKQ1.220905.001; wv) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/4.0 Chrome/144.0.7559.109 Mobile Safari/537.36  
ACRA UUID = 4afc3b3f-e93f-4a66-bc71-2b9476ef9eb0  
FSRS = 5.1.0 (Enabled: true)  
Crash Reports Enabled = true

(Optional) Anything else you want to share?

No response

Research

• I have checked the manual and the FAQ and could not find a solution to my issue
• (Optional) I have confirmed the issue is not resolved in the latest alpha release (instructions)

[david-allison]

I already had a local patch which fixed this (and was planning to submit it today)

Cheers!