When attaching a file internally without WikiLinks or externally, percent (%) character is not encoded to %25, breaking link/image display

Bug reports
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Steps to reproduce

  1. Open Sandbox Vault
  2. Create dummy image file named Test percent %.png
  3. With WikiLinks enabled (default), drag and drop to some page to attach a copy
  4. With WikiLinks disabled, drag and drop to some page to attach a copy
  5. Ctrl+drag the image to some page to create an external link

Did you follow the troubleshooting guide? [Y/N]

Y

Expected result

Step 3 (WikiLinks)

![[Test percent %.png]]

Step 4 (no WikiLinks)

![](Test%20percent%20%25%201.png)

Note the %25

(the 1 is only if you did Step 3 first because then it needs to distinguish the 2nd copy from the 1st copy)

Step 5 (external attachment)

![Test percent %.png](file:///home/leyn/Pictures/temp/Test%20percent%20%25.png)

Note the %25

Actual result

Step 3

![[Test percent %.png]]

This is OK and works as expected.

Step 4

![](Test%20percent%20%%201.png)

There is % after percent%20 instead of %25 and this doesn’t work, showing no image at all.

Step 5

![Test percent %.png](file:///home/leyn/Pictures/temp/Test%20percent%20%.png)

There is % after percent%20 instead of %25 and this doesn’t work, showing no image at all AND there is a JS error popup.

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Environment

SYSTEM INFO:
Obsidian version: v1.8.10
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