Column alignment breaks on Windows 11 Command Prompt / PowerShell when -r human output contains Japanese wide characters

[kanjitakazawaitso-lab]

Summary

On Windows 11, table-style output generated by Salesforce CLI with -r human becomes misaligned when the output contains Japanese or other wide characters.

I reproduced this in both Command Prompt (cmd.exe) and PowerShell. The issue appears to affect column width calculation in human-readable table output. JSON output does not appear to have the same problem.

I searched existing open and closed issues for related reports and found some similar formatting issues, but I could not find one specifically covering column misalignment caused by Japanese / wide characters in -r human output.

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I am unable to provide a repository because this issue appears to be related to CLI output rendering in the Windows terminal environment rather than project-specific source code.

Steps:

1. Open cmd.exe or PowerShell on Windows 11.
2. Run an sf command with -r human that outputs table-formatted results containing Japanese text.
3. Observe that rows containing Japanese text cause the columns to become misaligned.

Example pattern:

• sf data query -r human -q "SELECT Id, Name FROM User LIMIT 10"
• Output includes Japanese text in one or more columns
• Misalignment occurs only in -r human output

Expected result

Column widths should be calculated correctly even when the output contains Japanese or other wide characters, and the table should remain aligned and readable in Windows terminals.

Actual result

When Japanese text is included in -r human output, table columns become misaligned in both Command Prompt and PowerShell on Windows 11, making the output difficult to read.

Additional information

• Reproduced on Windows 11
• Reproduced in both cmd.exe and PowerShell
• The problem appears specific to -r human
• --json output seems to avoid the issue
• This may affect not only Japanese, but other languages that use wide characters as well

System Information

cmd.exe

{
  "architecture": "win32-x64",
  "cliVersion": "@salesforce/cli/2.129.8",
  "nodeVersion": "node-v22.22.1",
  "osVersion": "Windows_NT 10.0.26200",
  "rootPath": "C:\\Users\\MaskedUserName\\AppData\\Local\\sf\\client\\2.129.8-2017716",
  "shell": "cmd.exe",
  "pluginVersions": [
    "@oclif/plugin-autocomplete 3.2.42 (core)",
    "@oclif/plugin-commands 4.1.42 (core)",
    "@oclif/plugin-help 6.2.40 (core)",
    "@oclif/plugin-not-found 3.2.77 (core)",
    "@oclif/plugin-plugins 5.4.59 (core)",
    "@oclif/plugin-search 1.2.41 (core)",
    "@oclif/plugin-update 4.7.27 (core)",
    "@oclif/plugin-version 2.2.39 (core)",
    "@oclif/plugin-warn-if-update-available 3.1.57 (core)",
    "@oclif/plugin-which 3.2.46 (core)",
    "@salesforce/cli 2.129.8 (core)",
    "agent 1.32.11 (core)",
    "apex 3.9.15 (core)",
    "api 1.3.12 (core)",
    "auth 4.3.2 (core)",
    "code-analyzer 5.11.1 (user) published 7 days ago (Mon Mar 30 2026)",
    "data 4.0.83 (core)",
    "deploy-retrieve 3.24.18 (core)",
    "info 3.4.114 (core)",
    "limits 3.3.81 (core)",
    "marketplace 1.3.10 (core)",
    "org 5.9.75 (core)",
    "packaging 2.25.12 (core)",
    "schema 3.3.100 (core)",
    "settings 2.4.62 (core)",
    "sobject 1.4.88 (core)",
    "telemetry 3.8.5 (core)",
    "templates 56.11.4 (core)",
    "trust 3.7.114 (core)",
    "user 3.8.0 (core)"
  ]
}

PowerShell

{
  "architecture": "win32-x64",
  "cliVersion": "@salesforce/cli/2.129.8",
  "nodeVersion": "node-v22.22.1",
  "osVersion": "Windows_NT 10.0.26200",
  "rootPath": "C:\\Users\\MaskedUserName\\AppData\\Local\\sf\\client\\2.129.8-2017716",
  "shell": "powershell",
  "pluginVersions": [
    "@oclif/plugin-autocomplete 3.2.42 (core)",
    "@oclif/plugin-commands 4.1.42 (core)",
    "@oclif/plugin-help 6.2.40 (core)",
    "@oclif/plugin-not-found 3.2.77 (core)",
    "@oclif/plugin-plugins 5.4.59 (core)",
    "@oclif/plugin-search 1.2.41 (core)",
    "@oclif/plugin-update 4.7.27 (core)",
    "@oclif/plugin-version 2.2.39 (core)",
    "@oclif/plugin-warn-if-update-available 3.1.57 (core)",
    "@oclif/plugin-which 3.2.46 (core)",
    "@salesforce/cli 2.129.8 (core)",
    "agent 1.32.11 (core)",
    "apex 3.9.15 (core)",
    "api 1.3.12 (core)",
    "auth 4.3.2 (core)",
    "code-analyzer 5.11.1 (user) published 7 days ago (Mon Mar 30 2026)",
    "data 4.0.83 (core)",
    "deploy-retrieve 3.24.18 (core)",
    "info 3.4.114 (core)",
    "limits 3.3.81 (core)",
    "marketplace 1.3.10 (core)",
    "org 5.9.75 (core)",
    "packaging 2.25.12 (core)",
    "schema 3.3.100 (core)",
    "settings 2.4.62 (core)",
    "sobject 1.4.88 (core)",
    "telemetry 3.8.5 (core)",
    "templates 56.11.4 (core)",
    "trust 3.7.114 (core)",
    "user 3.8.0 (core)"
  ]
}

[git2gus]

Git2Gus App is installed but the .git2gus/config.json doesn't have right values. You should add the required configuration.

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[jfeingold35]

@kanjitakazawaitso-lab , do you have an example of a plugin that uses Japanese characters in this way? That will be helpful for testing.