Bug report: Anomalous Character in Automatic Google Docs Citations

YushinWei · May 21, 2026

I have the same issue on 2 different computers, both are Dell, one is a laptop, the other (the one I'm currently using) is Dell Pro 24 All-in-One QC24250. Both are using windows 11 and both are having problems while using Chrome extensions for Google Docs.

amarawrites · 2026-05-29T22:32:52+00:00

I am also experiencing this issue. Has anyone found out what the issue could be?

daschwarz · 2026-06-05T18:28:40+00:00

Also experiencing this issue (Chrome 148.0.7778.217 (64-bit), Windows 11 25H2, Google Docs, Zotero 9.0.4 (64-bit) through Zotero Connector/Docs Extension, OSCOLA 4th Ed)

dygasiewicz · 2026-06-07T12:08:35+00:00

I am experiencing the same bug. Every footnote inserted via Zotero in Google Docs starts with an extra "F" character. The issue occurs consistently across my documents.

dstillman · 2026-06-09T14:37:51+00:00

We were finally able to reproduce this. It should be fixed now in Zotero Connector 5.0.210 for Firefox, and we've submitted updates for Chrome and Edge, which should be available within the next day.

mjthoraval · 2026-06-10T07:02:48+00:00

It is fixed for me in Firefox. Thanks.

S3rios · 2026-06-10T18:00:31+00:00

Thank you very much @dstillman. I'm curious, what was the issue?

clara.ckb · 2026-06-14T08:00:42+00:00

Great, thank you so much!