Using non-ASCII characters and running the Build Verification Test (BVT) require that your server supports UTF-8 URI encoding. If running Tomcat 7.0.x, modify your server configuration in $TOMCAT_HOME/conf/server.xml to specify this encoding. Add the following attribute to your Connector element:
URIEncoding defaults to UTF-8 starting with Tomcat 8.0.x, so this step is not required for Tomcat 8.0.x or 8.5.x.
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