From 46a18e5b9c150631651d4859ce1e2d52b7ebc4b8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ian Rehwinkel <ian.rehwinkel@lablions.de>
Date: Wed, 27 May 2026 13:01:27 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] fix(theme-common): fixed numbers being erroneously
 recognized as emojis

---
 .../src/utils/__tests__/emojiUtils.test.ts                 | 7 +++++++
 packages/docusaurus-theme-common/src/utils/emojiUtils.ts   | 4 ++--
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-theme-common/src/utils/__tests__/emojiUtils.test.ts b/packages/docusaurus-theme-common/src/utils/__tests__/emojiUtils.test.ts
index 8fdaa6ccc25d..13a38228e597 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-theme-common/src/utils/__tests__/emojiUtils.test.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-theme-common/src/utils/__tests__/emojiUtils.test.ts
@@ -64,4 +64,11 @@ describe('extractLeadingEmoji', () => {
       rest: 'Hello World 😀',
     });
   });
+
+  it('does not extract digits', () => {
+    expect(extractLeadingEmoji('11 Hello World')).toEqual({
+      emoji: null,
+      rest: '11 Hello World',
+    });
+  });
 });
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-theme-common/src/utils/emojiUtils.ts b/packages/docusaurus-theme-common/src/utils/emojiUtils.ts
index c66cbfb3fa01..7c49cfbd1c14 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-theme-common/src/utils/emojiUtils.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-theme-common/src/utils/emojiUtils.ts
@@ -29,10 +29,10 @@ export function extractLeadingEmoji(input: string): {
     return {emoji: null, rest: input};
   }
 
-  // Leading grapheme contains an emoji (covers flags/ZWJ/skin tones)
+  // Leading grapheme contains an emoji (covers flags/ZWJ/skin tones, excludes digits)
   if (
     !/\p{Extended_Pictographic}/u.test(grapheme) &&
-    !/\p{Emoji}/u.test(grapheme)
+    !(/\p{Emoji}/u.test(grapheme) && !/\d/u.test(grapheme))
   ) {
     return {emoji: null, rest: input};
   }

From fec07e4ea31d24b66456264fcf310b0aed2dd830 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: sebastien <lorber.sebastien@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 28 May 2026 14:23:25 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] fix extractLeadingEmoji

---
 .../src/utils/__tests__/emojiUtils.test.ts               | 7 +++++++
 packages/docusaurus-theme-common/src/utils/emojiUtils.ts | 9 ++++-----
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-theme-common/src/utils/__tests__/emojiUtils.test.ts b/packages/docusaurus-theme-common/src/utils/__tests__/emojiUtils.test.ts
index 13a38228e597..11c3983c2ed6 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-theme-common/src/utils/__tests__/emojiUtils.test.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-theme-common/src/utils/__tests__/emojiUtils.test.ts
@@ -71,4 +71,11 @@ describe('extractLeadingEmoji', () => {
       rest: '11 Hello World',
     });
   });
+
+  it('extract emoji digits', () => {
+    expect(extractLeadingEmoji('1️⃣ Hello World')).toEqual({
+      emoji: '1️⃣',
+      rest: ' Hello World',
+    });
+  });
 });
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-theme-common/src/utils/emojiUtils.ts b/packages/docusaurus-theme-common/src/utils/emojiUtils.ts
index 7c49cfbd1c14..cfa1cbde81c0 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-theme-common/src/utils/emojiUtils.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-theme-common/src/utils/emojiUtils.ts
@@ -29,11 +29,10 @@ export function extractLeadingEmoji(input: string): {
     return {emoji: null, rest: input};
   }
 
-  // Leading grapheme contains an emoji (covers flags/ZWJ/skin tones, excludes digits)
-  if (
-    !/\p{Extended_Pictographic}/u.test(grapheme) &&
-    !(/\p{Emoji}/u.test(grapheme) && !/\d/u.test(grapheme))
-  ) {
+  // Leading grapheme contains an emoji
+  // Covers flags/ZWJ/skin tones, excludes digits
+  // See https://github.com/facebook/docusaurus/pull/12072
+  if (!/^\p{RGI_Emoji}$/v.test(grapheme)) {
     return {emoji: null, rest: input};
   }