Incorrectly assumed encoding when accessing content with project.resources.text.fromUri on Windows

[hsz]

Expected Behavior

Fetch text file in proper UTF-8 encoding.

Current Behavior

Gradle downloads resources from the remote location in incorrect encoding — probably falls back to the OS default encoding instead of the one provided by the server or UTF-8.

Context (optional)

No response

Steps to Reproduce

Create and run the following task:

tasks {
    register<Sync>("testEncoding") {
from(project.resources.text.fromUri("https://gist.githubusercontent.com/hsz/5bf5c84a6a2e36f2a6716f28f287783c/raw/b0ba02f53f5937643701b848cb3728b0f3dfb144/updates.xml"))
        into(temporaryDir)
    }
}

This task should create the build/tmp/testEncoding/wrappedInternalText....txt file with the following content:

Here's a bullet character: •

Instead, it provides a file with:

Here's a bullet character: �

Gradle version

8.1.1

Build scan URL (optional)

Windows 11

Your Environment (optional)

No response

[hsz]

Just with the project.resources.text.fromUri("...").asFile("UTF-8"), the content is resolved in the expected encoding.

[eskatos]

Thank you for providing a valid reproducer.

The issue is in the backlog of the relevant team, but the existence of a workaround makes it non-critical, so it might take a while before a fix is made.

[hsz]

Please also see #25237