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| id | 9141 |
| title | [DevIndex] Fix Washington DC Location Resolution |
| state | Closed |
| labels | bugai |
| assignees | tobiu |
| createdAt | Feb 13, 2026, 12:58 PM |
| updatedAt | Feb 13, 2026, 1:18 PM |
| githubUrl | https://github.com/neomjs/neo/issues/9141 |
| author | tobiu |
| commentsCount | 3 |
| parentIssue | 9106 |
| subIssues | [] |
| subIssuesCompleted | 0 |
| subIssuesTotal | 0 |
| blockedBy | [] |
| blocking | [] |
| closedAt | Feb 13, 2026, 1:16 PM |
[DevIndex] Fix Washington DC Location Resolution
Input from Gemini 3 Pro:
✦ Expanding the scope of this fix to address additional failing location resolutions identified:
- São Paulo: Handling special characters.
- Australia: Missing from country regex (fixing "Canberra, ACT, Australia").
- Cities: Amsterdam, Gurugram, Brooklyn, The Hague, Whangarei, Lisbon, Bonn, Sammamish, Bend.
- Regions/States: California, Texas.
This will prevent incorrect fallbacks to state codes (e.g., WA, OR, NY) which result in broken flag images.
Input from Gemini 3 Pro:
✦ I have expanded the
LocationNormalizerlogic to handle additional failing cases:1. US State Code Heuristic Added a word-boundary check for 2-letter US state codes (e.g., "Columbus, OH" -> "US").
- Included:
OH, WA, OR, RI, NY, NJ, TX, FL, UT, AZ, NM, NV, MN, MI, IL, MO, TN, KY, WV, VA, NC, SC, GA, AL, MS, LA, AR, OK, KS, NE, SD, ND, WY, MT, VT, CT, MA, PA.- Excluded:
CA(Canada),DE(Germany),IN(India),ID(Indonesia) to avoid major country code collisions.- Note: Minor collisions like
IL(Israel),GA(Gabon),MT(Malta) are treated as US states in this context due to higher probability in user location strings.2. Expanded City Map Added mappings for:
- US: Columbus, Charlotte, Phoenix, Philadelphia, San Antonio, San Diego, Dallas, San Jose, Jacksonville, Indianapolis, Brooklyn, Sammamish, Bend, Hope (RI).
- Regions: Hawaii (US), California (US), Texas (US).
- International: São Paulo (BR), Amsterdam (NL), The Hague (NL), Gurugram (IN), Whangarei (NZ), Lisbon (PT), Bonn (DE), Copenhagen (DK), Stockholm (SE).
3. Country Regex Updates
- Added
Australia(AU) andMalta(MT) to the direct country matchers.This should significantly reduce the number of broken flag images caused by unresolvable location strings.
Input from Gemini 3 Pro:
✦ I have verified the changes and expanded the test cases. All requested locations should now resolve correctly. Closing the issue.
The current
LocationNormalizerresolves "Washington DC" to "DC", which results in a broken flag image (e.g.,dc.svg). We need to map "Washington DC", "Washington", and "DC" to "US" to ensure the United States flag is displayed correctly.