From 30ac10ff249a58d4cb6e4f889243843d7184264f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Muhammet=20Eren=20Karaku=C5=9F?= <erenkar950@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2026 12:44:42 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] fix(i18n): accept translated confirmation text when clearing
 snapshot history (#3940)

---
 changedetectionio/blueprint/ui/__init__.py |  4 +-
 changedetectionio/tests/test_i18n.py       | 73 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 75 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/changedetectionio/blueprint/ui/__init__.py b/changedetectionio/blueprint/ui/__init__.py
index 06c13bb29..751b4023e 100644
--- a/changedetectionio/blueprint/ui/__init__.py
+++ b/changedetectionio/blueprint/ui/__init__.py
@@ -156,9 +156,9 @@ def construct_blueprint(datastore: ChangeDetectionStore, update_q, worker_pool,
     @login_optionally_required
     def clear_all_history():
         if request.method == 'POST':
-            confirmtext = request.form.get('confirmtext')
+            confirmtext = request.form.get('confirmtext', '')
 
-            if confirmtext == 'clear':
+            if confirmtext.strip().lower() == gettext('clear').strip().lower():
                 # Run in background thread to avoid blocking
                 def clear_history_background():
                     # Capture UUIDs first to avoid race conditions
diff --git a/changedetectionio/tests/test_i18n.py b/changedetectionio/tests/test_i18n.py
index b1c351d41..9583dfd7c 100644
--- a/changedetectionio/tests/test_i18n.py
+++ b/changedetectionio/tests/test_i18n.py
@@ -624,3 +624,76 @@ def test_session_locale_overrides_accept_language(client, live_server, measure_m
     assert "분".encode() in res.data, "Expected Korean '분' for Minutes"
     assert "小時".encode() not in res.data, "Should not have Traditional Chinese '小時' when Korean is set"
     assert "分鐘".encode() not in res.data, "Should not have Traditional Chinese '分鐘' when Korean is set"
+
+
+def test_clear_history_translated_confirmation(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage, datastore_path):
+    """
+    Test that clearing snapshot history works with translated confirmation text.
+
+    Issue #3865: When the app language is set to German, the clear history
+    confirmation dialog shows the translated word (e.g. 'loschen') but the
+    backend only accepted the English word 'clear', making it impossible
+    to clear snapshots in non-English languages.
+    """
+    from flask import url_for
+
+    test_url = url_for('test_endpoint', _external=True)
+
+    # Add a watch so there is history to clear
+    res = client.post(
+        url_for("imports.import_page"),
+        data={"urls": test_url},
+        follow_redirects=True
+    )
+    assert b"1 Imported" in res.data
+    wait_for_all_checks(client)
+
+    # Set language to German
+    res = client.get(
+        url_for("set_language", locale="de"),
+        follow_redirects=True
+    )
+    assert res.status_code == 200
+
+    # Verify the clear history page shows the German confirmation word
+    res = client.get(
+        url_for("ui.clear_all_history"),
+        follow_redirects=True
+    )
+    assert res.status_code == 200
+    assert "löschen".encode() in res.data, "Expected German word 'loschen' on clear history page"
+
+    # Submit the form with the German translated word
+    res = client.post(
+        url_for("ui.clear_all_history"),
+        data={"confirmtext": "löschen"},
+        follow_redirects=True
+    )
+    assert res.status_code == 200
+    # Should NOT show error message
+    assert b"Incorrect confirmation text" not in res.data, \
+        "German confirmation word 'loschen' should be accepted (issue #3865)"
+
+    # Switch back to English and verify English word still works
+    res = client.get(
+        url_for("set_language", locale="en_US"),
+        follow_redirects=True
+    )
+
+    res = client.post(
+        url_for("ui.clear_all_history"),
+        data={"confirmtext": "clear"},
+        follow_redirects=True
+    )
+    assert res.status_code == 200
+    assert b"Incorrect confirmation text" not in res.data, \
+        "English confirmation word 'clear' should still be accepted"
+
+    # Verify that missing/empty confirmtext does not crash the server
+    res = client.post(
+        url_for("ui.clear_all_history"),
+        data={},
+        follow_redirects=True
+    )
+    assert res.status_code == 200, \
+        "Missing confirmtext should not crash the server"