From 2e41b7f3e28b0ad5ca97d29c5985ff1dee52902e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ram Gopal Srikar Katakam
 <44802869+RamGopalSrikar@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 29 May 2026 17:12:02 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] fix(i18n): default to English regardless of browser locale
 (#13324)
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Previously, on first load with no saved language preference, the app
used navigator.language as the fallback, causing users with Portuguese
(pt-PT / pt-BR) or other non-English browser locales to see the UI in
that language automatically. The expected behavior is that English is
always the default; users can change the language explicitly via
settings.

Co-authored-by: Antônio Alexandre Borges Lima <104531655+AntonioABLima@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 src/frontend/src/i18n.ts | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/frontend/src/i18n.ts b/src/frontend/src/i18n.ts
index d3ec6f2af0..907b3cda90 100644
--- a/src/frontend/src/i18n.ts
+++ b/src/frontend/src/i18n.ts
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ const normalizeLanguage = (lang?: string | null): string => {
 };
 
 export const detectedLang = normalizeLanguage(
-  localStorage.getItem("languagePreference") || navigator.language,
+  localStorage.getItem("languagePreference") || "en",
 );
 
 const i18n = i18next.createInstance();