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diff --git a/web_src/js/modules/fomantic.js b/web_src/js/modules/fomantic.js
index 2109ff1726..1495b311ca 100644
--- a/web_src/js/modules/fomantic.js
+++ b/web_src/js/modules/fomantic.js
@@ -19,7 +19,48 @@ export function initGiteaFomantic() {
     return escape(text, preserveHTML) + svg('octicon-x', 16, `${className.delete} icon`);
   };
 
+  initFomanticApiPatch();
+
   // Use the patches to improve accessibility, these patches are designed to be as independent as possible, make it easy to modify or remove in the future.
   initAriaCheckboxPatch();
   initAriaDropdownPatch();
 }
+
+function initFomanticApiPatch() {
+  //
+  // Fomantic API module has some very buggy behaviors:
+  //
+  // If encodeParameters=true, it calls `urlEncodedValue` to encode the parameter.
+  // However, `urlEncodedValue` just tries to "guess" whether the parameter is already encoded, by decoding the parameter and encoding it again.
+  //
+  // There are 2 problems:
+  // 1. It may guess wrong, and skip encoding a parameter which looks like encoded.
+  // 2. If the parameter can't be decoded, `decodeURIComponent` will throw an error, and the whole request will fail.
+  //
+  // This patch only fixes the second error behavior at the moment.
+  //
+  const patchKey = '_giteaFomanticApiPatch';
+  const oldApi = $.api;
+  $.api = $.fn.api = function(...args) {
+    const apiCall = oldApi.bind(this);
+    const ret = oldApi.apply(this, args);
+
+    if (typeof args[0] !== 'string') {
+      const internalGet = apiCall('internal', 'get');
+      if (!internalGet.urlEncodedValue[patchKey]) {
+        const oldUrlEncodedValue = internalGet.urlEncodedValue;
+        internalGet.urlEncodedValue = function (value) {
+          try {
+            return oldUrlEncodedValue(value);
+          } catch {
+            // if Fomantic API module's `urlEncodedValue` throws an error, we encode it by ourselves.
+            return encodeURIComponent(value);
+          }
+        };
+        internalGet.urlEncodedValue[patchKey] = true;
+      }
+    }
+    return ret;
+  };
+  $.api.settings = oldApi.settings;
+}